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Show Golden Wedding To Be Celebrated The children of Stephen L. Chip-man Chip-man and Sina Nelson Chipman are arranging a Golden Wedding celebration cele-bration for their parents, to be held Wednesday, February 13, in the Firmage Hall at American Fork. Mr. and Mrs. Chipman were married mar-ried in the Logan temple on Friday, February 13, 1885, by Marriner W. Merrill, their wedding reception being be-ing held on St. Valentine day, February Feb-ruary 14th in Chipman's Hall above the Big Red Store at American Fork. They will be pleased to meet their friends and relatives who can call on them on this occasion. The program pro-gram is to be earned out as follows: 8 to 9 p. m. reception; 9 to 10 p. m. reminiscent events and music; 10 to 12 p. m. dancing. No formal invitations invi-tations are being issued. Mr. and Mrs. Chipman have seven children, five girls and two boys, and twenty-one grandchildren. One of I the boys, Alfred Stanley, died in in-1 in-1 fancy, the other son, Stephen H., ! lives in Los Angeles. The oldest ' daughter, Zina A. (Virginia), mar-j mar-j ried Bishop R. J. Murdock of the Provo Fourth ward; Lorena K. mar-i mar-i ried Dr. Harvy Fletcher of New York ! City, Bessie Fern, married Dr. Carl F. Erying, Provo; Elva, married Dr. A. Ray Olpin of Charlotte, N. C, and Leah married Rulon VanWagonon of Provo. All of the children and the parents attended the Brigham Young University. Mr. Chipman has been one of the trustees of the college for 39 years and at present is on the executive committee of the school. For 34 years Mr. Chipman was manager of the Chipman Mercantile company at American Fork. He has served as school trustee, city councilman, coun-cilman, county commissioner and a member of the state legislature of 1903. He has been bishop's counselor, counse-lor, high counselor, president of the Alpine stake for 27 years, has filled two missions, his wife accompanying him on the California mission. Mrs. Chipman besides being mother moth-er of the children, has been a faithful faith-ful helpmate and filled a number of responsible positions in the church. She was the secretary of the first Primary assoociation in American Fork, was secretary of the Stake Relief Society for four years, was counselor in the Alpine Stake Relief Re-lief Society for about twenty years. She was a member of the first missionary mis-sionary class at the B. Y. U. and acted as one of the first matrons of the school. The recent call that came to Mr. Chipman to act as counselor to President Pres-ident George F. Richards of the Salt Lake Temple came to him as a great surprise. He has commenced his labors there and is enjoying the work very much. His wife expects to do temple work also, and both he and Mrs. Chipman feel that life begins be-gins at seventy. |
