Show ILLNESS CAUSES POSTPONEMENT OF WINDERS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION John R Winder first counselor In the first presidency of or the th o Mormon church churchwill churchwill will be 87 years ears of or age today He was born in Biddenden Kent county England in n 1520 1 and was baptized nto the church churchin in IMS 1848 On the voyage from Europe he was waa stricken with smallpox and was quarantined aboard ship but he President Winder Inder came to Salt Lake Oct 10 1853 by way of or New Orleans St Louis and Keokuk j At the latter point he joined the company pf pt r Joseph W y Young across the plains Mr Ir Winder saw much service as a tary tarr man He Ho was a member of ot the Nau Nauvoo oo 00 legion lenlon in 1155 in which organisation Or lie he held heid the tho captaincy of or lancers lanc rs In n itah In the fall faU and winter or of 0 and ana 1858 he ho was in command of ot a company of fifty men sent to hold Echo canyon and its approaches On March 8 2 Air Mr Winder inder accompanied General George Georg L b brant irant rant through Tooele county and on to the great groat desert in pursuit of or Indians Indian He Ile fo was a veteran of ot the Black mack Hawk Indians war of or and In the tha th year he collected and made up a list of or orthe the expenses of ot that war which was wag presented pre lre presented to congress but which has never been paid In 1 1870 a he was elected assessor and col coi collector co lector which office he held for tor fourteen r years Cars He served serve five s terns terms in ht the city council beginning in 1872 In Jn 1 he resigned as assessor and wen was ap appointed appointed pointed city water master Mr Winder has also held a Po large number of ot ecclesias ecclesiastical ecclesiastical offices Signal service was wag performed by Mr Winder in 1892 in the work of ot completing the temple It was the aim to delicate ate the structure forty years after Its tf tc t ginning but much work was yet yd to be done Mr Winder set about It and tie de devoted e voted much of ot his own fortune to Its Ha completion In 1893 he was selected sel first tI t assistant to President Alonzo Snow in charge of or the temple During recent years ears It has hag been the custom to celebrate the birthday anniversary anniversary anniversary sary of or this venerable and sturdy worker but this year the celebration will wilt be omit omitted omitted omitted ted owing to the illness of ot Mr Winder The indisposition is not serious is the announcement an announcement announcement mado at the residence 49 North West Vest Temple street but it Is Js deemed best to postponed the anniversary celebration until a later ater date |