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Show NOVEMBER 21, Beaver County Monitor 1996 for 5¢,” she reminisced. Her Provo High School education served her well, especially a class in Physiology which was_ a great help when she later worked in the old Milford _ Hospital. One year, however, was enough......she returned to Fillmore for her senior year and graduated with the class of “33. After graduation, she worked for a while at a cafe n Scipio, then moved to California, where she met and married LeRoy Shields. The family moved to Milford in 1947. Shields was a brakeman/conductor for UP Railroad. Over the years, Mrs. Shields has held a number of | jobs, including postal clerk, hospital worker, and swimming pool manager. | community service. She has also been active in She worked with the Milford | Centennial Committee, and the Milford City Youth Committee. As a member of both committees she helped to make the 1973 Wariety Show a successful benefit for - the Centennial celebration. She is a past Senior Citizen Coordinator, having worked with the committee to acquire land and portions G the present building. : f | Mrs. Shields finds great satisfaction} these days in the success of her daughter, f | Shirleen Tucker. Representative Tucker was | [f° : 2 Capital} {Development Committee, Member of the} | member of the Council It’s a beautiful place, but I prefer to be here with my good friends, and my cats. And every year the birds build a nest under the eve on my porch. They make a mess.....and I only allow them to build one....but I do enjoy them so,” she said. Her cats: Spook is 15-years old and has very few teeth. Hilda drives to Beaver to buy fresh liver, which she cuts into small, fine pieces for him. Wampuss is a fat, jolly and lively friend. Louisa is a Siamese. She ran wild on the flat until Jolyn Leko caught her for Hilda. Her friends: Mrs. Shields spoke affectionately of Mary Wiseman, P.A. at Milford Valley Hospital. “She came in the middle of the night when I called......you know, she saved my life,” she said. And, Veda Cox..... “She’s always so good to me.” She accepts infirmities with a touch of humor. With a mischievous gleam in her clear, blue eyes, she concluded, “ “They” have to leave me here because ‘they’ wouldn’t know where to send me...... ’m not mean enough to go to hell, and not good enough to go to heaven.” Hilda was the sixth of seven children of Danish immigrants James and Zina (Andrasina) Larsen Anderson, who had settled in Fillmore. Her father died when she was twelve, and her mother followed him two years later. Orphaned at fourteen, Hilda worked her way through high school. She attended school one year in Delta, then moved on to stay with a family in Provo. Although the family lived adjacent to B Y High, Hilda walked the 14 blocks to Provo High because tuition at B Y High was $80. She did housework for the family in return for her room-and board. She laughingly remembers the lady of the house as a fat, lazy woman, morning often late for school. baby sitter for Hilda (Anderson) Shields ” State Shirleen, the wife of Scott Tucker, J There is a quiet joy and dignity as Mrs. Shields celebrates her days in the little house on Center Street that has been her home for almost 50 years. “My daughter and son-in-law have invited me to live in a retirement home near them. of {Governments for the Western States. f who’s hesitancy to get out of bed in the delayed Hilda’s chores enough that she was Two evenings each week, she worked as a another family. “They paid 25¢ a night for taking care of their baby boy. For lunch, I bought peanuts ye This great 24-month CD rate is just too big to overlook. See your First Security Bank office today and lock in this great rate. Renecucy, ean ce Member F.D.LC. Offer good for new’ Certificates of Deposit (CDs) through November 23, 1996 only. The minimum balance fo open an account and obtain the Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is $1000, the maximum is $250,000. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. This CD is not valid with any other offer. Offer also not allowed for the one-time rate increase CD. | |