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Show i'uiiiu:nt or mohmon i ciirucn 8i.vr..vrYNiNi: Joseph I'itldlng Hmlth, president of the Mormon iliurch for the past sixteen six-teen )ear, ct liibrnted hi seventy-ninth seventy-ninth birthday unnlversnry last Tue da) with family nnd friend at hi official of-ficial residence, the lltehlve House. 'resident Hmlth was the recipient of man) teltgrum und titter or congratulation con-gratulation mul thu llrehlve Ilousn und the president's suite ut thu church off he were profusely mid urtlstlcally decorated with heuutlful rhr)S4intho mums, rose nnd otbir tlovvers Am ong the floral tribute uu- n hugo baskit of white thr)Hunthcmum from Oov Klmnn llnmberger rresident Hmlth spent the evening In v lulling the home of hi "grand-babies,' "grand-babies,' being driven In nn uutomo-bile uutomo-bile b Wesley Hmlth, who hud recent-I) recent-I) arrived from Hanta Jonlca. Tin venerable ht ad or the Mormon e hurt h wn Itorn In Fur West, Mo, the win of II) rum Hmlth When only S years of nge he, accompanying hU widowed mother, began the journey iicros the plain to Utah He 1 still In good health mid active In the ndmlnUtratlon or hi manifold eicleslustli'iil duties. |