Show a Lal t v t s' s sr r 4 D s iJ h tw K 4 a f fp fI p w t Mrs Essie Bailey admires her birthday cake as she reminisces over bygone pioneer days in Moab area She was greeted by over ov-er friends and relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives at an open house in her honor Monday Essie Bailey Honored by Friends FriendsOn On Birthday Celebration Mrs Essie Bailey Bam to her friends was guest of honor at an open house reception by her i family Monday in celebration celebration celebration cele cele- bration of her birth birth- day Her many friends and family m assembled at t the event held at the home of Mr and Mrs Hal J Johnson oh to wish the octo- octo genaria returns of the day During the 80 years since she was born in Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana Mrs Bailey has par participated In many pioneerIng pioneering pioneering pioneer pioneer- ing activities In 1906 she married her late husband Clarence and with their first child GenevIeve they moved to California Real estate was a big industry In the coastal state at that time and Mr Bailey could work at his carpentry trade throughout the year Mrs Bailey chuckles at their own real estate adventure They sold property on Signal Signal Signal Sig Sig- nal Hill Hlll for 1500 two years later oil was discovered discovered discovered ered on the land and It resold for The Baileys Balleys lost two child children children children ren at birth in California and In 1915 moved to Utah proving up on acres of dry farm land at Monticello l After Atter their life In the bustling bustling bustling bust bust- ling Calif city life in an out of town tent- tent house was hard to take Water was hauled in barrels bar barrels barrels bar bar- for 5 miles with team and wagon a hour 4 chore Mrs Bailey often did her her- self She washed on a scrub board with water heated over overa a wood fire She re- re recalls such a craving for tor edible greens one spring she plucked the new green leaves from trees and ate them She gave birth to four of their children there In 1922 the family moved to Moab so their eldest child might continue her schooling Mr 11 Bailey Dalley worked worked worked work work- ed for the State Highway department Mrs Bailey Dalley cooked for tor road crews servIng serving ing lag three meals a day to 25 23 men while the Dry Valley road was under construction construction tion Tp To supplement their finances she took In five washings each week She also resorted to her talent for fancy work as an In Income Income income in- in come medium selling her work to provide necessities for tor the family Mrs Bailey recalls a 11 amore amore more prosperous era In Moab in the When the uranium deposits near Moab turned it into a boom city she opened a rooming and hoarding boarding boardinghouse house operating with a full house and with people begging begging beg beg- ging gang to sleep on the porch During her 40 years in Moab she has been engaged in a variety of occupations She has served as a practical practical practical ical nurse at the hospital and as a practical under under- taker She taught sew sewIng sewing sewing ing for 5 years and substituted substituted substituted sub sub- as teacher for a aHome aHome aHome Home Economics class for forone forone forone one full year She ran rna rana a lumber yard cooked at dt t two cafes and twice was high saleswoman In the state for fora a cooking ware firm She Is an avid gardener and is particularly noted for Iris fris with which she has beautified her own home She as many blue ribbon memoirs as county fair premiums premiums premiums pre pre- for bread and pre pre- serves She is particularly known among her friends and family members for pickles piecrust and br bread d. d She Is a charter member of the Business and Professional Professional Professional Women's Club In Moab and of the Monticello Rebus Rota Club She is a longtime member of the theLI LI Literary Club and a member member member mem mem- ber of the Moab Newcomers Club She is also a member of the Moab Art Guild and has developed a hidden talent talent talent tal tal- ent for painting during the thelast thelast thelast last few years Mrs Bailey has eight surviving children Mrs l Ralph Genevieve Miller Sr Moab Claron Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field Kedrick Moab Mrs John Lorene Ogan Citrus Heights Calif Lt Col Wendell Bailey Dalley Hawaii Mrs Horace Donna Babbitt Bab Dab bitt Roseburg Oregon I Ivan I- I van Lowell Moab and Charles Baxter Daxter of Hawthorne Hawthorne Haw Haw- thorne Calif She also has 37 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren Five generations of Mrs Baileys Bailey's descendants reside In Moab Mrs Bailey Dalley greeted over guests at the open house She wore a lovely fresh orchid corsage sent by air from her son In Ha Ha- wall wail and received calls from tram relatives in Dallas Texas from her sister In Indianapolis Indiana and from her son In Hawthorne Calif Arriving to spend the day with her were her son and wife and their daughter and husband the Robinsons from Richfield and all her many family members fr fr frn n Moab |