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Show DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER, MAY 26, 1976 People Over 90 Years Interesting 'VV .4 By ROSELYN KIKK - Nui' ' ) - i : f i DAVIS 10. r t ck .1 most of those who teuv n it i.. . v, o oo. .?!.--t Davis hive to attain, are over 90 sa that alio ,Li. it's a 1: t e i: harder each year, it he, - portant to retain ttuur nearly every ease the i are for themselves. imi it :' , a' l.vt- ti-- "rU- e t . .1 . cl t c M' c , AS ALICE John-o- i Da is Countv Council on An ., s d. A ll -t a ; tliose who reach 90 air tti a ,J m ; m They have a cettain itence or they wtitmii; t Ere,-- in., !a it u 'Jt'lr MW so that age. a, da Most, like Ethel Lov, 1 - .re... I J whit their own cooking. r i il , i i celebrated her hist c.mre a i; e says she has always he r ae tub-daUp until last year, n. ,.i m cake- - tor fur (to;, cases her grandchild!? n. give ui still lip baking birthday collects lecipes for liel t:..ee ci.dJ. Hi, la -- v t , hi1' , ' yiV"' u V - , aid w ) .M -- I'm quite mar . , e !.- h I l ETIIEL LDY , ' i l:ej i he-hi- - hr t one-rotm- . George Adams, wrapped sucks and blankets around her legs to keep In i warm. After that I wore mil an old Ecu cl car trying to get to school," Mis, Adams said. She later taught in the L.ut n Elementary School. Mrs. Adams, who grew up in Salma m Sevier County, came from English Mock on her mothers side who wi re great horse people and rode wdh ihe hounds. But my jolly good EInglish grandmother called it riding with the ounds. She alh ways dropped her Hs m Ho; ngn-- mmM yA':S- 1 fashion. ALTHOUGH Mrs. Adams (aught school 25 years in Layton, she remembers She for Dawson School where there were seven grades. Although she had taught first in Granite District, she moved to the Davis District where she boarded with the Adams family and labor mat net! one-roo- George Adams who died in lSkW. Joseph Porter, 92, Bounliful, also was born in southern Utah, in Orderville, Kane County in 1885. Since then he lived in many parts of the west, in addition So V, spending most of his youth and early married years in Mexico. He left Mexico in 1912 at the time of the Mexican ELLS HAYES ' i , - 5 Revolution. He and his family moved io E l Paso, Texas just. JO days before the revolution broke oui. MR. PORTER said one of his greaiest adventures was connected with that s V N 5 ' A AA - X .V ' , A :X : Si, K S. V v , ' cl VA1, 1 ' A r? , sy 4 i ' : A "Hw s x, 1 S' A 'VAA, ' SA Xy ' ; dreams. i--, ' same dream three times. It related to one of the American families who was living in Mexico at the time of the revolution and "decided not to come out. He had a dream the family was in trouble and returned with his brother to Juarez. Even though people there told him and his brother it was dangerous to go into the mountains because of the rebels, they went anyway, located the family and found the father had been killed. WHILE MR. Porter left with ten of the to get family members and their mother them to safety, his brother stayed behind with the two older boys to bury their father. All escaped without harm. Mr. has since taken great stock in x ' i ' 1 T, " ja t. -- , - x Porter ...., a. f I .: In addition to living in many areas. Mr. Porter was also a jack of all trades. He was a city marshal in Blanding, Utah, raised cattle, hauled lumber, was a carand penter and an engine mechanic Sail Lake operated a riding academy in Mr. City. Its been an interesting life, of bit a little done Ive said. Porter everything. at 91 lives alone in a large part of also has spent Farmington, her life out of the Utah area. She and her husband, now deceased, spent 25 years in San Francisco from 1917 to 1932, operated several hotels. Before retiring in Farmington due to Mr Davis health, they Twin Peaks Hotel on operated the Market Street in San Francisco for nine ANNA DAVIS, who years. Sometimes now, Mrs. Adams misses the company and excitement of the hotel business where people were always comBut when the weather ing in or going out. is good she takes a walk every day. using her walker or cane for support. Mrs. Davis said, I just didn't think Id live to be 90, but it crowded up on me. She will celebrate her 92nd birthday in August at a family gathering. SAR.II JAjVE ADAMS i 4 t " N t .fTrelU lO'HIi MRS. II DY said that she rt cent lyI. h rated her 91s! oirthdav in on Api ,1 6 where her fnencls j euilv brimght in luiu h amt family wen! out to Vi imldaughb.