AGENDA OF THE 50TH CELEBRATION OF THE
SETTLEMENT OF
PLAIN CITY
MARCH 17, 1909
The citizens of Plain
City met in the L.D.S. Church on March 17, 1909, at 10:00 AM to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the settlement of Plain City.
Masters of Ceremony:
Bishop Henry J. Garner, Josiah B
Carver, James L.
Robson
Singing by Choir:
"Let the Mountains Shout for Joy" Fred Kenley directing, Bertha
Robson, Organist.
Prayer: Alonzo Knight
Ladies Quartet: Ruby
Ipson, Pearl Taylor, Jessie
Kenley, Sylvia
Richardson
Speech of Welcome:
Bishop Henry J. Garner
Speech: Pioneer, John
Carver
Song: Evelyn Harding
Christensen
Recitation: Martha
Hansen
Speech: Lewis W.
Shurtliff, First Bishop of Plain City
Song: Willard Lund
Reading of Poem: Peter
M. Folkman, composed by David Booth
Speech: George W.
Bramwell, Past Bishop
Josiah B. Carver
announced that today work was begun on the railroad for Plain City.
Song: Ruby Ipsen
Humorous Speech:
Charles H. Greenwell of Ogden
Singing by Choir:
Prayer: Charles
Weatherston
All of the people went
to the Adobe Hall to the banquet, the first day for the old people, and the
second day for the children. About 1000 people were fed.
The following is a
list of living pioneers:
*John Carver *George
H. Carver
*Christopher 0. Folkman
*Minnie Carver Geddes
*Jens P. Folkman Victoria Musgrave
*Charles Neal *Alonzo
Knight
*Lyman Skeen Catherine Knight
*Caroline Skeen *William Knight
*Susanne Booth *Isabel! Draney Bramwell
George P. Folkman John K. Spiers
Jeppa Folkman Edwin Dix
John Davis Winfield A Spiers
Robert L. Davis *William L. Stewart
*Robert Maw *Mrs. Thomas Singleton
*Joseph S. Geddes Mrs. William Sharp
Aggie Peterson *Emma (Singleton) Richardson
*John Carver, Jr. William Van Dyke
*Mile
R. Sharp
* Present at this
celebration.