https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2276dd9f76aeb0e5e4da50bc8acc2ff2.pdf a56a524be970d5b0fe7af98bc1daad6c PDF Text Text Q e,,tob e~ 19?7 �RICHARD AND HENRIETTA GARDNER Richard Harold Gardner was barn near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on April 1, 1896, the you,ngest child of George and Hanna Gardner. George had been reared in Dearborn, Michigan, where he went to school with Henry Ford . (The old Gardner home is now a part of Henry Ford ' s Pio~eer Village at Dearborn.) George went west at the age of 19, settled at Sioux Falls , South Dakota , and took advantage of the Homestead Law to acquire farmland. When George died at the age of 48, he was farming 1500 acres of rich ~Jssou~i Valley farmland with horses. After his death Hanna moved the children to town and rented the land to others. 11 Heinie and I attended the same high school," Dick r ecalls, 11 but since I :was a member of a higher class, I never knew her till several years l~ter. I didn't have much time to get into mischief. When I wasn' t going to school , I was working . Part of the time I did chores for farmers. For a while I helped the school custodian until I got a job at the telephone co~pany. It amounted to 40 hours per week countin~ all the evening hours and an all night shift Saturday night through Sunday morning . I worked on the test board tracing dovm ~alfunctions in the circuits. Originally, I was paid $30 . 00 per month which later raised to S45 . 00 . In SUJ!l.Oers I really made big money. I t raveled with a telephone construction gang as time clerk and bookkeeper. We installed telephone sµstems in small towns in South Dakota and Minnesota. For that I was paid S75. 00 per month plus my keep. Those were the days before cables and micro-wave transmission. Since every conversation required two separate lines, the telephone poles of those days were laden with several cross arms and dozzens of wires. Long distance calls could be heard only a certain distance. The farthest city we could speak with directly was Chicago. Beyond that an. operator in Chicago would have to relay the message on to another operator until it reach the party being called. I learned to use the telegraph. Telegraph messages were relayed on the phone lines without interfereing with conversations. Because of my work I always had money during high school and for college. 11 Dick was about to finish his sophomore year at South Dakota State when he enlisted in the Army for World War I. He sailed to France in a convoy of 13 ships . The crossing required 13 days, landing i n France on Frid~y the 13th. Many of the men were spooked by those numbers, but any bad luck incurred did not affect Dick. He was a member of a special rail road unit which built narrow gauge tracks and operated supply trains right up to the trenches. 11 Once our cutfi t connected its lines to some Ger~an tracks, crossed into German Territory and pulled a German train bacx into Allied territory. 11 Dick returned to America in July of 1919 and enrolled in college again. The first day back his friends invited him to go with the~ to a dance. Though he didn't have a date, Dick decided to go . As sooa as he arrived, one of his fri ends pointed out Heinie and said, 11 There is a girl from Sioux Falls. You should get acquainted. 11 That ' s exactly what Dick did. Henrietta Amelia is the youngest child of Henry and Amelia Benson, both of whom were born in Sweden. 11 My parents taught me English first, then Swedish. Father was a laborer. I lived in the same house I was born in until I married." �~ Heinie had three brothers and one sister. After graduating from high school she enrolled at South Dakota State to study home economics and commerce. She had been a secretary before college and afterwards did secretarial and book-keeping work all her life. Even though Dick and Heinie were serious students, they found some time for fun. A new music professor from New York who knew little about the ways of the west roomed in the same boarding house as Dick. On a snowy, windy night Dick and some of his friends took the prof on a snipe hunt and left him literally holding the bag. About 2;00 A.H. when the boys were about to get worried the professor came wearily up the