30 years ago – February 15, 1991
Gilpin County School’s speech team placed third in overall competition at the Union Pacific League meet, and Speech Coach Betty Truitt is delighted with the results. The meet held Feb. 7, at Silver State Baptist School, saw eight schools competing for honors. Gilpin garnered first place in four of the six events for students in grades 9-12. Jason Wheeler won first place in impromptu speaking. Speech team captain Laura Sill placed second in original oratory with a speech on censorship. In the same event Amanda Norton spoke on ethics in photojournalism, winning fourth place. Horses, a speech written by Jeffery Lewis, won first place in dramatic interpretation for Alisa Sill. Gates Woodring also competed in this category. First place in poetry interpretation went to Angela Odom, who read the poetry of Sylvia Plath. Tracy Martin placed sixth with the poetry of Robert Service. Also representing Gilpin in poetry interpretation was Jamie Joyce. Roald Dahl’s humorous Fairy Tales won Melanie Prescott first place in humor interpretation, and Cassandra Zamora won sixth place reading a column on skiing by newspaper humorist Dave Barry. Nicole Quintana and Shannon Stanley won third place in duet acting with their portrayal of two women at a beauty salon, and Adam Peyrouse and Brenda Huck took fifth with a performance as babies.
Died: F. Morgan Gray, a lifelong resident of Central City, died Thursday, February 14th, at the Hospice of St. Johns in Lakewood. He was 80. Gray was the only child of Frank Joseph and Gertrude Morgan Gray, both natives of Gilpin County. He was born at their Spring St. home on August 20, 1910. His father ran a blacksmith shop in Central City. Gray’s grandfather, Evan David Morgan, came from Wales and was a Gilpin County pioneer. After graduating from Gilpin County High School in 1928, Gray worked for 24 years at Quiller’s Grocery in Central, and for four years at the Busley Red Owl Store in Denver. Gray married Maxine Quiller on June 28, 1936. “We had a good life together,” she said this week of their 54-year marriage. Gray served in the Pacific on the USS Brooks during World War II. From July 1961 to April 1980, he was Gilpin County Clerk and Recorder. During his tenure he was president of the Colorado Association of County Clerks and Recorders in 1971 and 1972. Nearly 200 friends and well-wishers attended his retirement party at the Central City Elks Lodge. He enjoyed the outdoors, and his favorite pastime was trout fishing. He and his wife also enjoyed trips to Las Vegas and traveling throughout Colorado. Gray was a longtime member of Central Lodge No. 6 A.F. & A.M.; Central Chapter No. 1, Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar No. 2; and Tyrian Council No. 11. He was secretary of the Royal Arch Masons for more than 30 years. A memorial service will be held at the Masonic Lodge in Central City, the date to be set later. Cremation will be handled by Hennigan’s Mortuary in Idaho Springs. There will be no funeral.
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