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Show I . i Benson Ward ! Folk Attend I . ,' J Funeral Here H j Benson, Aug. 29. Many of tho B iJ pcoplo of Benson nttcndcd Uio funcr- m nl services of William Toombs In B 'f tho Logan Fourth ward last Wednes- B ' day. While ho had a homo In tho B k Fourth ward and spent with his fain- B ( " j . Hy, tho winter months tlicre the l'ast B ML- ' 1 two or three years, yet we claimed H. W . him as a resident of Benson. In aid- HkC ;. lng any enterprise or In assisting In M , I- : any obligation he was alwnys among M J 'f; ' th; foremost. Whllo not a man of Vfc 2 many words he was n man of action, Bkj "It ' who could always he depended upon. Bwl P. His lawn and shady grovo around 1 I his homo on the bank or tho Smith- H field creek wcro often used by the B I ,," people of our ward as a gathering B v placo for our celebrations. Tho last B tlmo tho writer saw this good man H jv.. nllvo he was smoothing a road for H ' nutomoblles to pas's around to see tho B ' machinery, nt work driving for oil H T nnd gas. Ho wns always ready to B work for tho public convenience. To H accommodato others was one of his B J, characteristics and to rcfuso to n'd B J3P' others In whatever wny ho could was B r; entirely out of tho reckoning with H a. B !; Tho largo gathering at his funeral, B '"" tM0 nbuudanco of beautiful flowers, PJH tllu sweet singing and tho eulogistic PJH remarks of tho sovernl speakers all B ! avo conclusive evldcnco of tho high B esteem nnd fond nffectionlu which he B held. B . TIQ falthTul widow and three young H I children ns well as his daughter, B a$ Mrs. Annlo T. Ileesc will especially B ' miss this loving husband nnd devot- M J 'W ed father and to them our sympathy BBS "Js is moved; but so far ns ho Is con- B cerncd wo felt when looking upon his m !' -strong Intellectual faco so none nnd H " restful ns ho lay In his beautiful cas- H -kot loaded with choico flowers which H ho sq dearly loved, that fo call him m back had wo tho power to do so, H would ho unkind an ho had .battled H . hard and faithfully with tho condition of mortality and had earned a rtbt from hlscarthly career. "Mrs.' Peter Trost va 'slator-In-lnw camo up from .Salt Lake City (o attend at-tend tho funeral trf. llrother Toombs She is spending a few days In; Ben-so;i Ben-so;i among her relatives and old time neighbors. Her daughter Aurclla Is also here for tho samo purpose. Miss Ermn Jorgenson, n daughter Of our old friend nnd nelghbor'Jacob Jorgcnsen is a visitor In Benson. Tho Beo Hive girls of Benson of which thero uro two, Swarms namely tho Licgo and the Buzzer, arc" not only working themselves buf also their friends to havo a good tlmo. Tho Huz7er swarm gavo a danco and program In tho Uonson meeting houso last Wednesday evening which was a success both socially and financially. financi-ally. On Saturday tho both swarms left for an outing In Logan cnnyo,n. Tho young men that went ns teamsters team-sters were Otto Houtlcr, 'Marvin Thnln, Newel Slunk, Frank nuchnnon, Sylvan Peterson, Golden Bnrrott, Ellis El-lis Wilson, Roy Ballard and Ernest Allen. Mrs. Annlo T, Reese, Mrs. Celcstla Rogers and , Mrs. Rebecca Frost also wont with them. Mr. W. .1. Funk has recently purchased pur-chased n Ford automobllo nnd Mr. R. O'. Reeso a Dqdgo, so you can see tho auto fover In Dgnson hns not yet abated; It may tako the cold snows of winter to effect this condition. Monday, August 30 President nnd Mrs. Qulnnoy nnd their son Seymour nnd Miss Edith llowcn wcro 'In nt-tendnnco nt-tendnnco at our sacrament meeting last evening. President Qulnncy and his son were tho speakers. Tlio crowd that went up Lqgan canyon can-yon returned Inst evening safo and hnppj', feeling that they had been well compensated for their trouble. |