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Show Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cherrlngton Sixty years of marriage to be noted by A. W. Cherringtons sent home on Fourth South and Tenth East where the two of them keep a beautifully landscaped land-scaped yard. Countless hours have been devoted to church work as well as civic work for Mrs. Cher-rington. Cher-rington. She has served in the Relief Society for 45 years board of Fruit and Vegetable Growers and was president of the Springville-Mapleton Fruit Growers Association. He was also a member of the local board of the Federal Land Bank. In 1953 they sold their fruit farm and moved to their pre- Sixty years of wedded life will be noted by the A. W. Cherringtons June 9 and their family will honor the well known Springville couple with an open house Sunday, June 1 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cherrington from 3 to 7 p.m. They request no gifts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cherrington Cherring-ton are active in church and civic affairs. They are natives of this city and have made their home here practically their entire lives. Mr. Cherrington as born in Springville March 9, 1888 the son of Joseph and Prudence Straw Cherrington. His wife was the former Hilda Wheeler, daughter of Walter and Helen holding numerous offices m visiting teacher, class leader, counselor to three presidents! ward president and stake board member. She has served is county president of the Daugh. ters of Utah Pioneers four years and was at one time president of the PTA. She Is affiliated with the Mothers L Study club in which she has I served in numerous positions including its president, i Both Mr .and Mrs. Cherring. K ton gave of their time and tal- I ents in working on the "old Folks" committee. They Ji some traveling and enjoy having hav-ing friends and neighbors drop ill They have five sons and daughters including: Jack A Cherrington of Preston, Idaho; tin Mrs. Glen (Carol) Clark ol Snowflake, Arizona; Mrs. Jane Norton of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Blaine (Captola) Murdotk of Manti; Bert Cherrington of lli( Springville. They have 23 grand- w children and 25 great grandchildren. grand-children. da Mr. and Mrs. Jim Unej were in Springville Saturday y evening to attend the Boy-Johnson Boy-Johnson wedding- Maria Child Wheeler. She was born Sept. 16, 1889 in Springville. Spring-ville. The Cherringtons were married June 9, 1909 in the Salt Lake Temple. At the time of their marriage, mar-riage, Mr. Cherrington was in the contracting business in which he continued for approximately ap-proximately ten years. He then sold his outfit and began in the fruit growing business on a farm in Mapleton. Two years later they purchased purch-ased the property east of Springville known as the Roe A. Deal property and for 32 years the Cherrington's operated opera-ted one of the leading fruit farms in the area, specializing in cherry growing. During these years the couple employed employ-ed hundreds of boys and girls who still call them Aunt Hilda and Uncle Amyot. Active in the LDS church, Mr. Cherrington served five years as bishop of the First Ward and was High Councilman Council-man at two different times. He also served in positions in the auxiliary organizations. As a poultry raiser for a number of years, he served six years on the state board of the Poultry Association and also as president of the local organization. He served foK several years on the state |