Show BEAVERS E SILVER GREYS President Woodruffs Birthday Commemorated by Southern Veterans WhAIl11vtr Irnt And littlest They Old 1 to Friday Tbw NOT < special telegram to the News Denver Utah March 2ln commemoration com-memoration of the Slut birthday of Pienldint Woodruff our citizens vied with each other In preparing and spreading before the aged ot this city yesterday the most ample and abundant feast of good things palatable leen here on any occasion Light or ten of the oldest through sickness and Infirmities were not able to be present Including Widows Jam Henderson 89i Jane Gllllet 81 past and Mrs Miry llcjwtn 86 These came from licot land to Utah between forty and fifty years ago but Sister Lucinda I IT Ir d having to use a crutch on account o an acildent three years ago and being the only one here of the band of Ploneern that tame Into Halt Lake July 24ih 4 miss helped Into the assembly hall as one of the most onored oC hr sx Following ns to ages were exJudgo Wm J Cox 82 and his wife il Sarah M Dell 84 Wm Morris Sit and Mrs Vaughn from Wales over 82 The India and Africa missionary Wm Pother Inghum aged 83 who exnt Eight years 01 tile two calls wail Present anti heard from and Caleb C Baldwin aged 8 baptized In 1831 makes him the old ebt member uC the Mormon Churh In ill southern Utah From 80 to 70 were more ot the Pioneers and Ort settlers of Heaver and Cedar City Including Wm Greenwood John X Smith James Parrer and Mrs Mary Campbell Th Mormon battalion was represented by President M 1 bhepherd 73 John I Murdoik 71 and his brother Orrlce C Murdock 73all In the pink of health The legal fraternity wait represented by Jno Ward Christian 78 who walked t In like Thomas Purr to bis Be and wedding with two big pitchers oC cream following these with a three foot platter filled with choice beef and ham i The veterans of the late Civil I War were represented by May or Under I wood and his wife the latter carrying I u threeterraced take envied by our lady looks and which was given to the I oldest citizen Mrs Henderson then Willis Coition the Texan ranger aged i born In 1812 on Mexican soil and who fortunately drew I white bean out of the death sack while some twelve oC his comrades In Arms drawing black beans were shot that Same day The 01 Inlnr for Cory Yea the dyer for thIU yrs frl England the Scotch Hhlanllr Day Iollok the Iron founder from Denmark Joe nOhn and the veteran of Crro Oordo and Cha o put tepee I 46 Chas 1 Died feasted And fought their battles over again and with the mule from Woodhouse lorses band toasts recitations and con nlonall thrown aside the recollections recol-lections of yesterdays Social will be carried Acres a the river by many who doubtless will not mt again till they greet each other there |