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Show "Aunt Em" Passes Another Milestone .a a a & Nonogenarian Honored by Her Friends M ES. EMMELINE B. WELLS, familiarly known as "Aunt Em," -who celebrated her ninety-first anniversary yes-terday. yes-terday. Mrs. WeUs has a "real birthday" every four years, having been born on February 29. At tn P. right, Is Margaret Clayton, seven weeks old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Clayton, Jr., and below is tfaroa j C. Cannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Cannon, both great-grandchildren of Mrs. Wells. , - vSSa, e..v M . iv.ftJ - Reception Is Held for Mrs. Emmeline B. Weils Following- Her 91st Year. IN celebration of her ninety-first anniversary anni-versary and to show their appreciation apprecia-tion for her long and faithful service ser-vice to their cause, the board of directors of the General Relief society soci-ety gave a reception in honor of Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells at the Hotel Utah yesterday afternoon. A public Invitation was extended to the friends of Mrs. Wells, and hundreds of people called to shake hands with the dear lady and wish her many happy returns. Music was furnished fur-nished by the Romania Hyde orchestra, and the reception hall was decorated with carnations and roses. The following committee com-mittee members were in tho receiving line: Mrs. Martha H. Tlngey. president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement association; Mrs. Pouie B. Pelt, president of the Primary association ; Mrs. Edwin L.. Smith, Mrs. Ma.ry A. Lambert, Mrs. Susan W. Smith, Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon, Can-non, Mrs. Isabel Sears, Mrs. Susan Wells Mrs. Zina Y. Card and Mrs. Alice Merrill Home, Mrs. Wells has been in Salt Lake since 15 IS, and she lias watched a city grow out of a desert. Seventy years ago she camped with an ox team on the rpot of ground where the Hotel Utah now stands. She has been the president of tho General Gen-eral Relief society for many years, and. in spite of her great age. she still visits the (Miice every day and supervises the work. When cot i grat ' dated on her longevity, she replied that, tince she -was born on February 29, she was really only one-fourth as old as her years: that she was happy and still InU-rested in the doings do-ings of humanity and hoped to continue In this life for a lone time to come. Within the memory of Mrs. Wells are many Interesting things. Sh has a vivid recollection of having entertained her grandfather, a vereran of the revolution, on her first birthday. She ran recall when they started fire by striking flint, and cooked in an open fireplace, and she tells of n journey from "Boston to Albany before the advent of railroads. |