stairs. After dating for four years Dick and Heinie were married in 1923. Dick says, 11 Some people may think that is a long t:..me to date someone, ·but in those days a boy was supposed to have a job and something to offer before he got married. I had a degree in agriculture and one in school administration. }:;:y first job was with the first rural consolidated school system in the state at Hadison. We had the first school buses and worked all .the bugs out of running a consolidated arrangement. After two years of teaching agriculture) I was selected to be the superintendent. I stayed with that two years and then took the job of county agent. 11 When World War II started Dick felt a responsibility to help with the war effort. He quit the county agent job and started teaching in a Radio School for the Army Air Corp. At first he was stationed in Sioux Falls, then in St~ Louis. In 1943 the Gardners r·eturned to Hadison where Dick resumed his job with the school until 1956. It was not a matter of being unhappy with life in Madison which started the Gardners looking for another place to live. They loved their life and friends there. 11 11 •,'le hs.d never lived outside South Dakota, Heinie says, ! 1 and ·we decided j_f we were ever going to see any other part of the count:r::, ·we should go then. Dick resigned his job a..~d we started looking. Actually we had Colorado in mind from the start. When we got to Denvei', Dick visited the Colorado Department of Education and learned there were openings for administrators all over the state. We made a list of possible places and began looking. If we didn 1 t like the looks of a place we wouldn't stop. 1'-le almost didn't come to Ignacio beca1.rne an outdated map showed an unpaved road over here. He iaP.1ediately liked the looks of the country around he re , but did not make a final decision until later. After visitin g s everal schools in Texas , Dick called back and accepted the job in I gnacio . He ·was principal at the high school for 3 years and of the grade schoql 3 years -until he retired in 1962, That same year we went to the World ' s Fair in Seattle and 11 then on to Hawaii to visit the grave of our son who died in the war. The Gardner 1 s son, Richard Robert, whom they called Bobby , was born in 1921+, Bobby was tall, 6 1 2 11 , ambitious and had high ideals . He entered the 11arines in 194-2 and was killed in action on Ha.rch 13, 1945', on Iwo .Tim.a. He was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Hea:rt with 2 gold stars, Presidential Units Citation ribbon with star, AsiaticPacific Campaign Hedal and the World War II Victory Hedal. Af'ter retiring, Dick served on the Ignacio town Board, as tovm clerk and as manager of the town gas system. He has been active in Lion 1 s Club, American Legion, VFW, the Regional Planning Commission and Alpha Zeta, a national agricultural society. Both of them have been active in the Presbyterian Church and have held various service positions in the local church. 'We've had good friends everywhere we have lived," the Gardners 11 say, but we'd never be happy away from the mountains • 11 1 1 ·, Shelby Smith • �(>eA. Zt; l</7 ~~ Mrs. Wilda Crigler writes from her home in Indio, California that she thinks of her Ignacio friends often. She says to tell them all, Hello'. She is better than she was a year ago and in August enjoyed a big birthday party with cake and all. The party was in the trailer park where she and her daughter, Hrs. . Thelma Jones, now live. Hrs. Crigler cut the cake for the 38 guests at the potluck dirmer as she was the oldest one there she was 86. De Indio California la Senora 'Wilda Crigler escribe saludando a todos sus amigos en Ignacio. Ella deci que se siente mucho nejor y recj.ente r1ente celebro sus cumpleanos de 86 anos, ella vive con su hija Thelma Jones. J-:--=~ i.: -:::.::_~I~~:='-f ~-~::I L "Ouch!" -·--.. - .