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Show Mr., Mrs. George Gabbitas Ved 50 Years; Sunday Open House Will Honor Couple brother, Fay Theobald of Hinckley. Hinck-ley. The couple are parents of nine sons and daughters, six of whom are living: Mrs. Latune Christen-' sen, Salt Lake City; George T. Gabbitas, Kuwait, Persian Gulf; Kenneth Gabbitas, Springville; Mrs. Leo A. (Rae) Cox, Bountiful; Mrs. Franklin (Dixie) Kelsey, of Provo; Mrs. Mervin M. (Winona) Brown of Oakland, Calif.; also 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. One grandson is serving in Korea. Well known Springville people, Mr. and Mrs. George Gabbitas, who were married fifty years ago Wednesday, will be honored at an open house reception Sunday, November No-vember 11, from 2 p. m. until 6 p. m., at the family residence, 135 North Third East street. The party is being arranged by sens and daughters of the couple, who are extending an invitation to relatives and friends to attend. With exception of about two years in northern Utah and Idaho, Ida-ho, Mr. and Mrs. ' Gabbitas had lived their married life in Springville. Spring-ville. They were married by Bishop Bish-op Joseph Loynd, Nov. 7, 1901. Mr. Gabbitas, presently employed em-ployed as inspector on the Springville Spring-ville sewer, was born here December Decem-ber 7, 1879, a son of George William Wil-liam and Kisiah Herbert Gabbitas, early Springville pioneers. Some years ago he was mail carrier car-rier from Kelton, Utah, to Bridge, Idaho, and he has also spent con-I con-I siderable time working on the rail- pioneer community of Duncan Retreat, Re-treat, Kane county, March 31, 1881, a daughter of George and Naomi Ruth Tanner Theobald, pioneers of Utah's Dixie land. Because Be-cause of floods her family moved from Duncan Retreat, settling in Deseret. Millard county, later named Hinckley. Though the, floods washed away much of the land and most of the homes, the early community and the people are well remembered by Mrs. Gabbitas. Gab-bitas. Living at Deseret, she walked 2U miles to school with weather 20 below zero. She later attended the Brigham Young university. uni-versity. Mrs. Gabbitas is active in LDS church work, being a member of the Fourth ward. She is a visiting visit-ing teacher in Relief Society and is also a member of Camp Springville Spring-ville DUP. She has a sister, Mrs. Julia Herbert of Benjamin, and a road. At various periods he has worked for Springville city, serving serv-ing as assistant city marshall under un-der William Bringhurst and later with H. M. Weight, retiring because be-cause of ill health. He has also operated his ranch in Wanroads valley. He is an active member of the LDS church and holds the position of high priest. He has a brother, Herbert Gabbitas, Springville, and a half-brother, Glenn Harrison of Salt Lake City; two sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Loynd of Salt Lake, and Mrs. D. E. Duncan, Twin Falls, Idaho. Mrs. Gabbitas was born in the |