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Show I God Bless I The Old Folks ' the Anollo n.,,1 Opera MonHo. Wednesday was "Old Polka' nv i tXflT?- Th day ha8 oa ular holiday. The silver Band ,, out early In the day nd d.Bcourlcd pleasant rauslc. and a little while bo- for noon was at the Apollo Hall to welcome the town . veterans ,ns hoy t began to gather. Those who did not I T Vf k WOr houIed in carriages and judging from the urabera'n?ecJ Were left at home. " ,h. a J ?"" he ,d Folk8-Honor u M the Aged," was the banner that greet r,d thc,m n" " entered the hal I !vmPUy l nn thrG" hundred and fifty over the age of alxty Ml down to the four long tables that neari! filled the big ha... The tables we e ladcd '' roast chicken, mlnco pies Plum puddings and all thp accensorfes '! laMn them. President cTrk n Id grace and for nn hour the old '0,k "Joyed the repast .d chat Resident and Mrs. s. L. Chlpman it at the head of one table and bes2 them s.t Mr. and Mrs. George Anr! f?4" ?nUoseph J. Jackson of s"t Kke City, and a few others who had I Vtet ,f a'ned the " B'xty Arter the banquet the old folks wer taken to the Opera House, where Zt M enjoyed the motion nlcturnp.vL ? Hal,r ""J then:relur" to the ApoS Hn"' wher the following program was rendered: vgraai Selection by silver Band. -"silver Threads Among the Qold" ortddrdofWc,come--MnyorRa'' Male Quartette H-V-W-P Rdlng-Mrs. B; Chrfltensen. Solo Mrs. Clifford Young I J,enT,ara87PrC8,deDt S- h- Chlpman. VAltn 8o,0-p". Charles Hopkins "dress-Oeorge Margarets. " ch-Joseph J. Jackson. I Be Se,ect,on-v"K". Earl and Joseph Robinson, aged 87 wn h oldest veteran present h 'There fHaMTTii uOliM andMra. MrX. Hardy. . There wero three between 80 and m Si, nineteen between 75 and 80 and forty-two between 70 and 75. Two were present who came In 1847, five wh0 crossed the plains with tlm hand- cart company, three whoso husbands were members of the Mormon battnl- on, and fourteen who wero Black Hawk War Veterans. .The gathering was tho most largo- y "ened of any similar gathering ever held and was highly successful In every respect The committee who Hmade the reunion such an eminent success was composed of eight mem- bera from each of tho four wards, one-half of whom are ladles. John Hunter was chairman. Tho dance In tho evening was equal-' V' successful and was largely attend-ed attend-ed by the married folks of tho city. siiiiH n |