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Show Gurli Lundgren, City Centenarian of Sweden while he was in Southern Utah as a tourist. She had six children and has eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs Lundgren attributes her long life to activity. She has never been idle. She added ithat she has never sought the limelight and felt that If more people would work with their hands to make the world betted bet-ted Instead of merely thinking and talking about it we could avoid most of our problems. She retired when she was (Continued on page 2) Gurli Lundgren of Cedar City ' turned 100 yeais of age Monday. Mon-day. Mrs. Lundgren was born in Stockholm, Sweden January 27, 1873 and has enjoyed 100 years of change. Her earliest recollection was the gala occasion when the Crown Prince of Sweden brought his bride from Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany home to an excited and well decorated Stockholm In 1881. In 1889 her fiance Charles Ott Lundgren, who had preceded pre-ceded her to this country and had established himself as a stockman In Cedar City, sent for her. He met her in Chicago where they were married. When she came to Cedar City to live, later that same year she found It to be a very small frontier town. None of the streets were paved and there were no sidewalks side-walks There was no electricity; electric-ity; that didn't come until about 1908. None of the homes in the city had running water piped in. They quit dipping their water supplies out of the ditch in 1905. She remembers Jim Bryant was the first one to pipe water into his home. She became one of the first students to enroll at the Branch Normal School, now Southern Utah State College; Some of her classmates were JCatherine Middleton, Mrs. Decker was the wife of one of the teachers; Ella Leigh, How-ard How-ard R. Driggs and David Leigh. One of the most exciting ev. ents in her life occurred in 19-26 19-26 when she met and shook hands with the crown Prince kP ' j GURLI LUNDGREN Gurli Lungren 100 years young . . . tic on her way to her now country and home ar still vivid in her memory. Residents and friends from throughout the area extend their toest wishes to Mrs, Lundgrcn, for continued Joy and happiness during the rest of her Interesting and eventful event-ful life, latlons from social security commissioner Robert Ball, was delivered by Warren Spencer, resident representative In Ce dar City She has alwavs loved the beauties ol nature, The memories mem-ories of the beautiful sunsets seen while croslng the Atlan- (Continued from pen? J) starting her 95th year. It was at that time that she was convinced con-vinced that social security and medicare were part of the retirement re-tirement picture In early 19C8. However, she has never used her medicare, Her social security benefits wore made possible by the Prouty ammendments which imade benefits availably for those persons over 72 who were not receiving retirement benefits from any government agency. On her 100th birthday a personal per-sonal greeting and congratu- |