Show BELNAP FAMILY REUNION HELD f most enjoyable time had by the members of the family jhc belnap family reunion was held yesterday at tho old belnap homestead there being over members 0 tho family and relatives present the family gathered in the morning at the hooper meeting house and at 12 noon tho big tents which had been erected tor the purpose were thrown open and the assembled relatives partook of a sumptuous repast at 2 p m the following program was given in the hooper meeting house with gilbert belnap jr as master of ceremonies song belnap glee club 0 ye mountains high prayer bishop thomas callister of fillmore Fill moie song belnap glee club the old oaken bucket address of welcome adeline belnap widow of gilbert belnap the father of the family mrs belnap recounted the of herself and husband from the time she was a bride of 15 duet and maud historical sketch by henry belnap 0 the boyhood of gilbert belnap and his pilgrimage to utah sketch by hyrum belnap tracing the genealogy of the back to 1016 A D 4 address gilbert belnap jr recitation marion A belnap address jane belnap hammond address pres C F middleton giving reminiscences of the boyhood days of gilbert belnap and himself address bishop thomas callister farewell francis M belnap benediction leal BH ammond after the program an informal social was enjoyed tor several hours and was partaker partaken par taken of after which the family repaired to the amusement hall which was thrown open tor a tree public dance the immediate belnap family consists of seventeen children of gilbert belnap grand children and 52 great grandchildren gilbert belnap was the first marshal the first sexton and the first city at was county sheriff of weber county and has served in the capacity besides of assessor and collector adjutant general of the utah militia and was bishop of hooper for twenty years he was organizer in 1867 of the first hooper canal company there were present yesterday members of the family from arizona idaho and all parts of utah |