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Show I ': 3 i t ) I J ELSIE GUNTER CELEBRATES CELE-BRATES 81st BIRTHDAY DUCHESNE-Another of Duchesne's senior citizens observed ob-served a birthday in April. Mrs. Elsfe W. Gunter was treated treat-ed to a birthday party and presented pre-sented with gifts by family members. Visitors were her daughter, Mrs. Connie Robbins, J and a son and his wife, Carma, and daughter, Cynthia. Mrs. Gunter has been with Stewart's for two years, at Vernal and Roosevelt. Mrs. Gunter was born April 1, 1885, at Harborne, Warick, England. Her parents were James Edwin Wright and Louisa Holder Wright. She was educated edu-cated at the schools in Birmingham, Birming-ham, England. As a young lady, she was governess to a girl in a leading English family. On August 26, 1905, she married Walter Day, and lived at Sheffield, England. Mr. Day was a clerk for the Tramway Tram-way transportation system. He died of a heart ailment in 1912. The following year, Mrs. Day sailed to America aboard the passenger steamship Corsi-can, Corsi-can, which landed at Montreal, Canada. This was in 1913. From Montreal, Mrs. Day and her two small children (the baby, was Mrs. Connie Robbins), went by train to American Fork, to join Mrs. Day's sister there, Mrs. Alma (Eva) Smith, who had married a missionary and lived in this Utah city. Mrs. Day met and married Samuel Gunter in 1914 at American Fork. They moved I to Roosevelt in 1919, and since the middle 1930 's lived in ; several areas of the Uintah Basin, including Mt. Emmons. Mrs. Gunter is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was a home missionary in Duchesne, as a companion of Mrs. Helen Odekirk. Also, Mrs. Gunter, in the 1930 's, was librarian at the Duchesne High School, and at the community library in Duchesne. For many years, Mrs. Gunter Gun-ter was active in IJDS church I affairs. She served in the MIA, Primary, and the Relief Society. She loved to sing and was a member of the Duchesne Ward Choir and the Singing Mothers. She has written many stories stor-ies for children, poetry, and plays that were staged at Ward Mutual Improvement Assn. activities. She has worked for years in compiling an extensive family history, which is written with an abundande of adjectives and other descriptive words -words chosen with feeling. She likes to read good books. Gardening, both flowers and vegetables, was a hobby. Mrs. Gunter has lived in Duchesne since the mid-19 30 's, until her illness two years ago. Her sons and daughters are: Wallace Eric Day, Burley, Ida. ; Mrs. Arnold (Constance) Robbins, Rob-bins, Duchesne; Mrs. Howard (Louise) Bean, Gooding, Ida.; Robert Gunter, Duchesne; Mrs. Evans (Joan) Trickey, Modesto, Calif. ; Mrs. Elsie -Bartle, Portland, Ore. Her first son died in infancy. She has 20 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren |