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- Eve Homeyer
- In 1959, an adventurous and energetic Eve Homeyer, a Nebraska-born Mount Holyoke graduate with an astronomy degree, moved to Aspen. First a ski bum at Aspen Highlands, she later owned and ran the House of Ireland, a charming import store specializing in fabrics and sweaters. Distressed by development that provided for no open space, Eve ran for mayor in 1969. Eve was the first woman to be elected mayor of Aspen, serving two terms from 1970 to 1973. Under Eve’s leadership, among other accomplishments, the city passed the 6th- and 7th-penny sales taxes, purchased the golf course property, Jenny Adair Sawmill Park, and raised $88,000 in 10 days to buy Rubey Park. Eve promised, if elected, to never buy nor drive a car—a promise she faithfully has kept. For 35 years, the stately strawberry blonde has been a familiar figure, walking and riding the bus. She served on the RFTA board from 1983-1998. Eve literally walks the talk. —Aspen Times (Aspen Hall of Fame website)
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- Evelyn "Evie" (Jewell Craddock) Smith
- She was born to Harold Guy Jewell and Evelyn Pearl Robinson in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father was a Canadian immigrant and bookkeeper. After divorcing from Jewell, Evelyn Pearl married Elwood R. Craddock in 1922, when Evie was three years old. Craddock was trained as a lawyer but managed the Libby pineapple plantation. Evelyn Pearl was a homemaker. Evie grew up on the plantation near camps for Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese workers. She attended school in Oahu and graduated from Roosevelt High School. She went to the University of Hawaii for one year and to a business college for two years. She worked as a secretary for the Civil Service during World War II, as a secretary at the Schofield Barracks for the Chief of Medical Service, and in the Mesa County School District 51 Occupational Training Center for fifteen years. She married James Vinton Smith, Sr. of Colby, Kansas on December 9, 1945, when she was 26. They had several children. They moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1964.
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- Evelyn (Howard) Kyle
- She was born in Princeton, Kansas. After high school, she received a scholarship for a business school in Topeka. During that time, her parents moved to Fruita, Colorado to escape the Dust Bowl. After finishing school, she followed and took her first job in the law office of Silmon Smith in Grand Junction. She then took a job as a secretary in the office of Western Slope Wholesale Grocers. After marrying James “Jim” Kyle in Los Angeles on November 15, 1941, she moved with him around the country during his service as an officer in World War II. Following the war, Jim took a job managing lumberyards with Independent Lumber, and was transferred around Western Colorado for several years, until they finally settled in Cortez. At that time, they also had a summer house in Telluride. Evelyn acted in plays during high school, which inspired a lifelong love of the theater. She and her husband were involved in community theater programs wherever they lived, and even started Telluride Arts, known then as the Telluride Council for Arts & Humanities, in 1971. For over forty years, she dreamt of getting a degree in performing arts, and was finally able to fulfill that dream at Colorado Mesa University (then Mesa College) in 1985. She and her husband were also recognized by the governor of Colorado as significant contributors to the arts. Shortly after the inception of the Mesa County Oral History Project in 1976, Evelyn was hired by Anne Saunders, Curator of Collections for the Museums of Western Colorado, for the position of coordinator for the project. Evelyn’s office was in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch, a partner in the project. Under her leadership, the Oral History Project greatly increased its number of interviews with pioneers and the children of pioneers. While at Mesa College, she received extra credit for her job duties as the Mesa County Oral History Program coordinator. With her experience from the history project, she was able to assist with the funding drive for Grand Junction’s Avalon Theater renovation, and was on the Avalon Theater board. During this time she co-produced the Senior Follies, a senior theater troop, and assisted in securing grant funding and actors for the group. She helped write and produce several plays based on interviews recorded for the Mesa County Oral History Project, which the Senior Follies performed for radio. She was a member of St. Matthews Episcopal Church, and a volunteer storyteller in the schools with the Mesa County Spellbinders. She died at the age of 105.