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Show Umy a r Mwig Seed Frsiidg ! ml pty's original pioneer honored continuing as a fine seam-stress and a dilegent reader. She was also an expert gar- - dener and her home was al-ways surrounded with flowers in which she worked every morning until she was well-passe- d ninety years. Not only has Mrs. Kelsey experienced numerous changes in the city and manner of living, but she has had the op-portunity of traveling in every conceivable mode from ox-cart to modern day planes. She has always been gen-erous with those less fortun-ate and she can say without exception that a hungry man was never turned from her door. In the earlier days there were plenty of those known as hoboes who called at her home for a handout after trains ar-rived at the depot a short dis-tance away. Mrs. Kelsey still reads and converses with her friends al-though her hearing has been Impaired the past few years and she still finds pleasure in sewing. She has four sons and a daughter: W. H. Kelsey, Salt Lake City, nt of Combined Metal Reduction Co.; Fred Kelsey, Salt Lake City in construction; Blaine Kelsey Los Angeles, in TV business; Ed Kels'ey, rancher in Idaho and Effie Kelsey, Springville librarian. There are also 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. A mar r i e d daughter Preal passed away a short time ago. Mrs. Selena B. Kelsey, 97 Sunday, has been honored with picture on frontispiece of new Daughters of Utah pioneers book, compiled by state DUP president. ngville's oldest lady and "of "the few living original eers of Utah, Mrs. Selena Kelsey, will observe her , birthday Sunday, Decem- - 31. She is presently at Sun- - Manor. y special tribute to Mrs. sVl the frontispiece of xe 4 of the book "Our M Heritage," compiled BIT state president Kate jjter and just off the press ires her picture (the one ."the Springville Herald en some years back). ' special celebration is jied for the birthday other a visits from family mem--s and friends. )!rs. Kelsey was born in Inghall, Staffordshire, Eng- - j and came to this country i her parents as converts ; tie LDS church, arriving New York, July 4, 1868. was three years old at the ..e. After a short rest, they .'.inued their journey west, train to North Piatt, Nebr., i by ox team across the ins. Tie family settled first at :m and Mrs. Kelsey well .embers the early day '...ips of the pioneers; how - was gathered for ;s and milk-wee- d and cat'- s made pillow stuffing; how were conver-- i into preserves and of the j?je done by the hordes of shoppers. She recalls sew-- : her first dress with ravel-- 5 and when these were too horse hair was used. ;te was married to William Kelsey in 1883.' He was part ?r in a store at Salem and :r first home was a cabin. After a few years, moved to Springville and i in the Harrison house, West Third South, and wd their hew home be- - wilt across the street. It one of the finest homes 'Jie community at the time : Mrs. Kelsey has continued Mite it her home always. r' Kelsey passed away Jary 21, 1918, during the . epidemic. I 3 her sixties, Mrs. Kelsey ; e sight of her left eye, s did not deter her from ! i Volume Sixty-eig- ht THE SPRINGVILLE (UTAH) HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1961 Price 10c Number 53 j School board considers bids, routine business Nebo School District Board of Education met in regular session Dec. 18 with all mem-bers present and also Supt. Russell Stansfield and Clerk C. J. Wendel. Claims amount-ing to $127,557 were approved to be paid. Budget to Nov. 30 showed $1,656,026 expend-ed and $2,754,029 or 62 un-expended. Financial report on new Spanish Fork high building showed contracts of $1,305,988 with $614,484 unpaid balance. Bids accepted Bids to construct awings at the Brookside, Grant and Westside schools were let to Alumishade Co. in the amount of $7,035 subject to the archi-tect's approval of material and type of construction. Pick-u- p truck bid went to Pages, Inc. of Spanish Fork for an International pick-u- p for bid price of $1,898. Fire insurance coverage on all buildings and contents by the district on bid basis went to Kenneth England to write the coverage for a 5 year per-iod on a total amount of $7,221,960 bid subject to cer-tain specifications outlined by the Board. Call for bids on meat to be used during the balance of the school year will be considered at the Jan. 8 meeting. J. Dean Jones reported on his trip to Chicago to attend a national convention of the American Speech and Hearing Assn. Hearing tests which his department has conducted in the District have found 606 chldren with impaired hearing, he reported. A total of 144 new cases has been fount this year and of this number, 140 medicals have been made, he said. Supt. Stansfield reported Juab School District was inter-ested in purchasing the large stoker taken from the Spring-ville Junior high. The Board