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Show 1 i. : ! T ' 0 ' George A. Weight will observe 95th birthday Springville's oldest living native na-tive son, George A. Weight, will observe his 95th birthday Sunday at his home, 578 South Canyon Drive, where he has resided most of his life. A family dinner will be held in his honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Weight early Sunday afternoon. Born in Springville, April 28, 1868, Mr. Weight is the son of pioneer parents, Fredrick Fred-rick and Elizabeth Bocock Weight. In his early life, he worked in the timber, hauling ties out of the .canyons here and in Park City with ox team, for the railroads. He had little formal schooling in his early youth, but did attend the small schools held in some of the early settler's homes. He married Hannah Lenore Childs, Dec. 14, 1892, in the Manti LDS Temple, and they resided at the present home on the east bench. Mrs. Weight died Feb. 6, 1958. Mr. Weight was a member of the martial band in his early ear-ly married life and also played the Piccolo and drums for pioneer pi-oneer dancing parties here at that time. A retried farmer and rancher, ranch-er, Mr. Weight, last year, still worked about his home, planting plant-ing a small patch of potatoes which he cared for. Failing eye sight and other infirmities have curtailed his outdoor working. He has eight children; Fred, Ella, Leo, LaMar, Woodrow, Mr. Eugene (Berniece) Wood of this city; Mrs. Carrel (Iva) Waters, Provo; Mrs. Donald (Bessie) Stevens, Clearfield. He has 39 grandchildren and 59 great grandchildren. All his brothers and sisters are deceased. de-ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Halver- son enjoyed a visit recently from their daughter, Rose Marie Ma-rie Steele and family of Henderson, Hen-derson, Nevada. The USDA credits increased consumption of potatoes to new dehydrated mashed potatoes pota-toes and frozen French fries. The USDA indicates that the processed "are equal, or nearly equal, to fresh potatoes in color, col-or, comparative cost of servings, serv-ings, texture and flavor." George A. Weight, oldest native na-tive son of Springville, will observe his 95th birthday, Sunday. |