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Show GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED Mr and Mrs John Woodficld of N'orth Ogden celebrated their golden wedding anniversary yesterday afternoon after-noon und evening when their children and grandchildren gathered at the home and participated In a program ot musical numbers, recitations and reminiscences, followed by a sumptuous sump-tuous dinner. A number of Invited KiiesN were among the following pies ent : Mr and Mrs John Woodfield. Mr and Mrs William Chadwieh Mr and Mrs Mbert Ward. Mr. and Mrs John Woodfield Mr and Mrs. Patriarch rames Ward, Wr and Mrs. B F Blay-lock Blay-lock Mr and Mrs Norton Bounds. Mr and Mrs Wi'llom Woodfield, Mr and Mrs Ward Fisher Mr. and Mrs I rerome Miller, Mrs Mary A Dudman, Mrs Marl in Berrett Mrs Mcnah Montgomery, Mrs Elirabetb Fisher Miss Elizabeth Woodifield and nearly al) of the "7 grandchildren and the . Vnn"i Plnnn Xlne of the ten living children were present, the other one being at her borne in Hunt8vlHe with a babe born vesterdav morning. I hn Woodfield son of Thomas Woodfield and Ann Hassen was bora near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Eng-land. March 28, 1834 and commenced life under condition! much adverse to his present comfortable and pleasant pleas-ant surroundings. Fie became B Mormon and was bap tired April 22 1862, by Joseph Bat", and Bel sail from Liverpool the nexr day for Utah on the ship "John J, Boyd" In a company of 7il others, under the direction of James S Browii and after a voyage of nearly six week landed in New York June 1. 1862. They proceeded to Winter Quarters, from whence they continued the Journey Jour-ney to Utah by ox team, ho driving one team through In the Kimball and Lawrence company, arriving in Salt Lake In due time and continued on to North Ogden one week later and commenced work as a farm laborer. May 17, lSt'ij, he was married to Rachel Royiance, and the same year bought his present home on Washington Washing-ton avenue, consisting then of ten acres on which has since been erected erect-ed many valuable buildings and to which has been added from time ti time other lands until he now own; I several hundred acres He always had great pride In lm falling as a farmer and stock raiser and was considered in the lead v-iih his fellows won many prizes at tne state fair and his sraln at the world's fair at Chicago In 1S93 was given I honorable mention. Mrs Woodfield was a daughter of j William Royiance and Mary Varwood and was born at Burlington, Iowa, May 17. 1848 and at the age of four her parents started for Utah in Orson Spencer's company, coming acro.-'s the plains with ox teams, meeting with much hardships and encountering many dancers with thr Indians, but finally reached Salt Lake and stopped there fot two years, then to Mound Port in Weber count for one year I Then she moved to North Ogden. During Dur-ing her early life in North Ogden much privation and hardships had to I be endured on account of the great scarcity of food In those days, being forced to live on rations measured out ; to them for a whole year. She par tlcipated in the ' 'Move South,' but ; returned to North Ogden the same fall The "Grasshopper war." th j" hard winter" and the wholesale starvation star-vation and loss of cattle seemed to shut up every acnue of sustenance. MUSICAL RECITAL. Miss Ruth Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T U. Johnson, was formally presented last night by her instructor Tracy V. Cannon, In a pianoforte re- ' cltal at the Weber academy. She was greeted by a large and cultured audience of local music lovers, and z' be; ore her first number was conclu- K'V" I ded its close attention indicated n r; , recognition of genuine ability Lv The young player opened with the Beethoven Sonata "Op 5T' and In Rare each movement of the number showed the possession of fine musicianship. I Her program throughout was an am-bifious am-bifious one and hearty applause fol- Wtjji lowing each number was a fine augury' of her future success as a performer ir?' In her play ing, Miss Johnson showed E' J the po.-session of highly developed natural talent, her technique being of f a brilliant order, tone coloring, round P ? and pleasing, touch sure and true anJ ' jLi her knowledge of interpretation deeply con incing T The different compositions which she essayed were finely chosen both j as to the demands upon the skill of the performer and as agreeable to a cultured audience and her interpreta- j Hon of each one was a triumph. At ' he close of the program, Miss Johnson John-son received many congratulations on j her success and the concensus of opin- i ion of those at the recital was well summed up in the expression of one. "A genuine young artiste and another 1 musician of which Ogden can well be proud " Miss Johnson was ably assisted in her recital by Miss Mary Parmley and Mr John Snedaker Miss Parm- ley is one of the city's most prorais- J ing violinists, whose playing is always i i delight to hear. She contributed three solos and each one was enthusiastically enthu-siastically applauded Mr Snedaker i is a fellow piano student of Miss Johnson's John-son's and his handling of the second piano pari ol the brilliant Mcndels- (Continued on Page 7.) (Continued from Page 8) " Isohn number which closed the piano was a big part of a splendid perform- lance. The eomplete program was as follows: fol-lows: Sonta Op. 53 Beethoven Allegro con brio; Introduzione, Rondo Miss Johnson Andantino Martini-Kreislrr I Pierrot Serenade ...... I Alb. Randegger, Junr. Miss Mary Pannley If Consolation No. 6 Liszt ' Etude in U b Major Liszt Miss Johnson Sparks Moszkowski Serenade Sinding Romance Schutt ; Miss Johnson Scherzo Op. 31 Chopin j Miss Johnson Legende Od. 17 . . . Wieniawski Miss Mary Parmley Capriccio Brilliant Op. 22 Mendelssohn Miss Johnson Mr. John Snedaker at second piano |
