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Beverly ‘Bev’ Williamson was born at Presbyterian Hospital in Denver. She
grew up in the area around Ninth and Emerson. “We shared the backyard
with everybody. I didn’t get around much because my dad used the car for
work,” she said. She enjoyed roller skating and playing games with her
friends. Bev was a girl scout, and remembers selling the famous cookies. She
once got her picture in the Denver Post for collecting the most comic books
in Denver. “The war was on then,” she said.
“My folks sent me to my dad’s parents in Nebraska every summer, and I
loved them dearly. And my mom’s folks lived only six miles away from
them,” she said.oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo r
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Mesa Vista News
June 2016 Battlement Mesa, Colorado
Annual Spring Family Tea Another Hit
Weather Outlook
Current predictions call for a
somewhat mild month of June
this year, with overall highs
generally ranging from the mid
to upper 80’s most days and
overnight lows in the mid to up-
per 40’s. Cooler days with highs
in the mid to upper 70’s are
prognosticated for the 5th
through the 7th. Current think-
ing is that the second two weeks
of the month will be somewhat
cooler overall with highs in the
lower to mid 80’s. The last few
days of the month, daily highs
will increase.
The first couple of weeks look to
be at least cloudy, with chances
of afternoon showers and thun-
derstorms most of those days.
The rest of the month is predict-
ed to be more sunny with less
rainfall overall.
Currently, only the 6th and the
29th are forecast to exceed 90
degrees… we’ll see about that!
Residents, family members and volunteers turned out May 14th for the 6th Annual Spring Family Tea at Mesa Vista.
Tea, scones and finger sandwiches were served, with several attendees wearing hats and other finery. Along with their
hats, Jeannine (L) displays her antique shoes, while Boni (R) wore lace and antique jewelry. All the ladies received a
long stemmed rose for the occasion.
Beverly
Williamson
Adult Day Program
The Mesa Vista Adult Day Program is accepting
new members. Open Monday through Friday, from
10 am until 4:30 pm. Members participate in a full
schedule of activities, with snacks, soft drinks and
coffee always available. A hot lunch is served daily.
For further information call 285-1844
Rick 6/2
Susan W 6/15
Live Music at Mesa Vista On Tuesday, June 7th, at 3:30 pm, singer and
guitar player Thomasina Russell will be perform-
ing her special mix of acoustic rock and country in
the Fireplace Room.
On Monday, June 20th, at 3:30 pm, Harold and
Edith Miller be performing their unique blend of
Old-Time music and hymns on guitar, autoharp &
psaltery.
Both events open to the public.
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She attended three historic Denver schools, be-
ginning with Dora Moore School. Named after its
founder, the Dora Moore School (originally
named the Corona School and opened in 1890)
was designed by noted architect Robert S.
Roeschlaub, Colorado’s first licensed architect.
Bev went on to attend Morey Junior High, itself
established in 1921. She then proceeded to grad-
uate from East High School, which opened in
1875 and was the very first high school in Den-
ver. “I remember walking through Cheeseman
Park to get to school,” she said.
After attending CSU for a year and a half, Bev
moved to Los Angeles. “I lived in an apartment
for girls. My roommate, Maude, was from
Newfoundland. She was the cutest thing. Her
brother-in-law was a movie star agent, and he
let us use his car one night a week, in exchange
for our babysitting. I worked for Addressograph
(*see note below) making name plates for charge
cards. After about two years I got homesick. My
folks came out to visit and I came back home
with them,” she said.
Back in Denver she worked for Public Service
Company. “That’ where I met my husband, Al.
He was between junior and senior years at CU.
When he graduated we got married and were
together for 54 years, until he passed. Al was an
accountant,” she said. They had 3 children:
Kristina Kay, Craig Alan and Cynthia Sue.
“Today our son lives in Gypsum, and has 2 boys.
Cindy lives in Edwards and has 2 girls. Kristy
Kay lives in Baily and also has 2 girls.”
