Show WARD LOCALS the old folks party bield abeld friday april was waa in ia every way a perfect success according to previous all 11 II the people in the ward above abote fifty five years yara of ago ag missionaries w Ys TP la belore and widows widow were conveyed to the school house at 1130 sharp two tables table had previously baly been directed tho the full fall length of the ilia house and at this thia early hour were weary of the heavy burden they bore bor they presented such auch an inviting appearance that one on glance was all the invitation a ec mary for entrance after all be bad a partaken partaker par taken freely of the bounties of life lif there till still remained such a quantity of good things untouched that ft a discus sion lion arose no a to whether the fault lay with the poor appetites appet itea of the aged or the poor judgment of the be cooks cooke after dinner an excellent program consisting confuting of music bougs speeches recitations reci tationa eto etc was wa attentively listened to and much enjoyed prizes were distributed as aa follows oldest man elias williame william aged eighty a new hat and a pair of easy eany shoos abo jonn john J slough son aen who is but a few months younger received a prent the same rame as aa above old amdy geltion and mrs allgrim were the fortun fortunate fito ones ou on the other side bide each having past their seventy seventh event a year and were presented with a milk muffler and ft a pair of easy shoos choos mr and mrs william parrey received a beautiful painting for having lived together longest as aa man and wife alonzo atwood rind and wife were given a lamp to light their eleven living children to bed isago cobb received a silk bilk handkerchief for being over and the nearest fifty five fire mrs 14 huberts came in for the dress pat tern on the same scale albert A laiawa was aba oldest man maa with the youngest child father sixty three years child three mouths months old the present was a pair of show shoos for the baby mrs mr george A davis who has baa been a sufferer luffer cr of rheumatism rhea matisin for nearly two years was waa presented with a beautiful invalid chair which glitch coat 1 in a salt lake and was pur par chased through the efforts of hiss clydie carter who took it upon hor her self with the consent of the bishop to collect the money to make the purchase miss carter will long be remembered as an played the part of the good samaritan in this kind act aal every person present over seventy was wai presented with ft a badge after which the company adjourned to the east side aide of the building and had their photon taken A dance was waa then indulged in until the shadows of evening whispered that it was time for the aged to depart from start to finish it was the mot most successful entertainment that has been hold bold in merrill ward for many years the funeral services over the remains of the two month old child of bp james jamea shaffer were hold held monday tit at 1 p in J T kay C F B 3 lybbert 0 A davio 0 A slang blange h and james jamea gardner offered words of comfort to the bereaved bere wred tb abe funeral was largely attended and the deepest sympathy is felt the ward as the child was wa unusually bright and promising |