Show IW WEBER BER MAN CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY RTH Aff j I fN IN HOME HE HAD PLANNED FOR FORSS 53 YEARS i Yesterday Feb b 24 was the anni anniversary anniversary of the birth of Charles F Mid Middleton Middleton Middleton one on of the early settlers rs of Weber county and a d now one of at the members of the presidency of Weber stake Mr Middleton on that day be became became became came 69 63 years of o age and the event was vas made memorable by reason of sev several several eral oral interesting circumstances one of them hem being the fact that his new home just completed on street was dedicated by him at the festivities ties ies held in honor of his natal day These festivities were held the pre ed edIn In ing ng holiday and were participated in by just half a hundred of his immedi immediate ate descendants with their husbands and wives There were just thirteen of his grandchildren unable to attend The new nev home into which he recently moved noved is located on the lot secured by him lim when a boy in 1854 He has ever since held the lot Jot for a building spot to t be used as the site for or a home during the latter part of ot othis his ils life The title has never passed from rom him hint in all the years o of f varying fortunes and the comple completion completion tion of his fine new home and Its dedi dedication dedication dedication cation formed a subject of much in interest interest terest erest and the keenest gratification for or his friends and relatives A most im impressive Impressive part of the celebration was the dedication of the new building and its ts surroundings as a home by the tile venerable father and grandfather him himself himself himself self An interesting Int and instructive pro gramme was rendered by the th guests a that illustrated the wide range or oc talent and activity existing in the Middleton family and its descendants A bounteous dinner was also spread in the dining room and partaken of by all aU the company There is no man in Weber county more nore thoroughly representative than Charles F Middleton A sketch of his life Ufe would Woul i bring In an account of every worthy activity social ecclesiastical industrial and commercial since the settlement of or this community He Hesta stands sta ds for the theol old life and arid the new and has been a powerful factor actor In ii Charles F P Middleton both The commencement of his sev seventieth seventieth seventieth year finds him strong vigorous and happy with his children and his childrens children honoring and re reI respecting him and the entire community communIty community I ity yielding to o him the homage of one I of its most useful citizens |