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- Thelma Leonard
- 1979 Cattlemen's Days Parade Marshal, married to Ray "Mike" Leonard. (source: Newspaper Clipping "Marshals of Tradition")
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- Theo M. Jacobs
- Born March 30, 1905, in Salida, Colorado, Theodore was the son of the late James and Susan Crosswhite Jacobs. After graduating with the 1923 class of Salida High School, he attended Denver University. Jacobs served several terms as Chaffee County assessor, being the youngest assessor in the state during his terms in office. As president of the Salida Building and Loan board of directors, he was chosen as the Heart of the Rockies Chamber of Commerce's first 'Man of the Year'. He was instrumental in the retainment and development of the Salida Hospital over the past 15 years, serving as the head of the board of directors of the Salida Hospital District at the time of his death. Starting as manager of the Building and Loan in 1946, he later purchased the institution and the Salida Realty with Alice Chinn. Returning from service in World War II, he became one of the founders of FIBArk and was a commodore in the third year of its existence. He remained active in the races and assisted in bringing international competitors to the annual June events. He was a member of the American Canoe Association. A past chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Chaffee County, he was greatly involved in all county and stated political issues. A member of the First Christian Church, Jacobs was a past chairman of the elders and a past chairman of the board. He served as a church elder Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. He was affiliated with Salida Lodge No. 57, AF & AM, MonArk Shrine, BPO Elks 808, the Odd Fellows, Ray Lines Post of the American Legion, Salida Lions Club, the International Order of Old Goats, and the Salida Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member o the National Building and Loan Association. From the Mountain Mail, dated December 29, 1977.
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- Theodore Charles "Ted" Simineo
- He was born in Whitewater, Colorado to Fred Simineo and Josephine (Vincent) Simineo. His family ranched cattle in the area. His cowboy life began at the age of six, when he helped his father move cattle over the Grand Mesa on the North Fork Trail. He attended the Kannah Creek School from 1911 to 1921 and then went to Cedaredge High School. He worked as a cowboy in the Whiteater and Gunnison areas, and later became a coal miner. He worked in the Starr and Baldwin Mines. Though he was in a mining accident that hurt his leg and kept him laid up for a year, he enjoyed mining work. He married Madeline Ella Briles at Powderhorn on the Grand Mesa on March 21, 1953. He received his B.A. from Western State College in Gunnison in 1954.
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- Theodore Earl "Ted" Albers
- He was born in Maybell, Colorado to Amos and Clara Albers. The 1930 US Census shows the family living in Moffat County, when Ted was nine. There, his father was a maintenance worker with the highway department and his mother a homemaker. Ted attended a one-room school house. The family moved to Denver for Ted's junior high school years, and he attended Cole Junior High and later Manual Arts High School, graduating in 1939. The 1930 US Census shows the family living in Denver, where Amos Albers was a watchman at an oil refinery. Ted Albers enrolled at Colorado State University while also working for Mountain Bell. In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Air Force, and completed officer training. Subsequent to the war, he finished his Bachelors degree at the University of Denver. He then taught at Meeker High School, and later became principal of the school after returning to DU for his Masters degree in 1952. He worked for the Colorado State Department of Education and other such agencies until 1964, when he completed his PhD program at the University of Colorado. He served as Assistant Superintendent of Mesa County Schools from 1966-68, and then co-founded the Community College of Denver before becoming the director of Red Rocks Community College. He assumed the presidency of Mesa College in Grand Junction in 1970 (now Colorado Mesa University). Under his guidance, the school transitioned from a two year school to a four year school. He was married to Maxine (Whicker) Albers, whom he had known since he was six years old. She served as the first female Mesa County commissioner. *Some information taken from the obituary "Theodore Earl Albers", Craig Press, August 21, 2002. **Photograph from 1939 Manual High School yearbook.
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- Theodore Perry Reed
- A resident of Palisade, Colorado who volunteered as a young man to fight in World War I. He was placed with the Army’s Rainbow Division, or 42nd Infantry Division, which was one of the first American divisions to see action in the war. He was injured in the neck by a machine gun bullet, and out of action for several weeks. He remained with the Army after the Armistice, and his division was appointed as the Watch on the Rhine. After his discharge, he worked for the post office in Des Moines, Iowa for many years.