| Show 1 S Peter Munk Muk t r Is Guest fa At 11 Meeting v The special program honoring tl 1 Peter Munk 1 3 ae c I en In the South Ward chapel Sunday afternoon featuring a pat pat pat- frant of his life was well presented presente Co fand and well attended ThA newly ne y yS s decorated auditorium of the chap chapel l was filled to capacity The program program pro- pro gram was sponsored by bj the High Priests quorum of at the South Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete Stake r The highlight of the pageants pa pageant s 8 Kas vas oas the appearance of the n ag aged pd d Guest in the closing closing- scene Hale Halo fend end nd hearty bearty the year jear old stalwart stalwart stal- stal wart was alert and highly of the honor being shown him Members of the Old Folks Fols Committee from Salt Lake City ij were present They rhey gave con congratulatory at- at speeches and presented Mr lr n Munk a Red White and Blu bad badge e of honor hono The pageant was presented by members of the Peter Munk fm- fm Ily ly ily It was written by Mr Mrs Eunice 2 A A. A Garbe who was also the tho rendI read rend ier or I r. r It opened with a scene In lu Inthe the humble Munk home on the isI IRland IR- IR I land tand of ot Bornholm Denmark del d depicted de- de l' l pitted the tho hard experience of tho the Q r. r tong tons journey to Utah under plon- plon J er er conditions and closed with the thee e scene of the guests large posters poster poster- s ity t Horn norn September r 21 1844 in a n. humble wood house covered with mud plastered and whitewash whitewash- on the Island of Bornholm Denmark Den- Den mark Mr Munk is a son of or Christ Christian Chris Chris- t tian tan an I I. I and Anne Marie Munk Next to the living quart quart- was a woodshed and barn all all under the same roof n I m They burned peat in those days e t and Petes Pete's mother went to the tho I forest near by bj to gather bark used usell in an outdoor oven when she bak- bak baked t ed bread A private teacher w was wase s e for Peter for the school schoolHouse e House was too far away The fancy fam- fam i y tiles lUes frequently were snowed in during winter time t His parents were converts toi to tf toe i the e L. L D. D S. S church and he be ar aTilt ail l 1 his 3 brothers and sisters accompanIed them to America in the Fosgren Foa- Foa gren en Immigration company the company the d first group roup of Scandinavian L. L D. D d S. S converts to come to this coun- coun o try They arrived in Salt Lake 11 valley aile in September 1853 1863 just after af- af ti ter Peters Peter's ninth birthday The family was sent by Brigham i Young to help settle Sanpete Coun- Coun ay ty tj They settled first at Spring City then Denmark but I tt depredations caused them thern Ito I Ito to move to Mantl Manti When he was 16 he worked for Yens Hansen and and received as payment an old d ewe Awe From the one ewe he got h his start In the sheep business later purchasing head of sheep and placing them in the ManU Mantl coe cooperative cooperative co co- e operative operation herd He has owned a 13 share Bhare in the tho herd since the In 1868 he helped build the thet I t Union Pacific railroad through I 1 Echo and Weber canyons earning enough h money so he felt he could be married His bride was Eunice d Ann Ann Brown and they were m r- r fled ried November 24 1868 In the old Endowment house Salt Lake City I I 1 All their three daur daughters and ana andone I Ione I one son are living and there are ate 19 grand-children grand and 29 great grandchildren three of whom arc are arcIn 1 fd In the armed forces Y |
