Mel and Linda Higginbotham Guenther celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 20.Mel worked in financing in Bartlesville, Tulsa and Ponca City, Okla. He retired as a vice president at Plaza Bank in Bartlesville. Linda worked…

Harold and Joy Houk will commemorate their 50th wedding anniversary at a family gathering in their home Sunday.Joy L. Rinehart and Harold W. Houk were married April 3, 1960, at Humboldt United Methodist Church. They…

Diana Ballard, Wildwood, Mo., and Travis Colgin, O’Fallon, Mo., are engaged to be married June 12 at United Methodist Church in Manchester, Mo.The bride-elect is the daughter of Samuel and Marilyn Ballard of Wildwood. She…

Pat and Debbie Menzie, Colony, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Taeler Nichole Menzie, to Joseph Harold Carr, son of Rick and Debra Carr of Moran.The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the…

Nathan and Sandra Granger, Iola, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. April 3 at the Riverside Park Recreation Community Building.On April 2, 1960, Sandra Kay Wolf…

Gene and Bonnie Vincent, Colony, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 6 at a family gathering in their home.Hosts for the celebration were the couple’s children and spouses, Rick and his wife, Lesley, Catoosa, Okla.,…

Rosie’s Cabin in Uniontown was the 4 p.m. Sept. 12, 2009, setting for the wedding of Asia Chester and Brett Foster, Pittsburg. The Rev. Connie Smith, Fort Scott, performed the ceremony.The bride is the daughter…

Wesley and Anna Lane, Olathe, and Gregg and Roxanne Hutton, Iola, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Patricia Jo Ann Lane and Brian Allen Hutton.The bride-elect will graduate in May from Ottawa…

Judy Baker, Chanute, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Noblot, St. Louis, Mo., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Lindsey Diane Baker and Andrew John Noblot.The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Iola…

Heather Gartrell, Stockton, and Nathan Mentzer, Neosho Falls, were married at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 3, 2009, in Stockton United Methodist Church. The Rev. Darlene Nonhof performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Gregg…