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40 Years

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Steven Shank (Elizabeth Curtis Bliss), whose wedding took place at Visitation Church, share a champagne toast at the reception hosted by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Tiernan Bliss. The Kansas City Country Club event had guests dancing to the big band sound of Skip Hawkins until midnight. The son of the Kenneth Gerald Shanks of Springfield and his bride are at home in Kansas City after a honeymoon trip to Caneel Bay, St. John, in the Virgin Islands.

Reprinted from the July 2, 1983 issue of The Independent.

35 Years

Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Benson, the former Jennifer Kircher, prepare to cut the wedding cake at their reception at The Kansas City Country Club following their candlelight wedding at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The newlyweds are now at home and back at work at United Missouri Bank after a honeymoon on Antigua, West Indies.

Reprinted from the August 6, 1988 issue of The Independent.

I Wonder – if you know the couple, happily married some 30 years, who took that “test your love quotient” quiz and received a pair of “failing” scores? n n