People

: Gladys (Bradley) Earnest; She was born in Malvern, Iowa to Arthur Bradley, a farmer, and Nellie (Warfield) Bradley, a homemaker. She graduated from Malvern High School and then attended Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where she received her B.A. She first came to Colorado in 1929, when she was 34 years old. She was employed as the home demonstration agent (later known as an extension home economist) in Garfield and Mesa Counties for five years, and worked an additional three years as the agent for Ft. Collins. Employed by the US Department of Agriculture, these agents helped rural people with personal, social and community development. In Garfield County, she worked primarily with the Homemakers Club, and in Mesa County with 4-H clubs. Her work during the Great Depression included extension service training in soap-making, canning, gardening, clothing, and home furnishings. She married Chester Earnest in Denver on May 18, 1937. Following her marriage, she kept the books for his construction business.

: Gladys (Penberthy) Carnahan; She was born in Clear Lake, South Dakota and moved to Grand Junction, Colorado with her parents in 1902, when she was six years old. She grew up in a home constructed by her father at 516 Chipeta Avenue. At the time, they lived next to an orchard, which separated them from their neighbor, Doctor Edward Eldridge. When she was younger, she had fond memories of her father taking her to First Fruitridge to see the orchards and pick apples. She attended the Lowell School and other local schools. After graduating from high school in 1914, she attended both the University of Oregon and Western State College, graduating with a B.S. from Oregon. She then completed her Master’s degree at Columbia University. Gladys taught for a long while in the Mesa County area and worked in the Riverside School, among others. During World War I, she was courted by Joseph Carnahan, who was serving in France in the U.S. Army. They were married on October 27, 1920. According to Gladys, his experience in World War I caused him to become mentally ill. Although her husband was a bookkeeper for stores, he was unable to work, and she had to support the family as a teacher. Together they had one daughter. They divorced on May 20, 1931. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

: Gladys Bunker; Born August 31, 1913 and died Jun 7, 2011. Father: Victor E. Anderson. Mother: Anna Ruth Anderson. Siblings: Harold Anderson and Thelma Adeline Anderson. Lived in the northern San Luis Valley for most of her life.

: Gladys Burford; The manager of the Avalon Theater in the early to mid-Twentieth Century. Al Look described her as a very, very smart woman. She was rumored to be more than “just friends” with Walter Walker. She passed away from a car accident where she drove head on into a train, rumored to be while drinking

: Gladys L. (Landsdown) Gross; She was born in the Pacific Northwest to William J. Landsdown and Julia A. Landsdown, who had themselves been born in Missouri. She came in 1910 to Grand Junction, at the age of two. Her father owned an apple orchard at the corner of 12th Street and North Avenue. She attended local schools and the Grand Junction Junior College before transferring to UCLA.

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