https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/08b557fb5e9922703f76c2a83a80ba5f.pdf 3337ff30c5abe75d70f6b3413b3925ea PDF Text Text ~,4,, 'Z .. �ilnar /o/77 ALCARIO and JENNIE VlGll, Jose Alcario Vigil was born at Blanco, N.M. April 24 1903, one 7 ot ten children born to Jose Antonio and Maria Dolorita Vigil. "My father -was a farmer," Alcario says, 11 working on his own place and also working for others. When my mother died in 1911, I went to live vi.th my aunt, Marcelino Vallejos Jacquez. She never sent me to school. There vas too much work on the farm. Every day I herded goats and sheep or worked in the garden. 'I'he farming equipment we had was not too good but it worked. We plowed our rows Yi.th a wooden plow which was littie more than a stick pulled by a burro or a horse. It was all slow work, but neighbors all helped cne another. 11 11 Some of my brothers died in the nu epidemic in 1918, but my twin brother survived. He still lives at Telluride. 11 11 The nearest real town was Aztec about 30 miles away. It had a train depot, several stores and the coUl"t house. On a horse and buggy a trip to .Aztec required many hours, so we didn 1 t go very often. 11 . "My first job -for cash r:1oney was .h .aying. I got paid ten cents for a day's work. 11 W'nen Alcario was grown he got a job with the railroad and also met Rosie Torres. Alcario and Rosie were married in 1923. One child was born to them before Rosie died in 1926. Alcario worked for the next three years on the railroad line to Rico and Telluride. Most of the work was ordinary maintenance and repairs, but al.so included cleaning up train wI'ecks and derailments. _ Snowslides, rocks and I!IUd on the tracks all ca1Jsed . occasional ·wrecks. While Alcario was working at Hancos} he met Jennie Marez, whose folks had a farm near Mancos on Summer Ridge. Jennie w-as· born in Gallup and was reared by her aunt Inez Marez. Since she went to school only through sixth grade 1 Jennie never expected to become a school teacher. For two years Sunner ~idge had no money to pay a schoolteacher. Eighteen students were vithout school. Jennie 1 s relatives asked ber to teach the children. She went to school, looked at the books for reading, spelling and arithmetic and decided to give it a try. Jennie managed surprizingly well. 11 · • 1 used the switch when they needed it and whenever they got on mY nerves, I declared a vacation.n Alcaric and Jennie were !!1/U"ried at Mancos. They stayed there a while tben moved on to Towaoc and to Ignacio. The Vigils have 12 children including three sets of twins. Their children are Dolores, Joe? Margarita ltlld /tlabama-1 Dora and Dorothy (twinsi Slu.1,ley, Betty, Stella and. ~ Stephanie (t.wins) and Pete and Paul (tw.tns). · Mrs Vigil says,"People are always asking me if it 1 s hard to take care of twins. I have to tell them I don't know. When my t.dns were s~all~ people were always asking for one of them. If I would get on the train for Durango, if I weHt to the store or wherever I went, people would ask to hold one of the babies. I never .had but one at a time. 11 ilcario has quite a reputation as a fiddler. He used to play for dances in most of the tmms between here and Grand Junction. "I learned to play when I vas a ch.tld. All my relatives used to play the fiddle and the guitar, so I began trying to play. 11 Several years ago Alcario started carving his own violins. He has made 10 or i2 and still working on others~ Regarding large families Jennie says, 11 We 1 ve never been sorry we have all these children, They've all been very good to us. 11 Shelby Smith �Welcome to our May Social May 27 , 1 977 Senior Cen-ter; north of Ignacio How : Pot Luck ( Main Dish will be Turkey) Allison Arboles - Please Bring Main dishes Town of Ignacio - Please Bring desserts Rutal area N. W.- Please !ring salads and/or vegetables and near Ignacio Senior Citizen or the Month - Al.cario and Jennie Vigil When s Where: -. '-.... Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wtlcox 'Went to Rusk Texas for a thl"ee weeks stay • .'