Page Pioneer Lloyd Clifton (Wilma) Adrain (1919-1968).
Born: August 15, 1919, Circle (not Sidney), Montana
Ellis remembers that his dad was born 70-75 miles away from Sidney, MT--in Circle, Montana (5-7 miles out of town)
Died: May 20, 1968, Green Valley, AZ

How Lloyd Clifton Adrain died on May 20, 1968, Green Valley area near Tucson, Arizona, according to his son, Ellis:
Lloyd was working for the Duval/Sierrita Mine*, 20 miles south of Tucson in the Green Valley area when he was killed. Lloyd was working nights, running a Cat with no lights and no brakes. He was driving around a compressor and went over an embankment, still in the seat, when his Cat rolled over him and killed him. Two weeks before he died, he knew the brakes were failing on his Cat and reported it to his Superintendent, Guy Reed, who had him out there with no lights as well.

They came to Page, Arizona, Summer 1957 with their son, ELLIS B. ADRAIN, PHS Class of '59.

Lloyd, James, Bulah & Mildred's father was Robert John Wilson (Minnie Wadetta Motley) Adrain (1882-1971)

1930 Census (April 12, 1930), on Grain Farm,
School District 7, McCone County, Montana
Robert Adrain 46, Farmer, Grain Farm
Minnie Wadetta (Motley) Adrain 42
James Adrain 16
Buleh Adrain 14
Mildred Adrain 12
LLOYD C. ADRAIN 10 MT/MN/VA

1940 Census (April 16, 1940), $4/month rent,
1512 Y Avenue, La Grande, Union Co, Oregon:

Lloyd C Adrain, age 20, 8th grade education,
Laborer, Road Construction
(1935: Rural Montana)
Wilma I Adrain, age 18, 8th grade education
(1935: Rural Union Co, OR)

*HISTORY OF MINING IN THE GREEN VALLEY AREA
The Duval/Sierrita mine was developed by the Duval Corporation--originally, the Duval Texas Sulfur Company. The company diversified into copper in 1959, when it purchased the Esperanza orebody, which had been explored, but considered too poor to develop by Kennecott Copper Company, a few years earlier. Taking advantage of Vietnam War-era need for copper, Duval received an $83 million loan from the General Services Administration to develop the low-grade (0.28 percent copper) Sierrita deposit, located near the Esperanza mine. When it opened in 1970, Sierrita had an annual capacity of 80,000 tons of metallic copper. Pennzoil Company bought a controlling interest in Duval in 1968, then sold its copper properties to Cyrus Minerals in 1986.

A rare photo without his moustache, taken shortly before he moved to Page, Arizona the Summer of 1957.

Page Pioneer Lloyd C. (Wilma) Adrain (1919-1968). They came to Page, Arizona, Summer 1957 with their son, ELLIS B. ADRAIN, PHS Class of '60.

BUCKEYE - Services for Lloyd Adr​a​in, 48, who had lived in a desert ranch house 12 miles northwest of here, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, 1968, in the First Baptist Church of Buckeye.

Lloyd Adrain worked on the Arizona side road to Page. When Lloyd, Wilma Adrain, and their son, Ellis Adrain '59, moved to Page in 1957, they were the 4th trailer in the area. There was one trailer in their W. W. Clyde Trailer Court (before arriving at the MCS Trailer Park still under construction at that time, they made a right turn and parked their trailer next to that single trailer). There was also one trailer in the other "trailer park" (before making a right turn to WW Clyde TC, that trailer could be reached by making a left turn and driving on a dirt road up a steep hill, so it was located on top of a hill). There was one carpenter's building and a barracks. There was no gas station, and they bought groceries and supplies in Flagstaff; however, the metal building with two gas pumps and a few supplies (the size of a small Circle K) was erected shortly after they arrived, and Lloyd bought Ellis "the cheapest car on a used car lot" in Flagstaff -- a 1947 Plymouth coupe, which they modified with a flatbed in back big enough to haul six garbage cans for Ellis' job hauling garbage for the mess hall. He did this twice a day for five dollars a day. Lloyd's wife, Wilma Adrain, bussed tables in the mess hall, so that could be how Ellis found out about the job.

Lloyd Adrain worked on a bulldozer on the keyways, on one of the notches in the cliff. A high scaler nicknamed "Pearshape" took two or three men at a time up to the shelf that was about 100 ft. long and 40-50 ft. deep. That was his job, to hang on that rope all day, but "Pearshape" earned a lot of respect from Ellis' dad the day "Pearshape" noticed the cliff above them moving and getting ready to fall. He yelled, "GET OFF!" It took "Pearshape" two or three trips to get them all down, and the last group "hit the decks running" just before the cliff above fell down. Nobody was hurt, but the "Cat" bulldozer was nothing but four big piles of broken pieces. Another co-worker was nicknamed "Tanglefoot". Ellis can't remember their real names.

