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Show BANQUET FOR THE PEARSONS Last Friday evening at eight o'clock, one of the most elaborate banquets in the history of this city was given by the Commercial club and the citizens of Milford for Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Pearson, who will leave soon to make their home in Bishop, California. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have been j residents of Milford for the past two years. About one year ago Mr. Pearson was made president of the Commercial Commer-cial club, which position he fitted into in-to almost perfectly. j Mrs. Pearson endeared herself in the hearts of our citizens, when the city was in the midst of the flu epidemic, epi-demic, by turning the high school building info a hospital and managing man-aging the institution through the seige. When the banquet hour rolled around, the guests filed into the dining din-ing room of the Milford, which had been prettily arranged for the occasion oc-casion by the management, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hanks, assisted by Mrs. P. J. Adams and Mrs. C. C. Sloan. The guests, 73 in number, found their places at the tables, which were beautifully decorated with ferns fer-ns and carnations. From the walls of the dining room hung Christmas bells and streamers. A three course dinner was served. At the end of the first course, Mr. D. A. Baxter, who acted as Toast-master Toast-master for the evening, made a few well chosen remarks, stating the reason rea-son for the gathering and paying' a fine tribute to the honor guests. He then called uponMayor W. F. Cottrell, Cot-trell, who responded with the following: fol-lowing: v Mr. Toastmaster and Friends: As you' know, the object in assembling as-sembling this gathering is to show in some measure our respect for Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, and our appreciation apprecia-tion of the real value they have been to the community. We all regret to see them leave, but as they feel that they can better themselves elsewhere, we will-have to submit to their leaving, leav-ing, ami consider that what is our loss is someone else's gain. The old saying is, that we never miss the water 'till the well runs dry, but I, for one, have felt the loss their leaving creates before now, for we have but few people in the community, commun-ity, who are the leaders Mr. and Mrs. Pearson have shown themselves themsel-ves to be. My experience has bee.ji that- .-"e are always many followers but very few lexers, and I want to take this opportunity to thank ther people personally, and as a rep,:?n-tative rep,:?n-tative of the tnwo government, from the bottom of my heart for the active ac-tive part they have taken in the upbuilding up-building of the community. Just a year ego, our community was in the midst of one of the most disastrous disas-trous epidemics which ever visited our country. Mrs. Pearson volunteered volun-teered and took the lead in establishing estab-lishing an emergency hospital, literally liter-ally taking her life In her hands for the relief of the suffering and rendered ren-dered wonderful assistance in combating com-bating the epidemic to a successful end. I do not desire to leave the impression that we do not appreciate appre-ciate what all the people did at that time, but to impress upon you the value of such a leader as we had in Mrs. Pearson. Mr. Pearson has always al-ways taken a prominent part in civic civ-ic affairs from the time he came among us, and we can ill afford to lose a man of his ability, but inasmuch inas-much as they have decided to cast their lot in another place, I say "God Speed." and may they always have a warm place in the heart for Milford Mil-ford and its people. I thank you. C. C. Sloan, whom the toastmaster introduced as. County commissioner, merchant, rancher, miner and vice-president vice-president ot the Commercial club, responded and after speaking in praise of Mr. and Mrs., Pearson, and wishing them well in their future location, lo-cation, made a few remarks on the possibilities which are in reach of Milford an : Beaver county, and so enthusiast i is Mr. Sloan in boosting boost-ing the he iif town, that he spoke ir:':! the c Mg rang. Bi-hop Burns was the next to be called, and in his usual pleasing way said some mighty nice things about ' the guests of honor. Last, but not least, as the toast-master toast-master said, Mr. E. B. Jorgensen, secretary of the Commercial ' club was introduced. He made a very fine after dinner speech regular Chauncy DePew style which met the occasion to a nicety. Mn Pearson jwas then given ft chance to say a . few words. He thanked the Commercial club and citizens of the town for the occasion and for the kind words and good wishes which had been expressed for himself and Mrs. Pearson. He also wished Milford, the Commercial club and all the citizens, years of happiness happi-ness and prosperity. During the evening, Mr. Jensen, of the Mayflower Company, which is showing here this week, favored the guests with two vocal selections which were received with much applause. ap-plause. After the banquet, the dining room was cleared and the guests were invited in-vited to- spend a while dancing. Much credit is due Mrs. P. J .Adams .Ad-ams and Russell E. Parsons for the success of this affair. .-' Plates were laid for: Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jorgensen 1 lru and Mrs. Hunter I , A. Baxter j uy -L;wand Mrs Ceurley Mr. and Mrs. Dobson Mrs. Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Arrington Mr. and Mrs. Crone Mrs. McCorraick Mr. and Mrs. Nebeker Mr. George Jefferson Bishop and Mrs. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Mr. Sam Cline Mr. Charles Erb Mr. and Mrs. Parsons Mrs. Atkin Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hanks Mr. and Mrs. Adams Herbert Nichols Mr. Earl Lynch Mr. O. F. Hubbell Mr. and Mrs. Farrier Mr. D. E. Hurley Miss Miller Mrs. George Harris Miss Fern Harris Dr. Swanson Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Mr.i and Mrs. Berkheimer Mr. and Mrs. Stoker George Atkin Jr. Mrs. Sterling Mr. and Mrs. L. Clay Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward Harry Korns Mrs. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Root Mr. Palmer Mrs. Ed White Mrs. Germo Mr. and Mrs. Des Hickman Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kirk Mrs. Ruth R. Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lynch Mv. and Mrs. Joe Hickman Mi and Mrs. Pearson |