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Show . - : ' . . , ' , - . i v if f : - - : L Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whiting of Mapleton who will be honored at an Open House Sunday at their home at Mapleton commemorating com-memorating their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Open House at Mapleton Sunday To Honor Mr., Mrs. Burt Whiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Whiting, well-known residents of Mapleton, Maple-ton, will recall many happy years they have spent in the community as they celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary anniver-sary Sunday afternoon at their home. An Open House to which relatives re-latives and friends are invited, is planned in their honor from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m., at the family fam-ily residence 390 West 400 No., Beck Nielson. During her early life in Colorado, she served as a counselor in the YWMIA, as Sunday School secretary, Primary Pri-mary teacher and a member of the MIA Stake board. In her roll as mother of three sons and a daughter and a busy farm wife, she has found time to do considerable community and church work. She has been president of the Relief Society, the YWMIA and the Primary at Mapleton; also a Relief Society class leader and teacher, member of the missionary committee and a drama leader in the MIA. She has also served as chairman of the well-baby clinic at Mapleton. Their sons are Dr. Quinn A. Whiting of Price; Dr. Rex A. Whiting of Heber City and Niel Whiting of Mapleton. Their daughter is Mrs. Reece (Ruth) Anderson of Vernal and the grandchildren number thirteen. Mapleton, where they have spent their entire married life. They request no gifts. The Whiting's present home was just up to the "square," when Mr. Whiting took his bride Sarah (Sadie) Nielson to be his wife in a ceremony in the Salt Lake Temple August 26, 1909. They lived for about a month with his folks at Mapleton and then moved into two rooms of their partially finished home. Through the years, they have added rooms .and many other improvements and conveniences until they now have one of the many fine residences in Mapleton. Theirs was one of the first to be made modern. Even before the city installed culinary water, Mr. Whiting devised a power driven dri-ven well to supply water to their home. He was one of the successful farmers of Mapleton and the family home, farm and garden have always been examples of industry and good citizenship. Born at Mapleton January 1, 1881, Mr. Whiting is a son of Albert and Harriet Perry Whiting, Whit-ing, one of the earliest families in that community. He attended attend-ed the Brigham Young University Univer-sity and served a mission in the Eastern States. Among the offices he has held in the church in which he has always been active, are president of the Elders Quorum, president and counselor of the YMMIA, a member of the genealogical committee, chairman of the missionary committee and choir leader. Both Mr. and Mrs. Whiting have served on the Black Hawk committee and the Mapleton Old Folks committee. Mrs. Whiting is a native of Richfield, Colorado, born March 14, 1886, to Anthon and Maria |