Ellis was in Page for one or two months before the 1957-58 school year started, and he attended PHS his Junior year, Class of 1959. He was one of Henry H. Howe's correspondence students, which meant that 20-30 students sat in one of two rooms together in the first Butler Building. Mr. Howe sat in front of the class to answer questions if there was a problem. Students were allowed to order whatever subjects they wanted, so when Ellis' Geometry book arrived (and he had not taken Algebra), he couldn't understand a word on the very first page, so he took the book up to Mr. Howe and told him he might as well send it back. The value of learning geometry was a mystery to Ellis until he saw pipefitters using it on a daily basis for pre-fab work. He liked to read so took advantage of the opportunity to earn extra credit by writing out book reports. He remembers that Edith Howe was smart and didn't have a problem learning via correspondence. Ellis wasn't very interested in school and spent a lot of time looking out the window to watch scenes like three or four Indian laborers being used to carry one 12 ft. long 1x6 board. The second Butler Building wasn't finished when he started school.

Ellis remembers that Roy Scott (the 7th & 8th grade teacher) had a little German Borgward station wagon, so he and some friends were able to play a prank and move it.

In the early 1950's, German manufacturer Borgward built the Lloyd 300. It had a plywood body, completely covered with padded synthetic leather, hence the nickname 'Leukoplastbomber'. Metal was saved, varnish unnecessary, and dents were few. (As soon as I saw the photo of this car, I remembered Roy Scott with it!) Other color photos.
Ellis knows they were in Page until 1958, because Lloyd bought a 1958 Pontiac while they lived in Page. Ellis remembers that school was out on a Thursday; Lloyd introduced Ellis to his fellow operating engineers who worked out of a trailer, and Ellis started working for them the next Tuesday through that summer until school started in Holbrook, AZ, where his parents had moved. He took Algebra in Holbrook and was an average student. He saw PHS classmate Jim Collins in Holbrook, but Jim joined the Laborer's Union and didn't return to school. Two weeks after Halloween, they moved to Phoenix, where he attended the new Central High School, and didn't do as well in Algebra due to an elderly woman teacher there who refused to answer questions. Two weeks before the school term was up, Lloyd learned of a good opportunity for a job in Flagstaff and told Ellis he could take the job if he promised to return to school and graduate. Ellis had taken all his tests early, but he never returned to school. While in Phoenix, Ellis saw PHS classmate Kathy (ANDERSON) ____, who had an older sister in school (DYANN ANDERSON), and Kathy didn't graduate, either. Ellis joined the Seabees (a construction battalion in the Navy) in Oxnard, CA, for two years, traveling to Okinawa and Alaska, etc. and passed the G.E.D. test for his high school diploma, plus passing a college G.E.D. equivalent for two years in Science.

Most of Ellis' friends in Page were older and didn't attend school: Bob Sizemore was a Teamster in Flagstaff at one time, but moved on to California. He had a younger brother in school -- Tim Sizemore. Another older friend in Page was Robert E. "Bob" Langley, now of Huntingdon, TN, who worked as a High Scaler on GC Dam. Bob's girlfriend, Val Laverne McKeown, also PHS, moved to California with her parents before she and Bob got married. She had two younger brothers who poured sugar in the gas tank of his nice car. It took him 53 quarts of oil to get back to Page. Robert had younger sisters: Patty Langley Thomas '63; younger sister (age 66) Marie L. "Dee Dee" Langley (William F.) Peacock, Fairbanks, AK, Ham Radio Call Sign KL1CK; and
younger brother Bill Langley of Fairbanks, AK. Their parents were:
Gilbert Dale Langley, a big guy who worked in the Carpenter's Union for Morris Knudsen on Glen Canyon Dam and was a founder of Page Gun Club reported in Page Signal of Nov 1958, and
Ruth "Ruthie" (Miller) Langley, d. 2013, Fairbanks, AK.

Another friend was Barbara Jones (Barbara Jones '61 was in Page early on, but Ellis thinks his Barbara Jones was out of school).

James & Lloyd's father was Robert James Adrain (1882-1971)

James Adrain (1914-1994), circa 1940 (possibly on farm in MN)-- older brother of:

Page Pioneer Lloyd C. (Wilma) Adrain (1919-1968). They came to Page, Arizona, Summer 1957 with their son, ELLIS B. ADRAIN, PHS Class of '59.

BUCKEYE - Services for Lloyd Adr​a​in, 48, who had lived in a desert ranch house 12 miles northwest of here, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow, 1968, in the First Baptist Church of Buckeye.

Lloyd Adrain worked on the Arizona side road to Page. When Lloyd, Mrs. Adrain, and their son, Ellis Adrain '59, moved to Page in 1957, they were the 4th trailer in the area. There was one trailer in their W. W. Clyde Trailer Court (before arriving at the MCS Trailer Park still under construction at that time, they made a right turn and parked their trailer next to that single trailer). There was also one trailer in the other "trailer park" (before making a right turn to WW Clyde TC, that trailer could be reached by making a left turn and driving on a dirt road up a steep hill, so it was located on top of a hill). There was one carpenter's building and a barracks. There was no gas station, and they bought groceries and supplies in Flagstaff; however, the metal building with two gas pumps and a few supplies (the size of a small Circle K) was erected shortly after they arrived, and Lloyd bought Ellis "the cheapest car on a used car lot" in Flagstaff -- a 1947 Plymouth coupe, which they modified with a flatbed in back big enough to haul six garbage cans for Ellis' job hauling garbage for the mess hall. He did this twice a day for five dollars a day. Lloyd's wife, Wilma Adrain, bussed tables in the mess hall, so that could be how Ellis found out about the job.

