Show HONOR JOHN ON HIS BIRTHDAY veteran citizen or of Kays kaysville ville and well known knok business man felici bated by family and friends an impressive impress av e occasion at kaysville Kays ville on wednesday was the celebration of the eightieth anniversary ot of the birthday of john R barnes mr barnes is one of the earliest settlers of utah and one of its best known busi men he was born in eno england land july 28 1833 during the afternoon the family assembled at the 0 old d home whore where for an hour or more advice and counsel were given oy the honored veteran after which a distribution of a large portion of his estate was made to his children who in turn remembered the father fathe r of the family with presents inc including ludin a diamond shirt stud and a silver mounted umbrella the presentation speech being made by romalic Roy alC aLIC barnes this is the second distribution mr barnes has made to his 14 children 13 of whom are livin living g in the even evening irig nearly peo pie gathered at the opera house where a banquet was served during which the following 0 program was given john G M barnes of kaysville Kays ville acting 0 as toastmaster fathers past arthur F barnes of salt lake city fathers present claude T barnes 0 of f salt lake city the future bishop henry H lood of ic Ks vicye I at v 1 l a teri henry 11 blood of y V ae M rs george E barton of provo prove and W S barnes of salt lake city the formal exercises concluded with a feeling response by the 0 guest of honor letters of con congratulations were read f from rom baut banking itin and other institutions with which mr air barnes is associated as well as from various PU public alic officials and the re of the evening evenin M was pleasingly pleas mily spent in dancing deseret evening Even int news |