.: They visited with Mrs. We+cox three sisters, Mrs. W. L. Dilliard, Mrs. J. L. Norton, Mrs. Emma Wflcox, in Jackson Velle, Mrs. Rena E. Brewster, Bryan Texas, they visited a brother Mr. and Mrs. V'.P. Hetchins in Jackson Velie. The Wilcox than made some side trips to Houston and Tyler Texas to visit friends. Mrs. W. F. Dilliard came back to Colorado with the Wilcox for a short visit, t. • '~ We still have two empty units at the Senior apartment Complex. The ·,.) people living here are, Frank Padilla, Enda Gallegos, Frank Archuleta, Mr. and Mrs. Bledsoe , Elsie Thorne, Agnes Box , Nettie Uncasam, Harry Richards, Mercede s Brol-m, Gertrude Dunn, Charles Spenser, Dennis Archuleta, Bernarda .A guilar and the Caretaker Ramona Frost and familyc~ ':£3~ ir/~. �-~ d ·- --~~.:.,.....J...,..i.!1- - ~ ?1/~ 4 4 4 ~ ~. k > I ~/T~./Wµ!Cc(_ f::!_ ,/~ ~~' ?1fD"<· -5FM. 11~~ ~ ~~ ~~~~-dA"+,1j~. 7Jf~a4 ~~~. J?~ l,~n?~~~P ~~/ ~~A"'~ f f ~ ~ /,/~~•1.rJ. A retirement party honoring John Glass of the Bureau of Indian Affairs was held Friday evening , April 29 at the Villa Moritz. Mr. Gle.ss has been in the government service 30 years, 26 years with the BLA and four in the U.S. Axmy. He was presented. with a number of gir"ts in farewel l. Raymond deKay, Agency Supt. gave him a 30 year pin. Leonard Burch, Southern Ute Tribal Ch~irman and Ronnie Baker each gave Mr.. Glass plaques for his work with the tribe and his fellow employees presented him with a turquoise watchband. The Ute Mountain Tribe at Towaoc was represented by Agency Supt. Joe Otero and Ernest Bouse of the Ute Ht. tribe . Mr. House gave him a tribal plaque. Ben Hoy, Towaoc BIA employee, bought Ute Mounta.in pottery to Mr. Glass. Mrs. Glass was given a set of turquoise pins and a turquoise ring. Mr. Glass plans to continue with his excellent photograpy, go fishi ng along with a few other projects. ~ r"\ .."( ~ ~ ~( ,' • - .; • •'J ; , ~ ,_ '11 ..(j) •'' ~-~ ;'_,' ,r\.. ' ,f··. ·, } · · 4 " /' I ("\ .* r ;·~.r. ~· ..Bet you'll never scratch your '·No used cars? What kind of a drugstore is this anyway?" nose et an auction again." Happy Birthday Fellz Cumpleanos Louisa Hartig Myrtle Weaver Frances Jones Juan Gallegos Lois Harris Julius Cloud Karl Hauert Burton Price The E. F. Patricks drove to Moab Sunday for a visit with ~.rs. Patrick's aunt, Mrs. Anna Berenson. A noon luncheon on Wednesday May fourth honoring Mrs. Marianna Glass ·Was given by Mrs. Mary Shaughne ssy at home. Seventeen close friends of }h•s. Glass attended the luncheon and each bought a favorite receipe which were given to her in a receipe box. �Mr. and Mrs. Everette Ellison and Carol were in Cortez Sunday for the ,Rain0ow Girls installation ceremony. Helen Hoy, their former neighbor at the Agency, was being installed in the order of Rainbow Girls. Helen ~sked Mrs. Ellison to sing a solo and Carol to play for her. '} Mrs. Olive Dillon left the 23rd of March and met her sister, Mrs. .<,:,\_ Dolly Moore in Grand Junction. Mrs. Moore came on the bus from her home _ . ,, in Jerone, Idaho. They then went traveling with first stop in Boulder to visit a number ' ~,, of relatives in Kansas and Nebraska returning April 19 to Ignacio. Ml"s. .·, Moore stayed for a few weeks in Ignacio before her return home. f .. Longtime Methodist minister, Homer E. Root, died Sunday May first at Mercy- Medical Center following a long illness. Funeral services were Tuesday from the Durango Methodist Church and burial was in Greenmount Cemetery. Rev. Root served as pastor of the Methodist Church for 23.years retiring in 1953. · After his retirement he was curator of the Museum at Fort Lewis College, an archaeologist, author of the book of essays, 'Tangled Roots .' Also during t he 1950s and early 60s Rev. Root along with Rev. Ted Harer conducted services in the Allison and Ignacio Presbyterian churches when they were without a regular minister. ,,.._. - L - ,,A •;:-, JZ~E{l - ;1,~·{(.; l ~ ~tl ~ <:"""--=~'====:I:! ) - '1 knew you hadn't quit!" "YOU LITTLE NERD! ~ET OUT dOF ~~ERf~~rd Ignacio school board electi~n were winners in tne Tues ay Y . . d 340 votes and Richmond J ames Sutton and Jerry Ric~on~. S~t~~nw~~c~~Xenot run for re-election 309. The outgoing school . oar mem e d Robert l~cCaw su years. were J ames Frahm6who s~rved 12.Yi~~~r~allots el~ctio~ day. The losing A total of 01 vo ors cas-c,50 t - Don Hichael 78 _. Lillian seibel candidates were: Leon Gr aham voes 1 58 and Charlie