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Show Springville Pair Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary With Thanksgiving Dinner Tluei-fold in importance was the j Thank solving celebration given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Hitch on South Foul th East street, springville. The day marked the ifty-tlghth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Watch; the seven ty-;i(h ty-;i(h birthday of Mrs. Hatch, and ilio the birthday anniversary of iwo uf the couple's children, Mis. Maud H. Benedict of Ogden, and . T. Hatch of Prove A sumptuous dinner was a fea-iure fea-iure of the days' celebration, followed fol-lowed by a program by the children, chil-dren, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Hatch 3re the parents of ten children, right of whom arc living. They iiave '24 greatchildren and 20 great iiandchildren. The elderly couple have been residents res-idents of Springville the greater paituf their lives. They wwe mar-In mar-In the old endowment house. Salt Lake, by Daniel H. Wells. Both have been active in church affairs uf the ward in which they live. Mr. Hatch, who is 82 years old, as born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and came to Utah with his -parents when but 2 years of age. At :he age of 16 years, he assisted in guarding the pioneer settlements during the Indian war. He .was a member of the first martial band J Springville. v Mrs. Hatch, daughter of William and Sarah Oats Clegg, was born in with her parents at the age of sev-tn sev-tn years, walking most of the way. England. She crossed the plains Children of the couple are: Mrs. Adele H. Johnson, T. L. Hatch, Salt Like; Mrs. Maud Benedict, Ogden; Mrs. L. H. Bjarnson, San Diego, ;allf . ; Mrs. Rowena Stewart, Shoshone, Sho-shone, Idaho;, W.. T. Hatch, Provo; Mrs. Myrtle Conover, Mrs. Estella I'ixom, Springville. . ' : t- ! |