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Show 3CAL COUPLE JBSERVE 60TH WEDDING DAY :r, and Mrs. A. VV. Finley of i : city, well known pioneer resits, resi-ts, observed their sixtieth wed-; wed-; anniversary Tuesday at their "e. While no special observance held during the day, numer-calls numer-calls and messages extending jratulations and best wishes, ! e received by the couple from i .r many friends. The family ! -j to entertain at an informal i -er Friday, in observance of anniversary and Christmas, iumon W. Finley was born in Mil Bluffs, Iowa, February 4, J. He came to Springville as small boy with his widowed her who had been converted to L. D. S. church. He has lived greater of 'his life in Spring-e Spring-e and has been one of the -t highly respected and suc-ful suc-ful farmers in this vicinity, retired several years ago. Mrs. Finley was one of the ;t school teachers in this comity. com-ity. She also served on the -ly day school board. For sev-J sev-J years she was president of ; Springville Red Cross and is :e chairman of the present or-nization. or-nization. She was at one time sldent of ,the Ladies' Republi-.-. club here and is an honorary mber of the Home Culture club, e is a member of the Utah inty board of Daughters of ih Pioneers and a member of ; Springville camp D. TJ. P. She was especially active in the A to have the poplar tree, pio-?r pio-?r land mark, near the Third rd preserverd and appropriately rked. She also assisted in hav-; hav-; the pioneer mother monu-nt, monu-nt, by Cyrus E. Dallin, placed j the city park. Mrs. Finley is compiling a detailed and au- -ntic account of events in the i tlement of Springville from "'0 to the present day. , Hie couple are parents of eight tig children as follows: John y, Olympia, Wash.; Mrs. na Roylance, Mrs. Lydia Pal-yman, Pal-yman, Mrs. Eva Hanson, Misses isie and May Finley, Arthur Hey and Mrs. Bert Groesbeck, of Springville. They also have grandchildren and 10 great ndchildren. |