- --- . -· -- �Dear Shelby snd Staff Nerabers: !,he Thouchtf ul Years, your monthly newsletter, is f ulfilli ng a need for personal news about residents of the area • . I I m sure that it ' s read fro!J cover to c·over . Your efforts and those of the senior contributors are to be highly corm:1ended. Thank you for including our office on your distribution list. Sincerely, Frances G. (Peggy) Richards Director, Economic Developnent Department Ted Pacheco and a friend fron Grand J"uncti on were here over the weekend hunting and visiting Teds folks Mr. and Hrs. C. F. Pacheco. The hunting was not v ery success ful bu.t they said they sure had had fun, riding horse back ano. ca:::1p i ng out. Ted Pacheco y su amigo de Grand Junction venieron a cazar venado ya visitar a los padres de Ted Senor y Senor c. F . Pacheco. Ho t uvieron buena, suerte en la caza, pero se divert iron DUcho andando a caballo _y ca.spando en las m.ontanias. The Friendship Circle meeting was Wednesday afternoon, October fifth in the Presbyterian Church annex. The business ~eeting was conducted by Circle president, ~-~s . Heinie Garcl.11er . Those pr esent discussed the Bake Sale which will be held at the ShurValu Locker on Friday, October 18. Mrs . Audrey Ellison gave a report on the t ·wo day Pr e sbyteri al i n Cor tez the l as t of Septenber. Attending some of the t,-10 day :Qeetlng wer e : 1-:rs. Ann Fore!!'l.a.n , i{rs . Dorothy Olbert, 1-.'.rs. Gr ace Patrick, Hrs. Evelyn Crawford, Mr so Ellison and. Hrs. Garciner . Refreshments were served by 1,.;r s . Patriclc. lfost of the ladies present a t the Circle meeting t hen went to the Tea at the high s chool. Get Well Soon Sane Prontot Frank Carman J"r. Earnest Salabor Flavio Salazar Carmen Cordova Jessie Fulks Roberta Smit h Earnest Burch Richard Jefferson Graves Gunn Bird Redd Burten Price �' d A4~C:,~_ Cookies, Coffee and Tea were served and the time was spent mostly in visiti~g a:nd beco~ing 2cquainted. Over 120 people were present at the Comnmni ty - ~eache:s Tea on 1dednesday afternoon, October fifth in the high school Home Econorncs classroom of Mrs. Barbara Walker. The Tea was sponsored by the members of the ?ah-Chu-Chu-'i/a club and j_s an annual event. The regular t~nday~ September 26 meeting of the club was a guest night and. Salad Supper at the horue of l-Ixs. Jannie King. The program consisted of group s1.nging. Nr. and i..::r.s. Charles Eeher from Denver were in the-area visiting their uncle 1-b.~. and 1-Irs. Bo E. lieher. They all fished at Lemon Dam and visited a niece and f a:nily in Aztec, U. },:exe / Se'ilor y Se~l'fora Charles Neher de Denver, Colo/ado visitai·on a su tio y esposw Senor y Senora B.Ee Nehere ,,I:n lo que estaban aqui todos fueron a pescar truchas en Lemon Dam y visitaron a su sobrina y familia en Aztez 5 Huebo 1,~e j ico. "Take this prescription to any barbershop'.·• Sunday dinner guests at the hoI?le of Hrs. Viyrtle Bowers and Harry and Du;:ie He Junkin on the second were l·fr. and 10::.rs. E. · F. Patrick, Mrs. l·!axine Anderson, Hrs. Charlotte Jones and 1-~s. Opal Price. The NcJunkins feel that snow is not too far away so they and Hrs. HcJunkins' mother, Hrs~ Bowers plan to return to their home in El Paso later in October. El domingo Senor y Senora Harry l.fcJunldn y la Senora 1-~yrtle Bowers invi taron a Senor y Senora E. F. Patrick Senora 1-faxine Anderson Charlotte Jones y Opal Price1 a tomar la co□ida con ellos. La familia McJunkin y la Senon,.,.Bowers reeresaran a El Paso Texas donde ellos pasan todos los inviernos. �The Ignacio Drug Store was sold in Septe1:1ber by Ray and Kay Martin to Bob and Gerry Ohnemus from Canoga Park, California. The new owners took ? possession on }~nday, September 19th. • Hrs. Olmemus has some experience in retail selling and will be in charge of running the store as Hr. Ohnemus presently has a computer service · in Los Angeles and will spend part of his time in L. Ao The family has two daughters, nine and 12 years old. The EaTtins bought the Drug store from Mrs. Martin's parents, Garvin and Ruth Snook in 1968. The Snooks then retired spending a few winters in Texas, but now live the year around in Ignacio. The Snooks bought the Drug Store business from Hrs. :Maybelle Britt. The Martins plan to move to h'ashington State. The two l•fartin children, Pam and Hitch are now grown. Pat:J. attended Fort Lewis College as a music major and is presently working at Kroegers in Durango. Mitch recently joined the Navy. Hr. Ohnemus' parents, Bob and Clara lived here a number of years ago, but moved back to L.A. ten years agoo So best wishes aTe extended to Bob and Gerry in their new businesse