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Show Open House Sunday Afternoon Will Honor Mr., Mrs. A. W. Cherrington flake, Ariz.; Mrs. Merlin (Jane) Norton of Claredon Hills, 111., and Mrs. Blaine (Captola) Murdock and A. Bert Cherrington Cherring-ton of Springville. They have also 23 grandchildren and four great grandchildren who all look forward to a visit at their grandparent's home. : i y f I 1 I : i Former Mayor and Mrs. A. W. Cherrington who will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary at an Open House Sun- day to which relatives and friends are invited. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cherrington, Cher-rington, well-known Springville couple, will celebrate their Golden Gol-den Wedding anniversary with an Open House to which relatives rela-tives and friends are invited Sunday from 3 until 7 p.m., at their home, 1028 East Fourth South St. They request no gifts. Both natives of Springville, they have made their home here practically their entire lives and have taken prominent part in church, civic and social so-cial affairs of the city. A former mayor of Springville, Spring-ville, Mr. Cherrington was born here March 9, 1888 and his wife Hilda Wheeler Cherrington Cherring-ton September 16, 1889. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple, June 9, 1909. At the time of their marriage, mar-riage, Mr. Cherrington was in the contracting business and continued this occupation about ten years, later selling his outfit out-fit and going into the fruit growing business on a farm he purchased at Mapleton. After two years, they became be-came the owners of the former Roe A. Deal property east of Springville and for 32 years operated one of the leading fruit farms in the area, specializing spe-cializing in cherries. During the years this couple employed hundreds of boys and girls who still call them Aunt Hilda and Uncle Amyot. Mr. Cherrington served five years as bishop of the First ward and was High Councilman Council-man at two different times. Interested In-terested for a number of years in poultry raising, he served six years on the state board of the Poultry Assn. and also as president of the local organization. or-ganization. For several years each, he served on the state board of fruit and vegetables and president of the Spring-ville-Mapleton Fruit Assn. He was also a member of the local lo-cal board of the Federal Land Bank. They sold their farm in 1953 and moved into town and he later served four years as Springville city mayor. Mrs. Cherrington has devoted much time to church and civic work also. She has served in Relief Society 35 years holding numerous offices from visiting teacher, class leader, counselor to three presidents to ward president, serving in the latter four years. She is presently a member of Kolob Stake Relief Society board. She has also served as a county president of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Pio-neers four years and was at one time president of the PTA. She is affiliated with the Mothers Mo-thers Study club in which she has served in numerous capacities capa-cities including president. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cherrington Cherring-ton have worked a number of years on the Old Folks committee com-mittee and both have rendered service in the various auxiliary organizations in the wards in which they have lived. They travel considerably and enjoy visits to the homes of their five sons and daughters including: Jack A. Cherrington Cherring-ton of Preston, Idaho; Mrs. Gien (Carol) Clark of Snow- |