Show I 103EPH SMITHS BIRTHDAY Anniversary Services to Be Held In Various Wards Today Is the ninetyfifth anniversary of the birth of Joseph Smith and arrangements ar-rangements have beefi made to commemorate I com-memorate the event In the Mormon ward meetinghouses The memUcra of the Sixteenth ward were the first to inaugurate this custom and for several r sev-eral years they have held annual meet ings Other wards have followed the example Besides the ceremonies in the Six teenth ward which it is said will be of special Interest this year there will be services In the Twentyfirst ward and the Eighteenth ward In the Seventeenth ward the Sundays Sunday-s hool children have a special commemorative com-memorative programme for this mornings morn-Ings services and a large attendance of the parents and others is anticipated antici-pated At the evening ward services Elder Samuel W Richards one of the comparatively few left who had an Intimate acquaintance with Joseph Smith will gIve reminiscences and solos and choral music of a Christinas character will be rendered I |