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Show pty's original pioneer honored continuing as a fine seamstress seam-stress and a dilegent reader. She was also an expert gar- dener and her home was always al-ways surrounded with flowers in which she worked every morning until she was well-passed well-passed ninety years. Not only has Mrs. Kelsey experienced numerous changes in the city and manner of living, but she has had the opportunity op-portunity of traveling in every conceivable mode from oxcart ox-cart to modern day planes. She has always been generous gen-erous with those less fortunate 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 arrived ar-rived at the depot a short distance dis-tance away. Mrs. Kelsey still reads and converses with her friends although 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, vice-president 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 i BIT state president Kate i -jjter and just off the press ires her picture (the one ."the Springville Herald to-taken to-taken some years back). ' special celebration is -jied for the birthday other a visits from family mem-s 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 - :r-brash was gathered for ;s and milk-weed and cat's cat-'s made pillow stuffing; how jnd-eherries were conver-i conver-i into preserves and of the j?je done by the hordes of shoppers. She recalls sew-: sew-: her first dress with ravel-5 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 2-room cabin. After a few years, moved to Springville and i in the Harrison house, 1 West Third South, and wd their hew home be- wilt across the street. It 5 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 |