Quintana 205. ~ d. for six year terms on the board • Sutton and Richmond were . e1 ec ..e . ., ) Mrs. Gertrude Dunn went to Grand Junction Friday to atte.n d the two day district track meet in Grand Junction Fri day afternoon and all day Saturday~ Mrs. Dunn's grandson we.s competing in several events. Mrs. Dunn, a long time resident of the Durango area, moved to a Senior Citizen housing center apt., in Ignacio the first of May. · ... �Friday 13th the Happy Homemakers Extension Club met at the home of Mrs. Vivian Rich.!!lond. The fact t hat i t was raining was not considered bad luck. Ml"s. Olive Dillon and Hrs. Heinie Gardner vere appointed to serve with club president, Mrs. Carmen Rea in selecting the Homemaker of the Year from the club. A l etter of appreciation from the FHA s e cretary Ronda Kenner was read. The Homemakers entertained the FHA girls at a Tea in April . Mrs. Dillon reported on t he County Counc il meeting and el_ection of officars. Mrs. Dillon was elected Council vi ce President. Roll Call topic was Gardening Hints . County Extension agent Ivan- Lorenz.was introduced by Mrs. Susan Whiteman. He gave an informative t alk on Gardening - Growing Vegetabl es . Refreshments were served by ~!l's. Virginia Richmond and Mrs. Nadine Ford. The June 10th meeting will be at the home of Ml"s. Thelma Wright Canning Tips for Roll Call. Mrs. Laura Hill is back home after a short t~ip to Arizona. She left Monday, May second fer Wickenberg, Arizona with l,f.rs • LaVennia NcCoy who planned to visit relatives. ~ Shirley Aucker of Durango was named a Young Career Woman by District Six of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Colorado. She will represent the District in the state competition at the annual convention of the Federation in Denver in June. . Judging was based on the candidate's car~er achievements and ability t"o project an image reflecting the role of toaay's young woman in society. Shirley i s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Preston. She was born in I gnacio and attended t he Ignacio schools, graduating from Ignacio hi?h school, Following her marriage to Steve Aucker of Durango the Auckers nave l'ived in Durango • . , . Shirley ls a. self-employed Day Care Mathe:::- and has been active in the La P1a.ta County Family Day Care Association. ) �----■•--------------. ~ ~ . . I : - ~ - _1;__ ~ 7) A Reception for John and Judy Chendo, former pastors of the San Juan · Larger Parish, was Sunday afternoon, Nay ninth. The get together was at •the home of Bob and Ann Peck in Bayfield. Quite a number of friends of th~ ~, ~ Chendos attended from Allison, Ignacio, Florida Mesa and Bayfield. · ~ , The Chendos had spent a week at the Ministers' Retreat in San Diego . , going by plane from New York with a stopover in Albuquerque. They drove here from Albuquerque and left their son, t.Tohnny, with Bayfield friends to ··visit until they were enroute home. The Chendos now live in Rye, New York. John y Judy Chendo que __ahora vi ven en Rye, Nueva York ~duvieron en 1 el area visitando amigos y fueron honorados con una recepcion en la casa de Senor y Senora Bob Peck en Bayfield. Muchos de sus co;nocidos de Ignacio y Bayfield atenderon. Elles fueron a San Diego, California a participar en un retiro de ministros y iban de ~~elta para su casa. i •• - I -~ ( · IJ ·-· :_"Jhat's -~ relief. I 1i1ou9ht_ i'd g_one de~tf' - -'- -"~-- ;,.._:,, -~ The monthly potluck supper at Allison Community Church, was the 16th at seven o'clock. There was a good turnout and all four Parish churches were represented. . A short meeting of the Pulpit Supply Committee rollowed the supper. La cena (Pot Luck) mensual en la iglesia de la Comunidad en .A).lison tome lugar a las siete de la tarde el dia 16. Mucha gente atendij y rueron representadas cuatro parroguias. Tubieron una corta sesion despues de los servicios. Frances Taylor Pinnecoose died Thursday, Hay 12th, 1n Durango Community Hospital following a long illness. Rosary Services ·were Sunday ev-ening and Mass of the Resurrection at 10 Monday mor.ning from the St. Ignatius Catholic Church with Revo Donald Castonguay conducting the services. Burial was in Ouray Memoria.l Cemetery. ~ Mrs. Pirmecoose was born in Sa.'l'lta Fe, New Mexico