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IVAH B. HAYMAN
Like
so many early residents of Rosemead, Ivah B. Hayman
and her family, who came to the area in 1927, were attracted by the quiet,
peaceful, rural atmosphere to be found there at the time. A native of Hazelton, Iowa, Mrs. Hayman moved
to Los Angeles in 1914, living there until 1927 when, though her husband was
employed in Los Angeles, they felt they would like to get away from city living
and have a little land where Mrs. Hayman’s widowed mother could raise
poultry. Ivah
Hayman soon became active in the new environment, joining the Rosemead Community
Methodist Church as a charter member in 1928, becoming active in its Women’s
Society and serving as president of the Ladies’ Aid Society in 1939 –
1940. As her daughters were growing up
she participated in the work of the Parent-Teachers’ Association of Muscatel
School and was one of the organizers of the Rosemead Girl Scout Troop of the
Pasadena Council. Her eldest daughter
was a charter member of the troop. Mrs.
Hayman has also been a leader in the Rosemead Women’s Club and its president
from 1952 – 1954. Many years ago she was
regional chairman for the Los Angeles District of the California Federation of
Women’s Clubs, and is now a member of the Los Angeles County Board Alumnae of
Women’s Clubs. Always willing to accept
responsibility, Mrs. Hayman has been active on the community drives and served
on the Park Committee for Rosemead’s swimming pool in 1954. She has also served on election boards for a
number of years.
The
daughter of Homer L. Darby of Ahlsberg, Vermont, and
Nancy Belle (Coy) Darby of Hazelton, Iowa, Ivah
Hayman was born in her mother’s home town on October 21, 1890. She received her elementary education in Hazelton, graduated from Anita
High School in Anita, Iowa, and took a business course at Cornbelt
Business College in Oelwein, Iowa.
After
coming to Los Angeles she worked as a secretary until her marriage on September
16, 1916, to Louis A. Hayman of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Hayman was in the wholesale jewelry
business for sixty years, forty-seven of those years with the E. W. Reynolds
Company in Los Angeles until his retirement in 1958. The Hayman’s have two daughters, both
talented musically and both now married.
Mrs. David (Marilyn Hayman) McCullough attended Muscatel School, El
Monte High School, and Woodbury College.
In her school days she was an outstanding pianist. She lives in Rosemead with her husband, a
business and tax consultant in West Covina.
Mrs. Wyman L. (Shirley Hayman) Graham now teaches music in Orient,
Iowa. She was concertmistress of the El
Monte High School orchestra while a student there, and is a singer and
violinist. She attended Pasadena Junior
College and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Mrs. Graham herself was born on Easter
Sunday, and two of her three children were born on holidays: Kenneth, born on Lincoln’s birthday, William,
born on New Year’s Day, and Mary Louise.
Clever
at needlework, Ivah Hayman makes hobbies of sewing
and rug making. Like almost all Rosemead
residents, she enjoys gardening.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Historical Volume & Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park,
Rosemead, San Gabriel & Temple City, by Robert P. Studer,
Pages 798-799, Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California. 1962.
© 2013 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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