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Show COUPLE OBSERVE 52nd WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Gomer W. Phillips, Phil-lips, long-time local residents, are observing their fifty-second wedding wed-ding anniversary today. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Phillips, early pioneers, Mr. Phil-'! lips was born January 10, 1866, in Springville. He is believed to be the oldest blacksmith in this vicinity and began be-gan that trade when he was only 13 years old, followng the occupation occupa-tion during his entire life. During the years, a flourishing blacksmith black-smith business has been transformed trans-formed into a garage business operated op-erated by his sons, with Mr. Phillips Phil-lips still doing the blacksmith Work required. Mrs. Maria E. Leah Phillips was born in Spanish Fork, September Sep-tember 6, 186 6, a daughter of Charles W. and Dorothy Chism Leah. She spent her early life in Spanish Fork, moving to Springville Spring-ville at the time of her marriage on February 27, 1869. The couple are parents of ten children, eight of whom are living: liv-ing: Mrs. Ruth Lambson, Helper; Mrs. Alta Robertson, Crescent; Theo Phillips, Provo, and Bill, Earl, Ernest, Louis and Tom Phillips Phil-lips of Springville. They also have 12 grandchildren. |