Bev moved into Mesa Vista in April of this year.
“I like everybody, everyone is fine that works
here. I like playing bingo and meeting new peo-
ple. Some residents Bev already knew before she
moved in. “I believe you should accept where you
are in life and enjoy it,” she said.
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* Note: The Addressograph was the first
addressing machine to receive a US patent, in
1896. The addressograph of the 1960s had a key-
board attached to a steel frame for stamping out
address plates for old-style credit card imprint-
ers, for example.
“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small
things with great love.” — Mother Theresa
Teatime
Dan, Gary, Susan
and Frieda com-
pare hats and
stories at Spring
Family Tea.
How Our Mountains
Were Formed
Page 3 Mesa Vista News
Birth of the Elk Mountains,
part one
The greatest influence on the geology of the Elk
Mountains is plate tectonics - the shifting, pushing,
buckling, and clashing of huge, elastic rock masses
that together form the crust of the earth. These enor-
mous plates undulate with the earth’s deepest forces.
All surface features – every river, mountain range,
desert, earthquake, volcano – are the result of im-
pulses far below the earth’s surface.
The earliest known geologic activity affecting the
area occurs about 1.8 billion years ago when crustal
plates collided, one riding over the other, in what is
called a “subduction zone.”
When these plates ground against each other, they
created incredible friction and heat. Rocks were
pulled down to depth and melted by contact with hot
magma and intense pressure. This red metamorphic
granite, basalt, and gneiss, the foundation rocks of
the Elk Range.
Following what geologists call an “unconformity,” a
mysterious break in the geological timeline of 900
million years, the geological record of the area re-
sumes about 520 million years ago. Erosion form the
wind and the water had worn down the landscape
into low hills and broad valleys. Tectonic activity
subsided and the land sunk, allowing a shallow sea to
form. The inflow and outflow of the sea over tens of
millions of years established deep marine sediments.
About 315 million years ago another collision be-
tween two continental plates caused the land to rise
in two mountain ranges near Aspen – the Ancestral
Front Range to the east and the Ancestral Uncom-
pahgre Range to the southwest. The Aspen area was
nestled between these ranges in a cleft called the
Central Colorado Trough, which became a catch
basin for eroded sediments washed down from the
two ranges.
The Maroon Foundation is made up of this eroded
material, which was deposited in some places over
two miles thick. These sediments contain hematite,
an iron-bearing material, which is susceptible to rust
and turns red, or “maroon,” form oxidation. This
gives the Maroon Bells their color.
Powerful winds scoured the region and deposited
layers of loess (wind-deposited silt), which form
intervals within the Maroon Foundation. Sand
dunes were formed, which hardened under pressure
to become Entrada Sandstone, yellowish or pinkish-
grey layers up to 150 feet thick.
Slow-moving streams began meandering through
the region, laying down deposits that formed bands
of varicolored sediments. Layers included gray-
purple shales of the Morrison Formation, deep red
and light red Chinle Formations.
During the Cretaceous Period 103 million years ago
the area was covered by an inland sea – the Creta-
ceous Seaway – which spanned the continent from
southern Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico for 30 million
years. Buff-colored Dakota Sandstone from this pe-
riod can be seen on Red Butte and Tiehack Ridge.
Clay and silt was compressed into dark gray Man-
cos Shale, seen at Shale Bluffs on Highway 82.
Between 65 and 70 million years ago, the subduc-
tion of the Pacific Plate beneath the North Ameri-
can Plate accelerated significantly. The resulting
crustal stress set the stage for today’s Rocky Moun-
tain Range in what geologists label the “Laramide
Orogeny.” Orogeny, or mountain building, generat-
ed large magma intrusions called batholiths. These
mushroom-like domes formed deep underground
and pushed toward the surface.
