Show Bountiful Citizen Observes Anniversary Parley Willey of Bountiful wide wide- widely widely ly ly known former official of Boun Boun- Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful and Davis county observed his seventh eighty birthday Wednes Wednesday day at his home at Bountiful A pioneer of Idaho I aho and Arizona he and Mrs Willey VilleY are the only surviving sUr couple who accompanied the Lot Smith company to colonize colon colon- colonize colonize ize Sunset Arizona which is now but a ghost town Mrs Willey drove a pair of mules to a wagon wa on while Mr Willey Ville rode with a wa- wa wacon waon wagon con gon on train during the thc trip made in 1876 The Tine town was later abandon bandon- abandoned ed because the little Colorado river washed it almost out While there Mr Tilley said they the formed a United Order in living quarters at atthe atthe atthe the fort Mr Ir Willey Villey served a number of terms on the thc Bountiful city council and was vas justice of the thc peace for a term He served as postmaster at Bountiful for 10 years and was wac Da Davis Davis Dais vis is county tax assessor and tax col col- collector collector collector lector in the time early days for a three or four terms and has been in pub pub- public public public lic life since his coming coining of age e. He was an early day school instructor teaching in the old building where the time Bountiful Second ward church now stands At other times in his life he was a farmer and stockman The family lived li two years at Chesterfield and Bancroft Ida where they also colonized Mr Ville served as L D S bishop in inthe inthe inthe the Chesterfield ward while there an in He Ic served an L D S mission to the thc eastern states from 1897 1597 to 1890 A son of Samantha Call and Jeremiah Willey Vill e he was born at Bountiful December 17 1854 He married Sarah Jane Pace of ful They celebrated their sixty sixty- seventh I anniversary last September Mrs is 85 years of age but is a partial invalid and has been cared for by b Mr Willey Villey for the thc past five years Both Mr and Mrs Willey Villey appears to be many years younger than they really are Mr Ir Willey Villey walks approximately two miles daily to Bountiful stores to do his shopping Missed by tine the Red Cross workers during durin the re recent re- re recent recent cent membership drive he walked to the home of the chapter chair chair- chairman man Mrs F F. B. B Muir Tuesday to pay his annual membership dues Parents of 12 sons and daughters seven are living livin They arc are Parley Willey Villey of Aberdeen Ida Ray Willey Villey of or Byron Wyo Marvin Willey Villey of Bountiful Mrs T. T A. A A and Mrs E. E E. E Mitchell both of Bountiful Mrs Mark A. A A Coombs of Cardston Alberta Can Cat matron of the Cardston Cards ton L D S Stemple temple and Mrs J. J A. A Hatch o of Santa Ana Cal There are 40 gran grand grandchildren children 42 great grandchildren great great- and one great great great- reat i |