Show CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING A5 kHS jsJ PIONEERS ARE ENTERTAINED MIt AND MUS WH LIAM PHOUERT Mr and Mrs William Probert Receive Good Wishes of Friends 6pe al to The T bunf PROVO Dec 24 Mr and Mrs W 1 bam Probert celebrated their cold en wedd ng yesterday n the r home corner of Fifth Jorth and J"" rst West streets About thirty guests relat es and friends of the worthy peo pie assembled to do them honor A sumptuous d nner was enjoyed and gen tune soc abil ty with congratnlat ons and express ons of good wishes for fu ture long life and happiness for Mr and Mrs Probert marked the occasion Mr Probert s a native of Herefo shire England and was born in Mar 1840 In 1861 he arrived in New York w th a ha penny and the su t o clothes he wore const tuting his dob sessions He worked h s way to Sa Lake and later mo ed to Cedar Springs now Holden M Hard count where De cember 3 1S64 he married M ss Mrv nn Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson an o d Nau oo fam 1 Mr and Mr6 Probert mo ed to Round 'alle and became p oneers of Sc p o where Mr Probe t was for manv ears a lead ng c tizen tak ng a prominent part in the develop ment of the countrj For mia) years he engaged success fnllv in the mercantile Dusiness both at Scipio and Holden In 1889 the familv moved to Prove and m 1902 to Alberta Canada for the second tune undertaking p oneer work in a new country Sir Probert engaged in the njercant le bus ness and m coal mining and acquired a competency in his new home The seventy of the climate m the north country caused Mr and Mrs Probert to return to Provo in 1909 where they have s nee resided Their children are Mrs D A. String ham of Provo W E. Probert of Deep Creek Mrs H A Stevens Mrs Eva Wood Mrs Estella mith and Lvman Probert all of Canada Mr and Mrs. Probert have seventeen grandchildren and seven gTeat grandchildren |