Show i Syracuse Resident Birthday A most sweet and vibrant little lady Mrs Malinda Cook Briggs oldest resident of Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syr Syr- was 99 years of age on Wednesday She will be honored honor honor- ed by her family at a dinner dinner dinner din din- ner party in Ogden this evening eve eve- ning MRS BRIGGS was born in Bountiful on Oct 28 1871 She was the daughter of David and Hannah Holt Cook early settlers in that tha Community She resided in Bountiful all of her early youth and attended attended attended at at- tended schools there IT WAS on Oct 10 1889 that she became the bride of Thomas E. E Briggs also of oC Bountiful Their marriage was performed in the Salt Lake Temple Following their marriage they moved to Star Valley Wyo and spent two years there They then returned back to Utah settling in Syracuse Here she has spent the past seventy-nine seventy years MRS BRIGGS is a most interesting person to visit with and will carry on a most jovial conversation at all times She loves people and loves to be around all ages All ages of people can certainly gain much from her presence SHE IS of or e a person who sees the brightest si sice e of everything everything everything every every- thing at all times Mrs Briggs Briggi re with herson her herson herson son Elton and hiS bis wife Arlene and their three sons MANY OTHER family members members members mem mem- bers are honored with very frequent visits from their mother and grandmother as she visits around at their homes Mrs Briggs loves to fuss around the home and does many household duties daily She cares for herself and delights delights de de- de- de deI I lights in showing off her lovely handiwork with which she keeps very busy 1 SHE SITE DELIGHTS to keep up I her interest in m current affairs and mo most t of all to keep in touch with her great posterity of grandchildren great grand children and great grand children These number near two hundred Mrs Briggs and her husband husband husband hus hus- band were the parents of ten children One died in infancy and three have died in more recent years There are six living sons and daughters all of whom will be with their mother this evening for this eventful day in her life Xi s r A I b V r i MALINDA COOK BRIGGS THEY INCLUDE Mrs Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace Ethel Barber and Elton Briggs both of Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Syra Syra- cuse Mrs Ralph Thelma Green of Clearfield Mrs l Harlan Harlan Harlan Har- Har lan Alta AHa Montgomery of West Point Mrs Kelly Ruth Draayer of Clinton and Therin Briggs of Ore Each of these will have with them their wives and husbands L 1 |