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Show Hinckley Pioneer Will Celebrate 80th Birthday John E. Wright will celebrate his 80th birthday Sunday at open house at his home in Hinckley. A cordial invitation is extended to all to call that day between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. Mr. Wright is one of Hinckley's oldest residents and has made his home there the past 49 years. He was born Nov. 14, 1869, at Virgin City, Washington county, a son of Alexander and Hannah Walters Wright, who were among the first settlers in that area. He is a lifelong life-long members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was married in 1895 to Mary Jane Spendlove and they raised a family of six children. Today Mr. Wright has 32 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wright died in 1938. and in 1942 he mar- ried Lydia Hastings. Mr. Wright is a farmer and a carpenter by trade. He helped to build the first house in Delta, the N. S. Bishop home in 1907. He also helped in construction of the Yuba Dam, and was one of the first three men to work night shift in the tunnel there. All his children will be home for the birthday celebration Sunday. They are Walter, and J. Evan Wright and Mrs.. LaVelle Smith, of Delta; Leslie Wright and Mrs. Stella Stel-la Theobald of Provo, and Mrs. Letha Bennett of. Salt Lake City. |