Show i 55 YEARS OF WEDDED LIFE DELTA utah nov nor 20 honoring mr and mra afro royal J gardner their children entertained at an info informal amal banquet and reception at delta in of their fifty fiat fifth it wedding anniversary mr air and mrs afro gardner were married ip in the tha endowment house in S salt alt lake november 22 1875 by daniel H wells they went immediately to pine valley to make their home later they moved to grass valley whre they lived until 1923 at which time they cameto came to delta their present eaf home royal J gardner the son oi of robert and cynthia L berry was born barn in mill creek where he h e lived until 1862 when hla his father wash was sent by president 1 young to help settle in southern utah following the trade of his father he be became a lumberman which he has been for more than fifty years he owned owned saw mins mills in pine valley and grass valley and operated the one in the latter plade place until in 1926 at the ake age of 76 he fie occasionally sio nally saws tor for local jarade trade but because ot of difficult tran transportation tation to c commercial centers has discontinued regular cawing mr gardner Is an ardent church worker and has tilled filled the following posit positions Jons i counselor in sunday school counselor in the M 1 A A second counselor to the bishop president of the mutual and sunday school superintendent he fulfilled a mis slon in the sout southern herrl states 1 in civil life he served as school trustee in pine alna valley chloe L sn snow ow gardner was born in lohi and came with her parents mr and sWilliam mrs Mr william snow to pine valley in 1866 she Is a member of the church andaas served as aa teacher in sunday school and the relief society she Is a member monib brof of the delta chapter of the D aj U JP Ps mr afi and mrs airs gardner are the pa ants of i ton ten living children childr e n ks as follows mrs emma abbott and mrs afro rosa abbott of mesquite nevada royal S of cedar J bot pine valley kumen of new castle mrs vina lott of huntington mrs ff peyton johnson of santa pauls paula calif mary levi and I 1 clair gardner of delta despret news mrs airs gardner 1 is a abier sister of fi the late aitio marla maria snow kargela Sar genC gelA |