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Show f:2r:.''.i''s''Ii ' - j MRS. JESSIE WADLEY P.G. Mother of the Year Jessie R. Wad ley Candidate for Mother of the Year Mrs. Jessie Robertson AVadley, 72, educator, church and civic worker of the North Utah County Coun-ty area has been nominated as a oandidate for 1959 Utah Mother of the Year. Mrs. Wadley was chossen by committees representing Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove's two Federated Women's Wo-men's clubs, the Cadmus and the Elysium Clubs and the Non-Federated Mothers .Study Club. Her nomination and a review of her accomplishments will be sent to the Utah Mother of the Year committee of Timpanogos First District, Utah Federated Women's Wo-men's Clubs. Mrs. Wadley recently retired after teaching for 35 years, the . last 26 of which were spent at the Utah State Training School where she was principal for 10 years. She has been the "foster mother" to literally hundreds of children at the Training School and has been loved for her tolerance toler-ance and kindly care of these unfortunate children. While at USTS she pioneered in the establishment of a non-denominational non-denominational Sunday School there . She has always been active in the affairs of the LDS Church n the ward and stake levels. She was the principal of the Manila "Religion Class," the forerunner of the present Chm-ch Seminary system. Her church activities also included in-cluded service in the Sunday School. YLMIA, Relief Society, and Timpanogos Stake Mission. Since the death of her husband Nephi James Wadley, 44 years ago, she has assumed the duties and responsibilities of the head of the family. Her three children are, Dr. Bruce N. Wadley, Providence, Provi-dence, Utah and Alexander Wadley Wad-ley and Mrs. Hal (Lucy) Haycock Hay-cock of Pleasant Grove. |