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Show I Shipley Family i Hold Reunion The Shipley family held their annuel an-nuel r?union at the Thornton Hall Sunday afternoon. Three long tables to accommodate eighty-one descendants, held the sumptuous dinner which was prepared pre-pared by the different families. Fall flowers in profusion decorated the tables and filled vases and baskets abrut the room. Mrs- Leah Larson was in charge ' of the program. In place of tire 1 welcome talk the following original 1 song was sung by Miss Anna Beth ' Larson and her sister: Hail, Hail the gang's all here, ; What in heck do we care now, ' The Shipley gang is all here. ; Hail. Hail we'll all cheer " For tire Shipley reunion will now begin. Aunt Net is a very nice lady, We love her, O, yes we do, She's so quiet and yet so noisy, But she's here to push tilings through. Aunt Lib is a very nice lady, We love her, O yes we do, She's so bossy, yet we like it When it comes to things in view. Uncle Tom is a very nice man, We low him, O yes we do, Cause it takes a man like Uncle Tom Who is so good and true. Uncle Joe's a very nice fellow, We love him, O yes we do, He's so full of funny stories, ' And we know that they are true. Aunt Grace is a very nice lady, We love her, O yes we do, But to' get her here among us, Is too good, and cannot be true. I To the ones that are not with us, We ire sorry we've been so slow, But we feel that their spirit is witli us Hjlping us to make it go. During the dinner the following program was carried out: Responses to the song were filveil j by Net tie Shiplry W.ilkcr, Elizabeth I Shipley Thornton. William Shipley for Thomas Shipley, Cyril rafter-! rafter-! icn, S ulic Clark f or Willard Ship- lev, Pearl Rowley Cunningham ff" Amelia Shipley Rowley; saxaphonc f-olo, Max Larson; reading, "When Grandma Wore This Bonnet and Grandpa Wore That Hat," Ruth Ritchie; piano solo, Mahlon Shipley; Ship-ley; reading, Loora Walker; saxa-phone saxa-phone solo, Lynn Mon'ton; soiifTv 'Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot," For-got," by Joseph Shipley, reading', "MiddJs Between," by Dorothy Richie; report of family genealogy by Pearl Rowley Cunningham; 1.ap dance by Anna Both Larson and Luana Thornton; romance of Joseph Jos-eph Shipley and Elizabeth Ancierton Shipley by Nettie Walker; piano solo by Carol Clark; song by Clifford Clif-ford LaiTvon and chorus by descendants. descend-ants. Biographical sketches of Joseph and Elizalx'th Andorton Shipley follows: fol-lows: Joseph Shipley was born N'lvcm-bor N'lvcm-bor 1, 1813, at Burton, Lnl.hnor, NorthampiOiIre, England. He was married to Elb.alx'th Garley at Or-kindbury Or-kindbury in 1841. They emigrated to America September Sep-tember 13. 1845. on the ;.hlp Oregon. Tlvy landed in Naiv'x November 10. R15. They left Nauvoo with the fhft crimp on February 7, 1 841. Mr. Khiplev was mu.'lered Into :.'r-vice :.'r-vice In the Mormon Battalion nt Council Bluff::, Jowa. July 10, 1840. Hi:; wife n:vl child died ;it Mount Pi:;rah. 1'iva, in th? autumn of 1H40. He mine to .Salt L"il:e July ,n, 1817- He married Kli.alx'l.h Anderton .Tpmnry 5. H'.r1, at Salt Iake City. Twlve children v.er born to lhe?n. Kliabelh Antlert')) Shipley wa.1 xirn rxrenitx-r 22, )P,2?,, In Ifi?v.a-;,hlre. Ifi?v.a-;,hlre. Kngland. She cam- to America Ameri-ca in 18.')3. alone. She did not know a Ki V)ii on the .hip. .She helped to cook in her company ac.ro:..s the plains. She whs marri"d to Jowph Shipley by Aotfle Willard Rieh-srds. Rieh-srds. Jwph Shipley died Oc.toVr 24. lfKll. Eli.aV-th died July 27, 10W. i o |