| Show CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING not to every wedded pair is it given to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary t f their marriage but to mr air and mrs airs james stokes ot of this city was given that privilege and on all saturday last tho the children grand children and great grand children ot of this worthy couple came from far and near toi spend the day celebrating the go golden wedding ot of ther their referred rev erred and most moat worthy progenitors the festivities were staged in the second ward meeting house and were participated in by 69 members ot of the family the program began at 13 12 and consisted of a number of 0 addresses musical numbers and read ingel atter after which dinner was served then followed more songs and recitations tat ions in which the bridal pair participated and other amusement features until the day had faded out and the tired tire d but happy family broke company for the night the gathering was remarkable for the fact that all the members of the family were present but two one being out of the state and the other being ill that mr air and mrs airs stokes stakes have the love of their grand children was attested by the fact that some of 0 them came from burley some from lava hot springs others from cache valley and snowville Snow ville to do them honor this worthy couple has made it a point to be chums with their children and when the children had nearly all married and moved off to themselves then sir air and mr stokes gave themselves to the pleasant task of being chums with the grand children and in that way have secured the love and admiration of all their pos erity 14 1 r rr 4 mr stokes stakes is in his year and his good wife is his junior by three years both are young old people liale hale and hearty anu having an abiding faith in the promises made by an nowise father that clean living brings brin g g its own reward they are striking examples of this fact and they look tile the world in the face in the happy consciousness of having done well the part assigned them thus for in life and they can approach the evening of their lives with supreme confidence that all is well As a token of love and remembrance ithe the family presented their parents a gold ring each accompanied I 1 by that love and aff affection ecton which characterizes the true sentiments of every family where love at home lias has dominated their lives and experiences features of the wedding reception were the singing of the family choir composed at af grandpa and grandma stokes and their children and the reading of a poem composed for the occasion by mrs airs brusi drusilla ila bowden and her mother mrs airs E J jenks which is painted below the family comprises six sons five daughters sixty two grand children and forty one great grandchildren the many continued on page throe three CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING continued from pago page 1 friends of this worth worthy y pair join with their children in expressing the hope that they may yet live many years in the earth to enjoy life and the happiness of 0 their famil family y and to do that measure of good which every in man an and woman Is privileged to do on the second day of june just fifty years ago the wedding bells were ringing and the echoes come and ga all hearts were glad and gay not a shadow entered there to tell of the ups and downs that married life would share the youth was handsome ills eyes were black and his curly hair was brown the maiden fair with golden hair was the prettiest girl in town that evening will long bo be remembered by those these who joined in the fun and the maidens too that felt so blue by the stories lie he had spun those two were young in fit experience of married life of course but they know a little more now than some of their younger folks As you can see by their posterity to bid joy to their hearts and souls and make them light and gay little did they think that day they could do so well as this when they plighted their love to each other and sealed it with a kiss there is many a slip if that had of happened what then would become of all those but tell me it if you can but they proved true to the bowes they made and see what they have won for five daughters have claimed their name and six brave sons 62 grandchildren grand children have joined the merry throng and 41 great grandchildren making thern them the honored parents of in all and now they are keeping apace down lifes rough and rugged road doing a little here and there in making up thier load for they have been faithful and arve to the ios gospels mighty truths helped pioneers to make the roads when this land was vas in its youth and now they deserve ahr horar io cr of the couig as yell as oil oh hat 1 r remaining lema zema ining 1 avi I c ca earth r t 1 wll will oa 03 crowned with joy untold and in the eternal worlds a bles slug we hope tor for them is waiting in the man mansions of our father beyond this worlds content contentions luns with the warmest of feelings we have met here to have a right good t aimo mc and if yo you u will join y your ou r he bearb a r ts with ours then bright the son will shine our feelings of love we cannot describe to meet on this affray but home you yen live lu ill pence ana love your life has as no been all smooth you have tasted tha ho bitter and sweet but you will gain your just reward when our heavenly parents you meet and may we all live to meet in a heaven above and merit the reward ot the good and alla share re in our saviors love |
