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Show Springville Lady Honored at SLC Days of '47 Springville's Queen of the Days of '47 could not have looked more beautiful as a bride than she did Monday when she was a special guest at a luncheon in Salt Lake City and heard herself and other guests of honor praised by Utah's governor J. Bracken Lee and others in attendance. The queen's name?-. . . Mrs. Selina Kels'ey, 91, one of 43 living immigrant pioneers in Utah and Idaho who are honored hon-ored annually by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in connection with the Salt Lake City celebration. cele-bration. Only 11 of the 43 were able to attend the luncheon at which state and LDS church dignitaries spoke. Miss Ruth Mae Fox, 101, was the eldest at the function and was specially honored. The roll of honor included: Frederick T. Bradshaw, 97, Burley, Idaho; Neils Gyllenskog, 97, Smith-field; Smith-field; Mrs. Hilda Erickson, 96. r' .-.4 ii ,x . At m:,.n: i,.4 JIX 1111- V AUG , 1111 S. ITHILilirc 1 ' L erson Brown, 91, Coalville; Mrs. Christina Graham Ericson, 91, Salt Lake City; James S. V. Frame, 91, Salt Lake City; Parley Par-ley P. Jones, 88, Logan (the "youngest" survivor) ; Selena B. Kelsey, 91, Springville; Mary Clark Rigby, 92, Newton, and Alice N. Sears, 91, Salt Lake City. Utah's oldest resident and most respected pioneer, Mrs. Ann Catherine Jarvis Milne, 107, Murray, was1 not able to attend the luncheon due to ill heatlli. Springville's queen caught the eye of many admirers as she appeared in an attractive creamy - white summer dress with smart white hat, black purse and shoes and had a pretty orchid pinned to her shoulder. |