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Show Children Honor Dixie Pioneer On 81 Birthday All of the seven living children of Mary J. Bunker, Dixie pioneer woman, now nearing her 81 anniversary, an-niversary, arrived in St. George Saturday for a reunion and outing out-ing with their mother. The group motored to Veyo and spent Saturday Satur-day in the Pine Valley mountains and at Grass Valley where the family used to live during the summer months. Born in Provo October 8, 1859, Mrs. Bunker is a daughter of Samuel and Caroline Beck Knight. Soon after her birth the family returned to their home in Santa Clara where they resided until she married Stephen Bunker in the St. George Temple January 1, 1879, when she moved with her , husband to Bunkerville, Nev. Later they moved to St. George, spending the summers in Grass Valley. Caroline Beck Knight, mother of Mrs. Bunker, wove the first homespun home-spun in Dixie, making 36 yards of hickory shirting at her home in Santa Clara on her hand loom in November, 1856. A remnant of this piece is now in the Mc-Quarrie Mc-Quarrie Memorial hall. Despite her nearly 81 years, Mrs. Bunker is still active in attending at-tending her church duties, attending attend-ing many meetings and assisting in the relief society. She has known all the hardships of Dixie pioneering and has given her life willingly to help reclaim this arid section. The work was hard, but she says "worthwhile". With her for this anniversary celebration, which is given now instead of October 8, to make possible their attendance, were all her living children, as follows: Albert Bunker, St. George; Ben Bunker, Delta; Mrs. James F. Cottam, Veyo; Mrs. Winslow Walker, Southerland, Utah; Mrs. Justin Chamberlain, Kanab; Mrs. J. E. Blazzard, Logan, and Mrs. Jesse Karchner, Butte, Mont. Most of them had members of their families with them. |