Show Saint Nick To Arrive on Sat At 3 pm p.m. To See The Tho Kids Manti Woman Young At 90 If you want your neighbor to know what your religion or philosophy will do for him let him see what it has done for you One life showing the wa way y is better than ten tongues trying trying try try- ing to tell it This maxim typifies the of o ray May M. M Livingston Livingston Living Living- ston who will observe her birthday anniversary on Friday Fri Fri- day December She expects expects expects ex ex- ex- ex to spend the day quietly at her home with relatives and friends calling caning to extend greetings and during the weekend to honor their mother moth moth- er at a family gathering Keen of mind and alert in inbody inbody inbody body Mrs 1 Livingston performs performs performs per per- forms her daily tasks at home and walks the block from her home to church each week and to the stores of the community community community as occasion demands ora or ora ora a short distance to visit a friend or neighbor to bring comfort or word of cheer During the summer months she is is' is seen often caring for her roses and doing other work around her well well kept kept lot She enjoys reading and keeps well-informed well on current affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs as well as having a vast treasure house of information on many subjects at her fin fin fin- She delights many audiences with incidents and story and choice poetry which she has memorized Growing up in the early years of Mantis Manti's pioneer growth Mrs r Livingston has arich a arich arich rich background in early his his- tory Her life began in jn a rockhouse rockhouse rock rockhouse house December 15 1871 the daughter laughter of Peter and Eunice Ann Brown Munk 1 early Danish Danish Danish Dan Dan- ish emigrants She gained an education in Mantis Manti's early schools and at the age of 14 became a telegraph operator in the old Tithing office build- build n b As a school teacher in Manti Man lan Manti ti her days were filled with rich experience She taught JO dO enrolled pupils and received 25 per month wages Sh She taught the last five weeks of one school year without any wages because the school board had no money to pay their teachers In 95 1894 the new red school building had just been completed May lay Munk Livingston was one of the proud teachers who ushered ushered ushered ush ush- ered her second and third thud grade class into the southeast room that early fall morning As school opened this morning morning morning morn morn- ing Miss 1 Munk lunk impressed upon the students how very fortunate they were to be al able le leto to get their education in such sucha a fine up-to-date up building She called attention to the newly bought desks and cautioned all the children to see that they never marred or scratched scratch scratch- ed the fine freshly varnished surfaces One morning she noticed that the little girls were draping their shawls over the back of the desks When asked aske why they didn't their wraps in the hall that had be been n built for that purpose the little girls replied that they had buttons on the backs of their dresses and these buttons buttons buttons but but- tons were scratching the desk The shawls were a protection on the backs of the seats When Mrs Livingston was in her teens the IIA Association Association Association As As- had the tha only lending library in town In order to get a chance to read the books Continued on Page Six BIRTHDAY V Continued from page one she and her two sisters Clara and Minerva 1 took the book booko home to mend Two of the sisters mended while the thIrd thud sister read to them In this thin way they completed all of Dickens' Dickens w works o 0 r l' k s Leather Stocking Tales rales The Conquest of Mexico l Conquest of Peru and other classics Much 1 of her life has been devoted to activity in the tho church In 1959 when she re received received received re- re the Honorary Golden Gleaner award it was stated staled that she had spent some years of continuous service in inthe inthe the church serving in the Primary 20 years being president president president pres pres- ident in this organization 18 years in the Sunday School Relief Society 40 years MIA IIA for 32 years being president in both stake and ward organizations organizations or or- ordinance worker d' d fOt f in the Manti 1 Temple for 13 years and a religion class or Seminary teacher for five years Her most recent positions positions positions being that of a Relief Society visiting teacher when she was 87 years of age and a Special Interest teacher in the theMIA theMIA MIA l when she was 84 Her home life has been a busy happy one She married Archibald Dick Livingston on June 11 1902 in the Manti 1 Temple They had four children children chil chil- dren Dr A A. M. M Livingston of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Diego California Elwood M. M Livingston Vernon Dick Livingston Craig Colorado and Mrs 1 Lillias May 1 Quintana San Francisco California |