This past Saturday, September 6, 2008, saw an event that seldom happens in Bradley: the celebration of a 65th wedding anniversary. The couple is none other than Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Bishop, affectionately known to members of my generation as Mr. Dick and Mrs. Margie. This event was held in the Family Life Center of the Bradley Baptist Church from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and had an excellent turnout of friends and relatives of the Bishop family. (Of course, if only Bishops and Allens had shown up for the event, there would still have been a large turnout, but there were many, many others there.)
Some pictures of Mr. Dick and Mrs. Margie at the reception:
They also posed with their children. Standing, left to right, are Margie, Dickey, Ann, Sally, Jim, Jeanne and John:
State Representative Bruce Maloch made a presentation on behalf of the Arkansas General Assembly:
One of the attractions was a continuous slide show of the Bishop family:
A Schenectady, New York (where his parents resided), newspaper announced shortly after the wedding:
“Announcement of the marriage of Miss Marjorie Allen to Tech. Sgt. Richard A. Bishop, son of Col. and Mrs. Leonard A. Bishop, 312 Fifth St., Scotia, has been made by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah G. Allen, Jr., of Bradley, Ark. The ceremony took place Sept. 12 [1943] at Las Vegas, Nev. The bride is a graduate of Ouachita College, Ark. Sgt. Bishop, who also attended Ouachita College, was employed by the New York Telephone Co. here before enlisting in the Signal Corps. He is stationed at Fresno, Cal.”
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