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Show ; Former Mayor To Be Honored 1 at Dinner Party Former Mayor Thomas Bruby ill be honored by his family ami fr.onds at a dinner at h's home on First West and Th id South streets on January 18th ' in honor of his seventy-soveniu einhuay anniversary. All o: Mr. Braby's children and grand - I ch Idivn expect to In- present. Mr. Braby. who has filled more public offices than any other i resident of this city, was born m Sussex. England, January 10, lio4, a son of Edward and Anne Braby. The fam.ly, consisting of the parents and ten children, came to Utah in 1875, after joining the L. D. S. church in England. Mr. Braby is the only living member of that group. . He first saw Mt. Pleasant in lS7f. when, as a young lad, he trailed sheep from Kush valley for the late Leonard Jordan, pioneer, pi-oneer, woolgrower. He later engaged en-gaged in business for hjnself. ; He relates ," that during his years as a sheepherder he ac- I quired hss education, with "Cas-keii's- Compendium of Forms" practically his sole teacher. He was married. in Salt Lake City. September 20, 1SS7. to Eliza Kecdington, and immediately ihereaiier the young couple came to Mt. Pleasant to make their home. Mrs. Braby died February Febru-ary il 1927, and on June 18. 1930 Mr. Braby married Miss Anna ; Jensen ot th s city. I In 1S94 Caleb W. West. Utah's last territorial governor, commissioned com-missioned Mr. Braoy, C3ptain of company C tia'.er company D) of the I' rah national guard, which rank he held for fourteen years. During the Mexican border trouble trou-ble m 1916, Captain Braby was made major of ordnance and was stationed at Fort Douglas on the staff of General W. G. Williams He was a member of the Utah S"-ate rifle team wh.ch competed at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1910-11. H.S tnree sons have all been 1 timbers of the national guard and enlisted in the army during the World war. Mr. Braby has served two ' terms as city mayor. Previous to -that he was city marshal for .our years, precinct constaole six years, assistant postmaster for I tnree terms, postmaster from 1SS9 to 1915, and as a member ol me c.ty counc 1 comm.ttee of ;vree n-.-pea supervise the con-struct-on o: tne c.ty's water system. sys-tem. Air. Braby .s a past master ot the Anc.ent Order of United Workmen; past consul commander command-er ana prtsent secretary of Liberty Lib-erty camp No. 455, Woodmen of ine Woria; lormer secretary of ine F. O. E.; past noole grand of Mt Pleasant lodge No. 20, 1. O. O. F., and represented the locai I iod&e in tne Odd FeUows Grand I ic-dge for two years. he has been active in L. D. S. ! church affairs, having served as ) president and secretary of the i vC.- ward. eiders', quorum. He ( tjas also served as secretary- treasurer of the Pleasant . Creek I Imgat.on company, j His children are Mrs. Anne B. I Syndergaard and Mrs. Ada B. Kofoed of Salt Lake City; Ed ward Braby of Columbia; Orson Braby of Ogden and Mrs. Nellie ! B. Coates of Mt. Pleasant. He has five grandchildren and six I great-grandchildren and a foster sister, Mrs. Edith Pearson of Salt Lake City. The birthday celebration has i been set for January 18, as some ' of Mr. Braby's relatives could not be here for January 10. |