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Show George Simkins honored on 80th birthday Mr. George A. Simkins will be eighty years old July 30 and will be honored by his family at a dinner party. Born July 30, 1882 in Adamsville, Beaver ; County, he is a son of James C. and Emily Gunn Simkins, the oldest old-est of ten children. He attended attend-ed schools in Adamsville and later enrolled at the Branch of the BYU where he met his wife who was also a student. He married Florence White of Beaver City on June 9, 1909 in the Salt Lake Temple. She died January 29, 1962. , He has had a wealth of experience ex-perience as an LDS missionary. In 1903 he was called to help reopen the South African Mission Mis-sion after it had been closed for 40 years. He served three years. After his marriage and the birth of his two oldest daughters he was again called into the mission field and served serv-ed two months in the Eastern States mission and 27 months in Scotland where he presided over the Scottish mission. During Dur-ing his life he has also filled three stake missions and been active in the church auxiliaries. auxiliar-ies. For 23 years he served as a High Councilman in Tintic and Kolob Stakes. He also spent a number of years as Stake Superintendent of the YMMIA. He began his married life in Eureka, where he was engaged en-gaged in mining. In 1925 he moved to Springville and became be-came City Waterworks Superintendent Super-intendent and later worked as assistant supervisor at the State Hospital for 17 years. He retired in 1949. Wishing him well on his birthday will be his five children child-ren and their families, Mrs. Virginia Clegg, Salt Lake City, Mrs. Myles (Marie) Roach of Spanish Fork, Mrs. Morgan E. (Fern) Greenwood, of Concord, Con-cord, Calif., Max W. Simkins and Mrs. Darrell (Marjorie) Berrett of Provo, and 15 grandchildren. ' Experience in life will soon teach you that when someone is very nice, there is something you can do in return for the favor. |