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Show Pioneer RecallsEarly RecaUs Recalls RecaUsEarly RecallsEarly [ Early Days DaJs , oil78 on on78th on78th 78th h BirthdayMrs Birthday BirthdayI I Mrs George E . , AdamsCame Adams Adama AdamaCame Came Here Hero 55 Years Ago AgoFrom AgoFrom From yIrginia , Virginia Virgmia , , as 118 a Bnde Bride BrideBy By Richards Ricbard . Durham DurhamHer DurhamI DurhamHer DurhamHer Her trademark ' a jauntysailor ja jaunty jauntysailor nty ntyaailor I ! aailor sailor cap , which she has wornfor worn wornfor wornfor for stefare forty years yearl yearland $ , and a quick stepare stef ste steare are guaranteed guaranteea guaranteed guaranteedto tofrovide to frovide provide pos postive posttive tive fdentiflcatlon identification 0 of of Mrs George GeorgeE E Adams to both stranger and andold andoldtimera andoldtimers old oldtimera timers ] . who readily recognize recognizethIs recognizethis recognizethis thIs sprightly sprightly sprigntly little littie lady as one 0 0the 01 01the ofthe the interesting citizens of 01 our ourcommunity ourcommunity ourcommunity ourcommunityBom community communityBom communityBorn 0I I Bom Born Kate Virginia Forrest Forret $ in inWestmoreland inWestinoreland inWestmoreland Westmoreland Westinoreland county Virginia VirginiaMrs I IMrs IMrs Mrs Adams on Febraury 25th 25thcelebrated I ' Icelebrated celebrated her 78th birthday and andrecalled andrecalled recalled the fifty five years she has been a resident of Vernal VernalMrs VernalMrs VernalMrs Mrs Adams who prides prldes her herself herself herself Ihas self on being a fighter flghter is a aproduct aproduct aproduct product of a long line hne of fighting fightingancestors fightingancestors fightingancestors ancestors Her father David DavidCrauford DavidCrauford DavidCrauford Crauford Forrest ran away from fromAnnapolis fromAnnapolis fromAnnapolis Annapolis to join General Scott Scottin Scottin Scottin in the Mexican war of 1848 In Inthe Inthe Inthe the war between the states he hefought hefought hefought fought in the Confederate army armyunder armyunder armyunder under General Robert E Lee Asecond Asecond second cousin was the famousfighting fighting general of the confedra confedracy cy , Nathan Bedford Forrest of ofTennessee ofTennessee ofTennessee Tennessee Her great grandfath grandfather er Crauford judge advocate of ofMaryland ofMaryland ofMaryland Maryland signed the famous famous17th famous17th famous17th 17th document granting religi reiigi religiioUS reiigious religious ioUS ous freed freedon on to all colonists colomsts Mrs MrsAdams MrsAdams MrsAdams , Adams is lS also a lineal descendant descendantof of Sir Slr Thomas Forrest the first firstpermanent firstpermanent permanent English Engl1sh colonist In InAmenca inAmerica inAmericaMarried AmencaMarried AmericaMarried Amenca America Married in Washington Washmgton D . C Mrs Adams married her hus husband band at Washington D C In InSeptember inSeptember inSeptember September 1887 and the young youngeouple youngcouple youngcouple eouple couple entrained a few mmutes minutes mmutesafter minutesafter minutesafter after the ceremony for the West WestMr WestMr WestMr Mr Adams had graduat graduated graduatcd .d d < . m in in1885 , 1885 from Dartmouth collegeand college collegeand collegeand WestI I ' and then enlisted enllsted in the U bArmy S SArmy Army signal corps as a metor | ologist One of his first flrst assignments assign assignments assignments ments was at Fort Duchesnewhere Duchesne Duchesnewhere Duchesnewhere where they remained remamed for twoyears two twoyearsunl1l twoyearsuntil years--unl1l years unl1l years-until until - - until 1890 1890when when he leftthe left leftthe leftthe the army and settled in 10 VernalGeorge Vernal VernalGeorge VernalGeorge George Adams first flrst business enterprise en enterprise enterprise terprise was a mercantile estabishment estab establshment estabishment lshment ishment which was called theAdams the theAdams theAdams Adams store A lover of musiche musle music muslehe musiche he organized orgamzed and played in a aband aband aband band Mr Adams retired retued from frombusiness frombusiness frombusiness business in m 1916 Their only son sonEllsworth sonEllsworth sonEllsworth Ellsworth Forrest Adams man manager manager manager ager their entensive sheep lOter inter lOterests interests interests ests until his own death in the theflu theflu theflu flu epidemic of 1919 at which whichI whichtime whichtime whichtime I time the Adams sold their sheep sheepMrs sheepMrs sheepMrs Mrs Adams recalls that during duringthe duringthe duringthe the period in which they owned