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Show Open house to mark 80th birthday Sunday William M. Mower is noting his 80th birthday, Sunday, with an open house at the family fam-ily residence, 717 North Main St., to which his friends and relatives are invited, from 2 until 5 p.m. The family requests re-quests no gifts. Mr. Mower, a native of this city was born January 14, 1886. His parents, Oscar and Elizabeth Beardall Mower, were early settlers in this community. He has made his home here continuously since 1917, following fol-lowing the occupations of farmer, fruit grower and poultryman, retiring only a short time ago. He married Catherine Pennington, Pen-nington, November 22, 1905, and they made their home at Linden for a few years later living at Tooele for five and a half years and then at Highland, High-land, a community near American Amer-ican Fork, for a short time. His first wife died Oct. 31, 1952, and on July 30, 1954, he married Rose Verslius of Salt Lake City. Mr. Mower has always been active in LDS Church work, holding office in the various auxiliary organizations. He has taken a special interest in genealogy gen-ealogy and has done considerable consider-able temple work. He holds the position of high priest. Of three children born to his first wife, one is living, Mrs. Richard (Johephine) Con-over. Con-over. He also has six grandchildren grand-children and 11 great grandchildren, grand-children, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Dale (Delores) Tanner of Salt Lake City, who has four children, all calling him grandfather. grand-father. December 8, 1903 Professor Profes-sor Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, failed in a second attempt to fly an airplane constructed according to his own plans. (Eleven years later the Langley' machine ma-chine was re-tested and successfully suc-cessfully flown.) |