Mr., Mrs. Ted Holt celebrate 50 years

Ted and Maxine Holt were married in Columbia on April 28, 1962, at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The couple moved back to Massachusetts in 1963 to be close to family and then moved back to Columbia in 1979.

Mr. Holt worked at The Tennessee Knitting Mills, Arduini Manufacturing and delivered newspapers for The Daily Herald until 2002 at age 80.

Mrs. Holt was a homemaker, but she was also was employed by Kay’s Dress Shop, owned by Kay and Ray Adams, and AA Auto Insurance. They are both devoted, active members of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Columbia.

The couple’s three children, Ms. DeeAnn Johnson of Madison, Ms. Trish Maskew of Silver Springs, Md., and Mrs. Rachel (Dan) Bovee of Columbia hosted an anniversary celebration in their honor at Christy’s Café on 6th Street in Columbia on Saturday, April 28.

Present at the occasion in addition to their daughters were their grandchildren, Patrick Maskew, Meghan Maskew of Silver Springs, Md., and Nicholas Bovee of Columbia; Maxine’s sisters, Madeline Richards of Eliot, Maine, and Ruth Foisy of York, Maine; Maxine’s niece, Jennifer DeForest of Marlborough, Mass.; and Ted’s niece Mrs. Dottie (Larry) King of Columbia.

They were also surprised by visits from out-of-town friends from Massachusetts and Florida, some whom they had not seen in many years, as well as many local longtime friends.