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Show 9 wa t o dk , PAROWAN CELEBRATES W HER GtTII DIRTHDAY. V "t Tho Socinl Hall wns crowded to its capacity in order to accommodate the J big crowd which gathered there on Wednesday, January 13th, to cele- , Urate Pnrowan's natal day, and do honor to the pioneer band that pitched ' their camp on Center Creek, sixty- , four years ago. It was the largest as- sembly that ever met here on any sim- Ir ilar occasion. I i Tho committee had made every f preparation for a good time, and the citizens took advantage of it. E Mr. John II. Hendrickson, the only '1 original pioneer now living in Paro- j wan, with a number of pioneers who camo with the second company three $ . , months after the original company, j. occupied comfortablo seats at the head of the hall, where they could Ir listen to the program and receive the f hearty best wishes of their fellow - townsfolks. t Beginning at 2 p. m. the following & . interesting and instructive program V- 'fk was carried out, which was listened to !r $ ' with good attention by thoso present, ', f , William Ci Mitchell acting as master ", of ceremonies: '-X' Prayor, Simon A. Mntheson. Address of Welcome, Mayor II. D. J ' Bayles. Original poem, "The Parowan Pio-; Pio-; neers," W. L. Adams. ' Vocal solo, "Hnppy Days," Miss v Ada McGregor. :.Xr Oration, Walter C. Mitchell. Chorus, "Flowcrland," Thomas T. lt Durham and company. - Address, Uncle John Henderson. 1 ' Presentation, in behalf of the citi- p zons, a copy of "Heart-Throbs" to X, ,. Uncle John Henderson, our only liv- b?i?' Ins original pioneer, by William C. $'i " f Mitchell. , -, Quartette, "Tho Pioneer's Work is V t$? i Done," A. M. V. Quartette. ir,$i Address, Charles Adams, member of 't '"" . the second company of pioneers. .. , '--it , A bounteous banquet wns then ' , . served to the pioneers and a number - , , .of invited guests. The people ar- r - ranged themselves for group picnic, J and some time was then given over to . -. feasting and social intercourse, during which the band rendered several selections. se-lections. An address was next given by Jas. , J. Adams, member of the second, com pany of pioneers. Address, New S. Whitney first child born in Parowan. (. The latter part of the afternoon was spent in dancing, and a grand ball, given by the Pioneer Committee, closed the day's proceedings, which .' wore very successful 'and pleasing to the public. ? JOHN II. HENDERSON, the only living original pioneer resld- '- ing in Parowan, was bom Doc. 1, , f 1831, near St. Louis, Mo. When he LitM m. wa3 between eight and nine years of M 4, (ff)' ago his parents joined tho Mormon -rfc '"' ' Church, left their comfortablo home, ' t wnd moved to Nauvoo, 111. Not long after this ho was left an orphan and had a varied experience in earning his living, doing chores and working at f odd Jobs for u number of families. He took part in tho Mormon exodus , V from Illinois and with others spent - the following winter in Missouri. In ' f, April, 18-17, he started across tho plains, reaching Salt Lako on tho 1st ihiy of October, 1847. ' He came to Parowan with the original orig-inal band of pioneers, landing here or ' "' ' ' January 13, 1851, where he has since " J 't ' roslded. He has a wonderful mem- V ' 017, f'S ls shown by the fact that when in his 78th year ho wrote o story of his Ufo covering several hun drcd pages, entirely from memory This manuscript will soon bo pub Hshed. It is a very interesting docu mont, bdng Written in simple, tern language, and telling the story of an exceedingly active life, and experiences exper-iences and adventures which make very interesting reading. Uncle John is now 81 years of age, but he was able to attend the Pioneer celebration and address the people, wishing them health and prosperity. |