Show the golds wedding anniversary ot judge C L christensen and serena J christensen respected moab couple was celebrated yesterday at their home in moab the event was the occasion for a family reunion all but one of the aged couples children being present A feature of the caie bration was a dinner served at the home of mr and mrs tom taylor it which judge and mrs christensen were made the recipients of a gold shower a dollar being presented them for each of their fifty years of married life the couple were married in the endowment house at salt lake city on april 24 1879 by daniel H webb at that time mr christensen reside at bangham city arizona he left that place march 28 with a team and covered wagon being sixteen days en route to ephrain at ephraim he turned his horses out to graze and one of them was killed by a bear it was necessary to secure an ox team to proceed to salt lake city taking five days to complete the journey following the marriage mr and mrs christensen returned to brigham city arizona mr christensen was then sent by the L D S church to moen kopl to act as interpreter and mediator with the indians for john W young the couple remained there tor nine years mr and mrs christensen moved to utah in 1888 residing at molen emery and rabbit valley in 1891 they moved to bluff city later settling at monticello where they resided until about ten years ago when they came to moab they have lived at moab for the past ten years judge christensen was bom at randers demark april 29 1855 he emigrated to utah in 1860 making the trip across the atlantic in a sailing vessel being 82 days at sea the trip across the plains from florence nebraska to salt lake was made by 01 teams 1140 miles being covered he arrived at bait lake nov 23 1860 on the trip across the plains mr father was accidentally shot and killed while out hunting judge christensen has been sustained by the church as on indian missionary for 53 years he has made annual trips to the navajo and copl resena tlona during all of that time i until the last three years when 1 health has prevented judge ahns talks five indian tongues in eluding the navajo copl ute and apache he also speaks the spanish danish swedish and norwegian langl 1 bages I 1 mrs serena christensen was bom t at bede denmark april 24 1857 with her parents hans and leona jensen a brother chris and two sisters marie and christina she E emigrated to utah in 1873 arriving july 4 1872 and settling at judge and mrs christensen are the parents of ten children eight of whom are llvine they are niels i christensen heben christensen mrs lj L maxwell mrs albert maxwell jf and mrs tom taylor all of moab w mrs R E and mrs A W farnsworth of salt lake city and A neldon christensen of moab they have fourteen grandchildren |