Allen 50th

Mert and Margie Allen celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 28, 2006, with a reception hosted by their children at the fellowship hall at Sunnyside Church.

F. Merton Allen married Margie L. Parish on May 28, 1956, in College Place, Wash. Mert sold insurance, then real estate, starting about 1958. He established Mt. Tabor Realty, and then added Mt. Tabor Cruise and Travel in the early 1980s. Margie worked at Adventist Medical Center from 1979-2002.

The Allen family includes Therese Allen of Loma Linda, Calif.; Darilynne Allen of Gresham, Ore.; Terrill and Ivonne Allen of Happy Valley, Ore.; Tisa and Bryan Stiltz of Apopka, Fla.; and 4 grandchildren.

Bolton 70th

Earl and Marjorie Bolton celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 13, 2006, quietly at home.

Earl Bolton married Marjorie Gerking on Sept. 13, 1936, in College Place, Wash. Earl practiced family medicine in Wenatchee, Wash., for 39 years. Besides raising their children, Marjorie helped in Earl’s office, community services and cooking schools all over the Pacific Northwest.

The Bolton family includes Erlene and Raymond Lau of Banning, Calif.; Bob and Rhonda Bolton of Vancouver, Wash.; Alice and Dick Brown of Redlands, Calif.; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Ringering 50th

Leon and Delores Ringering celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 19 in the church fellowship hall in McMinnville, Ore., by renewing the family pact that they had signed with their children at their 25th wedding anniversary, vowing to meet together with Jesus in the heavenly kingdom. This time their grandchildren all signed the pact with them.

Leon Ringering married Delores J. May Aug. 19, 1956, in McMinnville. Leon graduated from Walla Walla College in 1958 and Potomac University, Takoma Park, Md., in 1960. He pastored in the East Pennsylvania, Indiana, Washington and Alaska conferences. After dropping out of nurses’ training and working as a nurse’s aid to support the family while Leon went through school, Delores has been a homemaker and Leon’s partner in ministry.

The Ringering family includes Pat and Mike Owens of Nome, Alaska; Ken and Chris Ringering of Lacey, Wash.; Stella and Joe Mucha of Surfside Beach, S.C.; and 8 grandchildren.

Smith 50th

Bill and Sue Smith celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family at a beach picnic on Aug. 11 and with their Newburg Church family on Aug. 12.

Bill Smith married Sue McDaniel Aug. 11, 1956, in Bozeman, Mont. Bill graduated from Walla Walla College in 1957 and completed a Master of Theology degree from Potomac University, Takoma Park, Md., in 1958. The couple interned in Yakima and Colfax, Wash., then did mission service in Malacca, Malaya; Sabah, Malaysia; and Irian Jaya, Indonesia. On furloughs Bill worked on another degree at Andrews University.

As director of the Adventist Aviation Center at Andrews’ airport facility for the General Conference, Bill’s work included mission pilot training, mechanical training, approving and renewing all mission pilot licenses, purchasing equipment, and delivering airplanes across the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans to different mission areas.

In 1984 Bill graduated with his Master of Divinity degree. As their children were now grown, Bill and Sue returned to Balikpapan, Indonesia, to serve as mission pilot, evangelist and director of the aviation program for the Far Eastern Division.

In 1986, Bill was constructing airstrips in the jungles of central Borneo when Sue contracted both Dengue fever and St. Louis encephalitis, severe enough to bring them back to America for adequate medical care.

They pastored the Tillamook (Ore.) Church until retirement in September 1997.

The Smith family includes Daniel J. Smith of Arizona; William E. and Hazel Smith of Arizona; Bonnie and Tim Mayne of McMinnville, Ore.; and 7 grandchildren.