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Show MRS. JOSEPHINE BATEMAN TO NOTE 8STH BIRTHDAY AT AN OPEN HOUSE To celebrate her 85th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Josephine Bate-man Bate-man of West Jordan will be honored hon-ored with an open house to be held at her home 6600 South 1300 West in West Jordan, next Tuesday, Feb. 20, between the hours of 6 to 9 p.m. Friends and relatives are invited in-vited to call. The event is being arranged by her family. She is the mother of ten children, nine of whom are living. They are: Mrs. Royal (Evelyn) (Eve-lyn) Spratling, Mrs. Lee C. (Luree) Brown, Mrs. Lorus (Wanda) Pratt, Mrs. Blaine (Joy) Wixom, Wilson, Dale and Dean Bateman all from the West Jordan area, Mrs. Glenn (Reeta) Turner, Chicago, 111., and Mrs. Harold (Furn) Cramer, Shel-ton, Shel-ton, Wash. She has 38 grandchildren grandchild-ren and 35 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bateman was born at Midway, Mid-way, Utah, Feb. 20, 1877. She married Philip T. Bateman, Sept. 9 1897 in the Salt Lake Temple. He died Jan. 3 1, 1956. She still lives in the farm house where she came as a bride 65 years ago. She now shares it with her youngest son, Dean and family. She takes care of her own home and enjoys visits from friends and relatives. One of her hobbies is writing letters, let-ters, and usually several are written writ-ten each week. Her service in the church has extended throughout her life. She is best remembered as having served for 12 years as president presi-dent of the West Jordan Relief Society organization. She enjoys all church and family activities. |