At 96-97 RENDEZVOUS
They meet only in wheel chairs these days, but love still burns as
brightly in the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nichols as it did
when he walked her home from a box supper in 1893. Believed
to be Tulsa County's oldest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Nichols
will observe their 77th wedding anniversary Sunday in the Colonial
Manor Nursing Home, 1815 E. Skelly Drive. On the occasion of their diamond anniversary two years ago, Mr. and Mrs. NICHOLS were
honored by officials of the Tulsa State Fair as the county's oldest wedded couple.  

They meet only in wheel chairs these days, but love still burns as brightly in the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nichols as it did when he walked her home from a box supper in 1893. Believed to be Tulsa County's oldest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Nichols will observe their 77th wedding anniversary Sunday in the Colonial Manor Nursing Home, 1815 E. Skelly Drive.
On the occasion of their diamond anniversary two years ago, Mr. and Mrs. NICHOLS were honored by officials of the Tulsa State Fair as the county's oldest wedded couple.   At that time, Nichols continued to live in the couple's home at 5533 S. Peoria Ave., but Mrs. Nichols, suffering from arthritis, was a resident at Colonial Manor
Now, "at least, we're under the same roof again," though nursing home regulations require that Nichols live in one wing of the home and Mrs. Nichols in the other.
Nichols was admitted to the nursing home after he fell and broke a knee. Despite his 97 years, the knee is knitting and he is permitted to stand for brief intervals.
The minds of both are still sharp, but Nichols does not share the avid interest of his 96 year old wife in the bingo games which are an almost daily pastime for Colonial Manor residents.
The Nichols were married Sept 6, 1893 in the home of a Stillwater minister. On anniversaries down through the years, they have rejoiced that Nichols outbid three or four other young swains for the box of food brought by Rena Heuston to the supper in a county school near Stillwater.
Ice cream and cake will be served by their four Tulsa area children at the nursing home Sunday, and will recall that box of goodies.
The couple moved to Tulsa in 1912, to a 240 acre farm at what is now the corner of 51st Street and Peoria Avenue. Then, they recall, "Oaklawn Cemetery (at 11th Street and Peoria Avenue) was way out in the country."
As their farm was surrounded by rapidly growing Tulsa, the Nichols surrendered to the trend and sub-divided their farm into lots in what came to be called Nichols Addition. He was an organizer and first vice president of the Tulsa County Truck and Fruit Growers Association and was instrumental in the establishment of the first Trenton Market.
Mrs. Nichols less than 10 years ago, continued to can the produce from her husband's garden and to crochet and was active in the Riverside Home Demonstration Club.
This week they were rejoicing in the addition to their family of three great-great-grand children, which brings the total to 23. The couple also has 15 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren.