Show t 4 H am i 1 t welcome to the old folks the town is theirs today to day and the people at I 1 their service we are greatly honored today by the presence of the old folks in our fair city and every man woman and chud child feels a just pride in being permitted to do them reverence we honor their gray hairs we love them for the good they have done and we admire them for the indomitable pluck and ener energy my they have shown in converting the land of sagebrush sage brush and alkali into the garden spot it is today to day they have hare borne the burden of the heat of the day and now in the afternoon of their sojourn in this sphere of action when the shadows across their pathway are growing long and their eyes are getting dim we love to seer see them happy mormon jew or gentile priest or layman it is all the same to us today to day they are our fathers and our mothers and the handiwork of god the fact that they have attained the good ripe age of seventy years and upwards is t ample evidence that they have not abused the tabernacles entrusted to their care we shall shah do our best beat to see that every one of them wears a smile while here and that they depart with a firm conviction that we honor our fathers and our mothers may they receive a again 1 ain in full measure the love and affection they have lavished upon their sons and da daughters and may their remaining days on earth be happy ones and free from care the committee in salt lake city has been busy these last few days they have prepared and had printed a lot of circulars and tickets we reproduce both the ticket and circular herewith this is a facsimile fac simile odthe ticket GRAND FREE EXCURSION BRIGHAM CITY UTAH GOOD FOR PASSAGE ON THE OLD FOLKS TRAIN JUNE 22 1905 m TRAIN LEAVES SHORT LINE DEPOT AT UW r S 8 A M RETURNING LEAVES BRIGHAM CITY AT 6 30 P M TAKE YOUR OWN KNIVES FORKS SPOONS SPOON oufa CUPS AND PLATES ALONO ALONG CHILDREN ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RIDE ON THIS TRAIN COMMITTEE OP OF arrangements op BP WM vim a preiton wa WM WM WM 0 BARTON 0 A JOHN KIRKMAN ANDREW ION 00 6 here is ie the circulars circular aba T calr a ommittee are city have magnanimously invited the veterans of salt lake city to corae come and partake of their hospitality and entertainment we have accepted the invitation and have arranged for the outing june 22 1905 the anniversary of the birthday of bishop hunter our first chairman via the oregon short line for which favor we are indebted to pres bancroft who has generously tendered a train for the purpose under our direction we therefore invite all persons who have reached the age of 70 years to go with us this invitation knows no distinction as to race faith or color it means all those named of the required age in this city only we also invite the grand army veterans and those of the right age from the county home the deaf dumb and blind also of the age named we will do everything possible to give give them a day of genuine enjoyment those who accompany us must observe the following rules 1 guests of agvent and up to beigh eighty ty years must wear a red badge those of eighty and up to ninety a blue badge all who have reached the age of ninety years should wear a white rosette the badge wearers bearers are entitled to ride free on the street cars the day of the excursion for this favor wo we thank general manager campbell Oam of the utah light railway company old folks are not allowed to bring children with them they must provide knives forks fork cups and spoons and other necessities they require paper plates platea are very handy and can be disposed of after being used the best of lemonade and cake with entertainment by the old folks choir under the leadership of win H foster will be tendered on the road going and coming tickets will be distributed by wm win B barton at the office of bishop IV B preston on monday and tuesday june 19 and 20 th the bishops of each ward and ministers of different denominations can obtain tickets on presentation of the list of names and ages of those worthy to enjoy the occasion due notice will be given of the time of departure and return of the train committee of arrangements bishop W B preston 0 R savage C wm win eddington john kirkman wm win naylor andrew jenson wm B barton hiram groesbeck geo B margetts there will be no tickets sold for passage on this train H H 11 H I 1 4 H H H t H t m 1 1 11 1 il i 1 ath 4 44 |