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Show I immunity Pays Last Respects J Iq A. K. Thornton, Civic Leader i And Prominent Business Man i i m 8 large gathering of friends datives the community paid K " pecte to Alexander K. Thom-. Thom-. : s V prominent business man who '' ;. .this home in Pleasant Grove, t 5ay after a prolonged illness. Z services, held in the Timp- stake tabernacle, under the l! on of Harold Bullock of the ard bishopric were opened s a musical number, "Abide With n ? sang by Sirls trio with Jeanne 4 Maurine Lim, and Lucile ? ,an The invocation was pro-6 pro-6 cea by P. D. Atwood. fonard Adams of Salt Lake City, 'iist speaker, expressed the con- ran that God lives and hears and g sers prayers and even when it J a otherwise, He is only waiting ifstow a greater blessing. Mr. J ps told a story to illustrate his $ - and went on to pay a tribute 4 " Thornton, in whom he saw . r;es of diligence, thrift, honesty 1; l andliness. ' i vocal solo, "In the Garden of arrow" was sung by Homer sis of Salt Lake, accompanied by 3 e Pratt. i W.Jacobs, manager of the J sant Grove Cannery told of the J e part played by Mr. Thornton in fyj . building up of this community, p as he helped with almost every 5 riy enterprise as well as estab- Oing a lumber, a drug and a antile business of his own. He , ; also a member of the original :d of directors of the local can-; can-; company, and instrumental in iwth. lEton Brown of American Fork, snpanied by Mrs. Mary Hum-is, Hum-is, played a violin solo, "O My cer". I L. Cullimore spoke of his re-i re-i for the deceased and his f am-snd am-snd lamented the human habit Saying the expression of appre-:a appre-:a of the characters of friends : neighbors until too late to help a In their lives of struggle. He quoted a poem "The Real Sues''. Sue-s''. fsident W. W. Warnick re-tad re-tad that many people in the ifflce who had worked for Mr. ratoh would be glad to express i' appreciation of his kindliness, i courage. k his closing remarks Harold hi voiced the appreciation of 1 (bereaved family for the many fflesses shown them. )lie closing song, a vocal duet, ne Sweet Day" was sung, by fc? Steele and Mrs. Ora Chip-, Chip-, of American Fork, accompanied Jte.Mary Humphries,. The bene-!on bene-!on was given by H. W. Clark, I and the grave dedicated by Elmer Chipman. |