March 25, 1916 and lived most of her life in Ignacio. She marrie·d Guy Pinnecoose Sr. in 19-31. She worked for the Southern Ute Tribe as a short order cook and did supervisor work for Colorado State University as Nutritionist Aid until 1)7,5. She is survived by her husband, Magdeleno Arreola, one daughter -'· Claudean Miler, Ignacio and two s ons, Guy Jr. of Ignacio and LeRoy, Sap Juan, New Hexico, her motherf Euterpe Taylor, a sister, Ruby Garcia and brother, Sylvia Valdez, s.11 of gnacio and a numbe1· of other relati'\'l'es. �Two members of the Ignacio Junior Class have been chosen to attend -~, Girls State an~ Boys State this sunnner. Marilyn Woods, daughter of ~J's. OJ Linda Woods, will attend the week long Girls State and Isaac Lucero, son of Mr. and YJ>s. Arnold Lucero, w:.tll attend Boys State. Both young people will study government on local, state and· national levels and listen to some Outstanding speakers and meet new friends from throughout Colorado. They are both sponsered by the local American ~egion Post and the Legion Auxiliary. , , ,_ Marilp Woods hija de la Senora Linda Woodsy Isaac Lucero hijo de Senor y Senora Arnold Lucero miembros de la escuela nlta en Ignacio fueron escogedos para participar en (Girl & Boys State). Los dos jovones van a estudiar modos de el gobierno local de el estado y National. Ell.os son -J)atr0ci.nadospor el American Legion de Ignacio y por el Auxiliary. Everett Barnett 81, died May 12th in Galt, California following a short illness. Memorial services were held Saturday, the 15th, in Galt. The Barnetts the past few months had been living with their daughter, Mrs. Leota Anderson. Mr. Barnett was born October 11, 189'+ in Richhill, Missouri. The family moved to Allison in 1903 and homesteaded what is now the Richard Engler ranch. He was a veteran of World War I. He married Fay Smith of Ignacio and farmed in the Spring Creek area for 30 years. The Barnetts moved to Bayfield and Mr. Barnett was employed by the U. s. Forest Service until retiring in 1951. They moved to California in 1968. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and two sons. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Patrick spent a week enjoying the fishing at Lake Powell. Mrs. Patrick's aunt, Mrs. Anna Boreson from Moab, went camping lTith them .. I\) El seior y Senora E. F. Patrick pasaron una seman pescando en la Laguna Powell. Latia de la Se~ora Patrick, la Se~ora Anna Boreson de Moab fue con ellos. The Annual Mothers Day Tea given by the members of the Friendship Circle was attended by some fifty ladies. The Tea was Wednesday May fifth in the Presbyterian Church Annex. A number of gifts were awarded to Mothers with the biggest feet, the most children and other outstanding traits. , El dia 5, de Mayo cincuenta mujers se juntaron a attender el tea que se da todos J.os at{os para el dia de las Madres. Regales se dieron a la Madre que tenia los pies ~as grandes ya las Madres que tenian mas hijos. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Moberly, former longtime Bayfield ·residents, spent the winter in Arizona. Monday they arrived ·with their mobile home and are now located at the home of their daughter and family~ the Tom Wisemans. ,v /f.l El Senor y Senora Curtis Moberly, residentes de Bayfield por muchos ail'os pasaron el invierno en Arizona. Elulunes llegaron con su casa mobil y ahora estan en casa de su hija 1 la Senora Tom Wisemans. �, Jennie E. Gilbert 80, longtime resident of Allison, died Wednesday ~ Services were held !i'riday 5th from _:!.,_ the First Pres byterian Church in Durango with the Rev. Robert H. Kearns officiating. Burial was i n Greenmount Cemetery. Mrs. Gilbert was born January 12, 1897 in Rockvale, Colorado. She 1 had lived in this area 67 years. The past few years she had made her home .