Show OLD FOLKS DAY FILLMORE millard Cu county uty feb 1897 the young people of the Fill moto M 1 I made ft a red letter in their history today in the entertainment or of all persons residing here who were 55 or more years of age the different committees worked balth fully in the preparations for or this tt ba first evens of the kind in this city any were provided and the hon bou ared cuesta were brought from their homes welcomed fed and entertained entertain tor about lour four hours won all were conveyed back to their homes la in safety elder bluer F M lyman belne present pree ent gave au contre to the ibe occasion by heartily joining with wo the t claiming hr fain eligible nees to partake par tateo of all the good tillage offered by virtue of having pawed the ne milestone on the road of lif life fe waun we read of famine and peau fence benoe stalking through the ihu world and dd gaunt poverty ani vering in tha th streets of some large clue in america Ameri cB mud aud then kass upon a picture like that presented by the aae young people of fillmore Fi ilmore tea today there is cause to lift up the heart la gratitude to go i for his hie providence lia la uri bringing nging the poor frum from among the xu na lions and planting them io in a lonely far on off baud where by the of his hi they might learn his hie laws law and prosper by the labor of their own bande in the meeting house were three A S A iid ton iw uen tiers of tables and upon them were proad many kinds of moats and caltry oal try hot bog and oolda cold and as to te cakes PUS hi mind and pastry paltry beabe were too numer oft OB for a bird to guess gnaw at dumber or aade the following program was rendered master maiter of ceremonies joshua greenwood music maalo by the brass band baad prayer by patriarch J D smith song mutual choir address of welcome by president alma greenwood replied to so by elder bider F M lyman to ID which he faced facetiously bously announced him dark horse borse in the aaita f an ag a pro pr onabe baoe the prize to be given to the arst settler cottier in fillmore then the axed aged knife and fork band strong tone of demolition truck aruck up a platter until abtil their gray looks looka shook over faces aces sir gr altitude ati tude prize were given to the old an M jacobi croft aged 90 yean to go the oldest lady mrs mra luella sp bloon 9 mother of state senator Robi Bo bleon wim 89 years year to the oldest paren t of CC the ghe largest family this thia was a sharp and two wo prism were given ana to mrs mary payne the mother of 16 children aged aed 55 6 sy boond md lira carling 15 children aged 62 52 years yeara the old oldest married couple wb who 10 got were brother lease isaac Mita boJI OW bd wife they bad cogged jogged along together lor for 61 years yeara the prize price for we he oldest inhabitant of bad roe competitors they were mrs D D 19 olson oleen bro D B warner and elder lyman brother warner wagner sod aad slater sister Ol Ola enit senit transpired ame at t the some time but as a brother warner warn or was waa driving took stock on OD ahead of claimed to be here toe as be wagons wa icona arst elder eider blyman claimed to have arrived nero here in 1861 1851 one year before he be other two but bus he owned up to have te been driving stock also alao and diu did set not then make this his hia home and as he has baa not nos stayed with us ua always th the indira did ook bog let jet him carry off the nice die AM neck wrap but by age aou warned it to D B warner he be befog 59 69 years yeara old and slater olson olaen 66 55 jo E F bay came to in for honor ie ins mention oglon so aa being the first fl rat baby ban in Fill fillmore mors she to la now an honored boomed grandma the program continued song bong america mutual choir recitation 9 for the deaths death 1 I iwho who was waa responsible james AL A melville quartette bishop T 0 Cmil loger and company reading mra melilla Olse musio brass band recitation george crane who gave gist an old methodist hymn of fearful laport import wen then aa 88 a contrast baiwir s there to la no death song long six elx little girl recitation raymond ray son eo unaina our old folk 01 daniel ste vent vena long john J ackson stake president Pre aident 1 I N hinckley feelingly angly expressed bis bin satisfaction at what lie he had bad seen and beard this thin day and uia toe benediction was offered by bishop Call later closing as was waa expressed by one voge veteran rejo the most pleasant time fever ter spent in Fill fillmore mors we the tendency of which is a reverence for the aged a unity of purpose in life and sin an ln in creaso of faith in him whose promises never aeter fail to the obedient A BIRD |