authorized him to try to work out a fair and resonable ar-rangement for the sale of the stoker. The Supt. also reported that a request from Max Packard of Springville for the board to consider the possibil-ity of purchasing a piece of property near the high school for parking. After some con-sideration, the board decided there was no need for acquisi-tion of the property. Superintendent Stansfield re-ported that reservations had been made for the board mem-bers who would be attending the National School Boards convention in St. Louis. The Superintendent report-ed that he had hired three new teachers to replace three teachers who will be discon-(Continu-on Page 7, Col. 6) i refe r7 s fer ulmd I Shortly after high school and ninth grade stud-ents return to school Tuesday, January 2, they will besfin registering: for next school year, it was an- - nounced by faculty members this week. All 9th graders will meet in a special orientation assembly 9:15 a.m., January 3, for in-structions on registration pro-cedures, classes offered and classes required. A special meeting with 9th grade students and their par-ents will be held at 1:15 p.m.., January 4, at the Junior high school auditorium, where par-ents and students will receive added instruction on high school cirriculum and registration re-quirements. Special PTA meetings are also scheduled for parents and students of this year's 10th and 11th grades. The 11th grade meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m., and the 10th grade meeting will be the fol-lowing Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m., in the high school auditorium. Instruction will be given at the meetings on reg-istration requirements and classes offered. Parents desiring added in-formation and counsel in reg-istering their students may make special appointment at this time with the counselor. Registration of students for next year is expected to be completed by January 12, so that budgets for next year may be set up and other pro-gram details worked out. " miuini..iiii i Ji .i $7 l - ' ' j - - - - i - - - Art Keid, installed president of the Active 20-3- 0 club at a Christmas dinner meeting and club installation to which the ladies were invited Thurs-day. Keith Van Ausdale and La-rr- Hermansen are new vice presidents and Ronald Brereton, sargent-a- t arms. Floor show set for Sat. dance in stake house Kolob and Springville stakes will sponsor a-- holiday dance Saturday night Dec. 30, in the Kolob stake house beginning at 8:30 p.m. to which member3 of both stakes are invited. A special attraction will be the floor show beginning at 10 p.m. under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Lyman, Springville stake dance direc- - ': tors. Refreshments will be ser-ved also during the dance. Tick-ets are being sold by both stakes for the holiday event. Moplefon ups costs; plans skating area The Mapleton City council approved the 1962-si- x month budget Monday night, begin-ning January and ending June 30, 1962. Estimated revenues are $12,043. Expenditures in general government are estim-ated at $3,095; public saftey $5,550; public works $4,470; public health service $300; parks and recreation $1,050; total expenditures general gov-ernment $14,465. Deficit of ex-penditures over receipts in general government $2,422. Revenues water utility fund $6,500. Expenditures $3,100. Excess of Revenues over expen-ditures $3,400. Bond redemp-tion and interest fund revenue $200. Expenditures $531.25. Def icit of expenditures over re-ceipts $331.25. A motion was made and passed to increase the 1961 budget fom $6,000 to $25,000 for improvements in the water system. This will be taken care of with general obligation water bonds sold to the Com-missioner of Finance. Douglas Brown representing the Jaycees, discussed with the City Council the feasibility of flooding the grounds on the park adjacent to the Little League Ball Park for a skating pond for recreational purposes. The Jaycees will cooperate with Fire Department and the City Recreational Committee in this project. Services held today for Annie Harmer Funeral services were con-ducted this morning (Thurs-day) at 11 a.m., at Wheeler Mortuary, for Annie Harmer, 69, who passed away Monday evening Dec. 25, following sur-gery at the Payson Hospital. The Eighth ward bishopric was in charge. Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery. She was born Oct. 21, 1892, in Springville, the daughter of Albert W. and Elizabeth Ann Giles Harmer. She received her education in the Springville schools. She was married to Orvil Cornthwaite. They were later divorced and she resumed her maiden name. She lived in Thistle and Sol-dier Summit, and in Colorado. The last few years she had re-sided in Spanish Fork. She was an active member of the LDS Church. Surviving are two brothers and one sister, Elias and Ern-est Harmer and Mrs. Lee (Floss) Taylor, all of Spring-ville. Services held Saturday for Wayne Beesley Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the Nineth ward church for Wayne O. Beesley, who passed away Thursday December 21 at the Payson hospital following an extended illness. Bishop Forest Allred was in charge. Burial was in the Evergreen ceme-tery. He was born Dec. 6, 1935, in Mapleton, a son of Clay M. and Helen Tavlor Beeslev. He attended schools in Mapleton and graduated from; Springville high school. He j graduated from Brigham Young Univers-ity in 1958 and taught school for two years at Santa Ana Junior High School in Santa Ana, Calif., until ill health forced his retirement. He married Marva Bird Aug. 24, 1955, in Springville, and their marriage was later sol-emnized in the Salt Lake Temple. At the time of his death he was an elder in the (Continued on Page 2, Col. 7) X v " 1 4 T V '. s. Wayne O. Beesley, 26, for whom services were held Sat-urday, Dec. 23, in the Nineth ward, LDS seminary program may be extended At the Nebo School District Board meeting Monday evening, Supt. Russell Stansfield report-ed that Leland Anderson, Direc-tor of Utah County Seminaries had requested through him that the Board lend its support to a proposed four-ye- ar Seminary program which could begin in Nebo District in the fall of 1962. The suggested program outlined the following courses for the fololwing years: 9th grade, Book of Mormon; 10th grade, New Testament; 11th grade, Church History; 12th grade, Old Testament. Students will still graduate in three years although special recognition would be given to those completing the fourth year. Released time for the stu-dent to take the above program would be granted pn the request of the parents. sclng 'wen Garrett son of Mr. ' 1rs. Alma Garrett came e for Christmas from the s hospital, where he under-;'Pe- n heart surgery re--' A youthful figure is some-thing you get when you ask an older woman her age. Funeral rites today for Mrs. Edna Conk Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m., in the Third-Nint- h ward church for Mrs. Edna Kay Conk, 60, who died Monday night Dec-ember 25 of complications fol-lowing surgery at the Utah Valley Hospital. Friends may call at the Wheeler Mortury from 12 noon until time of the services. Bur- - ial will be in the Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. Conk was born Oct. 17, 1901, in Mona, Juab County, a daughter of John William and Celia Eveline Ewing Kay. She was married to Leo A. Conk July 21, 1925, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was an active member of the LDS church, working in the Relief Society, Sunday School and Primary. She lived in Payson following her marriage and came to Springville 12 years ago. They lived at 33 East 4th North. Surviving are her husband of Springville; two sons, Clifton Conk, also of Springville, and Marlow Conk, Provo; six grand children; three sisters, Mrs. Oscar (Florence) Newton, Mona, Mrs. Floyd (Norma) Taylor, Payson; and Mrs. Ar-chie (Thelma) Kay, Provo. Lions set meet, report on 'Sub-for-Sant- a' The Lions and their ladies will gather at Melody Inn to-night for a holiday social fea-turing a dinner and program be-ginning at 7:30 p.m. President Kay Johnson an-nounces also the appreciation of the club to all civic and church groups and individuals who co-operated with them in sponsor-ing a ta project in Springville and Mapleton. He said that Christmas was made happier for some 48 fami-lies and approximately 192 chil-dren by the efforts of clubmen assisted by other organizations and individuals including the Elks club of Provo. I 1 V " T - . . ' ' . v(' .j)7. . i . ... ' f i; .' . X I ..,' ' :-- k !.', f j ..... ... !. v- - - . , 1 ; ' i v . - J ' ' j -- -s A - -.- - - k - ,.i i .;il committee is composed of bottom left to right, Dianne Clvde Mary Kay Lawrence, Carol Nell, Becky Turner; Burt, Carol Chadwick, Don Eldredge, Mr. back row, Bryan Thacker. Jouth Fitness committee of Springville, i" n effort CS6 ,Unds ' Pineal tness equipment at the high 18 Coins in a Fountain , C censoring ; movie, "Three i evening, Dec. 28, at 7:30 p.m., in the tluro. Directed the by Weldon Thacker, top right, Ward schedules special music program Sunday The Ninth ward choir, under direction of Alberta Hoover with Elaine Craig, accompanist, will present the Messiah in the Third-Nint- h ward services at 6:45 p.m., Sunday. An invita-tion is extended to all ward members and friends to attend. Listed as soloists with the choir are, Carol Anderson, Dr. G. B. Orton, Geniel Johnson, Rondo Jeffery, Eli Tippetts, Beverly Stephensen. Serious Condition C. O. Claudin, Springville business man and mortician, is still in serious condition at a Phoenix, Ariz., hospital. He was stricken three weeks ago while on a visit to the home of a daughter and reports Tuesday were that he had not yet regained consciousness. 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