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Show Woman of the Week f s ' ' f -si t. - . ' .1 F . . i . . - ' ' f ' , M if.. j By EMMA D. KING There's Gladys Flynn, housewife and businesswoman and civic leader. lead-er. Gladys was born in Vernal, Utah, and is a direct descendant of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young, and is endowed with high ambition and the gift of getting things done. Her first job was at ZCMI where she was a general office worker. And in early life she was devoted tc the field of social welfare and and child guidance, having been appointed by Judge Joseph E. Nelson Nel-son of the Fourth juvenile district of Utah as clerk of the court and probation officers at Provo. She served three years and also assisted assist-ed to establish and maintain the offices at Logan for the Cache valley case work supervisors. GLADYS FLYNN Later she moved to Springville and operated an old fashioned hotel ho-tel and dining room known as the "Valley Tavern." Here she catered to civic clubs and organizations. organ-izations. In 1945 they sold the business and she, her husband and son Gordon moved to Salt Lake. Gladys' services were immediately immediate-ly sought and she was soon active in social and civic affairs. She served as president of the women's wom-en's division of the Apartment House Association of Utah and on its board of directors. As a member mem-ber of its editorial staff she writes the column "The Chatterbox" for the association paper. In 1951 she and her husband attended the national na-tional convention at Miami, Fla. She has worked diligently in the Highland Center Lady Lions club, of which she is past president, and a delegate to the Salt Lake Council Coun-cil of Women. As a delegate she gives one evening a week to their project of furnishing entertainment and recreation to the Veteran's hospital at Ft. Douglas . She served as state president of the Utah Federation of Business and Professional Women, and attended at-tended the national convention and board meeting in Chicago. She is parliamentarian for the club this year, as a member of the board of directors. Gladys frankly admits that her major interest in church, social and civic affairs. She has had the privilege of serving as class leader in the Relief Society of the North Thirteenth LDS ward as literary teacher. This year in the social science department she will give discussions and instruction on the Constitution of the United States. It is her firm belief and the motto by which she lives "the only happiness one can keep is the happiness one gives to others." |