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Show CELEBRATES ! 90TH BIRTHDAY 1 I 1 i In honor of the ninetieth birthday of Moroni Miner members of the fnmily and a number of relatives friends gathered at his home Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon, June 3,' at a birthday party. ; Dinner was served to more than 100 people. A birthday cake with 90 candles occupied a consplcious place In the center of the feast until un-til the close of the meal when each person present was permitted to take a piece of the cake home. The luncheon' was followed with a program of musical numbers, speehes and reading, with Floyfl Miner acting as toastmaster. Those on the program outside of the Mine family were Mrs. A. W. Finley, Mrs. Eliza Thorn, John S. Boyer, Jr., Bishop' Wm. Wainwrigbt and 8. 2. Dalton. . Members of the fumily present were: Moroni Miner nnd his wife, Nnncy Chase Miner; Mr. and Mrs. . A. Miner, Mr. nnd 'Mr&'.SL F. Miner, Mr. nnd Mrs. Floyd Miner, Mr. nnd Mrs. Thorn C. Miner, Mrs. N. E. Whitmore, Mrs. Mnry Miner Diamond, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miner, of Lyman, Wyo.', Mr. and Mrs. George Miner of Magna nnd Mrs. Ruth Bennlon of Vernal, togethev with children nnd grand children. Mnrrled grandchildren present were. Mr. and Mrs. Onel Whitmore , of Eureka, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miner, Mr. and -Mrs. Wm. Banks, Mr... and Mrs. Grant Miner, Mrs. Abe Ullock, Mrs. Dea Miner, Mr. . and Mrs. Frank Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Lavar Audersan and Mrs. D. C. Allemau. Invited guests included : Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter, Mr. and Mr. Bert Carter, Mrs. Wnlter Robinson, and Mrs. Francis Clark Knight nil of Provo ; Mrs. Adelaide Dalton and Mrs. Sadie McTavish of Suit Lnke City; Mr. nnd Mrs. A. W. Finley, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Chase,- Mrs. Ann Ronndy, Mrs. Eliza Thorn, Mrs J. 0. Houtz, Bishop and Mrs. Wm. Wainwright, Mr. and Mrs. John'- 3. Boyer, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Wii Kenrns(. Mrs. D. O. Miner and St. E. Dalton. f.lfjNBi Moroni Miner was born' In Kin-land, Kin-land, Ohio, June 4, 1835. He was blessed by the - Phophet -. Joseph Smith, when a baby. He was with the body of Saints when they were driven out of Nauvoo nt the time of the expulsion in.l84G. Bare footed -and the oldest son of a widowed mother, he traijed with ox teams from the Missouri river to the Salt Lake Valley in the year 1850 and came to Springville in the spring of 1851 where he 'has resided 'till the present. . ' v.- He helped to construct the first irrigating ditch that was taken out ! of Hoble Creek, to Irrigate the land where the city of Springville is now built. He was a soldier In tne Utah Indian wars of 1853 and 1866.' He freighted with ox teams into Montana when flour sold there at $50 per sack. He' carried mail in the Y. X. company in the early fifties and had a construction contract con-tract on the first transcontinental railroad when the ;U. P. and the S. P. were joined at ' Promotory Point. ; ' ' He has contributed to, the construction con-struction of every building that has been constructed in Springville from the time the city was first laid out to the present. |