The Daily Chronicle, Wednesday, March 3, 1943, pg. 1

Married 50 Years

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hawkins, of Newaukum Hill, pioneer Lewis county residents, who were married at Ethel on March 5, 1893

Couple Await Anniversary

Golden Wedding Will Be Celebrated Sunday at Hawkins Home Near Chehalis

CHEHALIS - March 3. - Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hawkins, who have lived in this vicinity their entire married life, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a dinner at the family home on Newaukum hill Sunday.

The wedding ceremony was read at Ethel March 5, 1893, by Mrs. Hawkins' father, the Rev. I. Phillips.

Mr. Hawkins was born April 12, 1868, at Oskaloosa, Iowa, and lived in Kansas and Nebraska before coming to Winlock with his mother and father when he was 16 years of age.

Mrs. Lucinda Hawkins was born February 19, 1877, at Knoxville, Tennessee, coming to Winlock with her parents when she was 10 years of age.

Operate Dairy Farm

Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins have lived in and around Napavine since their marriage. They have operated a dairy farm 2 1/2 miles from Napavine for 31 years.

They have 10 children all living. They are Mrs. Catherine Nail and Mrs. Laura Hill, San Francisco; Mrs. Clara Doyle and Mrs. Ruth Runngren, Seattle; Mrs. Mabelle Kaeser, Tacoma; J. W. Hawkins, Chehalis; Jess, Alpha; Charles, Seattle; Cecil, Winnemucca, Nevada, and Lt. Commander George F. Hawkins, in the navy. There are 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Because of an illness which struck Mr. Hawkins several weeks ago, the day will be observed with a family dinner, but without fanfare.

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