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Show Over 200 Well-Wishers Attend "Open House' at Miller Home Tuesday Nearly 200 people called during Christmas afternoon and evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Al-bert E. Miller for the open house celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary. All of 'their nine children were home :and assisted in receiving guests. The rooms were decorated with potted plants, cut 'flowers pine boughs and holly. One large basket bas-ket of flowers was a gift from the American !Legion and Auxiliary. Auxili-ary. During the afternoon the St. George martial band attended in a group and flayed several numbers. num-bers. Moving pictures were taT?e?i by family members. On Monday, 41 family members, including fChildren, in-laws nd grandchildren, had dinner at 'the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cannon. In the evening the family held a program at the MjJler ' ," : ; ' d'.r.-. ': V-'iK 'v-.' ' : - MR. AND MRS. A. E. MILLER, DECEMBER 35, 1895. j I " J i, , I '', t. f l4-,. t-trw y -i inil llimiT 1 M Ml "J TJitJi i MR. AND MRS. A. E. JDLXER, DECEMBER 25, 1945. j home, their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Henry Miller of Glendale, Calif, reading "The Bluebird" and their grandson, Jimmie Miller entertaining. enter-taining. This :is the first time m 27 years all :nine children have been together. Mr Miller's father died when he was aged 12, leaving him to make his own way in life. At 16 he became apprentice in the carpenter car-penter trade to "Robert McQuar-rie McQuar-rie and for 56 '.years he has followed fol-lowed that trade, '.building many of the fine homes in St. George and elsewhere. He has helped with all of the public buildings erected in this locality in the past half century, and is now with the fine finish work of the West ward chapel which is near-ing near-ing completion. Elected to the St. fceerge City council in 1906, Mr Mffler continued con-tinued in public office most of Councilman four years, Mayor of St George for eight years, State Senator four years, Representative Representa-tive from Washington county fir years, and in 1928 was presidents e,ATa member of the L D S church he has served as assistant and superintendent in the Sunday school" counselor and president of TMMIA. high councilman of qt George stake, and m.ssionary bt. Vjeoip otates He served tr the Eastern btaies. rlc and as member of the War Bond' board for war II. Mrs. Miller graduated from the St. George Stake Academy under instructor Nephi M. Savage. She taught school two years before her marriage and two years later while Mr. Miller was in the mission mis-sion field. She has worked in all of the church organizations, especially the relief society, serving serv-ing the -past several years as literary class leader and teacher. She is historian of the Foster camp DUP, St. George and a member of the Legion Auxiliary, Lester Keate post. No. 90. From his yotrth, Mr. Miller has been a student f history and has collected data said ; pictures on the building of St 'George and the history of the Dixie Cotton mission. He has been personally acquainted with the pioneer leaders lead-ers of this area and has devoted much time and means in preparing prepar-ing this collected information for publication. His book "The Immortal Im-mortal Pioneers" now in the hands of the publishers, pays tribute to the founders of St. George and vicinity, and is due for release in February, 1946. Its purpose is to preserve for the descendants of the Dixie pioneers the details of achievement of their forbears. Of the Millers' nine children, four are college graduates and (Continued on page five) Golden Wedding (Continued r.om first page) four are junior college graduates. They are, Henry W. Miller, Glen-dale, Glen-dale, Calif.; George C. Miller, Beaver, Utah; Howard O. and Grant Miller. Salt Lake City; Mrs. Mary M. Wagner, Akron. Ohio; Mrs. Rachel W. Cones, Price, Utah; Mrs. Edith M. Frei, Santa Clara; Mrs. Grace M. Bullock Bul-lock and Mrs. Rosalind M. Cannon, Can-non, St. George. |