Show pioneer lady 80 last sunday at the home of mrs joe pierce of boulder was the scene of a plea pleasant sard dinner party as mrs pierce acting as hostess to a of friends celebrated her birth day anniversary it is something of the unusual for a woman of 80 years to assume full responsibility as an en ler but she displayed ability to the delight of her guests viewing the occasion with more genuine seriousness than she would have done in a like role sixty years coming to san juan county many years ago with her husband whom she anfor unfortunately lost through death together with her son clarence ciarence mrs pierce is one of the original settlers of the ballder district like many others of her aged neighbors close in and farther out she ha ba been fortified with an enviable attitude of OP optimism tamisin as a resident of a virgin country incident to the development of Ms bis fertile arid and territory mrs pierce along with her neighbors has experienced her share of ince which always lies in the wake of the pioneer still at the are age of 80 she goes about attending to the regular routine of farm and home life not stopping to pay much attention to the real importance of declining years the dinner party broke up all guests hoping mrs pierce would aguin again read the figures on another mile stone in the journey of life |