ownedsheep ownedsheep ownedsheep sheep when one of her Eastern EasternIrelatlVes Easternrelatives Easternrelatives IrelatlVes relatives asked what she did out outWest outWest outWest , West and Mrs Adams replied repliedthat repliedthat repliedthat that she was a sheepherder The Therelative Therelative Therelative [ relative slightly shghtly shocked sug aug suggested auggested suggested gested . Don t you mean a shep- shep shepherdess - - Iherdess herdess ? Mrs Adams rejoIned rejoInedemphatically rejoinedemphatically rejoinedemphatically emphatically Oh gracious no noI noI noI I m a Westerner now I m a asheepherder asheepherder asheepherder1Has ] sheepherder ' sheepherderHas Has Travelled Extensively ExtensivelyA A person who has traveled ex extenslvely exterisively extensively tenslvely terisively Mrs Adams has visit visited visited visited ed most of the states Canada and andMexIco andMexico andMexico MexIco and in 1924 spent ten tenmonths tenmonths tenmonths months in m Europe When asked askedto askedto askedto , to describe herself she jOklOgly jokingly jOklOglyrephed jokinglyreplied jokinglyreplied rephed replied Busiest human that that'ever thatever thatever 'ever ever ' ever was and don t do a thmgl thing thmglShe thing'She thingShe ' She further chara characterizes terizes her herself herself herself self as one who can cn * t stay put putand putand putand and never could She is look lookmg looking looking mg ing forward to another trip to toEurope toEurope toEurope Europe as soon as the war per permlts permits permils permilsMrs mlts mits mltsMrs mitsMrs Mrs Adams doesn t beheve believe behevethat believethat believethat that politics and business busmess are areproper areproper areproper proper fields for women She Sheexplains Sheexplains Sheexplains explains off her own interest m in mthe inthe inthe the Emerald and Raven oil 011 com corn comIpames cornPanles cornpanics Ipames Panles and other holdings holdmgs as assimply assimply assimply simply a legacy from her hus husband husband husband band According Accordmg to Mrs Adamsher Adams Adamsher Adamsher her vocation vocatiorr is picnicing picniclng withchildren with withchildrensmce withchildrensince children-smce children smce children-since since - - since I went out ofthe of ofthe ofthe the sheep business'Wears businessWears business ' Wear Wears . Sailor Cap CapShe CapShe CapShe She claims that her sailor capuonunued cap capI I ( uontlnued oontinued on Page PaKe Four Fours ) , Pioneer 'Pioneer ' Came CameHere CameHei I IHete Hete Here : e 55 Years Ago AgoFrom AgoFrom AgoFrom From Virginia VirginiaContinued I Continued tContmued ( from palte page pa e one oneis ) is insurance against friends not notnoticing notnoticing noticing her in crowds and she s spositive spositive positive that the one time bme in 10 40 40years 40years years she was persuaded to wear wearanother wearanother wearanother another kind of a hat there were wereat wereat wereat at least a dozen people who whowould whowould whowould would have stopped to talk had hadthey hadthey hadthey they known it was she And she s sdetermmed sdetermined sdetermined determmed determined that that shall not nothappen nothappen nothappen happen again She Sue has ten or oreleven oreleven oreleven eleven of the caps now She Shedoesn Shedoesn Shedoesn doesn t remember how many have manyhave been worn out It all start started started started ed Captain Capthin when her brother in law Cap Cap- Captain - - tain thin PhiladelphiaNavy Orr of the Philadelphia Navy Yard sent her young son sona sona sona a cap Her boy wouldn t wear wearit wearit wearit it but she did and "has has 'has leas ' " kept it itup itup itup up ever sinceMrs sinceMrs since sinceMrs Mrs Adams i is is $ . not living hYing 111 in 111her inher inher her home at Second West and andMain andMain andMain Main " street "treet treet Since Smce her husband s sdeath sdeath death Sldeath in 1943 she . .has has Jias . found the thebig thebig thebig Sl big eleven room house which whichhas whichhas whichhas has been her home since smce 1902 1902too 1902too I Itoo SincelNovember too lonely for one person Sincel Since SinceNovember SinceNovember November she has lived at the theJohnson theJohnson Johnson HotelOf HotelOf Hotel HotelOf thelJohnson thel Of Vernal she has this to say sayOf Of course it s grown so much muchsince muchsince muchsince since we came in 1890 From the first day daf I loved ve ved tJ this s com corn com1m cornIm 1m en m mty nity ty t1d apd arid . , felt .rlt rlt It 8 a attjhome ome iome here hereI I love my n1q friend ldend * and I expect expectto expect.10 expect10 . to me Ule uie here ( ' I ' |
