People

: Thelma Britton; Born in Highgate, Ontario, Canada. Arrived in Vail in 1965, but also lived in Winnetka, Illinois before moving to Vail. Also spent 2 years in Switzerland. Has 2 married sons, one grandson, four granddaughters and one great grandson.

: Thelma Davis; Born in Missouri, Thelma Davis then moved to Lafayette, CO and was married to Horace Davis. They had three children.

: Thelma G. (Kettle) Moore; She was born in Nebraska and brought to the Pear Park area of Mesa County, Colorado by her parents at the age of seven months. She grew up on twenty acres set in pear and apple trees along what was then East Grand Avenue (now D ½ Road) at 31 Road. She attended the Pear Park School from 1912 to 1920, and then Grand Junction High School from 1920 to 1924. She was a member of a local 4-H club, and learned how to sew from her mother, who was a 4-H sewing leader. Thelma later became a leader in 4-H herself. Her first job was as an apprentice in a millenary shop in 1924. She then worked for the Grand Junction Seed Company, popping beans. She had a thirty-year career as a seamstress, much of which involved making drapes for draperies. She also did county extension work with quilters, and participated in craft competitions at the Mesa County Fair. She married John Joseph Moore, a Denver & Rio Grande machinist, on October 20, 1929. They had three children. In addition to her jobs outside the home, she was a homemaker who canned, made soap, made butter, butchered animals, washed and ironed. For entertainment, she took part in literary societies and attended chautauquas.

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