WILLIAM H FOSTER THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE TABERNACLE CHOIR AND WIFE WIFEL H x x x x oo X C x x N f t L I Y a J Ja X f I I I t i t I I 4 3 w I f 5 MR MB AND MRS FOSTER IUSTER SOON AFTER APTER THEIR MARRIAGE X 1 h 0 I y It VA VAt r t z e 1 1 I f 1 I I 9 t I f t XI Q T L f A y A t J 1 i t o 1 I y I 1 MH NIt AND MRS FOSTER AS AEi THEY tOOK TODAY X SA l AA H HN J i 0 To have ha been a 11 member of or the Tab Tati Tabernacle choir longer ImRI r titan than My mummy other per her perron I r ron years In e the distinction lion tion enjoyed by br William H II Foster fn a known as IlS Hilly Billy Foster I hy by his hla more Intimate friends To have passed the fiftieth milestone of at eddo IM hs a further distinction that thal hui hu ha just Juht rome come to himself and tho time who hits his Mo little In lit sun sunshine shinto shine und and nn tot for time the whole of nt this tha period In some sommie respects hives have been unique In all 1111 they time the have been lJ en Interesting und a ml happy Mr Ir Foster Fo ter was Willi a member of the time his historic brows brass band under William Pitt hilt The TIme Mark Croxall were also ulao pioneer musical mU organ with which he was W I actively connected In time the th latter band were Dan Olsen Oben Mark Croxall Joseph Lamb Joshua H If und others who made lc on cit many a 11 festive occa slon nt itt the Social hull hail ant anil other oilier of at public anti and amusement It ts me meno no overstatement oV r cf or fet to say that thousands have danced to th strains of ot the a 1 of it r which U is bile seen In lii his imis hi haute hands In tho time out obi time picture herewith hen reproduced And Alit nt It the oM oil folks folk gatherings today no ito music Is la moro more highly appreciated than ilium that which hitch t mantle made by ii b tills this same caine Instrument In In re cc reo to the touch of ot the nimble fin fill fingers gers Henl that manipulate It t with whim u it skill til ul ulmo most mo t ns as marked as that displayed In more moore youthful To appreciate the memories that thit these the e tunes tune Inspire It tt itis Is well nigh necessary lIry tom for one to be b a I himself Mr Ir Foster Faster FOl Ier at attended attended tended the time first gathering of ur tm od 01 folks at nt 31 30 years ago ngo and since that day l has hils never missed one of o them Ills part of choir leader Irater Is always faithfully performed Mr Ir Foster r was Mas born horn In England on Juno Juao IS 25 1 He lie left his hi native natio laud land fur for the lie th new n world on Feb loeb II 11 Ki 1 1 crossing the Atlantic on the Ellen Illon nod ant arrived In Salt Lake City In September of ot tho the sumo sonic year eRr out and ant roon after LItter met his hili future wife In III th time person of Miss Eunice to whom ho he wd married In the Fifteenth warl of this city on Dec 28 S 8 1855 by Abraham Of this union there were rere 1 12 children seven of whom nrc fI re stilt still living Mr I ir r Foster Jost l Is III n a w I turner l by trade end n a very IT ged one oneTIme The TIme skill of ot hit iii hl workmanship Is cd ell by the creations of at his mind and hands In many inan a II t Utah building