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Show Wilcox's Beanerv opened to serve DHS students the Wilcox children and their friends. Soon, the lunch stand became known as the ' Beanerv ' The building was enlarged after Mr. Wilcox's death. This enabled students to go inside and sit down. The menu grew from hot dogs, cakes, candy bars and ice cream, to soup-made from tomatoes and other vegetables grown in the Wilcox garden -and Morrison meat pies, served with chili. Hamburgers, hot . sandwiches, slices of, pie, alligator jaws and doughnuts were sold to students who didn't want to. bring a lunch from home. The work of preparing food in the evenings and before school was shared by members of the family. Many hours were spent each late afternoon washing stacks of dirty dishes and cleaning up the debris left by the high school customers. The Beanery was closed in 1941 after 27 years of operation. In 1961, 'Mrs. Wilcox was honored as Utah's Mother of the Year. By DONETA GATHERUM KAYS VILLE-Nettie Wilcox, one of the first women to own a business in Davis County, chose to work because she needed to support her young family of seven children. According to one of her daughters-in-law, Oma E. Wilcox, Nettie first became involved in the business world with her husband in 1914 when Davis High School first opened. The Wilcox family opened a small lunch stand on a comer across the street north of the high school. Mr. Wilcox worked in the H. J. Sheffield store in downtown Kays-ville, Kays-ville, and his wife operated the lunch lun-ch stand. When Mr. Wilcox died in 1918, Nettie's lunch stand became the major source of income for the family. Ann Barnes, another widow, assisted her for many years, along with Bessie (another widow). I : 1 NETTIE WILCOX |