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Show Open house held over by popular demand f i , : -- - - i 1 - - . So many people wanted to get a look at the new Washington School Inn last weekend that another group tour has been scheduled. Ann MacQuoid of the MacQuoid Company, developers of the project, estimated that about 600 people came for a tour of the facility Saturday and Sunday. "But there were so many people who didn't get to see it." To accommodate those who missed it, the MacQuoids have scheduled another open house Sunday, June 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. An estimated 150 people were on hand at 1 p.m. Saturday for the ribbon-cutting, including about 20 former students. And that group of 20 included five sisters from the Sessions family. All expressed delight at seeing the building refurbished. Three nf the five still live in the area: Violet Terry, who served as city recorder for about 20 years, Iila Jolley, now a resident of Silver Creek, and Evelyn Price, who still calls Park City home. The other two, Sarah Beckstead and Nina Mair, now live in Heber. Mrs. Terry sounded almost apologetic when she said that five other members of the Sessions clan were unable to attend. The 10 surviving children of a clan which once numbered 12 were brought up in a house in Deer Valley. Lila says that at least seven of them had the same first grade teacher at the Washington School, a woman by the name of Fannie Urie. ' Then again, Iila may be mistaken. She may think to verify that with her mother at the next family gathering. That's right. The matriarch of the Sessions clan is still going strong at 95. Five of the Sessions sisters pose in a photo session outside their old school. They are, from left, Evelyn Price, Nina Mair, Violet Terry, Lila Jolley and Sarah Beckstead. |