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Show . I I . ' 1 MoHier Motjer Mot er ' " of Mrs . " . Cheer . , ' " fo foReceive Receive Honor HonorGUNNISONA I IatJNNISONA GUNNISON- GUNNISON GUNNISONA atJNNISON--A atJNNISON A GUNNISON-A GUNNISON atJNNISONAcentral GUNNISONAcentral - - A central Utah ' will honor Mrs SylvliEliza Sylvia SylviaEliza Eliza Sanford Metcalf Metc lf Friday Fridaywho I Iwho iwho who on this date becomes bt.comes btcomes . a acentenarian acentenarian acentenarian centenarian Rodney J-1111am J 1111am Hillam - Mil lam Jr Jrvice Jrvice vice chairman of the tht . Old FolksCentral Folks FolksCentral FolkiCentral [ Central Committee represenUng representing represenUngPresiding representingPresiding representincPresiding Presiding Bishop LeGrand Rich Richlards Richards Richards lards ards chairman Will WlIl personallypresent pasonally personally pasonallypresent personallypresent , present Mrs Mra Metcalf with the thered thered red white and blue rosette withpearls withpearls with withr.earlS r.earlS rearlS pearls filvcn given to all an those reach reachog reaching ing . og this thJs advanced ' bge tige ge Mrs Med MedIcalf now becomeyas becomep becomey . as far as asknown asknown aiknown known , Utah's Utahs ' fourth oldestfer oldest per person person Ison ferIson son Charles Chllr1 Charle : S- S > - SW W Scegmillcr Seegmiller 0 of fer St StGeorge StGeorge StGeorge George la is .102 102 ,102 . , . .102 102 . . Mra Mrs Anna KRasmussen K K'Rasmussen 'Rasmussen Rasmussen ' pt Qf f Sandy Sandy andy , . 101 JohnEvans John JohnEvans JohnEvans Evans of Salt SaltLake Salt Lake recently turned turn turn'ed turned 'ed ed ' 100 , She will w l also alsli J'ls Jls ' be presented present presented presented ed with . a bouquet Ouquet b uquet of flowerc flowers flowercShe flowersShe flowersShe She Shewas 'Was Was "w w " ' ' " -was was - 'born born 'bornI bornr % ' toorn f4 I r " tn In hi Hancock HancockCOjJptYj HancockCott COjJptYj COjJptYja Cott ty , a daughter of Cyrm Cyrus CyrusSa CyrusSunfp4 Sa Sunfp4 Sunfp4and 1 f ; anc\ anc and ancSylvf4 : \ , Sylvf4 SyIvCh It . kClark Clark Her Herather Herfather ather father ! waa was the first school teach teachor prnI"JUeShe SpringvilleShe er or find .nd nd end , . r mayor l11a'or l11aor tayor ) ' of t . Springville prnI"JUe prnIJUe _ " She e crossed ctoss .tossed tossed . d the plains with herparents her herparents parents when five yeara years of ageSite age She ageShe She Site married Anthony Metcalf Metcalfin Metcalfin Metcaliin in August le02 1862 1802 They had 15 15children 1 children , though thd\lgh thd lgh \ only aeven seven are arenow arenow now living They are art } Mary EChew E EChew EChew SylviaE Chew of ot Vernal V rnal , age 03 a3 83 , Sylvia E Caldwell CaldweU Caldweii , age 80 and MelissaE Melissa E Ney.7:1 Ney.71 Ney71 Ney . 79 75 : , poth J : > both oth ot o1 o < Centerfleld Centerfield , , . " Clara LUdvigson . , 72 . , Gunnlson Gunnl Gunnlson son , Emma Etrima E Brown BrowJl " , 71 , Spring SpringviUe SpringvUleIna , lna ma NeUson Neilson Nelson , , 58c 56 . , Salt alt Lakeand Lake LakeMra and MUfI'ayl.54Mrs Pane .ane ane . A Neilson , MUfI'ayl.54 MUfIayl.54 MUfIayl54 tIuray ' ; . 54 54Mrs Mra Mrs Metc Metcalf lf was ft a pracucaI pracucaInurse praciilcal nurse and brought many babies babiesinto into the world She spun sp-un sp un - , woveand woveandmade wove woveand woveand and -made made - clothes for her children child children children ren Her Mer er husband was a 8 lieu lieutenant tenant of cavalry In .m m . the BlackHawk Black BlackHawk Hawk Indian Indan IndJ ! n war , and it is told toldthat toldthat toldthat that he wai wad was a friend to the Red RedMen RedMen RedMen Men , . and that when troubles troublesatose troublesarose he and his hl:1I hl1I : wife believed believedit it was "better better " to feed them than thanfight thanfight thanfight fight fight them Ulem " ' as J'S JS Brigham YoungMr Young Youngsaid said saidMr Mr . Metcalf was the firstmiller first firstm111er firstmiller m111er miller . In 1n Fayctte F.l'Yette F.lYette FlYette Fayette . ' and was also IIlso : a afre fre ' fhter He came to Utah in1893 in 1853 after joininc Joinipg joining the Church in184 In 1849 1848 He cettled settled first < 1tIJt ir t . in the the4th the4th the4th 4th Ward in Salt Lake , then wentto went wentto wentto to Springville Springv111e , . and in 1882 1862 1802 was wascalled wascalled wascalled called to go g9 to St 8t George , , . nnd and nndlater andlater andlater later returned turned to Fayette The TheIndians TheIndians TheIndians Indians 111111but spillbut used to come to his 111111 spill millbut but he wag was wa l a peaceful man andthey and andthey andthey they never bothered him Healao He Healso Healso also went to New Zealand on amission amissionMrs a amission amission mission missionl.irs missionMrs Mrs l\.irs l.irs l .irs irs \ . Metcalf assisted her hus hus- husband husband husband - - band in fanning farming and in hard manual labor helping him hhn hm ) col col- colonize colonize . - onlze onize When they became moreprosperous more moreprosperous mor morprosperous < prosperous their home was wasknown wasknown wmknown known as half hall way house " and andwas andwas amwaa was ever open to weary travelera tra"rel trarel traVel- traVel traVelers " . - ers passing through througb GunnisonMr Gunnison GunnisonMr Mr Metcalf deid deld dead Feb 8 1887She 1887 ' + She has 50 grandchildren 1887'1 18871 , . 125 125great 125great ! great grandchildren and 12 12great 12great 1 : great great grandchildren Therei Thereiare There Thereare Ther Therare < ' are five generations in most of ofthe othe the famines families of the seven sister sisters sistersstill sistersstill ; still living There were over ovet40 40 grandsons gr ndsons or great grandson grandsons grandsonsin ; in the service serviceA serviceI serviceA A special program from 11 t t12am to < 12am 12 a m Friday Frida will wl1l be open t tthe to tothe tothe < the public in the the e Gunnison WartChapel Ward WardChapel WardChapel Chapel , followed by open hous house houseall houseall housall < all d di day y for lor those who pay their theirrespects theirrespects theiirespects respects to Utah's Utahs ' fourth cen centenarlan centenarian centenarlan tenarlan tenarian She t told ld her her'childrershe herchildrershe ' . children childrenshe childrenshe she attributed here good health healthto healthto healtlto to hard work and outdoors and andkeepl1'1g andkeeping anckeeping keepl1'1g keepl11g keeping ' the Word of WisdomShe Wisdom WisdomShe WisdomShe She has hay ha , been a devout Latterday Latter- Latter Latterday Latterday - - day Saint all her life |
