Weddings/Engagements from January 2012

Clete and Donna (Christy) Hall of Fort Scott will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 13, 2012. The couple was married on Jan. 13, 1962, in Miami, Okla. They have three children: Brian Hall and wife Joyce, Fort Scott, Stacy Dwyer and husband Kirk, Fort Scott, and Cheryl Gallagher, Nevada, Mo...

Friends and family will be celebrating the 80th birthday of Bob Eshelbrenner on Sunday, Jan. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Fort Scott Community College Ellis Fine Arts Building. Come share cake and punch with us. No gifts are requested.

Ivan Brillhart will celebrate his 90th birthday on Jan. 10. His children are asking that friends and family send cards for his special birthday to: Ivan Brillhart, 406 W. 23rd St., Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

A birthday card shower is being held for Lorna Carlton who will turn 96 years old on Jan. 14. Send birthday wishes to Ms. Carleton at Guest Home Estates, P.O. Box 936, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701. Lorna Carlton was a former columnist for The Fort Scott Tribune and provided information about the "senior swingers" square dancers...

Christy Lang of Goodwell, Okla., and Chuck Salisbury of Woodward, Okla., announce their engagement. A June 22, 2012, wedding is planned in Las Vegas, Nev. Christy is the daughter of Jeannie Swan and Scott Swan, Spearman, Texas, and Cliff and Debbie Lang, Perryton, Texas. She is the granddaughter of Mary Jane Lang, of Beloit, Wis., formerly of Nevada, Mo., and the late Ted Lang...

Betsy Leighninger and Michael Wood announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Betsy is the daughter of Judy Leighninger, Neosho, and retired Air Force Lt. Col. David Leighninger, Springfield. Michael is the son of Ricci Wood, Nevada, and the late Michael L. Wood...

Vic and Tena Anderson, Fort Scott, celebrated their 40th anniversary Saturday, Jan. 14. The Andersons were married on Jan. 14, 1972, at Mary Queen of Angels Church in Fort Scott. They have three children: Rob, Robin and Cooper Anderson, Wichita, Kan., Christy, Rick and Jenna Stockstill, Fort Scott, and Bryce, Lori, Brady and Brendan Anderson, Olathe, Kan...

On Jan 29, Leonard and Betty White will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. She is the former Betty Smith. The couple was married in 1942 by the Rev. Geisler at the Redfield Methodist parsonage. Joe and Judy White are their son and daughter-in-law. ...

Frank Haynes will be 95 years old on Saturday, Feb. 4. Friends and relatives are asked to celebrate this special day by sending cards and good wishes to Frank at 623 S. Margrave, Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

The family of Tom and Karon Jones will host their parents 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 4, 2012, from 3-5 p.m., at the Lyons Mansion Restaurant at National and 8th Street in Fort Scott. Tom and Karon were married at the Community of Christ (RLDS) church in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 4, 1962. Tom lived in Woodbine and Karon came from Underwood, Iowa. They moved to Fort Scott in 1980, when Tom became Fort Scott postmaster...

Brent Phillips and Deana Cornell wish to announce the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents, Jim and Kay Phillips, on Feb. 2, 2012. James Arthur Phillips and Betty Kay Brackenridge were married Feb. 2, 1962, by the Rev. O.V. Dodson at the Old First Baptist Church in Nevada, Mo. They had lived on the their farm for 34 years, before moving to their home near Nevada...

The children of Howard and Dorothy Kivett will host a reception on Feb. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Fellowship Hall, the First United Methodist Church, Fort Scott, to honor their parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Dorothy McFarland and Howard Kivett were married in the Union Church, San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America, on Feb. ...