| Show r r r a a r e Y 1 i iVirginia I t N VIrg Virginia nia Johnson proudly poses poseS' with her African Violets which she grew grew from single leaf and her high school diploma which she received after 38 years of raising a f family mily I Efforts Pay 0 Rewards Off ff Rewards ComeTo Come ComeTo To o Busy Moab Woman Why would a grandmother er or return to high school after after af af- ter ter- teran an absence of 38 years Mrs Virginia Johnson of Moab has a a logical answer answer- you ou h have ve to have a high school diploma before start- start ipg Iri to college In 1928 when Miss Virginia Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Peterson dropped her hel books In th the middle of her hel senior year at Gr Grand nd county high to bec become me Mrs i Johnny Johnson she planned planned planned plan plan- ned to finish her education later But busy years yem's rolled by and before she knew It I I it It was Vas later later than she I thought Over Oyer three decades I had passed with the I tion still pending The newlywed Johnsons had moved to to Los Angeles for tor a II few years before returning returning returning re re- re- re turning Jo to o Moab to make their lifetime home honie It was wasa a b busy sy 38 ye years rs They turned turned turned turn turn- ed their fertile valley acre- acre ag into a profitable fruit farm tarm and developed the 90 space Walnut Lane Trailer Court both of which they still operate In the interim they had raked raised and educated educate ed cd f fd fr r r lovely daughters l Mary Lee Ece Downard Dw of Moab Dorothy Jane now of Yakima Wash Ginger I j Clark Salt Lal Lake e City and Kae R Rockwood of Provo II I Mrs Mrs- J Johnson Jphnson had supervised supervised super super- piano lessons and home home work and and watched each of the girls in turn receive receive re reo the diploma she had missed from Grand county high e eShe school ch She found time too to help with packing and marketing marketing marketing mar mar- of fruit operating the trailer park and for a series of hobbies including cooking golfing fishing bowling shutter bugging and raising African violets She also maintained an avid interest in church and civic affairs she is treasurer or of five Moab 1 organizations organisations at present It was vas the Adult Education Education tion program program sponsored I iby uby the Grand county school scho l district which revived tier ier fn fn h hirr r. r twisted dr I lan sr e j the program program m bp fell n e lons jong cloi e I books and at f t i r I cise this year at alai th high Virginia I son itt 55 e ac the oldest Grand county high school graduate One more year jear eal and she could have graduated with her oldest t grandchild It was too too long to watt wait though for tor Mrs l Johnson She was ea eager er to get on with the college work She will start soon again by means of the tho Adult J Education duca tion program In classes sanctioned by the University sHy city of ot Utah |
