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Show Mr. and Mrs. A. A. LeRoy of Mapleton Honored on Fiftieth Wedding Day Fairview, being born' in that city November 29, 1883, daughter of William H. and Alfreda Hurst Sanderson. She served as president of the YLMIA in Sunnyside and was also president and a counselor in Relief Re-lief Society. She has been a visiting visit-ing teacher in the organization for about 40 years. She has been a Sunday School teacher and has also done considerable genealogy work and she has also served as captain of the Mapleton camp DUP. The couple were married June 24, 1903, in the Salt Lake temple and are parents of five sons and daughters, with three living. They are: Mrs. James G. Kerr (Lucie) of Bountiful; Mrs. Burton Tew (Mary) of Talmage; Daniel V. LeRoy Le-Roy of Salt Lake City. There are also 17 grandchildren. w To honor Mr. and Mrs. A. A. LeRoy, well-known residents of Mapleton, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary on Wednesday Wed-nesday of last week, an open house reception was given at the home of their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Pri-cella Pri-cella LeRoy. Many friends and relatives rel-atives called during the time and enjoyed visiting with the guests of honor. Pricella's daughter, Sue Rae, gave piano numbers. The couple just returned from a trip to Hawaii in time to celebrate cele-brate their Golden wedding. Mr. LeRoy was born on the Mo-jave Mo-jave desert, Calif ornia, November '27, 1878, as his parents, Daniel V. and Sarah Allan LeRoy were crossing cros-sing the desert to Snowflake, Ariz. They made their home in Arizona until 1889, when they moved to Utah. His early years were spent in Kane, Garfield and Uintah counties, coun-ties, and in 1900 he went to Carbon Car-bon county and began working as a master mechanic and electrician in the mines. In 1909, he was elevated ele-vated to general master mechanic by the Utah Fuel Co., and had charge of the mechanics and electrical elec-trical equipment for the company in Utah and Colorado. He held this position until his retirement m 1947. The family lived at Mapleton since about 1913 when they purchased pur-chased a farm and Mr. LeRoy trraveled to and from the mines. Mr. LeRoy has been active in LDS church work and served as second counselor in the Sunnyside bishopric. In 1949, he went on a six months mission. He has done considerable genealogy work and holds the position of high priest. Mrs. LeRoy, the former Mary Lucinda Sanderson, is a native of |