Kate’s Notes: Unfortunately this article never mentions Mrs. Blake’s own birth name. We can assume she was born a Gilliland but her first name is never given, nor that of many of her daughters. Another instance where the sublimation of women’s identities to that of their husbands does genealogists no favors.

Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas
November 6, 1941

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Blake
Have 50th Anniversary

   Celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Blake were honored at a dinner Saturday given by friends and relatives at their home at 205 W. South street.
    Descendants of pioneer families who settled in Northwest Arkansas in the early 19th century, Mr. and Mrs. Blake were married Nov. 1, 1891 at Goshen, and lived in or near Goshen until 1927 when they moved to their present home here.
   Seven of their eight children are living and were present at the reunion. They are: Mrs. Pearl Fifer, Huntsville; Mrs. Jim Warren, Los Angeles, Calif.; Miss Bessie Blake, Arvin, Calif.; L. W. Blake, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. E. L. Warren, Fayetteville; Mrs. Lena Carl of Tulsa; and Orion Blake, Ventura, Calif.
    Mr. and Mrs. Blake also have 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Grandchildren present for the reunion were Don and Eugene Sparks, Charles, Velma and Lloyd Warren, Billie Fifer and Mrs. Lee Neal with her husband, Lee Neal of Santa Barbara.
    Two of Mrs. Blake’s five brothers also were present. They were John Gilliland of Aptos, Calif., and Joe Gilliland of Fayetteville; Charles Gilliland of Seward, Alaska; Syton of Grants Pass, Ore.; and Dave Gilliland of Pawhuska, Okla., are other brothers.
    A number of Fayetteville friends also attended the reunion at the Blake home during the weekend.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010