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Show H The Married H People of H Benson Ward isiiifll ' HHHJ Have Good Time at Annual Gathering Hi With Old Folks HHI i HHHJ Donson, Jun. 9. Last Wednesday HHHJ wns an onjoyablo day In Benson. It HHHJ was old folks day, or hotter say, mar. HHHJ rlod people's day, ns all married poo- HHHJ. plo In tho ward woro Invltod liy the HHHJ old folks commlttco to bo at tho HHHJ meeting liouso by 12 o'clock to bo HHHJ seated ut tho four long tables load- HHHJ cd with all good thlugs to cat. Tho HHHJ commltteo had assigned to each fam- HHHJ ily what should bo brought and they HHHJ cortaluly understood their business. HHHJ Whllo all woro not proscnt, yet tho HHHJ attondanco was largo and a happy, H Jolly crowd It was. Among tho vlsl- U tors from other places woro Messrs HHHH Joseph Knowles, Goorgo Cole, Trcst. HHHH O. H. Qudgo, Gcorgo W. Llndqulst HHHH and Josoph Jorgonsen from Logan. HHHH After tho crowd bad thoroughly sot- HHHH isftod tho Inner man from tho boun- HHHH teous repast, an Interesting program HHHH consisting of songs, recitations, in- HHHH Btrumontnl' music and speochos woro HHHH rendorod. Tho visiting brethren nl) HHHHi ,spoko In tho highest terms of tho la- HBHV bars porformed by tloso who had HJj worked to provide such a flno spread. HBHbA Thoy rolatod stories that woro nmus- Hl ipe and also told a numbor of Jokes HEI at one auotuor's oxpenso. Wo felt HBiM.. hKhyhV HHHHHnHHHHHHHn -f - pleascd and complimented In having theso brethren remember us. As Mr. Ezra Ricks has moved to Logan ho was released as chairman of tho Old Folks commlttco and Mr. Chas. A. llocso was sutaluod in this position posi-tion with Mr. Andrew Munk nnd Mr II. W. Ballard ns his nlds. Theso brethren nnd their faithful wives havo bad u lot of oxpcrlcnco In this sort of work and they will contlnuo to mnko grand success of tho work. Tho danco In the evening was woll patronized by tho married nnd slnglo and a most enjoyable tlmo was spent. Mr. Charles A. Reeso, Mr. II. M. Mortensen and Mrs. Howard Rooso furnished tho music which was all that could havo been desired. On Saturday, afternoon a plcnla und danco wero glvon under tho auspices au-spices of tho Sunday School and tho little folks onjoyed thcmsolvos in tho supcrlatlvo degroo. Tho music was furnished gratis by Mr. Guy L. Rees, Marlnus Jensen, Miss Sarah L. Reeso and Miss Ruby Rooso, Mrs. H. W. nallard Jr., Mlssos Sarah L. Reeso, Lcono Ballard. Zella Tarbot and Ruby Reeso proparod and distributed distrib-uted tho picnic whllo Mrs. M. E. nogers proparod tho punch which was flno.' During the oatlng of tho picnic a short program was rendered. In order to givo tho musicians a chance to have picnic and punch nnd a little rest, Mr. James Baugh Played some lively dance tunes on an no-sordeon. no-sordeon. His playing gavo evidence of lively times of days gono by. MpjpMKJIJpBpjpjiMppppjpipMMMpj V Mr. Goorgo Cowley could not be spared as nurso of bis son and heir a Now Year gift. Tho sanio was tho caso on Old Folks' day. ,By, tho diligent caro of the mother 'nnd Mrs. Alllston, assisted by tho devoted father, fa-ther, tho llttlo one is getting along nicely. An Mr. II. W. Ballard Jr., is very busy gathering materials to build a new homo ho as ono of the Sunday School superlntendcncy was unable to bo at tho children's gathoring but his father came as a substltuto and ho cortalnly proved to be a good one. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rogers returned re-turned last Monday from LeGrand, Oregon, wlicro thoy spont a week visiting vis-iting their son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Peterson. They say they had a most enjoyable tlmo and think LcGrando n flno placo. Mr. Pctorson Is teaching nthletlcs in the Y, M. C. A. Academy. Mr. C, A. Reeso and Mr. Jnmua Chnntrlll left Benson for St. Anthony and vicinity this morning On a business busi-ness trip. Thoy expect to ho gono sovcral days. Mr. O. Beutlcr has recently purchased pur-chased n now Overland auto, so ho may Join tho procession to tho National Na-tional Park noxt season, Mr. Joseph Roundy Is tho ownor of a Ford car which ho purchasod somo tlmo ago. If tho auto fever ragos In Bonson noxt spring as it did last it looks probablo that wo shall nil bo provtdoj with cars. Mrs. Saral a- Reeso spent most of last week visiting at tho homos of her sons R. V. nnd M. M, Reese, fiho says she had a vory onjoyablo tlmo. Although sho will ho 83 yoars of ago next month sho Is blessed with good health, a sound body and an actlvo Intellect. Grandpa John Reeso was ono of thoso who enjoyed tho old folks gathoring. gath-oring. i"wni Wo greatly miss thn presonco of Brother Paul Cordon and his good wives nt our gatherings. There nro also many others whoso faces aro greatly missed from our gatherings. |
