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Show )avid Wheeler Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary; Many Gather For Occasion ( -kbrating his ninetieth birthday - veiaary, David Wheeler, one of eldest residents of Springville, honored with an informal so-3t so-3t his home Tuesday afternoon . 2 until 6 o'clock. More than 9 relatives and friends from .nsvillc, Provo, Salt Lake, niiful. Woods Cross and Span-roik Span-roik were in attendance. Tele-:,s Tele-:,s from scores of friends and ::ivcs including Mrs. Eliza ey Thomas of Helper, Mr. and : J. Y. Bearnson of Chicago, Spoke family and Mr. and Mrs. iam Park of Salt Lake were ived during the day, in addi-to addi-to a shower of postal cards ;i hundreds of friends who ex-ed ex-ed best wishes. ;; special honor guests, Amisa moiid, J. Frank Bringhurst G. S- Wood, members of the jme band, of which Mr. Wheel-,as Wheel-,as a member, were the first to ,e at the scene of the party, vringville pioneers were also red guests during the after-n, after-n, with Mrs. Elizabeth Giles, 89 :5 of age, probably the oldest .tendance. Among others pres-who pres-who with Mr. Wheeler, have ...rgone the hardships of pio-ing, pio-ing, were Mrs. Walter Wheel-Mrs. Wheel-Mrs. Ellen K. Wheeler, Mrs. la Groesbeck, M rs. Rhoda field, Mrs. Sarah Witney, Mrs. rbe Singleton, Mr. and Mrs. ?s Wignal, Willis K. Johnson, mas Binks, Robert Hutchinson, Z. Child, .Jacob McCurdy and 3. Huntington. program featured the after-i after-i entertainment as follows: R. A'eight and Will Parry, instru-al instru-al duet; Hannah Rowland, vo-jolo; vo-jolo; Helen Palfreyman, vocal Mrs. Julia Sumsion and Cecil rtson were accompanists; Mrs. :i Thorn and Mrs. J. O. Reyn-readings. Reyn-readings. living the guests were Mrs. d Wheeler, Mrs. Dimick is, Mrs. J. T. Wheeler, Mrs. r. Wheeler, Mrs. A. W. Cher-:ton, Cher-:ton, Mrs. Walter Wheeler and J. O. Reynolds. The Misses .ola Cherrington, Beatrice and a Wheeler served refreshments, ning from England at the age 20 years, Mr. Wheeler was ne the early Springville set- He crossed the plains in driving cattle most of the dis-e. dis-e. He served as guard dur-Ihe dur-Ihe Black Hawk Indian war. recalls witnessing the funeral "olonel Ellsworth, first man J in the Civil war. It. Aheeler was a member of first Springville band and the Jme Wheeler-Harrison quar-both quar-both of which were noted for r early musical entertainment, haa always been active In L. S. church affairs, blowing the occupation of m he has assisted in the conation con-ation of many early homes and i ich buildings, including the St. :ge temple. He still lives in the ' e he built for himself 66 years :e married Martha S. Kearns in ' She died the following year a baby daughter died one i th after her death. In June, he married Emma Bramell. ; V adopted two children, Mrs. i Raylance, Springville, and William Wheeler, Tacoma, Wash, second wife died in 1898 and i years later he married Mrs. 7 Louise I. Holley, who is stlU |
