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Show CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY , ; V j Mr. and Mrs. James W. Eyiv MINERSVILLE COUPLE CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY James W. and Rosella Eyre of Minersville. are to be feted for three days this week in observance of their Golden Wedding Wed-ding anniversary. Married in Minersville 50 years ago Sunday, Sun-day, Oct. 21, by Bishop George Eyre, when that village was ; a booming: mining- town, thev have ei'own old together and . adapted themselves to their home town's gradual change from mining min-ing to farming, ranching and stock raising. James William Eyre, son of Edwin Ed-win and Malinna Eyre, was born in Minersville in 1874, and Mrs. Eyre, daughter of Gideon and Elvira Murdock, was born in Joseph, Jo-seph, Utah, in 1876. With the exception ex-ception of seven years spent in the Horn Silver mining district west of Milford, they have been continuous con-tinuous residents of Minersville. Still active in spite of his 71 years, Mr. Eyre, formerly a miner is now a farmer and stock raiser. In his early life he was ordained a deacon in the L. D. S. church later serving as Teacher, Priest Elder, and counselor to young men's organizations. He now holds office as high priest. Mrs. Eyre's work in church circles cir-cles includes Sunday school teaching, teach-ing, counselor in Young Ladies' M I. A., block teacher for the Relief Society, a term as president of the Relief Society Teachers, and 11 years as class teacher for the Relief Re-lief Society! Mrs. Eyre also served for 11 years as chairman of the Old Folks' Committee, and has served at least one term- in every office of the local Daughters of ! Utah Pioneers. Observance of the anniversary will begin Saturday evening with a family dinner, with the following follow-ing children will attend: Mr. and Mrs. Irvin W. Eyre and son of Lansing, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore The-odore Eyre and two children of Las Vegas, Nev.; Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Hart-ley Eyre and ton sons of Vallejo, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Eyre Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bradley and two children, and Miss Zelma Eyre of Sit Lake City, and Hilbert O. Eyre of Minersville. Sunday the Eyres will hold open house from 2 till 5 o'clock, with musical and vocal selections shed-uled shed-uled for those hours. Monday evening eve-ning a dance at the Minersville schoolhouse will conclude the celebration. "topside" aboard the L'SS Barnstable Barn-stable off Honshu. Japan, on September Sep-tember 25, when that war vessel landed troops at Wakayama, City watching as the 'soldiers went over the side. The troops landing at that harbor on the southeastern coast of Honshu were for the occupation oc-cupation of Japan's inland cities of Kobe and Osaka. Private First Class Joseph R. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Roger? of Milford, has received ! an honorable discharge from the rimy at DcWitt general hospital A-,:burn. Calif, j Overseas for 18 months, Rogers ' was a surveyor with the 201th Field Artillerv ar;d served in the j Normandy, Northern France and German campaigns. He earned r9 iwr.'s a-! wears the FAME , ribbon with thr'-e hronTe stars, the j American Defer,--? ribbon and the i Good Conduct Medal. ! His r.rr.tW. T'-l Leland D. Rogers, Rog-ers, is now with the army in Luzon. |