Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28
A DELIGHTFUL EVENT.
Dinner and Pleasing Program in Honor Of
CoaIyiIle's Aged Citizens.


Coalville, Sept 20, 1897.
The old folks of this place had a
very enjoyable time today, having
been invited to meet in the Stake
Tabernacle at II o'clock, noon, when
and where a sumptuousness of the
bounties the season affords was neat
ly spread upon tables, beautifully
decorated with vases of symmetrically
formed bouquets, all bespeaking pros
perlty and righteousness rather than
hard times, of which our beloved ell
DERBY people partook freely, and who
were waited upon with loving kind
ness, proper regard and due consider
atom by the officers of the Relief So
ciety. under whose auspices the enter
tainment was given, and Il score or
more of the younger ladies' from the
ranks of the Young Ladies' Mutual
Improvement Association. After the
repast. in which about one hundred
and fifty persons engaged, and the
clearing away of the tables, etc, the
following program was rendered..
Song, Aud Lang Syne, by John w.
Sinister and company; Invocation. by
Patriarch Thomas Ball: The Song that
Reached My Heart, by Mrs. Annie
smith; appropriate address, by Elder
w. w. Cluff; solo, Ben Bolt, by Mrs.
Thackeray; solo, Separation. by Mrs.
Eellie Whitney; an address. Coalville
Pioneer Life. by Mrs. Sarah Wilde;
double duet by Misses Hannah Rhead,
Lizzie walker. Bessie Paddles and Ella
Fisher; address by Bishop f.. II.
Wright: negro melody. by John Cal
lis, f. NJ. Pineo and C. l.. Jones;
speech by the Oldest man present.
Thomas Fewks. aged SO; closing song,
America. by the congregation; bene-
diction by Elder Alma Eldredge.
The invited guests Were all over the
age of 60 years, whose names, and the
age of each set opposite. is as fol-
lows:
Thomas Arnold, rs; s. f. Atwood, 70;
Thomas Ball. rs: Thomas Beard, 6l:
Mary Ann Beard. "A; Elizabeth Baker
IS; r.. j, Brundage. GO: Ann Booth,
bell, 81; Thomas Copley. IL; Mary Ann
Copley. 6s; William Clark. 60: Mary
Ann Clark, GO; John Dexter, e.; Ed
mond Eldredge. 50; Thomas Fewks,
So; Mary Fewks, "A; Charlotte Farms
worth, "a; Georgina Freestone, SO;
a; Thomas Hayes, 81; Sarah Ann
Hollands, 6S: Margaret Johnson, II;
James Mcdonald, "A; John Pringle,
20; Elizabeth Pringle, 81; Ruth Pack.
rs; NJ. Martin, 65 Elizabeth Steven
son, 60; Solomon Saxton, a; Lucy
StepnousOH, co. IeHtna 4. Slnitn, o.
Elizabeth Spriggs, about 20; James
Salmon, "a; Annie Salmon, co. John
Robinson, &C.; Ann Thomas. "a; Ce-
celia Wilde, SO; Sarah Wilde, SOi
Mary Wilde, GO; Margaret Walker, rs;
Miriam wilde, Ga; Sarah Williams,
&C; Mary Ann Wilson, 20; Eliza
McPhie, about CO.
Occasionally during the past fifteen
or twenty years the old people Of Coal
Vile have been remembered in n man.
ner similar to the occasion here noted.
Last year 1t was held on the 25th day
of September. the anniversary OF the
birth OF Mrs. Sarah Wilde, the Oldest
pioneer lady of Coalvllle: on that oc-
casion resolution was adopted as
follows: THAT hereafter during the
lifetime of Mrs. Sarah Wilde, n re-
union of the old people of the town
should be held on the 25th day Of Sep |
TENDER OF each succeeding year in |
honor of Mrs. Wilde" To say that all |
enjoyed themselves today Is putting II |
in very mild form. To the writer 1t |
is source OF JOY and satisfaction to |
note the increasing love and respect |
shown to the aged. To-day 1t was
gratifying indeed to see the young ana |
middle aged, of whom there We're |
about two hundred present as specta-
tors, clasping hands and uniting hearts |
with their older friends, and offering |
concentrations of respect. The whole |
affair was n grand success, for which |
the. committee deserve great credit and |
praise. $. u. b.