Fete will honor Repps’ 70th vow date

A reception honoring Dave and Dorothy Repp for their 70th wedding anniversary will be at Peace Lutheran Church Sunday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. The Repps were married at the Coflax home of his parents, Peter and Anna Repp, by the Rev. Martin Keller of Peace Lutheran Church Nov. 9, 1940. Attendants were his sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Dr. Conrad Weitz Jr. Dave said he married Dorothy for her money; she had $12 and he was broke.

Repp and Dorothy Smith met at a dance in Wenatchee. Dave was working in the apple orchards. Dorothy had come to Wenatchee to help her older brother, Ace, and siste...