https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/db5a1f16c08f155e903b6991b198b5eb.pdf 982589443b33d510ae2a202e021c0c07 PDF Text Text ~~ ~ " ,· . d}-~LbL., /9 7Y- . R ~ ~/4_ ~~~rr ~ ~/~ r11,7 ?°'C. 3-J;.;, I �CHRISTMAS PAST 11 My first memories of Christmas were in ~he Towaoc Boarding School. The night be~ore Christmas Eve all of us little children, Frances Buck, Joe Weaver, myself and others sneaked out of our rooms to peek at the big girls assigned to wrap the presents and fill the stockings. The next night there weuld be a program with singing of carols. Then, when we heard bells jingi ing in the hall we got so exc.i ted we could not sit still, becaus,~ we ~ w who was coming . Santa ran into the hall with his pack t ull • • pr esents . Every year the girls got a doll and the boy~ got a ball or some other toy.11 Eva Cook nr grew up in Norwood near London, England. Sometimes on Christmas morning we receive~ an apple and nuts, sometimes not. Toys were OUL of the question. Usually we had Christmas pudding and a good dinner. We went caroling, sometimes in bitterly cold. weather. So~e of the people opened their door~ to listen and dropped pennj_es into our ha ts. 11 Gertrude Dunn .~ \;;,, ~\.<:.. "My family was moving to south._. Texa,s in De.c ember . The day bef ore Christmas ·we camped near the~ tockyartls of a small town . Dad went sh6pping a nd returned with'"toys f e r the youngest chil dren a1:d with sweatE!:-rs for my two older -Sisters and myself. I was at the age when I was almost too old f or toys, but wished I wern 1 t. · The sweaters were very beautiful, bu£ Dad could sense I was a little disappointed. A while later he returned with, a doll for me. 11 Beulah Miller "I was the youngest child in my family growing up on the ranch east of Ignacio. Santa always came to our house the night before Christmas while I was asleep~ I woke up before dawn, got my parents up and ran in to the fireplace to see what was in my stocking, then to the tree for a present. My parents knew I was crazy about trains. My favorite present was a wind-up train. Another time I got a little steam engine with a lead flywheel which burned alcohol. It worked great until one day I put in too much alcohol ·and melted the flywheel right off of it. 11 Emmet Hott "I can still hear my Dad saying ; 1 Go to bed children; so Santa Claus can come.• Then the next morning he came into our room and said,'l~ke up Children. I think Santa Claus has been here.' We got up right then and ran in to the tree and tore into the presents.rt ·Euterpe Taylor �r 'Dad always sent us to bed real early on Christmas Eve so Sa.nta. could come . The next morning we found apples and -oranges, but no presents. But we didn't know the difference, so·we were happy with what got. ' 1 E~a Gallegos ,e - - -- -- - ---- ~ ,;I was one of 10 children growing up on a ranch near Rogers, Arkans!as. Every year my parents bought each of us a new suit of clothe:s and one or two special toys for Christmas. With that many peopl~ in a house it was impossible to hide the toys en the pla~e, so my Dad left them at the neighbors very secretively until Christmas Eve. Some years he was so quiet about it we wondered whether we were going to get anything. One morning when I woke up very early to check the Christmas tree, I found the decorations afire. Fortunately we were able to wake everyone up and put out the fire before it destroyed the house. 11 Paul Lunsford 1 .was a very 'bad girl one year. !1y father, who 01'med. a book and stationery store in Durango, brought a catalog to my !:'!.other who picked the toys to order for us children. I looked in the catalog to see what mother had ordered for us. There were her neat check:narks beside certain items. Then a brilliant a.,,~d naughty idea came to ~e. I ~ade checknarks just as neat as my mother 1 s beside several expensive toys and waited to see what would happen. When the toys ar!'ived, tiy nother was confounded. Dad put theIL- in the store to see if they woulci sell, but they were too expensive for most people to buy. One was a little tea table with.4 tiny chairs. Another was a miniature electric range which really cooked. When they didn't sell, Dad brought them ho~e to :u;,e. Don I t think I didn't enjoy them! 11 Margaret Wiseman 11 ) ------ 11 I was 5 years old and wanted a new doll badly. My mother bought a china head, made a body for it and sewed a beautiful blue dress. 