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Show 'Jockey' Myers Feted On 90th Anniversary The friends and family of J. W. "Jockey" Myers, pioneer resident and old-time Milford freighter .honored him at an open house reception Thursday, Jan. 26th, in the Milford Ward L D S Recreation Hall, commemorating com-memorating the 90th birth anniversary an-niversary of the popular early settler. More than 109 guests attended attend-ed the affair to honor "Jockey." Mrs .Glenn Barnes was in charge of an interesting program, pro-gram, which was as follows: Vocal duet, Shirlene Barnes and Marlys Gillins. Reading, "Life History of Jockey Myers," Mrs. Nathan Barnes. Piano solo, Roma. Jean Myers. Tap dance, Joan Barnes. Reading, Mrs. Vera Bond. Vocal trio, Misses Audry, Ora and Yvonne Myers. Continued on Back Page HERE'S MORE ABOUT JOCKEY MYERS Continued from Page Onel "Birthday Wish," Miss Carolyn Myers. Following the program, ice cream and birthday cake were served to the group, and Parley Fisher acted as "caller" for old-time old-time dances, with Mrs. Fiafet', Bill Thompson, R. W. Jones soldi Marion Barnes furnishing the music. John W. Myers, or "Uncle Jockey" as he is better known by his many Beaver County friends, was born Jan. 25th, 1860, in Salt Lake City. At the age of 4, his family moved to Minersville, where they purchased a lot and dug a cellar, which served as their home for six years. He and his brother Edwin helped their father on the farm and with the slock until they moved to Beaver in 1866. After a few years, they again returned to Minersville. Working with the crude harvesting implements of the time he helped his father cradle grain, rake it and tie it in bundles. It was then flailed to roparate the wheat from the straw, and hauled to a mill at Greenville, where it was ground ,TBiirw'Tii;rraTMiriiiviirTTiiwnMiiirwTMMi into flour for the family use. When he was 15 he began freighting with his father from , Sandy, Utah, to Minersville. and along the railroad line until it was completed to Mil-ford.. Mil-ford.. He married Mary McKnight, Nov. 12, 1884, in the St. George temple. Eleven children were born to the couple. After his marriage he freighted, from Des-eret Des-eret to Frisco and the old Horn Silver mine, and after moving to Milford hauled freight from Milford to Pioche, Bullionville, Dry Valley and Delemar, and hauled quartz from Milford to the ore mill at Good Springs, Nev. As the railroad moved westward from Milford he was busy hauling supplies and mail to the advance gangs. After completion of the railroad he returned to Minersville. In 1919 he again moved to Milford and has lived here since. Mr. Myers' wife was killed in an auto accident in 1938. Five of their children still survive, Heber Myers of Milford, Clinton Clin-ton Myers of Milford, Angus Myers of Wellington, Cal.; Joseph Jo-seph Myers of St. Joseph, Mo., and Mrs. A. R. Palmer of Boulder Boul-der City, Nev. He also has 29 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and 9 great-greatgrandchildren. |