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Show To Be Honored at Open House Sunday ... - , " . .. ; ' 1 ; -v ' I . . x : . v f? t . : " ... V I I . ' " ''"' " Mr. and Mrs. A. G. (Dell) Thorn A 5 Mr., Mrs. A. G. Thorn to Celebrate 50th Wedding Day at Open House tary; Relief Society teacher; temple tem-ple worker; teacher topic and ward theology leader. She is presently serving as stake theology leader in Relief Society. The couple have three sons and a daughter: Howard A. Thorn and Scott L. Thorn, Salt Lake City; Norman R. Thorn, Spanish Fork, and Mrs. Lenor Livingston of Springville;' also 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Phone your news to No. 57. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Thorn, well known Springville couple will be honored on the occasion of their 50th weddnig anniversary Sunday April 3, with an Open House from 2 until 6 p.m., at their home 42, North First East St. to which their friends and relatives are invited. in-vited. They request no gifts. Culminating a six year courtship court-ship "Dell and Maud," as they are known to their many friends, were married at the home of the bride's parents, L. S. and Lovina Brown Barnett, April 6, 1905. Elder James E. Hall performed the ceremony. Four years later the marriage was solomnized in the Manti LDS temple. tem-ple. Springville has been home to this couple throughout their married life although they have resided away at short intervals. Both have been especially active in civic and church work. Born at Mapleton, Mr. Thorn's parents were Richard and Martha Hall Thorn. He spent his boyhood at Mapleton later moving to Springville with his parents. He attended public schools here and the Hungerford Academy and while living in Eureka completed a commercial course. In his youth and early life, he farmed, worked as a photographer and also as a bookkeeper for railroad contractors contrac-tors and for a merchantile business busi-ness in Schofield and at Spring Canyon. Later, he operated a meat and grocery business in Provo for three years. He then moved to bpnngville where he went into partnership with W. W. Clyde in the purchasing of the Palfreyman Grocery and Meat Market. After two years, Mr. Clyde sold his interests in-terests to E. D. Payne, a brother-in-law of Mr. Thorn, and together they operated the business for 30 years. They then sold out to Howard How-ard Maycock and Mr. Thorn purchased pur-chased the market on Fourth East and Fourth South, operating it for four years. He served as city councilman two years and worked on many worthwhile projects as a member of the Kiwanis club. He has served as a Sunday School teacher, Scout troop committeeman, 20 years; ccjunselor in the Fourth ward bishopric bish-opric 11 years; a member of the stake high council seven years; ward supervisor of the senior Aar-onic Aar-onic Priesthood and is presently serving as secretary and group leader of the High Priest quorum and president of the Gospel Doctrine Doc-trine class of the Ninth ward. Mrs. Thorn was born in Springville Spring-ville and attended schools here taking special training in bookkeeping. book-keeping. During her early life, she was a bookkeeper and also cooked for various railroad contractors. She has served as president of the Mothers Study club and two terms as president of the Springville Spring-ville Garden club, and is now a member of the Bell Canto Chorus. She has offered her services and served as a volunteer for pre-school clinic work, Red t Cross drives ; Chest X-rays and cancer drives. Her church activities include: a Sunday School teacher at Eureka and in Springville; also a Primary teacher; counselor in MIA; counselor coun-selor and secretary in the Fourth ward Relief Society 11 years; Kolob Kol-ob Stake Era . director; stake Gleaner leader; genealogy secre- |
