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Show FUNERAL TRAIN WILL CARRY TWO BODIES TO HUNTSVILLE ON THE MORNING OF JULY 21 Out of a suggestion at the recent Home Coming celebration in Hunts-ville, Hunts-ville, that a monument be erected to tho memory of the first school teacher, teach-er, the body of Charles Wright has boon exhumed from tho desert cemetery ceme-tery in Glendale, Utah, In which it has reposed since May 23, 1913, and Is now in Ogden. It has been placed alongside the body of Adeline Wright, his deceased wife, occupying a separate sepa-rate casket Somewhore in tho city they are being hold pending the completion com-pletion of arrangements for one of tho most elaborate funeral seromonies ever observed in this part of the state. For the reason that tho return of tho body of Charles Wright will bo received re-ceived as an occasion of rojolcing rather than sadness, tho solemn character char-acter of the obsequies and attending grief will not be apparent in tho ceremonies. cer-emonies. The program, to bo carried Into effect in tho Huntsvllle meeting house at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon of next weok, will contain features that will Indicate the funeral ceremonies cere-monies will be of the nature of a cel-obratlon. cel-obratlon. The deceased Mr. Wright, being ono of the first toachcrs and foremost edu-catotrs edu-catotrs of the state, and beloved by all who know "him among whom are many 'residents of Ogtlcn valley and othor sections of Utah as well, will bo back again in body. That his spirit is still with them is manifest in the disposition disposi-tion to give substantial recognition to the fact that his influence in the community com-munity in which ho formerly resided land of which he was a part was wholesome and beneficial to the generations gene-rations of today that aro revering him. A conspicuous phase in the activity of the late Mr. Wright is the fact that as a member of the federal expedition, known as Johnson's army, ho came to Utah to subduo the Mormons, and later was converted to tho faith of the people against whom ho was engaged to take up arms. Johnson's army entered en-tered Utah shortly before the beginning begin-ning of the Civil war. From his conversion con-version to the time of his death, ho was ever the faithful friend and ally ! of the Mormon people. I Hundreds of people from Ogden and surrounding country are planning to attend the funeral celebration. The trip from this city win oe maac on a funeral train leaving at 11:30 next Tuesday morning over the Ogden valley val-ley branch of the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Ida-ho railway. After the celebration the bodies will be laid to rest In the cemetery cem-etery at Huntsville. The body of tho late Mr. Wright was exhumed under the direction of his son, C. W. Wright, a former resident of Ogden, who made the round trip to Glendale in an automobile. Glendale is located in Kane county, in the former for-mer John D. Lee country, a- distance of 265 miles from Richfield, the nearest near-est railroad center. Mr. Wright made the trip to that place without encoun-j encoun-j tering obstacles to travel, except that in places the roads were rough. On the return trip, however, he was compelled com-pelled to transfer the casket and its , contents to horse-drawn vehicles, as his machine did not contain sufficient power to negotiate its way over the , grades in Glendale canyon, a distance of 36 miles. I The body of Mrs. Wright was taken , from a cemetery at Marsh Center, Idaho, where It has reposed since January Jan-uary 23, 1910. At the time of her death Mrs. Wright was 62 years old. The casket was brought to the city in an auto truck drive n by a brother of : C. W. Wright, who made the round 1 trip, a distance of 220 miles, without encountering any obstacles to safe and speedy travel. The decision to exhume the body of Mrs. Wright was reached in respect to the memory' of the woman who was beloved by all for hor activity in assisting as-sisting her husband in his educational work in the Ogden valley district. It was deemed only proper and a tribute to her that her body occupy a place in tho Huntsville cemetery alongside that of her husband, now being honored for distinguished service in the cause of humanity. The late Charles Wright, for sixteen years was a resident of Ogden valley. Some of his pupils today are prominent promi-nent In educational affairs of the state. |