Show 1 Saint Nick To Arrive on Sat r At 3 pm p.m. To See The Kids Manti Woman Y Young At 90 If 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 l life e showing the wa waIs way y is better than ten tongues trying trying try try- ing to tell it This maxim typifies the of May fay M M. Livingston Living Living- ston who will observe her birthday anniversary on Friday Fri Fri- day December She expects expects expects ex ex- to spend the day quiet quietly at at- ather her home with relatives and friends calling to extend greetings and during the weekend to honor their mother moth moth- er at a family gathering Keen of mind and alert in body Mrs 1 Livingston 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 as as occasion demands or ora ora ora a short distance t to o visit a friend or neighbor to bring comfort or word of cheer During the summer months she is seen often caring for her roses a and ld doing other work around her well-kept well lot She enjoys re reading ding and keeps well informed 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 fingert fin fin- gert ps 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 1 Livingston has a arich rich n background f in in n n earl l h h Vile Vile- is u Ab u UJ U J y UA tory Her l life c began in a rock rockhouse rockhouse rockhouse house December 15 1871 the daughter of Peter and Eunice Ann Brown Munk 1 early Danish Danish Danish Dan Dan- ish emigrants She gained an education in 1 Mantis early schools and at the age of 14 became a telegraph operator in the old Tithing office build build- ing As a school teacher in Manti Man lan ti her days were filled with rich experience She taught JO 30 enrolled pupils and received 25 per month wages 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 l Munk J Livingston was one of the proud teachers who ushered ushered ush ush- ered her second and third thud grade class into the southeast room that hat early fall morning As Iv school opened this morning morning morning morn morn- ing Miss 1 Munk lunk impressed upon the students how very fortunate they were to be a able le leto to get their education in such sucha a fine up date 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 why they didn't their wraps in the hall that had been built for that purpose the little girls replied that they had buttons on the backs of their dresses and these buttons buttons but but- tons were scratching the desk The fhe shawls were a protection on the backs of the seats When Mrs 1 Livingston was in her teens the IIA Association Association Association As As- had the only lending library in town In order to get a chance to read the books Continued on Page Six v Y BIRTHDAY Continued from page one she and her two sisters rs Clara lura and Minerva 1 took the book home to mend Two of the sisters mended while the thIrd sister read lead to them In this thin way they completed all of Dickens' Dickens w work o 0 r l' k It s Leather Stocking Tales The Conquest of Mexico Conquest o of Peru and other classics Much luch of her life has been devoted to activity in the tho church chinch In 1959 when she received re received received re- re the Honorary Golden Gleaner award it was staled that she had spent some years of continuous service Inthe in inthe inthe the church serving in the Primary 20 years being baing 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 organizations or or- ordinance worker f in the Manti lanti 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 07 87 years of age and a Special Interest teacher in theMIA the theMIA MIA IIA when she was 84 Her home life has been a busy happy one She married marr Archibald Dick Livingston on June 11 1902 in the Manti Temple They had four children 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 |