Le deceamos buna suerte a las nuevos dueffos de la Ignacio Drug Store Sefior y Senora Bob Ohnemus. Bllos venieron aqui de Canoga Park, California. Senor y Senora Ray Hartin quien tenian la. tienda desde el ano 1968 se van a vivir a el estado de Washington a ellos t81llbien les deceaBos buena suerte. The Achieve~ent Day for the Extension clubs of District Nine was at the La Plata County Extension Building, Tuesday October fourth. The business meeting was in the morning followed by a noon salad lun.cheon. The Kitchen · band played for the afternoon's entertainment. Four Extension club medbers from Grand Junction also attended the Achievement Day. Club projects were on display which consisted of the achievements over the past year club programs, can.ning projects. The Happy ~omemal~ers a...71nual quilt wa.s on display. . Representing the Ignacio Happy Homemakers were Hrs. Susan Whiteman, Modene Mayfield, Eula Preston, Virginia Richmond, Olive Dillon, lieinie Gardner, Jannie King and Opal Lechner. .l\. ~?\:-] e\ -~~ / . 1/ - ~ J " ' -/" ~~,.-r1 ·r,~ 'at ·, \I t l. -·. - ·,c 7' ., ' '~ ,.' - "-:::::-.__ ~ 'Tlie guy at fable 7 said you ought to have been a saddle-maker." �Happy Birthday Feliz Cumpleanos Andy Duran Vida Ritter George Hams Emelendra Atencio Hilrn Gallegos Sunshine Smith Rudy 1-~estas Willard Reider Danny Reider Elma Barclay Harry Richards Gra,ves Gunn Lucy Thor.::rpson Betty Gallegos Ditty Fentzlaff John Tiffany Ralph Cloud Adelruda Ruybal Nettie Unca Sam Irene Burch '.I.'he beautiful fall weather really teupts people to go places and Dick Gardners and Pat Patricks took a day a..r1d a picn5_c lunch the last of Septer.ber to sightsee along the 1~oad to Silverton. Grace and Pat Patrick drove to 1-Ioab, September 30 in the af"ternoon for a short visit with tbeir avnt, !-.:rs. Anna Borneson. They retul'ned home Saturday. _ , El bonito tiempo de oto.rio y los colores de los Arboles tan eruosos tenta a la junte en salir a las montanas. Ser'fbr y Senora Dick Gard..."fler Senor y Senora Pat Patrick llevaron su lonche y fueron un dia al rut:ibo de Silverton. Ta.mbien los Senores Patricks visitaron la sigu1ente semana con su tia Anna Borneson en Hoa·o, Utaho "My sister just gave me two dollars not to · tetl you something." �'i l:1rs • Opal Price and her s ister Mrs. Mary Pearson drove to Grand J u~c~ion on September 27 and took a birthday calre f or Y..rs . Pri ce ' s d_a\.i~nt er , _J anice • The y stayed overnight with the Pear sons I daught er and ., f amily, the Larry Garners coming home Wednesday Horning • .L~s he r manas .Mary Pearson y Opal Pr ice fueron a Grand Junction el dia ~1.nt~siete de seti embre a visitar .~ la hija (~3-nice ) de la S~nora Price •. lambien pasaron la noche con l a hiJa de l a Senora pears on Seri6r y Se~ira Larry Garner. Br. and Hrs . John Olbert f ro- Oxford b ht 1 Karl Hauer.._ 'fh 'l th roug a _oad of Wood Sunday for Hr. a nd Hrs and afte~w~ds they had~;off~~ !.nd 1r !:~ ~~f!d!fe ~he wood the ladi es visi ted i n Du On ilednesday _the 12th six ladies f r om Clrri st The King Lutheren Church ra.ngo came ,-ri th buckets and mons t o hel t h H t · Honday the 17th HI's H t h~· .· P e auer s wi th house cleaning . L. Emerson from Flagstaff t~r~on;:: a nice talk (over the phone) wi th Hrs . domin~~sYJ~mJ~~~r~fe~eoOfford ~isitaron a Senor Y Se'irora Karl Hauert el vaciaron la carga ellas Pnla~J~;~~rond una cartga de l ena . Hientras los hombres El mi d. · . - - _.v espues omaron pastel y cafe . 1 1 Church en~~~:~ v!~i~~~~ :e!~~~ ~f!:s~~ ~~b~!~e~isChra1 1·~t~?he Ki ng Lutheren 1unes 1a Senor -q t l t· -J.lD'"'J.a r 1 a casa . El Flagstiff, Ari:o;!