Show S t A aca V t N I 1 W X k I 1 V t t 11 V wa k 4 V 11 40 aa 1 W K lj poa 4 oil 41 tw N A 9 vz re J 40 I 1 mrs r sam baran born before the civil war reads radi of i lunar probes and elections lct ioni as she h nears near her birthday bourly courtesy our ly salt lake tribune vernal ernal pioneer nears year yea at her residence in salt lake miss sarah E guernsey of salt lake city will celebrate her birthday monday november 24 at her home she came to vernal in 1903 together with mrs frank J chance 6 mrs mis chance and miss guer ansey taught the first wilcox school in the old red onion saloon building where west ern living furniture now stands they had only two rooms at the time mrs chance taught the smaller children and miss guernsey the older ones the community house when co corn plated had three rooms for ahe he school it was originally known as the wilcox acad emy amy miss mibs guernsey moved from vernal in 1907 she was a member of the community congregational church she was wag just two wo when the civil war broke out and site she remembers tile the soldiers their uniforms and the soldiers re turn after appomattox in this age of missiles miss guernsey could talk knowingly of tile the age of ale loaders caissons chaissons cais sons horse drawn artillery drums and fifes cifes she was born lit in C cornwall vermont where tier her father was postmaster site she was a teacher by the time site she was 10 later site she took further training at middlebury col lege then attended mt ml holy oke seminary one of the early colleges where rh eh graduated in 1883 site she taught english latin and history site she had assign merits in fit massachusetts in tile the indian territory where tier her students were Choc choctow and cherokees lit in chicago Clit cago finally in ill utah she was 80 when she retired front from active work as librarian of the magna library sending tier her a birthday card will be about 25 people who knew tier her when she was in vernal among those are mrs ward white gerald robert and leo thorne mrs george roth mrs mra blanche koehler mr mir and mrs mra C J neal and mr and mrs W A banks |