Show local pioneer passes milestone in Z 4 A al 45 1 P 14 1 one of old time residents passed parsed a milestone when she celebrated her birthday nov 6 at ahr time she was visit nig 9 with her grand daughter mrs lloyd dallas in farmington new mexico 0 o the family party given in her honor did not take place ketil last at the home of her L pan and daughter in law mr and mrs boyd wilson mrs wison has lived a very active 1 we ife most of it arder condi conditions frons she is one of the tw two 0 living a persons in san juan county who came through the now nov famous hole in the rock she was ton tan years oj ed at the time she left eft bluff again at the age of 14 traveling e back to cedar city by team ar and a wa waon wagon on in subsequent years s homade hc nade made a total of 17 trips either all or most of which was by this same primativa prima tive means this is of a record which is is proba alv not equaled bv another wol woman nan aunt melly as she is affectionately ly known believes there are grecul pec clrar curative powers in in this means of travel citing severd several instances ices ahr vh n either she jhc br or h he 6 r moth mothr r were ill at the be beginning inning of a trip tod and were well before its termination since nore modern means of travel haie ha e been avaL available lable she elie has traveled frequently from one of the festl n states to the other to visit her sisters or her children who are widely scattered when she is well she feels quite at home on the bus or the train or traveling by private automobile she is lookin looking fc ard to hr her first airplane ride with all the eager anticipation of a teenager teen ager in her long career in the public aunt molly has served in almost every capacity cara city open to women in the auxiliary organizations of the church ol oi jesus christ of latter day saints from teacher to president she also served for forty years as a member of the town board in monticello dirin laring the summer of 1898 she and her he husband band the late heber wilson eved on dodge point milking 60 cows and making literally tons of cheese and butter which they sold and traded to cow punchers puncher s in the early days of monticello she carried water first from the pond in the redd farmworth farm north and west of the present presen t Ir location cation of pauls service and later from a well south of where te 0 court house now stands what modern housewife would carry water for that distance heat at U on top of the stove and wash by hand and still have time for civic or church churco activities when she had six daughters living at home she sewed everything they wore from their panties to their bon mrs wilson has been seriously ill and at the point of death so many times that she is called by some as the miracle woman for having survived sui what would have meant death to a less hardy person mrs wilson is the oldest daughter of benjamin and ann perkins looth both of whom were immigrants immig rants from wales she has four living sisters and two living brothers she also has several half sisters sis she has had twelve children six of whom are still living ind ard three of whom are in monticello Monti cePo in an addition to the children here are 23 living grandchildren and 17 great grand children mr wilson died in 1935 since that time she has spent most of her time in monticello making frequent trips to cal california where several of her children children reside during her long and active life aunt molly has developed a rare philosophy p hili sophy that stands her in good stead in times of trial what she carit help belp she is willing to accept and make the most of sh has a keen sens of humor and is 1 to return tha friendly kidding of her fr fri ederds i ds band and family |