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Show HyrumB. Perry Heads Herald's Feature Stories Published Weekly I Has Kindly Smile . . . :f f V " v - J '1 t ftS much as Hvrum B. Perry of Mapleton is one of the oldest rThiiT 'nW' We have decided to Publish his picture first in the Heralds new feature in which we K hav? everyone's picture in years ow! seventv-five It's surprising how many folks we have found in Springville and h!.tP ?";Wh0 come in this age biacket. We hope to get a picture of everyone. There is no cost to the Picture taking, just call the Herald office and tell us your name and address. We will take, care of the details and you won't even have to leave home to have your picture taken If you don't like to call the Herald have one of your family or a neighbor. Mr. Perry, who is known by scores of relatives and friends as Uncle Hi or Gampy, might be old m years, but not in spirit. In his eighties, he could drive his own car to town with little trouble and' up until just recently, he has cared for his home, kept up a fine garden gar-den and lawn and had plenty of time to visit, go to church and do a dozen and one other things His only daughter, Mrs.' Reva Curtis and her husband, LaRell, live at the Perry home now and keep her father company as well as doing the house and farm work. When Mr. Perry moved to Ma-pleton Ma-pleton in 1885, there were not too many homes in Springville and Mapleton was mostly farms with a few scattered houses here and there.. It was customary then to Hyrum B. Perry War I. He was the first to lose his life from Mapleton. Mr. Perry's wife, Luella, whom he married in 1884, died in 1936. Mr. Perry's life has been filled with activity. He was a school trustee, trus-tee, which position corresponds with school board member, from Mapleton, for several years, and until he became 70 or over, he served on the Old Folks committee commit-tee from Mapleton. His church duties have been many and varied and he served the city of Mapleton in several capacities in his younger days. "Gampy" Perry is known for his pleasant disposition and his kindly smile, his honesty and a desire de-sire to do a good turn for a neighbor neigh-bor or a friend. come to town in Springville with wagon and horses or a buggy, over deep mud roads in winter and dust in the summer. Mr. Perry was born in Springville Spring-ville August 13, 1859, and after going to Mapleton to live, he filled two LDS missions, one in 1909 and another in 1918. One of the greatest tragedies in his life was the loss of their son Hyrum "Hennie" Perry, in World |