·· in Durango. She is survived by two daughters and four sons . Mrs. Gilbert was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, La Plata Order of the Eastern Star, Mount Allison Grange, VFW Auxiliary and the Home Demonstration club. May fourth at Mercy Medical Center. Mrs. Francis Jones vas quite ill and in the hospital the latter part of April. She was able to return home and the Jones daughter, Mrs. Pat Rodkey from Penn., came to help 1n caring for her mother. I April Cancer month contributions 1n Ignacio were quite good. Ignacio Cancer month chairman, Mrs. Virginia Lunsford by 1".iay 16 had received a total of $416.42. · · Donations were rece1ved from individuals , Ignacio business firms Pino Nu,che donated the money from coffee sales on April 13. The Senior Citizens Opportunity Center sponsored a 'Coffee For Cancer,' Numerous door prizes were donated. The proceeds from the Cpncer Coffee came to slightly over $25'0 .00o Mr. and Mrs. Louis Farmer and Mrs. George Sisley drove over from Moab Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Sisley stayed with her sisJi;er 1n Durango. The Farmer s came to Ignacio to visit Wednesday with former neighbors. They were houseguests of the R.H. Gardners. ) .. "G'Ive rr. 9 i1.X>ut I a week's wart·ing o' of , •• -,ore th ey Iot you 0 '.lt c,t here and I'll g ive the kitchen the .... old 'once-ove;-."' J George Sisley longtime Ignacio resident and road supervisor in this area, died Saturday Hay 14th in Moabo Funeral s ervices were scheduled for 'fhursday afternoon May 19th from Hoods Chapel in Durango. Following his retirenent from his job George and Emlly 1=1oved to Moab in hopes the I!l.OVe would benefit his healtho Re was much beti;er for several years and was seriously ill only a short tine before h~s deatho \'frlile living in Ignacio Hr. Sisley was active in lgnacio Lions organizations. . The Sisleys Moab adress is: Holiday Haven Ct. SP. 72, Moab, Utah 8\+532. �Paint sales in Igna cio must be zoomlng for Clean Up - remod~l - l'E:pair •· paint o..nd moro paint is undervay come spring . The .Ucoholism Center, the Bryan building, Ignacio Sbur-Valu to mention just a few. ~!P Congratulations to Buch and .Jean HcCl anahan for a major proj~ct ?· . enlarging the Shur-Valu Ms.rket by making the parking area on the 0 outn a pa1.. t or the main building. Windows, doors, shelves are all in new locations. seems to be having a great time now shifting everything ,.I :: "AJJ right handy/ . . . Just beceU$/S you_got e: p8,rldng ticket last WHk!. • . " A Birthday tc be long remember·ed was Louisa Hartig' s 75th on Wednesday at hor home. I t was supposed to be a surprise party - but someh ow she wasn 1 t surprised, just delighted. Friends called thorughout the day to wish Louisa well - beginning at 10 a. m. Mrs. Hart i g's daughter, Lucy Ainsworth, mailed out invi t ations f r om LaJara. She arrived i n Ignacio about ten on party day wi th all the party fixings which included sandwiches a.rid s alads plus a lot of extras . .. Ear l y that afternoon !-rrs. Ainsworth left to return to LaJara as she h.ad t o be back at work in t he lab as usual Thursday morning • ··1 told my boy s omeday all this would be his when I retire , and I haven't seen him smce 1 " ..1 tllink m y days are nomtierod." Nr. and Mrs. Owen Callison d:rove t o Las Vegas, N'ew Mexico to visit They retu1·ned home Hor.day evening, May second. Mrs . Call!son 's brothers for a couple of days. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Thoughtful Years Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1972-1979 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Ignacio Senior Center; Southern Ute; Bayfield; Arboles; Allison; Tiffany; Oxford; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Monthly newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center with various contributors describing local news, events, obituaries, and biographies of prominent community members living in Ignacio, Colorado and the surrounding area. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby; Jones, Charlotte Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Thoughtful Years: May 1977 Description An account of the resource Monthly newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center with various contributors describing local news, events, obituaries, and biographies of prominent community members living in Ignacio, Colorado and the surrounding area. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Ignacio Senior Center; Southern Ute; Bayfield; Arboles; Allison; Tiffany; Oxford; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1977-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center