"The wedding of Miss Shirley Lutes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lutes, 9 14 Bellefontaine-av, and Gordon McOwen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McOwen , Route 2, Columbus Grove, will take place Friday. The ceremony will b e performed at 7:30 p.m. by teh Rev. e. J. Penhorwood, in the South Sid e Church of Christ."
"Miss Shirley Lutes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lee Lutes, 914 Bellefonta ine-av, was married to Gordon McOwen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McOwen, R oute 3, Columbus, Grove, Friday evening. The open ceremony was perform ed at 7:30 p.m. by the Rev. E. J. Penhorwood in the South Side Church o f Christ. Mrs. John Hogan was organist, and her selections were "Ave M aria," and "Liebestraum" while Mrs. Jack Cusick sang "Because" and "I L ove You Truly", preceding the ceremony. For her wedding the bride sele cted a blue crepe street length frock with gray feather trimmed hat and a ccessories, and corsage of gardenias. She was escorted to the railing b y her father, who gave her in marriage. Miss Joe Lou Coon, the maid of h onor, had a gray brown rock with matching accessories and corsage of fa ll flowers, and rhinestone necklace, gift of the bride. The best man w as Willard Mcowen, and ushers were Kenneth Mcowen, both brothers of the b ridegroom and Donald Shellenbarger. The bride's mother was dresed in b lack, and the bridegroom's mother had a pink printed frock. Their cors ages were pompons. Approximately 100 guests were invited to the recept ion in the Lutes home where the traditional tiered wedding cake encircl ed with flowers was used at the buffet table. After a short trip the c ouple will be at home at 216 E. Eureka-st. The bride is in the auditin g department at the Sear Roebuck store and the bridegroom is with Bursl ey and Co., Inc."
"Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McOwen, 7744 Ramsey Rd., Elida, will be honored at a n open house celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary from 2 to 5 p.m . Sunday at their home. Hostine the event are their children: Mr. and M rs. Gordon R. McOwen, 1218 N. McCullough, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skillings , Springfield, Jan and Robert, at home. Mrs. McOwen is the former Shir ley Lutes. She is employed as a teacher's aid at Northside Mennonite S chool and her husband is employed at Scot Lad Foods."
"Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McOwen of Elida, will celebrate 50 years of marria ge with an open house from 3-5 p.m., July 18, 1999, at Sugar Creek Chur ch of the Brethren. The couple requests that gifts be omitted. MeOwen a nd the former Shirley Lutes were married Sept. 30, 1949, at South Side C hurch of Christ, by the Rev. E. J. Penhorwood. They are the parents of t wo sons, Gordon (Amy) McOwen Jr. of Amarillo, Texas, and Robert (Rose) M cOwen of Beaverdam; and two daughters Barbara (Jim) Kain of Troy and Ja net (Tony) White of New Carlisle. They have nine grandchildren and thre e great-grandchildren. McOwen is retired from Scot Lad Foods. His wif e is retired from North Side Child Care."