Vardy girls photographed in front of their Asheville, NC boarding school. Front row, Helen Stewart, Mabel Stewart, Golda Collins, and Isa Mae Collins. Middle: Mossey Horton and Alyce Horton; Back row unknown except for the tallest, Nelle Horton.
Ms. Rankin had been kept ;busy in those first years in Vardy. She is shown here with a few of the children she had delivered during that time. Those known are Cecil and Claribel Miser and Isabelle Horton.
Mary J. Rankin was a Presby. missionary who came to the Vardy Community. She provided nursing help and delivered babies. Aunt Isabelle Horton was one of the first babies she delivered.
Alyce Horton was born the daughter of Daniel Boone Horton and Adelaide Collins Horton. Also in the picture are her sisters, Mossey, Isabelle and Nell. Alyce is the one grasping the chair.