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Show Open House VIll Mark Golden Wedding Day of f fee Voodbyrys : i . '. ' f. & .-3 frv I J S mini r-""u"Mt i.-.1'fWjilyL, ti,,... ;. t. . Patriarch and Mrs. Charles R. cklev qj Y Woodbury, who will observe their aaP tawT' 2' T golden wedding anniversary at Monday, May the weddina open house at their home in Hin- date. wedding Patriarch Charles R. Woodbury, and his wife, Mrs Asme TQa,w0 Bickley Woodbury, residents of Hinckley for more th , fr ?U u celebrate the 50th anniversary of their wedding da at an S v! WlU Sunday afternoon from 2 until 6 p. m. Al!V ZVznyZ ends"? this esteemed couple are invited to call, and Mr. and Mr wk..:.. particularly request no presents", saying that the presence and best wishes of their guests will be ample. am-ple. Mr. and Mrs. .Woodbury were. ' married in the St. George temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter.day Saints on May 3, 1898. Their homes were in Beaver at that 'time, and they travelled the distance dis-tance of one hundred miles to St. George for the ceremony and return re-turn in a covered wagon drawn by a team of work horses. Charles R. Wodbury was born Jan. 31, 1876 at St. George, Utah, a son of Orin Nelson and Frances Goddard Woodbury. He was raised rais-ed on a farm on the Santa Clara Creek. When he was 14 years old his father died, and as the govern- , ment was buying up the land for ,i an Indian reservation, his mother sold their farm and moved her i family to Beaver City to make their home. There Charles soon became acquainted with the young people, among whom was Agnes Isadore Bickley, who later became his wife. After their marriage the young couple made their home in Beaver, where their children were born. Mr. ' Woodbury never had good health, but by engaging in different occupations occu-pations he made a good living for his family. ( 1 ' Move To Hinckley In the fall of 1917, he bought the Live Oak Cash Store at Hinckley, - and moved his family there, where the children were educated in the district school and Millard Academy. Acad-emy. In 1926 his store burned down. Since that time he has varied occupations, oc-cupations, for many years as an in- j surance agent, and has prospered. He labored in the Aaronic Priesthood, Priest-hood, and when he was 21 years of age, he was ordained an Elder, and with the help of an elderly gentleman gentle-man who was like a ministering angel among the sick, Mr. Wood bury began his years of service a-mong a-mong the sick. For 51 years he has visited the sick and afflicted and witnessed many manifestations of the power of the Lord. ! Always active in church works, he served 13 years as counselor and I president of the High Priests Quor- j urn. Sept. 22, 1940, he was released as president and ordained a Patriarch Pat-riarch of the church. He has given 546 blessings. Mrs. Woodbury was born Feb. 28, 1876, at Beaver City, a daughter of William Green and Jane Walton ( Bickley. At the age of 14 she joined the choir and taught in the Sunday I School, and has always been ac- 1 tive in the auxiliarys of the L. D. S. church. At the present time she is I a Relief Society teacher, and scribe I and recorder for her Patriarch hus I band. They are the parents of 9 child- ren, seven of them living. They t are Francis Woodbury, Broderick ! California; Jennie Lee, Emmett, Idaho; Zola Bunker, Sutherland; Erma Kolb, Oceanside, California; Franklin Woodbury, Port Chicago, California; Don Woodbury and Vil-da Vil-da Perkins, Delta. They have 24 living liv-ing grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren. |