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.