People

: James Earl Cunningham; He lived in Grand Junction in the early Twentieth century.

: James Earl Shaw; He was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania to John Scott Shaw, a farmer and automobile salesman, and Margaret Shaw, a homemaker. He came with his mother to Pinon Mesa, Colorado in 1912, when he was five, following his father, who had come in 1910. There, they lived on the S Cross Ranch. U.S. Census records show that by 1920, the family had moved to Grand Junction, where Shaw’s father was part owner of the Colorado Midland Garage. He went to Grand Junction High School. The 1925 school annual shows that he participated in activities and clubs, including Minstrel, Orange & Black yearbook staff, J.R. Club, Spanish Club, and the class play. He attended Mesa College from 1927-28 and was a member of the Owl Club. By 1930, when Shaw was 23 years old, he was a bookkeeper for an auto agency owned by his father, called Shaw Auto. By 1940, he was an auto salesman in his own right. He married Mildred Hart on May 5, 1938 in Rifle, Colorado. He worked as a civilian guard at Camp Hale during World War II. *Photograph from the 1925 Grand Junction High School yearbook.

: James Edward "Jimmy" Massey; He was born to Phillip W. Massey and Rosa Bell Gordon Massey in Grand Junction, Colorado. He seems to have been named for his uncle James Massey. He grew up on the Massey Ranch, near the town of Whitewater and in Unaweep Canyon. He attended Grand Junction High School and Ross Business College before his father signed a document giving him special permission to join the US Navy at the age of seventeen. He arrived at boot camp in San Diego on August 25, 1941 and entered the Navy on September 16, 1941. He was stationed in Hawaii and served on the U.S.S. Curtis. He died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. *Photograph from 1938 Grand Junction High School yearbook

: James Edward Hall; Miner in Unaweep Canyon. Upon moving with his wife, Orpha Shugar Hall, to Whitewater, he had a contract to construct Whitewater's first telephone line.

: James Emil "Jim" Jaenicke; He was born in Logan, Kansas to Robert Jaenicke and Mary (Baker) Jaenicke. His father was a farmer. He attended Pleasant Hill School in Glade, Kansas. He married Ida Hempler of Phillipsburg, Kansas on January 19, 1926. The 1930 US Census shows them farming in Logan. They had moved to Westcliff, Colorado by 1937. At that time, they came to Loma, Colorado along with several other families as part of the US Farm Security Administration’s resettlement program, which relocated refugees from the Dust Bowl. He belonged to the Potato Growers and Bean Growers. The Jaenicke’s had two children, Kenneth James and Larry Lee, that died shortly after birth.

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