"Wagon Wheels", A Colusi County Historical Society Publication, Volume XXXVII, 1987:
EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986:
He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules".
Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven years he taught at the Calumet school, the Elder Creek school [sic] in Tehama County and the Green Valley school in El Dorado County.
On Nov. 28, 1915 [sic] he married Minnie Myrtle Wise. In 1918 the pair moved to Glenn County where Mapes became the county's first rural mail carrier, delivering the mail by motorcycle.
In 1921 Mr. Mapes was employed as a teacher in the Orland Grammar school and later became principal. In 1927 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Glenn County, a position he held until his retirement in 1955.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Willows where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a past president of the Colusi County Historical Society, of the Willows Chapter of the American Red Cross, and past district president of Kiwanis. He was a long time member of Willows Independent Order of Odd Fellows and supporter of the Salvation Army. He was Lamb Derby Grand Marshall in 1976.
He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie. Surviving him are a son Lawrence of Red Bluff; a daughter, Mary Pence of Willows; a sister, Eunice Wilson of Willows; a brother, Neil of Oroville; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary; interment in the Willows Cemetery. – Transcribed by M.
EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986:
He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules".
Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven years he taught at the Calumet school, the Elder Creek school [sic] in Tehama County and the Green Valley school in El Dorado County.
On Nov. 28, 1915 [sic] he married Minnie Myrtle Wise. In 1918 the pair moved to Glenn County where Mapes became the county's first rural mail carrier, delivering the mail by motorcycle.
In 1921 Mr. Mapes was employed as a teacher in the Orland Grammar school and later became principal. In 1927 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Glenn County, a position he held until his retirement in 1955.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Willows where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a past president of the Colusi County Historical Society, of the Willows Chapter of the American Red Cross, and past district president of Kiwanis. He was a long time member of Willows Independent Order of Odd Fellows and supporter of the Salvation Army. He was Lamb Derby Grand Marshall in 1976.
He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie. Surviving him are a son Lawrence of Red Bluff; a daughter, Mary Pence of Willows; a sister, Eunice Wilson of Willows; a brother, Neil of Oroville; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary; interment in the Willows Cemetery. – Transcribed by M.
"Wagon Wheels", A Colusi County Historical Society Publication, Volume XXXVII, 1987:
EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986:
He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules".
Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven years he taught at the Calumet school, the Elder Creek school [sic] in Tehama County and the Green Valley school in El Dorado County.
On Nov. 28, 1915 [sic] he married Minnie Myrtle Wise. In 1918 the pair moved to Glenn County where Mapes became the county's first rural mail carrier, delivering the mail by motorcycle.
In 1921 Mr. Mapes was employed as a teacher in the Orland Grammar school and later became principal. In 1927 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Glenn County, a position he held until his retirement in 1955.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Willows where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a past president of the Colusi County Historical Society, of the Willows Chapter of the American Red Cross, and past district president of Kiwanis. He was a long time member of Willows Independent Order of Odd Fellows and supporter of the Salvation Army. He was Lamb Derby Grand Marshall in 1976.
He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie. Surviving him are a son Lawrence of Red Bluff; a daughter, Mary Pence of Willows; a sister, Eunice Wilson of Willows; a brother, Neil of Oroville; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary; interment in the Willows Cemetery. – Transcribed by M.
EDGAR P. MAPES, 93, b. Cherokee District of western Glenn County, Oct. 31, 1892, d. Willows, Oct. 25, 1986:
He was the third of nine children of Alice and Sylvester Mapes. He graduated from the Cherokee school in 1905, then attended Orland High School where he was active in sports, particularly baseball. After graduating he worked for two years on a local farm "skinning mules".
Later he passed a test for a school teaching job and during the next seven years he taught at the Calumet school, the Elder Creek school [sic] in Tehama County and the Green Valley school in El Dorado County.
On Nov. 28, 1915 [sic] he married Minnie Myrtle Wise. In 1918 the pair moved to Glenn County where Mapes became the county's first rural mail carrier, delivering the mail by motorcycle.
In 1921 Mr. Mapes was employed as a teacher in the Orland Grammar school and later became principal. In 1927 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Glenn County, a position he held until his retirement in 1955.
He was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Willows where he served as Sunday school superintendent for many years. He was a past president of the Colusi County Historical Society, of the Willows Chapter of the American Red Cross, and past district president of Kiwanis. He was a long time member of Willows Independent Order of Odd Fellows and supporter of the Salvation Army. He was Lamb Derby Grand Marshall in 1976.
He was preceded in death by his wife Minnie. Surviving him are a son Lawrence of Red Bluff; a daughter, Mary Pence of Willows; a sister, Eunice Wilson of Willows; a brother, Neil of Oroville; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of F.D. Sweet and Son Mortuary; interment in the Willows Cemetery. – Transcribed by M.
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This same issue of Wagon Wheels contains a page 13 article by E. P. Mapes entitled "My Teaching Career Begins".
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