-r- , betiv E llis, ga e r a ili- 'A.iik pa lure which leads Hy ss i s Ita-- me a graiuim-.-p i olewi-- k has beeti one of M is. Luc s and wtien she was m : !! re I ce-It1-- , . i I i at the Dares (remntv As a child be r Uti'e r tii .in a ta.uvsit e sln.1 on a p;;.n-- neeu.ew'srk ,.,-- - . i I ' . : s Ia tdujve in Eer home, if e Davis eh l :y Co,i no-- ,e. 1 he Erick E: : e is an cm na! family home which is w! ere lets ;!i i ,i,a lw aiti h t n . lea.: i Eiict r Etc. Her nunher had the e Only the peiehiiia! flowers m large (lower gatdeu slid bloom. E..t M rs L'cly Mill loves flowers and cares for irerey s she pots of African violets w l ii re! from a leaf and joined he; I STILE, lore ilnwers. and on my bn ihilav the house wais ftliei! with Hiooi, said. lake Mrs. Lely, Mrs. Adams, lliriit rl lcrl'-- cmi 'rent- to her apa A la it tomes with the wol k she aTret 2.i sc bred t teat from u ired hmg re a ; , slit worked a a a geocalecist. iioucli her eyesight re kes that d.f h liciilt, -- tie Mill coniimu's to do E sl ept foi line meal a bay piovK.r'd Through the Meals on wlrec re merino Eer own ptog rum. Mss. A J ares to go to likes and re. ids She conking. teccne-yiu clr.icdi wnere she nf Music has ,owas bec-- a Mt t. Adams tile. She played a violin in wlu-v.cs die Salt Lake City orehe-ti- a Tire m an and Mine opere.M enger Merry Mild Mauls wlm n also jihv-r- J at hat theater. t I HA a sit ; non i - si-.- -- t :b-- t AUER SHI . i I' Saline, Utah, Mis. Adams attended the University of Utah where she earned her teaching certificate otter being awarded one of the 50 H- tn.r J. Grant si holarships. After earning her leaching certificate, she taught m Granite Demis t and later in Skull Willey near Tom-lbefore beginning her teaching I. over in grade in e Layton. Mrs. Davis, who lives in the lnbjear-olhouse in Farmington, still misses ihe d - j as ! -- : v . Hariense Tkaxton f c. --p do! Yc: rs k-- re prret, i.ter S- eirmt T S r.tiful, also us a kek a! the it;ren's Cere-- . r. lent to ns n tree et le-i- te- Pot ter has nine In. reg Mr s -x in r d ddeevt it is S,: of arv kiret E.vervcne It is re-- :nn: d - re t v i ' and tl.ev till (I a She with vise rs en- ' elltel' W hi! Ca'-llieg pioseUIs the b r .a owes w nil .1 'r 'oiler aid -- me re msl Urn Senior trnm lo ter t.ooie In ) 1 oirgiaml- - L N V ,e. rami ,ui ... won Isom tiro- i . a. h ir . J Ecr si'.:c s, e seen t v- t in and di .1, ri o r. rem-! m b oi that to MX. HAYES ay ten is net inihcr vre!, live if ,; of t'r.e chd-iicto cot-i- I. uader eucrt. h:u-;cad me giamipa. foT adnuited that some f bo-- aase Ire otren gives them ikon r: am, it's the company re d In aJdktun, he has 92 hire d k E.kkvn grande hlldret; gran had to give up his SINCE MS. lire r s n.rei due to his poor ear even.! a small wagon to the evev: t. Ire hi- sto;e graienc s. T ; trip which is a ode each way, is made about once a week, lit use illy ends up with thrai and su. tr E i his baking. In addition real he rait.es a gi.rd-retear canned ora a berries ; ret t biC kbernes. The All -- a t'.e cl. Mr J i i , sec-- -- t ,s !,e-,- s he ere ire vre Sure iv.:- ;s stitre -! s ire Ire s away to his c ire or tht-- th.e tn-Ail say that tone they spend with mirer people is important. Mts. I'dy. who lives so near die center of town m hue to he here. Not a T;o realign'. U, said. dav that somebody cloe-ndrop lore. e fed neighbors " Hut she by, laughed as she looked around the (do tre lias lured most of her hie. bouse win "Even thing m my house is old. E.ven pare-m- I T s jii-- -- me." revolution. While in El Paso, he had the , S re ' v 1 mas and everything. I o s, and meals. soups eood cook, Mr. Haves when lie worked as a Miivp: ranch m Nevada. I he bread h the same vatteiy learned to make in tile sheep c n,,e, ' ul said hes an excellent v t la s i Mr. Haves has spent the Ugden and I.avton, but pi r in tnaf m talitornia and Otee.ou as well as m Nevada where he spent 17 t with cat l ie belore he lenied been able to participate in h fishing and hunting during years since his "eves ami out, He uses a magi iG hut had to give up driving eyes tjecame too bad. c I . .1 SARAH JANE Adam c many kinds of transput ui.oo g lifetime. As a school teacher sne l. Naldet Sc hoot to Lre, i the later a( the Dawson Sihm! D L time, she rode horsebac k bum ton for seven years to tenth, lb r ha h .1, sour-doug- , ," reV I mi c I. savs. He does his ow n in-- i ' great- ' 2, - - re - 4 - Kt;-- grandchildren. WELLS HAYES, ' Me c tfci-.es- , .avion. o T , , 1 S- grandchildren a q ' re re y s 4 , A , V |