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Show t ijibO By CAROL LEMON n 1; ? 1 V ! -N - x . I . - V , s s il'ws( - - - - x'x, ! J It' ' - J ' , ' y y i jure that nearly all 1 Beaver County neigh - ! EstaCox XL, Esta was born is if where her father TUmill. "Wedidnt !fDny children to play " tot duringthe summers 01 worked the timber H i panguitch Lake, the '" ',m would often come, ttt 9 played with their nl! V When they'd pow- '"' n'i e8' to watch 016111 and come lunch time m roved into the big pot everbody .enjoying beans and ""'ie dogs. It doesn't sound "tutv now, but it seemed ess lIW -i,, ;u hotter and we children , ...jjdfWle father ran the 'i Even as a young child U - Bilk 20 cows night and Z:M d how I did . .jBtchirig Mother make sit and butter - of m Is I oW1 eating tt J! is children we played " a ordinary games aU raij rsters seem to enjoy pie can, run sheep run, 4i ' t ft spent many hours -jrsWlng - but do you ntt;;l never did learn to iisbtel Lots of folks sue,;;: swimming and boat-5 boat-5 ii the lake, but my M It, brother and I once got caught out in the middle in a storm and had to be rescued. Since then I've been petrified of water. The bathtub is plenty big for me!" We enjoyed our grandparents grand-parents very much. My Grandpa Orton lived in a little town named Orton and was the UJS. Marshall and Postmaster. It was a big treat to go to his place and there was a crowd of us as he and Grandma had 17 children and Mother and Dad had 12." "When Blaine and I were m arried, we and his parents homesteaded in Bear Valley. Val-ley. I was used to being in the mountains, so the move was easyfor me. Manytimes I was left alone with little children while he went in for s upplies . Our hom e was just one good sized room built of lumber from dad's mill. I believe it's still standing. After five years, we moved to Beaver and lived with our Uncle Jack. He later bought this home and gave it to us as a gift. What a kind fellow fel-low he was!" "Through the years Blaine and I became parents of nine children, including a set of twins. Five are still with us, Marie Botiller, Donna Morris, Bill Cox, Darlene MRS. ESTA COX WARREN ! thor of the "Chit Chat" column col-umn for the Beaver Press for 12 years. 'Writing for the paper keeps me hopping, but I do enjoy it." "My hobbies include quilting, quilt-ing, making rugs on a loom, and of course, music, my favorite. My brother and I sang together many years and I've sung in many quartets quar-tets and especially love singing sing-ing in the Relief Society Chorus. It seems that when I'm around music my toes just , automatically begin to tap. Dancing has always been a favorite pasttime. That's how I met my present husband, hus-band, Eugene Warren. It was leap year and I thought 'Why Harris and Sam Cox. We have 20 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren, with more on the way." "Years ago, Dr. Mc-Quarry Mc-Quarry asked me to help him and become a practical nurse. I always enjoyed nursing, so I said I'd try. I helped deliver over 150 babies. Marilyn Tattersol Orton was the first." One interesting experience' was that I helped deliver Hal Murdock, one of Beaver's dentists, who later married my OWN granddaughter. I also assisted in the delivery of several of my grandchildren." grandchild-ren." "During this time I also helped in the mortuary, fixing fix-ing the ladies hair, etc." "When I was chosen "Worn "Wo-rn an of the Year" by the BPW Club, Dr. McQuarry was asked to speak. He commented comment-ed on how I helped bring babies into theworld, helped along the way when they were sick, helped prepare them for burial and often sang at funerals. 'You might say that Esta brings them from the womb to the tomb," he said. He also said that I always could be counted on to help our patients stay "cool". Little did he know that many times I was shaking like a leaf inside, but there was just something about helping others that I really enjoyed. Maybe it was an inherited I trait, as my mother and I grandmothe r were both nurs . I es." I Esta has been busy in her church activities, serving in I the Primary for 35 years I and many other capacities. She is an active member I of BPW, and the weekly au- not', so I asked him if he'd like to go dancing. He said OK, and we hit it off pretty well. We were married in May in the St. George Temple and had about 50 of our children, chil-dren, and grandchildren accompany ac-company us. We are really proud of our families. They give us so much enjoyment. Some of them went in together togeth-er and bought a cabin in Merchant Mer-chant Valley. We have so much fun there. We always m ake it a point to celebrate each family birthday in a special way." "Right now we're enjoying traveling and meeting new family members, and we still love dancing." l "We've both had our share of sorrow andheartache, and I've had some close brushes with death myself, but we try to enjoy life from day to day and see the good things in it. We are fortunate to have so many good friends, who, with our family, help make our lives so pleasant and rewarding." |