Lloyd Adrain worked on a bulldozer on the keyways, on one of the notches in the cliff. A high scaler nicknamed "Pearshape" took two or three men at a time up to the shelf that was about 100 ft. long and 40-50 ft. deep. That was his job, to hang on that rope all day, but "Pearshape" earned a lot of respect from Ellis' dad the day "Pearshape" noticed the cliff above them moving and getting ready to fall. He yelled, "GET OFF!" It took "Pearshape" two or three trips to get them all down, and the last group "hit the decks running" just before the cliff above fell down. Nobody was hurt, but the "Cat" bulldozer was nothing but four big piles of broken pieces. Another co-worker was nicknamed "Tanglefoot". Ellis can't remember their real names.

Ellis was in Page for one or two months before the 1957-58 school year started, and he attended PHS his Junior year, Class of 1959. He was one of Henry H. Howe's correspondence students, which meant that 20-30 students sat in one of two rooms together in the first Butler Building. Mr. Howe sat in front of the class to answer questions if there was a problem. Students were allowed to order whatever subjects they wanted, so when Ellis' Geometry book arrived (and he had not taken Algebra), he couldn't understand a word on the very first page, so he took the book up to Mr. Howe and told him he might as well send it back. The value of learning geometry was a mystery to Ellis until he saw pipefitters using it on a daily basis for pre-fab work. He liked to read so took advantage of the opportunity to earn extra credit by writing out book reports. He remembers that Edith Howe was smart and didn't have a problem learning via correspondence. Ellis wasn't very interested in school and spent a lot of time looking out the window to watch scenes like three or four Indian laborers being used to carry one 12 ft. long 1x6 board. The second Butler Building wasn't finished when he started school.

Ellis remembers that Roy Scott (the 7th & 8th grade teacher) had a little German Borgward station wagon, so he and some friends were able to play a prank and move it.

In the early 1950's, German manufacturer Borgward built the Lloyd 300. It had a plywood body, completely covered with padded synthetic leather, hence the nickname 'Leukoplastbomber'. Metal was saved, varnish unnecessary, and dents were few. (As soon as I saw the photo of this car, I remembered Roy Scott with it!) Other color photos.
Ellis knows they were in Page until 1958, because Lloyd bought a 1958 Pontiac while they lived in Page. Ellis remembers that school was out on a Thursday; Lloyd introduced Ellis to his fellow operating engineers who worked out of a trailer, and Ellis started working for them the next Tuesday through that summer until school started in Holbrook, AZ, where his parents had moved. He took Algebra in Holbrook and was an average student. He saw PHS classmate Jim Collins in Holbrook, but Jim joined the Laborer's Union and didn't return to school. Two weeks after Halloween, they moved to Phoenix, where he attended the new Central High School, and didn't do as well in Algebra due to an elderly woman teacher there who refused to answer questions. Two weeks before the school term was up, Lloyd learned of a good opportunity for a job in Flagstaff and told Ellis he could take the job if he promised to return to school and graduate. Ellis had taken all his tests early, but he never returned to school. While in Phoenix, Ellis saw PHS classmate Kathy (ANDERSON) ____, who had an older sister in school (DYANN ANDERSON), and Kathy didn't graduate, either. Ellis joined the Seabees (a construction battalion in the Navy) in Oxnard, CA, for two years, traveling to Okinawa and Alaska, etc. and passed the G.E.D. test for his high school diploma, plus passing a college G.E.D. equivalent for two years in Science.

Most of Ellis' friends in Page were older and didn't attend school: Bob Sizemore was a Teamster in Flagstaff at one time, but moved on to California. He had a younger brother in school -- Tim Sizemore.

Ellis got Bob Sizemore and Bob Langley mixed up. It was Bob Langley's girlfriend, Val, who was also in school. She moved to California with her parents before she and Bob got married. She had two younger brothers who poured sugar in the gas tank of his nice car. It took him 53 quarts of oil to get back to Page. Robert "Bob" Langley had younger sisters: Patty Langley Thomas '63 (FAG #131824529) Patty's parents were:
"Page Pioneer" Gilbert Dale Langley, a big guy who worked in the Carpenter's Union for Morris Knudsen on Glen Canyon Dam and was Vice-President of something in Page that was reported in Page Signal of Nov 1958, and
"Page Pioneer" Ruth "Ruthie" (Miller) Langley, d. 2013, Fairbanks, AK;
Robert "Bob" E. Langley, now of Huntingdon, Nashville, TN, a student at PHS, also worked as a High Scaler on GC Dam;
Younger sister (age 66) Marie L. "Dee Dee" Langley (William F.) Peacock, Fairbanks, AK, Ham Radio Call Sign KL1CK; and
Younger brother Bill Langley of Fairbanks, AK

Another friend was Barbara Jones (Barbara Jones '61 was in Page early on, but Ellis thinks his Barbara Jones was out of school).