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Show COPPERTON PAIR FELICITATED ON GOLDENWEDDING Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Colyar of Copperton were honored on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary last evening at a reception re-ception given by their children at the Hyrum Jensen home, 2730 Highland Drive, Salt Lake City. Julian Harkness Colyar and Miss Avis Jones were married March 18, 1893, at Sedan, Kansas, by the Rev. F. H. Flickinger at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.V.L. Jones. The young couple left that same day to make their home in Independence, Independ-ence, Kansas, and later moved to Emporia, Kansas. They lived in Columbus, Nebraska, a few years. In 1907 they came to Bingham Canyon, where Mr. Colyar has been associated with Utah Copper Cop-per company for 36 years. He is a level foreman. , ... "Mr. and Mrs. Colyar have had nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Their five sons and two daughters are: Chauncey W. Colyar of Pen-gilly, Pen-gilly, Minn.; Julian P. Colyar of Ogden; M. C. Colyar of Copper-ton; Copper-ton; C. C. Colyar of Murray; Mrs. Clark Zimmerman and Mrs. Elmo El-mo Nester and Robert Colyar, all of Salt Lake City. The Colyars have always been interested in music. A program df their favorite melodies was presented during the reception. Those taking part were Mrs. Lester Les-ter Hewlitt, soprano: Alvin Ked-dington, Ked-dington, basso; S. Edgar Fern-ley, Fern-ley, baritone, and his wife, Wilva Coles Fernley, pianist; Miss Rachel Conner, mezzo-soprano; Mrs. Virginia Nester, contralto, and Robert Colyar, pianist. No invitations were sent out but friends of the Colyars were welcomed" at the reception. When asked what hor advice would be to a young married couple who would like to look forward to a golden wedding anniversary, an-niversary, Mrs. Colyar said that she and Mr. Colyar had been too busy rearing a family to take any trivial trouble to a lawyer. When any difference of opinion arose, both of the Colyars have been in favor of settling the difficulty within their own home, a course young moderns do not always follow, she has observed. The Colyar's eldest son, Chauncey Chaun-cey W.. Colyar, was named for his maternal great grandfather, William Chauncey Adams, a direct di-rect descendent of John Adams, early American patriot and second sec-ond president of the United States. |