Orange Blossoms

this is the album of Aunt Minerva and Uncle Dale's wedding. tucked inside front cover: an envelope postmarked Maryville MO Marc 21 '49 with 3 cent stamp from Division of Field Service Northwest Missouri State Teachers College Maryville, Mo addressed to Mrs. Minerna Brown Spickard, Missouri. (no zip code!)

a small cardboard notebook with "Convention Notes with the compliments of Encyclopedia Britannica Britannica Junior on front, back is a stamped Business Reply Card to Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Department 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago 6, ILL. inside are 2 pieces of paper. first has handwritten: oatmeal (crossed out) pudding mix (crossed out) coffee (crossed out) crackers (X after word), vinegar, sugar (crossed out), celery (crossed out), cabbage (crossed out) bananas, pineapple (crossed out)

2nd page handwritten Great grandfather (scratched out is a name beginning with J, last name Brown.)

a loose piece of paper same size as the notebook paper...a list of figures added up on one side 1.20 + .81 + .33 .10 + .31 + 1.65 +.46 + 6.29 = 11.15 + .23 + .47 = 11.85

on back is handwritten conduit staples, 1 1/2 Doz. with another list of numbers added, then some division.

empty envelope with "Mr and Mrs Joe Higdon, Birch Tree, Missouri" typed on front, "Mrs Minerva Brown Brimson, Missouri", printed on back. "Dad's grandfather Jacob A Brown...grandfather died April 2 1875 66yr 17 days...Sarah P. Brown died June 24 1879 68 year, 5 mo. 13 da ____________________________________- Great Grandfather Moses Brown died Dec. 15 1841 aged 64 yrs 2 mo. 25 day.."

"We met when we were freshmen in Brimson High School. I really don't remember much about him until after Christmas when G.O.Riley our professor moved him to the seat in front of me. From then on he was very outstanding in my thoughts as he teased and tormented me constantly. We use to walk down the street together on teh way home, but he went wtih our other classmates since I was staying with my Aunt Emma Utterback and my folks wouldn't let me go with the boys. After school was out we didn't see each other again until the following fall as I spent the summer in Kansas. Our first date was on Saturday night, August 13, 1938. When we attended Gilman City Fair. Doyle Spencer and Lota Faye Shirley were the other couple. This was the beginning of a seven year romance with one year out for disagreeing."

"Our engagement was announced privatley and individually. I told Fern Brown, Grace Brown. Dale told our folks, his brothers and sisters. Only a few intimate friends and relatives knew the secret."

Parties are given for us: September 11 1945 Brimson, September 13 1946 West Fairview

Showers for me: September 13 1945 we were given a shower & chivari at the Glen Hamilton home, by the West Fairview Community Club. It began to rain about seven o'clock so very few families were able to attend."

Gifts and congratulations: Mr & Mrs Glen Hamilton- Congratulations card...Mr & Mrs Doyle Bunser-Congratulations card...West Fairview Community Club-Congratulations card.....Mr & MRs Glen Hamilton-cookie jar, five pyrex dishes, screw driver, plyers, a butter dish.....MRs Mayme Whitt-pyrex pie plate....Mr & Mrs Harry Brown-wool quilt top...MR & Mrs HArold Evans-pyrex roaster...Fairview Community Club-Bedspread....Miss Rosetta Sawyer-candle sticks and print bowl (Fostarea)....MR & Mrs Rex Murphy-shagg rug & 6 linen towels.....MR Tom Maxwell-pig...Rosette Sawyer fruit bowl and candle holders....Henry Maxwell electric hot plate

As We Are: As we are, I'm at Spickard, Missouri teaching the West Fairview School, Dist. #10 and am staying at Mr & Mrs Glen Hamilton home. Dale is in the Army at McCook, Nebraska and we are both wishing he'll soon be released so we can have a home of our own.

Ancestral trees... maternal grandmothers father JACK BRYANT, maternal grandmothers mother GILLY MAE BRYANT, maternal grandfathers name GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGDON, maternal grandfathers name MARY SARAH FOESTER (FORESTER), maternal grandmother MARY ALICE BRYANT, maternal grandfather PHILLIP HIGDON, mother GILLY MAE HIGDON, bride MINERVA ALICE MAXWELL birthplace Melbourne, Missouri R.R. father THOMAS WITTEN MAXWELL, paternal grandmother MINERVA CRESWELL, paternal grandfather JAMES C MAXWELL, paternal grandmothers mother CYNITHIA WHITT paternal grandfathers mother ALICE CRESSWELL paternal grandfathers father YANCY CRESSWELL paternal grandfathers father THOMAS WITTEN MAXWELL maternals grandmothers father JOHN CAPSEY matenral grandfathers father THOMAS GREGG maternal grandmothers mother PRISCILLA NELSON maternal grandfathers mother JOHN CAMPSEY (?????) maternal grandmother MARAGET CAMPSEY maternal grandfather THOMAS GREGG mother HATTIE PRISCILLA GREGG groom LAWRENCE DALE BROWN birthplace Brimson MO father DEWITT CLINTON BROWN paternal grandmother MARTHA JANE COLE paternal grandfather DEWITT CLINTON BROWN

enclosed: a monkey postcard "Now I lay me down to rest, A pile of books upon my chest, If I should die before I wake, That's one less test I'll have to take."

"The wedding gown was a blue gray pin striped suit. The assessaires were a black hat with silver trimmings. These were bought from Mathra Oberg at the "Surers Shop" (see picture, not sure what it says!) in Trenton Missouri. My shoes were black patent leather & were bought at Chillicothe Missouri. The blouse was white sheer, with lace trimming, it was bought at Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dale picked it out. I wore a silver pin with blue sets, in preferance to a corsage. I carried a black purse, wore a watch given to me by my brother, John, also a locket Dale had given me several years ago for Christmas."

marriage announcement: Mr and Mrs Thomas W Maxwell announce the marriage of their daughter Minerva to Sgt. Lawrence D Brown Thursday, the ninth of August nineteen hundred and forty-five Albuquerque, New Mexico

This certifies that LAwrence D Brown of Brimson Missouri and Minerva Maxwell of Brimson Missouri were by me united in Holy Matrimony at First Baptist Church, Albuquerque, N.M. according to the laws of New Mexico on the ninth day of August 1945 Philip C McGakey, witnesses Leonard H Nuisbaum, Fern Brown.

wedding guests Miss Fern Brown, Mr. Leonard Nuisbaum