| Show OLD FOLKS AT AMERICAN FORK our annual gathering of the old folks came off jan 27 in the opera house here As AB usual the means necessary for the occasion occa aion were derived from the generosity of our kind citizens this happy customs custom has prevailed here so BO many years and has bee been attended with 0 so o much pleasure plea aure and satisfaction to all concerned that it hai bag come to be regarded by old and young alike as a blessed privilege ad as a public humane duty our aged guests numbering and ranging in ago age from 66 65 to 86 85 years partook of a sumptuous dinner prepared from the best the land can afford the following pro gramme was effectively rendered A poetic address james crysta song all together aeo george goddard congratulatory congratulator speech Prest A 0 smoot song good news from froin home john peters speech nest pi cst W W cluff song my dear old willie and 1 I 11 W WO 0 dunbar cleverly arranged song mrs mary evans evane and her little band speech very befitting rev bev mr webster song wm win W grant song mrs jemma emma featherstone speech followed by conco song n 0 OK R savage song afton Atton vater john peters speech fol followed lowed by S gGeorge Son 0 n g G e 0 rge G goddard song let us as kind words to each bach other willie Willi garf eGart congratulatory speech song mrs mary evans evana and juvenile band recitation a alon very touching cora bromley hu 0 r speech bech W WO 0 dunbar song ong well gendered Ken dered the Y Yc elsmore ismore family suitable closing remarks Be marks bishop george halliday bagpipe selection W 0 dunbar vote of thanks to committees audience closing WM bromley our brass band did excellent bervice during the day and favored the old folks with many of their best selections chief committee thomas barratt john tracy wm grant JAMES CRYSTAL reporter THE OLD FOLKS PARTY 4 written by request we meet you again friends with pleasure and gladness and wish each one present a gladsome new year but bat mixed is our pleasure with borrow sorrow and sadness to miss some kind faces that used to be here But though deaths cold touch hath of loved ones bereft us shall we sit down repining and mourn oer their fate 7 ah I 1 no this were vain since we know they have bavei left eft us to reap their reward in a better estate and if we refrain at the present from giving due de praise to the virtues of those passed away we hope to be pardoned for joy to the living Is what we have met to distribute today to see to the old is in a babor abor of blessing to hep them our townsfolk have never ever n been slow tor for long years have taught us the worth of possessing the bliss that these doings have power to bestow then let us be happy a few hours together let each help his brother to things of good cheer though dreary without be the cold winter i weather wrather it always is springtime when friendship to is near from dust we haye bye sprung and to dust are to re Dg the old and the feeble the young and the gay and lifes precious hour loudly heralds the warning to sow to the spirit while yet it is day we here have a garden of pleasure before us with soil lich aich and mellow where good seeds may grow so let love be planted and gods grace be granted that now new and forever its fruits we may know khow 19 to all who have furnished the bounties here given to comfort the old and to lighten their care god bless you each one with the favors of heaven and of earths good things plenty and something to spare J crystal AMERICAN FORK january 1892 |
