55th Wedding Anniversary

Rosewood Couple Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary

ROSEWOOD couple Matt and Elaine Dale celebrated their 55^th wedding anniversary on Friday, and according to Mrs Dale the sparks are still flying.

 “At this stage we aren’t sure how we’re going to celebrate, we are thinking of going on a holiday to Caloundra, we love it up there,” she said.

Mrs Dale says she can still remember the day her and her husband met.

“We met at a dance, it took Matt about a month to pluck up the courage ask me to the pictures and we went from there,” she said.

The couple were married at St. Mary’s church in Ipswich on July 5, 1958.

“Matt had been away working for 11 months prior to the wedding and only got back about a week before,” Mrs Dale said.

“We were so happy to be married, and I was very happy to see him again, especially after such a long time apart!”

During their marriage they have each held many jobs, with the couple opening their own business in Rosewood in 1978 called The Plaza Corner and later working together at Cross & Embrey Real Estate.

With their close knit family consisting of five children, fifteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren, Mrs Dale says they are always keeping busy.

She admits the pair has had their share of disagreements over the years, but says the trick to a long and happy marriage is learning to accept the other person for who they truly are. 

“Nobody’s perfect, and we realise that we can’t agree all the time,” she said.

Mrs Dale also believes it is important for a couple to have active interests outside the home, with both Mr and Mrs Dale having had a long standing involvement with the Rosewood Lions Club and St. Brigid’s Church.

The couple have already begun making plans for their diamond anniversary and are busy planning more traveling adventures together.

“I told Matt we can have a big party for our 60^th anniversary, until then we plan on taking more holidays together,” said Mrs Dale.

 “We love travelling. We are taking a cruise to Fiji in October so that’s very exciting.”