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Show Feature BOUTHESW UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY JUNE XS, 18t7 Anna Westfall named Auxiliary Woman Of The Year Mrs. Anna Westfall was chosen American Legion Auxiliary President of District 7 at the Spring Convention on May 3, 1997 in Hurricane. She will be installed at the Utah Department Convention on June 27-2- 9 in Price, Utah. A Clair Ford Unit 69, Kanab, Utah, is also proud to present Anna Belle Westfall as its 1997 She designed and built floats and parade banners, painted signs and made ballroom decorations. Because ofher art background, Ann has been very involved with the Poppy Poster Contest and has awarded her personal scholarship in art instruction to the Poppy Poster winners. She wrote the following poem to convey American Legion Auxiliary her feelings on the meaning of Woman of the Year. Her eligibilthe poppy to the school art husband classes. is her through ity Walter Fred Westfall, who served as a Navy Corpsman with the Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II. By Anna B. Westfall, 1995 Ann is presently serving her This Handmade Poppy bright second year as President of our and red Unit. The American Legion AuxReminds us of the thousands has been lie dead. who an iliary important part of Anns life since her high school Paying for our liberty, justice and life California freedom days at Englewood, where she won the National Through Gettysburg, Valley Poppy Poster Contest and a Forge, and Marnes strife. scholarship to Federal Arts We stormed the beaches of Guadalcanal faced the fire .on College in Los Angeles; Anns family is also Auxiliary Pork Chop Hill, oriented. Both of her daughters Waded through the rice padserved as president of Unit 69; dies of Vietnam with Strength Conne Lord served from 1981-198- 3 and Will and Caro! Sullivan from Through all this, our bright 1983-199Carol is District 7 red Poppy stays The Symbol of Three of our Veteran's fighting days. President for 1936-9Not only does it seem to say to Anns granddaughters attended in Lea Lord Girls State; 1982, you, Sandra Lord in 1989, and Judy Tm not just the past but the Lord in 1999. future too." "For I represent all those who At the Department of Utah American Legion Auxiliary Con- really care," "For their loved one, their flag vention in Price, Utah, on June and to chosen Ann was 1998, country, and the justice be one of the Utah delegates to there So I say! Shout it from the the National Convention held in Salt Lake City, August 30 to house tops tell your dearest September 5, 1998. This posi- friend, For this bright red Poppy is tion she proudly held. Utah's 1998 Centennial Cel- with us to the end! ebration was greatly enhanced Anna Belle was born July 13, by Anns efforts for the Kane County Centennial Committee. 1920, in Watts, California, the third daughter of Alta May Heskett and John Sebastian Tiber (Tiberill). Ann was taught many useful and unusual (for a girl) arts through her close association with her craftsman father. She was tutored by her artistic mother during those Veterans Poppy 3. 7. 21-2- 2, CDQio? tough years when the family was moving from state to state in search for work. Her formal schooling was erratic at times, but her parents instilled in her a love for nature and learning, and developed the talents of their gifted child. She married her childhood Walter Fred sweetheart, Westfall, had four children, is grandmother to eight children to 13. and While raising her family and caring for her aging mother and e workfather, she was a ing mom. During World War II, her artistic and photographic skills were appropriated by the Army Corps of Engineers for work on great-grandmoth- er full-tim- the Al-Ca- Highway. She n worked as foreman in a defense plank After finishing her Arts Degree, she worked for different photographers and printers and for a time also had her own business. Her hobbies included; helping her father with salvage and rebuilding, learning how to fly, and she is an excellent seamstress. Ann joined the LDS Church in 1961, after thoroughly investigating, working in, and contributing to several other faiths. Her church duties are many, but her duty to her country and the Auxiliary take precedence. She takes an active interest in politics and the political process. She has been an election judge for the past four years and loves ik A Oak Ford American Legion Aux&ary recently named Anna WestiaB as is 1997 "Woman of the Year'. Anna Belle Westfall is a busy, hardworking, devout and patri- otic lady who goes all out for the things and people she believes in. We are honored to nominate Anna Belle Westfall for the American Legion Auxiliary 1997 Women of the Year. iSOiboiD 044-556- 2 405 East 300 South Kanab 20 Years Leadership in the Tree Care Business Discount Prices . 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