People

: W. Lowell Heiny; He grew up in Appleton, and attended school at the Appleton School, Grand Junction High School, and Mesa Junior College, completing his four year degree in Kansas. He taught math at Grand Junction Junior High School for a time, and then taught navigation to Navy pilots in Washington D.C. during World War II. In the Fall of 1942, he was offered a position teaching Math and Science at Mesa Junior College. He worked at the college until he retired in 1972, eventually becoming Dean and then Vice President. *Photograph from the Maverick (1949 Mesa College yearbook)

: W.C. Calhoun; Calhoun was a Denver, Colorado-based publisher in the early 20th century.

: W.D. Toyne; Came from Ohio. He was the city manager of Grand Junction from 1950-1956. He had significant previous experience as city manager in other towns. According to local historian and city councilman Karl Johnson, he was let go by the council as a result of his inability to satisfy Walter Walker, the managing editor of the Daily Sentinel.

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