ANABEL CLARK ZONES: A Journalism Report686
By April Zones, 1975
     Thomas H. and Charlotte Clark left Oregon's Willamette Valley in the fall of 1887 for Prineville. They spent the winter with Mr. Clark’s parents. Anabel was born there at Prineville on October 4th, 1887. Early in the spring of 1888, the Clark family left for Waterville in Washington Territory. They came over the Colockum Pass in a covered wagon. In places, it was so steep that the wagon had be be tied to the top of a tree to hold it back. As the wagon went down the steep hill, the tree bent, thus affording a gentle decent. They boarded a ferry in the approximate vicinity of Rock Island. The ferry broke loose, but the Indians helped catch it so it wouldn't go down river. When the Clarks arrived at Waterville on May 8, 1888, they stayed with a former neighbor, the Silas Pearls, until they got their homestead shack built.
    
     The lumber for the homestead was hauled from the Badger Mountain Mill, located on the old Arndt place, on top of Badger Mountain. A small 12' by 14' shack was built 2 miles north and 4 1/2 miles west of the town of Waterville. Anabel remembers the floor space was increased by hanging the chairs on the wall. Furniture was brought from Oregon, including the trundle bed Anabel and her older sister slept in. Bedding and clothing also came from Oregon.

     An Indian trail from Yakima to Chelan went right up the ditch in front of the house. This caused Charlotte to worry a lot about her children as they were playing outside.

     Thomas used a 12" - 14" plow to break out about 20 acres of land. He planted wheat and some barley. Until the land began to produce, Clark would walk to Ellensburg every Monday morning to do carpentry work. He would return home on Saturday night.

     Mrs. Clark always raised a big garden to put food on the table. She always included a special variety of pea, which she roasted for coffee. One time Thomas went to the Nash store at the foot of Badger Mountain and bought a pig for $5. He carried it home in the pocket of his overcoat. The store used to be in the area of the John W. Viebrock home.

     When the land began to produce, there was enough work to do at home. The farm had increased to about 200 acres. The wheat was harvested with a binder at first. The binder cut the grain and tied it up into bundles. The bundles were most often gathered and left to dry in shocks. As the farm progressed, Thomas and a neighbor, Henry Laymance, (Rose Wainscott's father) went together and bought a thrashing machine. Horses were hooked onto a treadmill, which furnished the power to thrash the wheat. The wheat was then sacked and hauled in a wagon down Corbaley Canyon to Orondo. It was sold for 50¢ a bushel, which was considered a good price.
    
The Clarks' water supply was hauled from Pine Canyon. Later, the neighbors dug a community well on the Wainscott farm north of town. It was closer to haul water from there.

     By this time, the Clark family had increased to seven: Mr. and Mrs. Clark, twins — Elliot and Grace, Anabel, Myra, and Harry. The five children walked half a mile to school. Mr. Silas A. Pearl donated a plot of ground for the school house, so it was named the Pearl School. In those days, they had 3 month sessions of school, in the spring and also in the fall. Miss M. A. Pryor, who later married Walter Mann of Waterville, was Anabel's first teacher. Usually they had a different teacher for each 3 month session. Anabel went to the Pearl School for the first 8 grades and then to Waterville for High School. She rode horseback to school while the weather was good. During the winter, she roomed and boarded at the Pete Freesinger home.

     At this time Waterville boasted 6 churches, 4 saloons, 2 drug stores, 4 grocery stores, a harness shop, hardware, 3 hotels and, of course, a school. All the walks were board walks, and the streets were dirt. Mr. Freesinger was a druggist.

     The high school teachers were E. F. Elliot, Miss Harrington, and a little Bohemian, Miss Hauruska. Anabel Graduated in 1908.
  
     After graduating from high school, Anabel went to Cheney Normal and one summer to Bellingham Normal. She graduated from Cheney in 1916. She then returned to Waterville and taught in the Pearl School, the Baird School, and also the school at Waterville. Among her pupils were Harry and Mildred Jones, Irene and Nellie Jensen, Hulet and Nel Hutchins, Keith Wilcox, and Dr. Winstanley, presently of Wenatchee.

     Anabel's parents retired from farming and moved to town in 1911. They lived on the corner of Central and Ash.
 
    Anabel married John W. Zones on November 11, 1919. After many busy years as a farm wife, mother, and an active member of the community, Anabel also retired to the old Clark home, at the corner of Central and Ash.

     A forward look, and a backward glance tells you that Anabel's youngest grandchild, Mary Ann Zones, will graduate from Waterville in 1983, a full 75 years after Anabel's graduation.








Anabel was the enumerator for the 1940 US Census in her area.

Mary Anabel Zones
WATERVILLE -- Mary Anabel Zones, 98, a pioneer Waterville resident, died Saturday evening in a Wenatchee convalescent center.
She was born Mary Anabel Clark on Oct. 4, 1887, at Prineville, Ore. In May of 1888 she came to Washington with her Parents, the Late Thomas H. and Charlotte G. Clark, and settled on a homestead northwest of Waterville.
She attended Waterville schools and graduated in 1908. She attended Cheney State Normal and Bellingham State Normal, graduating in 1916. She taught school in the Baird, Monitor and Waterville school districts for 10 years.
She married on Nov. 11, 1919, John W. Zones at Waterville. They lived and farmed east of Douglas until 1935, moved to Farmer and farmed there until 1958, then moved to Waterville where she made her home until she entered Colonial Vista in November 1983.
She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and a 76-year member of Waterville Rebekah Lodge No. 77.
Survivors include two sons, John Charles Zones, Waterville, and Steven Robert Zones, Snohomish; a daughter, Grace Caroline Hoffman, Waterville; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1953, two daughters, two sons, two sisters and two brothers.
Waterville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
MARY A. ZONES -- Funeral services will be conducted in the Waterville Federated Church Fellowship Hall Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. Woody Allabough will officiate. Remembrances in her name are suggested to the Waterville Ambulance Fund or to the memorial of choice. Concluding services and the interment will follow in Waterville Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Waterville Funeral Home.547

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Came to the State of Washington in May of 1888 with her parents, the late Thomas H. and Charlotte G. Clark and settled on the family homestead northwest of Waterville.
She attended Waterville schools and graduated in 1908; attended Cheney State Normal and Bellingham State Normal graduating in 1916. She taught school in the Baird, Monitor, and Waterville school district for 10 years.
She married John W. Zones in Waterville on November 11, 1919, lived and farmed east of Douglas until 1935, moved to Farmer and farmed there until 1958, then moved to Waterville and made her home until she entered Colonia Vista in November 1983. Preceded in death by her husband in 1953, two daughters, two sons, two sisters and two brothers.
Survived by 3 neices and several great neices and nephews. (Bury between Tom Clark and Elliott Clark)546