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Show t: f ' f r;. - , ; ; I r a-a , r v ., ; . i -A 'I A . . X ' . , :. . 1 . : A. i ''Ai:.!'-:. v: i' r. ! i ' " i l i - A I A ' -i I Mr and airs- George A. Simkins to note their Golden Wed-din'g Wed-din'g at family get-together Tuesday June 9. George A. Simkins Family Party Will Celebrate Golden Wedding months in the Eastern States mission and 27 months in Scotland Scot-land where he presided over the Scottish mission. During his life, he has also filled three stake missions and been active in the church auxiliaries. For 23 years he served as a High Councilman in Tintic and Ko-lob Ko-lob Stakes. He has also spent a number of years as Stake Superintendent of the YMMIA. They began their married life in Eureka, where he was engaged in mining. In 1925, they moved to Springville and he became the City Waterworks Water-works Superintendent and later worked as assistant supervisor at the State Hospital for 17 years. He retired in 1949. Wishing them well on their anniversary, will be their five children and their families, Mrs. Vernon (Virginia) Clegg of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Myles (Marie) Roach of Spanish Fork, Mrs. Morgan E. (Fern) Greenwood, of Concord, Calif., Max W. Simkins and Mrs. Dar-rell Dar-rell (Marjorie) Berrett of Provo, and 17 grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Simkins of 280 West Center Street will celebrate their Golden Gol-den Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday, June 9, with a family gathering. Mr. and Mrs. Simking were married June 9, 1909 in the Salt Lake Temple. Mrs. Florence White Simkins Sim-kins was born August 9, 1884 at Beaver, to William H. White and Annie Riley White. She was one of 11 children, who have all passed on except she and her twin brother Lawrence of Beaver. She received her education in Beaver and the BYU Academy. She has always been active in the LDS church. She has served on the Stake Sunday School and Relief Society Boards and was president of the Second ward Relief Society eight years. Mr. Simkins was born July 30, 1882 in Adamsville, Beaver County, a son of James C. and Emily Gunn Simkins. He was the oldest of ten children. He attended schools in Adamsville and later enrolled at the Branch of the BYU at Fort Cameron where he met his wife who was also a student. He has had a wealth of experience ex-perience as an LDS missionary. In 1903, he was called to help reopen the South Arfican Mis- sion after it had been closed j for 40 years. He served for ; three years in that land. After his marriage and the birth of his two oldest daughters, he was again called into the mission mis-sion field and served two |