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~r Y U NEED A LUEPi Weddillg &UsAt They Can Ring Su By THOMAS COLLINS Here's a blueprint for marriage a!ler n're 65 years old. Don ' t lou1th t10 w- Lh U .S. Go vernment ports that more them 35,000 couples past
e 65 are now marrying every year, and
.at the number is growing.
Five years ago many of these people
d spouses, silting on the sofa next to
em as your spouse may be sitting now.
The blueprint comes from John Y.
atson, 68, a widower for four years, and
s bride of five mon ths, Eugenia Walson,
~ , a widow for five ye;:irs.
Both owned homes at the time of their
arriage. Both have now sold them. They
~ ve in a trailer parked in a tree-shrouded
· ,ark in the Southland.
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Mr. and Mn. Watson obviously are
~ happy. But they aren't sllly about It.
'- They have a quJ et, pleasant, companion~ able marriage. Not a cute one.
love It. And who wilt
here on with parties an
3. The older couple .
lhclr ind]
their plans, and get a
, physical condition . The
tell each other what l
that a case of arthri
some midnight won't co
i;huuJct go to
.
4. The older couple
carefully, but firmly,
each might have. "Yo
children," says Mrs. Wa
"You must teU then
dishonorab le in older
There's nothing disresJ
dren's deceased Mother
people want companio11
be necessary to point
unwise to get into
whether the remarriage
This is your decision, re
Out of !heir experience together they
1ave formulated the following points which
hey believe wiJI make a good retirement
, narriage:
5. 'With regard t,o '{
wlse to give them sor
somebody is not mi
"Daddy's Money" :Mother helped you ~r
I. The older couple must understand that
or them marria,::e is not a Sometfiing3orrowed - Something-Blue affair. It is
or companionship, which means both
omebody to talk to and the security a
Jouse companion gives you, and it is for
conomy. Together, we are living for
about 60 per cent of what tlte two of us
spent living separately," according to Mr .
Walson.
j
6. This reassuranee
%, The older couple should have a
wedding ceremony and Invite all their
friends. !li'ot to ~ollclt gifts, not for their
own vanity. But for the friends. Who will
gi\'en through ,a !ifb
which any older co~
should work out, eith ~
or through an exch<"'
each other. '
"In general," say#
genla and I agreed te
of us had that hadm.a rriage to my de1.
marriage to her dece,.
be retained in each's ·
passed on to each's i$
feasible. But we also·}
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