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Show EMILY Elected D. 1935 AIRD to 1939 Emily Dawn McAuslau Aird considered herself a progressive. In her opinion three areas of legislat:ion needed "serious consideration. (1) That the state Liquor Control Act become more educational and that a social plan be instituted so that the sale ofliquor would be more than ereli a means of raising revenue for the state; (2) that sufficient new tax revenues could be found to allow a exemption law; and (3) that a direct primary become the choosing federal, state and local government officers. homestead of means interest did not flag in the affairs of her county is by the fact that every two years she enrolled in correspondence courses in the area- of her concern so she might keep abreast of the times. That her attested to Au"gust 27, 1868 in Hayward, California, she attended grammar school there, went to high school in Oakland, and spent two years at the University of California at Berkeley. After her marriage she continued taking correspondence courses for which she recei ved credit at Columbia University. Born to Utah to see an uncle, she met Dr. John William Aird. married in the Unitarian Church in San Francisco on June 21, 1895. For eight years after their marriage they lived in Heber where Dr Aird practiced medicine. They then moved to Provo and here Dr. Aird was a surgeon for fifty years before retiring at age eighty. Their four children, three boys and one girl were living in California and after the doctor's r e t i r-emen t in June of 1945, the Airds moved there. The three boys, Wi 11 iam, John and Robert, followed in their fathers footsteps in the medical field, and their Flora cum laude from the of Utah daughter graduated University after which she taught French and Latin in high school in Idaho before marrying and moving to California. On visit a They were people are natural leaders. Emily was one of those. In Provo prominent in club and civic activities and held offices in practically every organization to which she belonged. Some she was She was president of the Service Star Legion in Provo, president of the Utah County Chapter of the Red Cross and a Red Cross worker for 20 first president of the First District Federation of years; Women's Clubs, a member of the Provo Women's Council; several times president of the 19th Century Club; president of the Prohibition Club; and chair of the State Welfare League. She was a member of the Board of member of and in a was the addition Regents, Discussion Club and the Alice Louise Reynolds Club. Salt Lake City during World War I she was a member of the Neighborhood Association, an organization devoted to the welfare of While in 98 |
