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Show Mr. and Mrs. David Moss Plan Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration By Mabel Jarvls Monday, March 21, marked the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Moss of this city. Although they will not formally celebrate the event until May 30, when their family will be able to be with them from Los Angeles and from other parts of Utah. David Amison Moss, son of David and Julia Ann Whitaker Moss, was born in St. George on March 25, 1867. Both joined the L.D.S. church and were with the saints in Missouri. I lis father was a member of the famous Mormon Battalion and after his release from this body, he came tj Salt Lake City, where he met and married mar-ried Miss Whitaker. They w?-e married 11 years before they had ar.y children, living 13 years of this time in Salt Lake City. Father Moss came to Dixie with the pioneers of 1861, his wife joining him in 18G2. They had just been here a year when their first child, a daughter, was born, in fulfill-1 fulfill-1 ment of 1he promise made Mrs. : Moss by Brigham Young if she would come to this mission. Four j years later their only son arrived and after him two daughters, t This Dixie born boy was just : four years old when ground was broken for the Temple, but he ! remembers how his father carried his little sister Nellie, now Mrs. Frank Miles, and led him by the hand to the southeast comer of the Temple site from where they witnessed ihe service. I lis first school teacher was Mrs. Margaret Schnell at her lit- (Continued on page eight) Golden Wedding (Continued from first page) tie home school, taught in the house on the corner of Main and Second South. The house is still standing and is now owned by Mrs. Annie Condie. As a young man he attended one quarter of J. A. Whitelock's school in the county court house, where school was taught for many years prior to the erection of the Woodward school. David's father was a mason, but David preferred the painter's trade and at the age of 11. he apprenticed ap-prenticed to David Milne, the Scotch pioneer painter of Dixie, working with him until Mr. Milne moved to Manti, then ho and A. Y. Milne became partners and traveled nil through this section painting, paper hanging and decorating. decor-ating. During his practice Mr. Moss has helped with painting the Temple, Tabernacle and other principal buildings of the county and city. He has frequently assisted as-sisted in applying the annual exterior ex-terior whitewash to the Temple and on two occasions has come near losing his life In tte high slung cage used far this work. March 21, 1SS8, David Moss married mar-ried Jane Lenzl McAllister (daughter (daugh-ter of John D. T. and Cornelia Lenzl McAllister.) They were married mar-ried In the St. George Temple, her father, who was first president of St. George Stake and of the Temple, officiating. She was Ixirn in Salt Lake City June IS, 1SGS. Her father was called to St. George in 187G and began his werl; at the Temple in January 1S77 Mrs. McAllister followed" to St George with her children in August, 18T7, and soon after they nrrived Jane and David became playmates, the childhood association associa-tion resulting In their marriage. To this marriage was lxun Y2 children, 10 sons and two daugh-ters. daugh-ters. All 12 grew to maturity and j married; 11 still live, the second ! son. Angus, died leaving one son. jThe 11 surviving are: David J. and Leon Moss, of Los Angeles: ' Gilbert. George and Walter, all of ' Salt Lake City: Edgar, of Amen-' can Fork: William, of Murray;, Carl, of St. George and Clarence. ' of Santa Clam: Mrs. Jed Denning. , I of Bitter Root Valley, Montana : i and Mrs. LnVar Schurtz. of Delta. ; j Ctah. Tliey also have 4 1 grand- ; children and six groat-grandchild- I ren. Of their children four sons i follow the trade of their father j and all have had training in this ' j work. i Mr. Moss has advanced to the ! rank of High Priest in the L.D.S. ; ! church and his wife has labored for more than 30 years as block teacher in the Relief Society, as well as boing stake organist for that organization, the M.I.A. nnd Sunday schools, and for the post ! 30 years, ward organist for the Relief Society. She learned the, organ under Mrs. Mary A. Do-' Frieze, gifted pioneer " musician. I and has herself taught the organ ' and piano to many in this city, i |