Show Hulda Neilson Celebrates Her ninth Eighty-ninth Birthday Mrs rs Hulda Neilson Utah Pioneer Plo Plo- loneer neer celebrated her birthday birth day Thursday of this week at on open house at the home of Mrs Charles Cunningham to o which came many of the friends of this wonderful pioneer mother mather wife nurse wife mid and neighbor neigh bor bar who has grown up with this section of Utah i Born at Deseret on the Sevier River on March 10 1866 Mrs Neilson Nellson was to Joseph Nellon Neilson In the Endowment House In Salt Lake ake in 1884 They moved to Spring City in Emery County then In 1915 to o Monticello Monti Monti- cello where they homesteaded In 1935 the family moved to Moab and resided here since that time with Mr Nellson passing from this life several years ago Born Bom of tha union were five children Joseph of Monticello Betty tty Hector nector of Moab Elva Codner Codner Cod Cod- ner of ot Moab oab Lena Dalton of oi Monticello M and Floyd Neilson Nellson of P Ore Mrs MM Neilson boasts of 25 S grandchildren 62 gf great at gra grandchildren a 10 great g great at grandchildren I II i It wasn't any snap pulling trees on the homestead traveling travel ing lug all over the country nursing and working with a doctor when there was one and anet acting as a midwife said the guest of at honor as 55 she cut iut her birthday cake farher for far her guests Thursday It H kept me pretty busy so busy what with raising my family and taking ta king care of the aiding that I J never had time to of at my myown myown myown own troubles At 89 Mrs Nelson is young In Jn mind sprightly of f wit wH wears no nl glasses and aud goes goe about her housework in her usual fashion I She has knitted 10 atolls this winter which ith fhe has given It to friends or to those In Jn need and still offers her services as a nurse to the neighbors when needed Hers lIers is truly a life lIe of ot sacrifice an inspiration to all ail |