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Show MARY J. FINLEY OBSERVES 84th BIRTHDAY Congratulations and best wishes wish-es were received Monday by Mrs. Mary J. Finley on the occasion of her eighty-fourth birthday from her many friends, relatives, and neighbors. Mrs. Finley, prominent civic and church leader of this community, was born in Cottonwood, near Salt Lake City, January 27, 1857, a daughter of Solomon D. and Lydia Ann Thorn Chase. She has spent practically her entire life here. She was one of the first school teachers in Springville, a member of the early board of education, a past president of the local Ladies' La-dies' Republican club, and the Springville Red Cross. She was for some time a member of the Utah County board of D. U. P., and is a charter member of Camp Springville, Spring-ville, D. U. P. She is an honorary member of the Home Culture club. She was instrumental in having a pioneer mother monument, done by Cyrus E. Dallin, placed on the city park, and in preserving one of the city's oldest landmarks, a Cottonwood tree, on which was placed a bronze marker. Among her literary endeavors is an account of events in the settlement set-tlement of Springville from 1850 to the present. She was married to A. W. Finley, Fin-ley, December 22, 1876, and the couple observed their sixty-first wedding anniversary in December, 1937. Mr. Finley died January 9, 1938. She has eight sons and daughters, daugh-ters, John Finley of Olympia, Washington; Mrs. Rena Roylance, Mrs. Lydia Palfreyman, Mrs. Eva Hanson, Mrs. Bert Groesbeck, Mae, Bess, and Arthur Finley, Springville. |