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Show ; mi? fi'-A HONORED. Mrs. Charles Lundgren of Cedar City receives re-ceives plaque from Rev. Grayson Gowen, in recognition recogni-tion as the oldest charter member of the Cedar City Community Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian Church honors 3 members in special Centennial Sunday observance as treasurer and held other offices in the United Presbyterian Presby-terian Women's Association for many years. Her's, Rev. Gowen pointed out, is a history of contribution contribu-tion since migrating to Cedar City n 1898. She was one of the first students of the Branch Normal College where she attended classes in English En-glish during the fall of 1898. She is the mother of six children, three living, and she has eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Three charter members of the Cedar City Presbyterian Church were honored Sunday as a special observance of Centennial Sunday in the State of Utah. Special recognition was given giv-en to Mrs. A. C. Biederman of Lander, Wyo. and Mrs. Charles Lundgren and Mrs. H. O. Rice of Cedar City. Certificates of appreciation for their many years of faithful service were presented to Mrs. Biederman and Mrs. Rice. As the oldest living member of the church in Cedar City, Mrs. Lundgren, 96, was presented pre-sented with a plaque inscribed: in-scribed: "Mrs. Charles Lundgren. Lund-gren. In grateful appreciation for over 40 years of loyal and faithful service to the Cedar City, Utah Community Presbyterian Pres-byterian Church. The Session. 6 - 8 - 69." From a single church with 10 members in Corinne the Church in Utah has grown gradually but steadily to its present membership of 6,200 in some 20 churches scattered throughout the state, according accord-ing to Rev. Grayson Gowen. He cited the mission schools as having the greatest impact im-pact on the state. During the late 1800's there was no public pub-lic school system and the mission mis-sion schools which were a part of each Protestant Church pro-vided pro-vided the only free education available for youth of the territory. ter-ritory. In 1889-90 the Presbyterians Presby-terians had 32 mission schools, four academies, with 65 teachers, teach-ers, and in 1897 the Board of Missions announced that 50,000 children had received education in these schools. Mrs. Lundgren as a charter member of the Cedar City Church served as treasurer from the time the church was organized in May, 1926 until April of 1938. She also served |