Family: James Hancock Heslet / Bertha Longshore Knowles Heslet

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Anniversary- Heslet, James and Bertha

HESLET’S GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Washington, D.C., Oct. 2 – One of the high spots for Senator Capper in Washington this year came yesterday (Sun., Oct. 1) when he and 300 others attended the golden wedding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Heslet at the Admiral Club here. 50 years ago Arthur Capper was best man at the Heslet wedding in Topeka. He and Mr. Heslet had come to Topeka at about the same time ten years before, were both printers on the Daily Capital, and then published by Maj. J.K. Hudson.

Jim Heslet and Arthur Capper roomed together at the home of Dr. Deborah Longshore while they were in the composing room of The Capital, continued roommates after the present Senator had left the composing room to become a reporter – at a decrease in salary. Mr. Heslet and Miss Bertha Longshore, niece of Doctor Deborah were married in 1894; soon afterward came to Washington, where Mr. Heslet was in the government printing office until he retired ten years ago at the age of 69; at retirement he was chief of the printing branch of the Library of Congress. Mr. and Mrs. Heslet have two daughters, Mrs. E. Paul (Florence) Smith of Bourbon, Ind., and Miss Mary E. Heslet, secretary to the chief of the legislative reference branch of the Library of Congress.

“It was a most pleasant occasion said Senator Capper, “to see Jim and Bertha celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with 300 good friends they have made during the years.” –Cliff Stratton, Topeka Capital’s Washington Correspondent

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Mr. Heslet is a brother of Mrs. M. S. McElvain of this city; himself a former Rossville printer, under the late Leroy Sedgwick. He also is an uncle of Bert Heslet. –12 October 1944

Mrs. M.S. McElvain received an announcement this week of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heslet of Silver Springs, Md., which occurred on Monday, Oct. 25. –28 September 1944

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