| Show THE JEX REUNION Should old acquaintance be fogot And never brought to mind And the days of Auld Lang Sine was apparently the watchword and guiding star of the William Jex gathering gather-ing and reunion of the family and friends of over two hundred held in the Third ward assembly room on January 1st it being the 82nd anniversary of of Grandma Jexs birthday being born in 1826 Both arc hale and hearty Father Jex and his good partner have proved themselves fruitful vines Their family has followed their good example as there has been born to the aged pair pair 15 children 10 of whom are living 101 Grand children and 29 great grandchildren grand-children and still they come every one being virtuous and pure One of the boys is in the mission field a son jn law is on a mission in the Sandwich Islands Bishop McKell of the 1st ward is a soninlaw and Bishop Money of Palmyra is the same Bishop Hales of the 3rd ward is married to a granddaughter grand-daughter The assembly hall being turned into I drawing room was well laid out with portraits of the worthy pair One was of a group of the gathering the fami Ily and their immediate decendants It was a merry and hilarious association of friends that met to do honor to the natal day of Grandma Jex and her worthy husband After a bounteous feast has been partaken of the following program was rendered I G Williams was toast master Hymn 0 ye Mountains High Prayer Bishop Hales Glee Club sang We have met again Speech of Welcome Bishop Money SongGlee Club Welcome Friends of Love Biorgaphical Sketch by his youngest son Heber C Jex from which we have the following synopsis He was born 75 years ago at Gosport Norfolk England He was baptized into the Church on March 22 1853 Came to Zion in a sail ship taking over 9 weeks for the voyage lended in New Orleans thence by way of ox teams Worked for a time on the Salt Lake Temple at the time Johnstons army came he moved to Spanish Fonk which has since been his home He passed through the cricket and Indian wars being a home guard at that time He was a city councilman for many years founded the Jex Lumber Company which was incorporated in 1901 9 young girls then sang in concert My Mother Dear Incidents in the life of the Jex family by Ira McKell Song I Harvest MoonshineLock I wood Hales The young lad was on cored when he sang Joe Bowers Recitation School Girls Excuse Eliza Robertson An address on Missionary Work of the Jex Family was given by Hannah J Bradford She read a letter from her husbahd Roswell Bradford on the Sandwich Islands anent the Jex Reunion Reun-ion Recitation The Stowaway Eliza Hales Speech on Business affairs John Jex Concert Song by the yoUng girls peak Gently to the Old Comic Christmas Story William Beckstrom Song The Old Church Bells by Robert Boyack RecitationPlayingin Gods Garden Umer Brockbank Toasts and Sentiments by Isaac Brockbank The closing speech was delivered by William fox in which he reviewed the the principal events of his life and bore his testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel in all its details after which the company separated Happy to meet sorry to part and glad to meet again M B |
