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Show John R. Haliiday, 70, j Laid at Final Rest twenty years in an official and social ' way. John R. had rendered forty-three forty-three years of service to the railroad company without a mark or blemish, he said. "He was a credit to his church, his community and to the company he served." W. W. Warnick, president of Timp-anogos Timp-anogos stake said, "It is a tribute to ! Mr. Haliiday to see this large aud-!i?nce aud-!i?nce and these many beautiful j floral offerings. Many people have i come a long ways to be present to-Iday. to-Iday. Pleasant Grove has lost a j valued citizen. He was a highpriest and a scouter. These High Priests and Boy Scouts on the rostrum are here to do him honor. He was head j of the finance committee for the scouts trip to Washington, D. C, in ! August and he expected to accom-jpany accom-jpany them. His son, John Jr., and his grandson, Roland Jacobs, are I both Eagle Scouts. He will be miss-I miss-I ed in many places. He died with all of his faculties physically and mentally. men-tally. May we emulate his splendid traits." Bishcp Horace E. Gordon of Cg-den, Cg-den, in a short talk told how he appreciated the Haliiday family. Mr. Halliday's daughter, Mrs. Laudie, had lived in his ward. A solo, "Going Home", was rendered render-ed by Roy Fage, accompanied by Lavona Jensen. The benediction was pronounced by Bishop C. A. Gamett. Interment was in the Pleasant Grove cemetery wohere the grave was dedicated by V. L. Haliiday, brother of the deceased. A very lovely addition to the service serv-ice was the strains of "Abide With Me," by the B. Y. U. quartette, under direction, of Prof. Robert Sauer, as the funeral cortage was leaving the tabernacle, and again as it entered the cemetery several sacred musical numbers were played. John R. Haliiday, 70. died at his home Sunday evening at about 9:30 p. m., after less than two hours ill Iness of apoplexy. He had been in I apparent good health during the day, I though for a week previous he had I .net been quite up to his standard of igood health, because cf a fall from a j ladder cn May 16th. Mr. Haliiday was born in Pleasant j Grove, December 13, 1865. His boy-ihood boy-ihood days were spent on the farm in summer and attending local j schools in winter. At the age cf eight years he wa-i employed as ! water carrier for the construction . men who were grading for the Utah Central railroad, .mw the Union Pacific. In September, 1866, Mr. Haliiday was checked in as the first agent at Pleasant Grove, at a salary of $20 per month, paid half by the railroad and half by Hayes Brothers shipping company, located across the tracks. In two months Mr. Halliday's Halli-day's salary was raised to $30 per month paid all by the Railroad Co. The first telegraph wires were installed on June 1, 1887. Mr. Haliiday Halii-day worked continuously at the Pleasant Grove station until February, Febru-ary, 1933, since which time he has received a pension from the Railroad Company. J. R. Haliiday has -always been a leader in social and religious activities, ac-tivities, and has identified himself with practically all new business . industries started in this locality. He has been generous to a fault, always 'helping those in need. His genial j disposition won him many friends. Among the industries fostered by 'Mr. Haliiday were Pleasant Grove Creamery Company, Pleasant Grove Pressed Brick Co., Utah Power and Light Co., Pleasant Grove Canning Company and Bank of Pleasant Grove. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the Pleasant Grove Canning Company and a director di-rector of the Bank of Pleasant Grove. Mr. Haliiday was one of the first members of the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce acting as a member of the first finance committee. commit-tee. He fulfilled a mission for the L. D. S. Church in the Southern States. his musical ability helped him greatly great-ly in his work. He has been active in Boy Scout work and at his death he was chairman of the finance committee and promoter of the Timpanogos district for the coming jubilee in August at Washington, D. C. He expected to make this trip with the scouts. Surviving are his widow, Mary Robinson Haliiday; two daughters, Mrs. H. W. Jacobs, Pleas-ant Grove; Mrs. Lucius Laudie, Ogden; a son, John R. Haliiday Jr. Provo, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Timpanogos Stake Tabernacle Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon at 2 p. m., with Bishop J. A. West conducing. A duet, "Face to Face," was rendered by Mrs. Stella Hardman and Mrs. Viola Beers, followed by the invocation invoca-tion by James D. Thorne. A musical number was then rendered by the B. Y. U. Spring Quintette. Patriarch S. L. Swenson, a lifelong life-long friend of Mr. Haliiday, and who is also president of the Bank of Pleasant Grove, read resolutions of respect for Mr. Haliiday from the Bank of Pleasant Grove, of which institution Mr. Haliiday was a director. direc-tor. He spoke feelingly of their early childhood and early manhood together and their other early associations asso-ciations together with later social and business connections. He paid a high tribute when he declared Mr. Haliiday to have always been a true friend and associate. S. L. Chipman, a life-long friend of the Haliiday and Robinson families, fami-lies, spoke of his early acquaintance with the Robinson family. He felt honored to be asked to talk at this funeral, he said. I remember the many thoughtful things that John R. would do for us. He always tried to do a good turn to all of his friends. He was a hard working man, his many years of railroad work training him i.n punctuality, punc-tuality, loyalty and tro-.t worthiness. He had faith Li God. A string trio was rendered by B. Y. U. Students. Mr. Openshaw, representing the Union Pacific railroad, paid a glowing glow-ing tribute to Mr. Halliday's caret r. He had known him for more than |