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Show Utah's First Twins, 81 Years j Old, Observe Anniversary Fete Two Sets Of Twins Born In the Early Days Of Provo's Settlement Still Hale and Hearty At the Ages Of 81 and 78; Reminiscences Are Recalled i - peace for 1G years; clerk of the ; Timpanogos ward for 20 years. He is the only surviving member of the. ioharon ward building committee. He is the father of 15 children, 11 of whom are living. William Park has always lived a1 : quiet life in Provo. He is known as ja good citizen and neighbor. I Joseph Park is the father of 13 : children, 11 living. He has been custodian of the city and county building for a number of years. He is a member of the high priests', quorum in the Second ward. For 18 years he served as secretary -of t he quorum. V : .' Martha Park Allen marrietl Thomas Alien; She is the mother: of I 8 children, 5 living. She has al-. ways been a failhlul worker in the Provo Second ward. ' ' j At the anniversary gathering held on Provo bench, 19 brotheis-! brotheis-! and sisters, sons, daughters and' grandchildren were present. , ! The first pair of twins born in j jtMah county, and perhaps in Utah,; William .Park and John Smith' Park, recently celebrated the eighty-first anniversary of their ; biith at a family gathering. j Another pair of twins in the same . j family, Joseph Park and Martha j 1 Park Allen, 78, were honored guests at the party. j liullt Old Fort The two sets of twins were born j to John and Louisa Smith Park, pioneers of 1847, during the early days of the settlement of Provo. i Park and his wife were called by j President Brigham Young, soon after their arrival in Salt Lake valley, val-ley, to aid in the settlement' of , Provo. ' In September, 1849, the family i moved to the old fort which con- ! , sisted of six log cabins situated I near the Lake View river bridge. It was here that Wjlliam and John Park were born, December 29. 1849. The white twin babies caused, no end of curiosity among the Indians In-dians who came -as visitors to the Park log cabin. The second set of twins, Joseph Park and Martha Park Allen were born to the pioneer couple, a few yeoj-s later. August 1, 1852. The Park twins still remember vividly many of the incidents that took place in the early days. As boys they assisted in plastering with mud the fort wall after the settlers decided to move into the new fort as a safeguard against the hostile Indians. Karly Homesteader In 1879 John Park, then a young man, filed on a homestead on Provo bench which was then a lonely lone-ly sagebrush plain from Provo to the Pleasant Grove settlement. It was on this homestead that a well was dug by Wii",;am Lewis, Sr., and Thomas Jones at the suggestion sugges-tion of President Young. Although the well was dug to a depth of 78 feet no water was ever struck. All the members of the Park family fam-ily have taken an active part in civic and ecclesiastical affairs of Provo. John Park served, as superintendent sup-erintendent of the Provo bench canal for 16 years; justice of the |