~er Pa ico por telefono con la Senora i Emerson de The big event of the Lunsford famil y reunion the las t of September wa s · the evening dinner in the Community room a t Pino Nuche with 32 people present. This included sone children, grandchildren and even a grea t grand child or two and J•~s. Ella Flack , mother-in- law of Hrs . Davidena Flack. Harry Flack was unable to be here f or the reunion as he is wo::cki ng on an engineering project in Vene zulao All the eight brothers and si sters of the Lunsford faI!lily were present. Ignacio family members are: Daisy Kerns, Loyd and Paul Lunsfordo Cowing from other parts of the globe for the visiti ng were : Lester Lunsford and his llif e, Thelma from tfontrose, 1,;:rs . Ardena Fig gin from Ontario , Californi a Hrs . Davidena Flack froll:!. Venezula , Hrs . Anna Smith f.rom Fairview, Oldahoma , Catherine and her husband , Ray Dickey f r om Anchorage, Alaska , Loyd ' s wife , Alice and Paul 1 s wife , Virginia , were also at the September 27 Reunion di nner . En los ultimos dias de setiembre los ocho mienbros de la f amilia Lunsford sus esposos , esposas , nietos v isnietos y otros parientes , trienta y dos par todos1 atendearon una reunio'n en el Pi no Nuche . De Ignacio eran Daisy Kerns , Senor y Sefi'ora Loyd Lunsford y Se?lor y Seffora Paul lunsford. De otras partes venieron Senor y Seff'ora Le ster Lunsford de Eontrose , Colorado Senora Ardena Figgin de Ontario , California Davidena Fl ack de Venezul a Seflora Anna Sm.i th de Fairview·, Oklahoma y Senor y Senora Ray Dickey de Anchor age , Alaska. Chuch and Donna Egger wer e i n Boulder the week of October se·cond . Mr .. Egge r who 1s i n the asse s sor 1 s offlce had a week of s chool to a ttend and Hrs , Egger who works in t he Mercy Hospital Library wi t ll the medical r ecords had wor kshop clas s es to attendo They also vi s ited with Hrs . Egger 's Br other Clin ton Di llon and fai:1il y in Boulder . Chuch Y Donna Egger f ueron a Boulder, Colorado l a primera semana de octubre con nego'ci o y al mismo tiempo visitaron al hermano de la Senora Egger Senor y Senora Cl inton Dillon . �Hrs. }!ac Capell and her s on , Kenn~~th Capell, returned to their ho;ne ln Columbus , Ohio tho last of September . · ~ ~ 1t The y ha d s pent s ome tir:-1e here visiting wj_th former neighbors and l ongtir.1e friends , ·rhe Capell hone on Browning a venue was s old to Kenneth and Ethel Srnj_tho The S[i:i.ths col!ll-:-1encea. r.i.oving the first of October. The Capel ls had l ived in I gnacio fo r a nu:::iber of years. Arthur Capell was a rural mail carrier on route 2. '.i'.he house had belonged to the \-/allrnr family before then and Hl'o tfaJ.ker was the route 2 mail car.ri0r. Then he a11d Hr. Capell, t hen a nail carr ier i n Pataskala , . Ohio tr aded homes and r,ail routes . Some of the \'lalk er family still live in Pataskala. La Sefi'bra Mae Capell y su hijo · Kenneth regre.saron a su ca.sa en Columbus, Oh io la ul tima semana de s etie::.1bre C:.espue s de p.::i.sa1· dos ~eses aqu:L en l a casa de la Senora Capell . Ellos venderi on toC:~a · su })ropie dad , la casa s e la.s com.pro Seno1· y Senora Kenneth Sru. th. Judith Gray Chendo who preached with her husband, John Chcndo, for: s 0ver-a.l years in the Presbyterian Churches of the San. Jua!'l Larger Parish ~as ordained and installed as assistant paster at the ?resbyteri~~ church in Basking Ridge, Hew J erseyo The Ordination services were i n the church at f'our o I clock, Sunday afternoon, October second ~ A Rec eption follm•rnd the services. Whil e serving in this Parish the Chendos lived in the Bayfield 1-~nse ~ Thev ca~e here f:ro!J lTew York City o The i r young son, Johnny, was bo~,n while they lived i n Bayfield. 'i'he Chendos :i.·esigncd fro:i Parisl1 d-:jties 0!1 Sunday , Septe~ber 21 , 1975 and □oveci to nye, Ifow York to !llake their hooe . John contj_rn.1-'Jd t o serve as a minister in a H. Y. . church. Judy took a par~ti!!!.e secreteria1 i ob in the chu:rc:h e.nd cont inued her studies j_n the rainis-cerye J ohn is ,_continuing to serve as a rJinister and ts also st~dying laWo The Revo Don Kratz and his wife, Lyda were on vacation duri ng the month of September. They spent r.iost of their vacation jeeping and camping in the hi gh country and enjoying the autumn colors. • The supply minister during September f or the Parish churche s was the Rev. J ohn Thorncss of Durango ·who is an ordained Lutheran minister, but presantly in the banking business . · El roverando Don Kratz y su esposa Lyda pas~ron su vacacicin en su jeep campando en la sierra y go s ando de los colores bonitos del otcinO. El reverando John Thorness de Durango to~o el lugar de el s efior Kratz durente este tiempo. � 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: October 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. 1977-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center