Celebrating 70 years of marriage

When a marriage announcement ran in Camas, Wash. Newspaper announcing the marriage of Earl Wasson to Marie Blunt, Harry S. Truman was the U.S. President, the cost of a gallon of gasoline was under a quarter and Perry Como’s Prisoner of Love topped the Billboard Charts.

A lot has changed in those 70 years, but one thing that hasn’t is the devotion to each other that Earl and Marie share. Last Tuesday at the Hi-Line Retirement Center, the couple celebrated their 70th year of marriage with cake and the company of family members.

“It was a very nice party,” said Marie.

On January 1...