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Show I 4 -, ''- i : i V 1 , ? i I ' ' - : : ; ! Former Southern Utah Pair Note Golden Wedding a Mrs William Alma Dr' tarmer residents of sou-WilSOnnh sou-WilSOnnh and for the past """"I residents of Salt "fly will note their 50th Lake anniversary Nov. 18 at Se in SaU Lake City SlThird East The couple will begin the cele-by cele-by attending the 5 p.m. br 1 in the Salt Lake Tem-t Tem-t Nov 16 with their children. P'pen house will be from , o 5 P m. and a program and Lnce from 8 to 11:30 p.m. and Mrs. Wilson were miedaNov. 16, 1911 in the St. rree LDS Temple. H was born Nov. 19, 1890 in Hinsdale ,now extinct) a son 7 James William and Lydia Ann Johnson Wilson. Mrs. Wil-S Wil-S the former Gertrude Por-S?Vas Por-S?Vas born Aug. 11. 1889 in Orderville, a daughter of Francis Fran-cis Lysander and Laura Melving Carli g Porter. At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Wilson was a recent graduate of Salt Lake School of Nursing. The couple lived in Beaver where Dr. Wilson graduated ilrom Murdock Academy nc taught school ia Henderson now extinct (located near Wid-soe) Wid-soe) lie taught at Alton and Boulder and began studying medicine in his spare time. In the meantime, Dr. Wilson received a certificate to practice pract-ice obstetrics, chiropractry and osteopathy. He delivered hundreds hun-dreds of babies in southern Utah. In 1922 they moved to Salt Lake City where he worked on his masters degree in education, pre-medicine and psycho-therapy. He later taught in Rigby, Ida., Kamas and Boulder again.' While in Boulder, Dr. Wilson built and operated an open air dance hall known as the "Bull Pen". In 1944 the family sold all its property in southern Utah and moved to Salt Lake City. The couple are parents of seven children, five of whom are living. They are Mrs. Clyde (Irene) King, Boulder; Mrs. Roy (Vesta) Holmes, Richland, Wash.; James Vance, Seattle, Wash.; Dr. Byron Kent, Woodland, Wood-land, Calif.; William Keith, Salt Lake City. They also have 20 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilson ... to note 50th wedding date. |