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Show Horace Carters to Observe Anniversary An open house honoring Mr. and Mrs. Horace Carter of Minersville on their Golden Wedding anniversary will be held from 4 to 7 p. m. Saturday, Satur-day, June 23, at their home. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Carter request no gifts. They were married April 30, 1912, in the Beaver County Courthouse. The mariage was later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Horace Carter was born June 19. 1892, in Minersville, to W. J. and Mary Lightner Carter. In his earlier days he was a cowboy for 20 years, riding for Ralph Pitchforth and Carl and Fred Levi. For many years he was a sheep shearer, and starting in March would work until July, shearing sheep from Mexico through the U S to Canada, often taking his wife and family with him. Later he operated a meat freezer and - locker plant in Minersville. For more than 9 years, before his retirement, he was employed as a plumber at the Air Force Base at Mu-roc, Mu-roc, Calif. As a hobby, he is a "rock hound." Mrs. Carter, known affectionately affec-tionately as "Aunt Madge," was born May 18, 1892, in Pan-guitch, Pan-guitch, to George and Margaret Mar-garet DeLong LeFevre. With her family she moved to Paro-wan, Paro-wan, and later to Minersville. Mr. LeFevre was a sheep man and farmer. They are parents of 12 children: chil-dren: Elmer Carter, San Diego, Calif.; Dwight Carter, Provo; Mrs. Vaudis Richey, Thousand, Oaks, Calif.; Ellis Carter and Mrs. Betty Decker, Parowair; Mrs. Nellie Long, Urbant, 111.; Don Carter, Kearns; Willden Carter, Puerto Rico; Ray Car-, ter, Lovell, Wyo.; Ned Carter, Elko, Nev.; Ted Carter, Overton, Over-ton, Nev.; and Mrs. Joy Granger, Gran-ger, LaHabra, Calif. All the children expect to attend the open house except . Nellie and Willden. |