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Mesa Vista News has received special permission to
reprint stories from the books written by author Paul
Andersen. Mr. Andersen’s books provide a wealth of
information about the history of Colorado, telling sto-
ries that bring back the spirit of the Old Mountain
West. This story was taken from his book, ‘Aspen’s Rug-
ged Splendor.’ Mr. Andersen is also the author of ‘The
High Road To Aspen’ and ‘Elk Mountain Odyssey.’
Mesa Vista Assisted Living 72 Sipprelle Drive, Parachute Colorado
(970) 285-1844 fax 970-285-6351 [email protected]
http://seniorhousingoptions.org/properties/ mesa-vista/
Kathy Germano, Administrator Sissy Mlakar, Resident Services Director
Michael Farrell, Activities Director, Adult Day Program Director, Editor
S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
Schedule
is subject
to Change
1
Salon is Closed 10:00
Vitals Clinic
11:00 Crafts with Penelope
2:00 Shopping Local
3:30 Rummy
2
Salon is Closed 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Hedbanz 1:30 Bingo with
Grace 3:30 U Pick with
Grace Happy Birthday
Rick!
3 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises 11:00
Horseshoes
1:30 Bingo with Mary
3:30 Rummy
National Doughnut day
4
10:00
Coffee Klatch
2:00 Bingo
5
2:30
Grace Bible
Service
New Moon
6
10:00 Morning Walk & Exercises
11:00 Wi Bowling
2:00 Hangman
3:30 Act Up!
7
10:00 Trip to Helen’s Art
show
1:30 Bingo With June
3:30 Live Music: Thomasina
Russell
8
Salon is Open
10:00 Crafts with Penelope
2:00 Shopping Walmart
3:30 Dealer’s
Choice
9
Salon is Open 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Horseshoes
1:00 Visit to Silt Historical Park
3:30 Bingo with Grace
10 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Bible Reading
1:30 Bingo with Grace
3:30 History of the West with Al
11
10:00
Coffee Klatch
2:00 Bingo
12
2:30
Episcopal Church Service
13 10:00
Exercise Fun With Grace
11:00 Picnic at
Cottonwood Park
3:00 Word Search
4:00 Baking
14
10:00 Art Workshop
with Helen 11:00
Primary Voting with Brenda
1:30 Bingo with June
3:30 History of the West with Al
15
Salon is Open
10:00 Crafts with Penelope
2:00 Shopping Local
3:30 Rummy Happy Birthday
Susan W!
16
Salon is Open 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00
Wii Bowling
1:30 Bingo with Grace
3:30 Ice Cream Social
17 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Bible Reading
1:30 Bingo with Grace
3:30 History of the West with Al
18
10:00
Coffee Klatch
2:00 Bingo
19
2:30
Gethsemani Youth Group Visit
Happy Father’s Day!
20 10:00
Exercise Fun With Grace
11:00 Wii Bowling
2:00 Wits End 3:30 So Many
Tunes, So Little Time with Harold
and Edith Full Moon
Summer Solstice
21 10:00 The Good
Old Days with Charlotte
11:00 Art Workshop
with Helen
1:30 Bingo With June
3:30 Act Up!
22
Salon is Open
10:00 Crafts with Penelope
2:00 Shopping
Walmart
3:30 Dealer’s
Choice
23
Salon is Open 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Lunch at Rifle Senior Center
2:00 Bingo with Grace
4:00
Hangman
24 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises
11:00 Bible Reading
1:30 Bingo
3:30 History of the
West
25
10:00
Coffee Klatch
2:00 Bingo
26
2:30 Lighthouse
Church Service
27 10:00
Morning Walk
11:00 Horseshoes
2:00
Headbanz
3:30 Word Search
28
10:00 Art Workshop
with Helen
1:30
Bingo With June
3:30
Act Up!
29
Salon is Open
10:00 Crafts with Penelope
2:00 U Pick with
Grace
3:30 Rummy
30
Salon is Open 10:00 Morning
Walk & Exercises 11:00 Resident Boards & Tree
1:30 Bingo with Grace
3:30 Trivia
June 2016 June is National Safety Month — take care and stay safe!
