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Show Mrs. Johnson To Observe Her 87th Birthday Mrs. Josephine N. Johnson ,vill be honored by well-wishers Monday in observance of her eighty-seventh birthday anniversary. anniver-sary. . Mrs. Johnson, still "hale and heatry," performs her own household duties and this winter has assumed a new responsibility, responsi-bility, that of rearing a nine year old great grand-daughter, June Norman. . Mrs. Norman was born Feb. 14, 1862 in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of Fredrick P. and Christine Nielson, and has lived her entire life in this city; She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and has been active in various clubs and organizations. She has been an expert needle woman wo-man and gardener. She was married to Edmund C. Johnson, Jan. 20, 1882. On the same day Bishop Levi Reynolds married three other Mt. Pleasant couples Alif Ericksen and Augusta Deh-lin, Deh-lin, Ole Nielsen and Mary Hal-vorsen, Hal-vorsen, Hans Nielsen and Josephine Jose-phine Hansen. Mrs. Johnson is the only member of this group, still living. The Johnson's were the parents par-ents of eight children, four of them now livine. Edmund A. Johnson of Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Lewis S. Woodring of Sterling Colo., Mrs. James W. Cook of Denver, and Pearley L. Johnson of Mt. Pleasant. She has also reared a granddaughter, Mrs. Joel N. Mower of Fairview. Mr. Johnson died June 10, 1940. Members of the Crochet Club will honor Mrs. Johnson at a party at her home Monday af-' ternoon. |