| Show OTHER celebrations ESCALANTE utah february 1897 president woodruff a birthday was waa duly celebrated by the sabbath schools of this place in the following man net ner meeting convened ot 2 p m called to order by bishop A P sabow music by the brass bran band baad under the leadership of blabon A P F sweet bye slid and bye singing ringing by the congregation we thank thee oh ob god for prophet prayer by the chaplain brother J 0 wilcox singing by the sunday school choir god speed the right bight speech by superintendent joseph H spencer on the life of president woodruff la in our lovely deceres De seres was next beautifully rendered reo dered by the whole school chool the brass brar band then rendered the be selection nearer my god to thee brother philo allen alien addressed the be congregation on the he life and labors labon of president woodruff song by miss mill polly deuel and company entitled I 1 love you yet repeating of the loras lora loru s prayer in concert by toe the primary department depart meaL song by the sunday school choir A song of praise elasy ay by mrs miss rhoda cottem cottam on OB president Wood ruffa fla travels and warning dreams dreame song by the primary department the sweet story of old oid ashurt speech by bro john C roe boo on tue early alf life and missionary tape of president Preal dent woodruff singing by the sunday school choir Is ie there anything we can do song by brother wm alvey and company what shall tile the harvest be the articles of faith were then repeated in concert by the sunday school singing by the primary depart department menti the sweet story or oi old closing remarks by bishop A P who said he weis was well pleased wi ui the program and selections ron ren tiered dered by the choir what prize prise ahll be yo to or reward benediction by the chaplain bro J 3 D wilcox the singing was taken charge of by our able leader bro wm K R butler was beautifully rendered the house bouse was nicely decorated for the occasion ocoa eion subscribes WT WEST weber co uth utah march 2 1897 in honor of the birthday of on our r worthy president elder wilford woodruff the married people of thip place aasem bled in our spacious epa clous amure me t hall ball at pm monday march was to be a regular party of ye olden times the kind we used to have thirty ears earn ago the relic i societies bad the arrangement arran Kement of the program so BO it was an assured success from the commencement cement to the fi finloth zilby As AB we know can 1011 la in a word our sisters austers do not recognize as aa belonging to their vor the afternoon alter noon exercises were opened in the usual way by ging prayer I 1 etc slater sister sarah hutter hurter of ebore cje belief society was the presiding genus the program would be for far too lengthy to give in deta ilaa as we were together over two hours bourn and then some of it bad to be left over until the eveni evening nv there were some numbers on the program that were worthy of 1 stecial I coial mention among them being a short of tie progress made in the arts anu science during the life of our worthy president by Z Zoar carlah lab ballantyne brower john douglas related some amusing inci incidents dento be experienced in the hadd band cart oart company of 1866 1856 the binny bi SCOW was re rm dieu of old times by a duet by 0 fand ellou ellen hunter when ye gang awe awa jamie so with our boa UP ui devlan population they were represented by a chorus I 1 must not dot foresi our sailor iu in the person of john E bittof who gave gare a few of his experiences one as jack afloat bud and jack ashore 1 I while the program was vast being rendered in the hall ball a company was busy in the meeting house bouse which to is clos by preparing tables at which th physical man could be regaled with the things the guid gold wile wifely bad ale pl pared ared said that night eight is the time when elves elres and fairies nate have their luo lun so when the shades bades of night came down upon us on after the he tables had bad been emptied 01 their load of 90 gou the company returned to the hall and six long baurs it was and song and stump speech to see way our fathers au aud d 11 1 1 balance and chasie made abe be heart rejoice enere was no admission tee fee charged so that the poor were as welcome as an the rich the party was iwo w adap ama bouis 1 1 were to to meet on or 01 before march 1 the assembled with a hearty beany amet and gayour may our V W rth god bless him b tt with OB as during anoker decade in ie tbt rayer prayer ot of old bud aau y nog HAYls ZED utah march 2 1697 president birthday was wae celebrate oele brale I 1 ID a a der long to be remembered her bar ail tt 0 tolka folks over oter 70 the th widow and the families of our oar were entertained entertain ild in the public hall from 11 a m until 6 p m they were conveyed to the hall hal which had been made warm neat and comfortable in carriages 6 during the day they engaged in old time chat singing dancing dano tag reciting alesch making etc what a happy time they bleat at I 1 p m was served in brother job bobr r bettys ball and how the old folk enjoyed it and what good appetites they havi havil I 1 still there was plenty and much to spare notwithstanding atio bard time ime many mady valuable Tal val modies were borne respecting the restoration of gospel and ana the life and labors of president woodruff and other great ind and good men I 1 ID ri the evening a cicinio was wae given for the betle benefit fit of our elden eidem joaeph and enoch riley biley C savage and walter HS halack lack which was a social and financial suc buo mae at the old folks folksy 1 gathering prizes were given to the best beat dancer the best beet rod and the beat singer to see eee bow chofe in their eighth 11 tipped th abi imbt light fantastic was wae a caution the following quest questioned ione were asked H w many have seen deen the prophet joseph answer three how many were in ID zion alona camp none how many were in the mormon Batia liOL answer aneser thres three how many were among the plu plo neon neen answer four how many present from a foreign lat lai L c answer thirteen how jolly olly entertaining and appreciative dative the old folks artl art how we enjoy their society and bow they do shower the blessings blea sings upon our lag lj eg may they live and be prospered reu in the aanal woo wm A bringhurst Bring burst jr expects to start for the california mission in bew weeks weekly he bad taken up a farm a d was laboring hard to fence it 1 we concluded to help him some twenty r more volunteered and add we put in a good oay day hauling rock and building bull bui dink ldina recce fence the slaters misters true to their nature came out to see us laden down with baskets batker full of nice picnic and how wr we did enjoy II I 1 need i a ot 06 add ada that the baskets were much lighter when they I 1 returned today some of the young men gathered up a lot of sand and put mbeni on the house of a poor widow that iii t good religion we have bad many beautiful soak OBB ng rains and a good deposit of anaw in the mountains mountain which makes make oui prospect for the future much brighter we remain as ever the friends of lb uld old folks mrs susan A bringhurst mrs mn jaw jae G duffin Mrs Vilate kleinman mist adelaide Ade lalue Jao keun mr amro fran so har moda mrs aunts AUDIO ebury heber li john jobst T betty batty dmd jack sot wm B bavage ana david bury coumanter FOR FOB THE OLD FOLKS |