1 When mother sent me to bed, the doll was already lying on my pillow~ Lottie Dannels ------ ------ ~~ ? ( ' ~ - . ol'J..LC.. :2. t .1 l'i 'Ir ~~ ~ ~~ - 1;_: po ~ -~ ~~ ottid. ~.k -J;{ClM,,,._I _1 .i~~~~~ g~~~~ • j .i~~~ �How do you make out a.n order for your Christmas dinner from a .MENVET you can 1 t read and no one can spell'? So what is Orvon or N Medlcoo? The Happy Homemakers did the best th~y could at the Christmas party, Friday the eighth at the · Presbyterian Church annex. Some of them didn't get any silverware until the fourth course. Or their baked turkey either and the · Soup of the Day - NSOFBM - they wer~ out of. The committee i i l charge of this fun dinner were the club officers-Nadine Ford, Olive Dillon, Virginia Richmond and Nona Roberts. The members brought gifts for their secret sisters and signed their names. Names were also drawn for secret sisters for the coming year. The LaPlata County Extension Clubs Council were in charge of the Christmas party for Extensio'n club members of the county. Council President is Olive Dillion of the Homemakers Club. At 11 a.m. each club fixed an Achievement Day table. One member from each club told what items were on her club's table and told of the achievements of the past year. At noon the ladies attending enjoyed a pot luck luncheon. After lunch some of the Sweet Adelines came and sang a number of Christmas songs for the group. Norma Johnson of Durango showed films of the trip she and her husband took to Russia, Germany and Sweden. A gift exchange was along enjcyed by the members. Attending from the Ignacio Happy Homemakers were: Eula Preston, Carmen Rea, Vivian Ric~...mond, Nadine Ford) Virginia Richmond, Nona Roberts, Olive Dillon and Christine Callison. Married on November 11th were Rita Bridget Strain and Vernon Bonds. The wedding was seven O'Clock in the Pine River Valley Baptist Church. The Rev. Cheto Moreno married the young couple. The Bride 1s the daughter of Mrs. Oscar Strain jr. and the late Oscar Strain of Ignacio. The groom is the son of Mr. and Va-s. Russell Bonds of Bondad. Colors used throughout the church were apricot and mint green. The maid of honor was BeV. Brimingham with Jean Lesky and Martha Bonds as bridemaids. The best man was Larry Barnes. A reception following the ceremony at Pino Nuche with Anna May Cardon, Mildred Sparks and Ruth Berkey assisting. Mrs. Berkey is a sister of the late Mr. Strain. The wedding cake was baked and decorated by Wilma Payne. (con't) �(con 1 t) The Bonds· are now· making their home on the famil-Y 13onds ranch at Bondad. Rita grew up in Ignacio graduating from Ignacio High School. She attended Wayland Baptist Gollege in Plainview, Texas and has been employed at Coilk!unity Hospital. ,") The grrom graduated from Durango High Schoel and is working with his father on the Bonds Ranch. -----------------Longtime Ignacio resident, Hrs. Adelai'.:le Ruybal 70, died in a Greeley Nursing Hoffie. Services were in t he Chapel of the Hood Mortuary in Durango with the Rev. Gene Trujillo officiating. Burial wis in the Ignacio Cemetery. The Ruybal fa.2.ily lived for many years on a ranch east of Ignacio • •.!_ft er their children were gro·wn 2_nd I'.larried Tho0ns and his wife r:iOVed into town and lived. on Browning avenue for a nu:n.ber of years and l·1r. Ruybal had one of the best gardens in to•,,m. lfrs. :?.uybal was born October 16, 1908 in Vago, :new ::,rexico. She was a tiewber of the Spanish Asser:1bly of God. Church..., J " R - 1en . , in . .... l 0,, 72 an d 1,:r s. ,.r. _ uyb a1. Ruybal continued to live in Ignacio until ~oving to Greeley. ) Fourteen children survive, several live in Salt Lake and Denver~ T'wo live in Ignacio, a daughter, Helen Lucero and a son, :2:r.·Eest Buybal. :i,!rs. Ruybal was preceded in death by her husband and one daughter. -------------------Annie ;rorris 96, a life long resident of the Ignacio area and a member of the Southern Ute T:ribe, daied Wednesday, November 22 in Hercy Medical Center. Funeral services were Xonday morning, November 27th in the Baptist Indian Mission with the Rev. Allen Seward officiating. Burial was in the Ouray He.morial Cemetery. She was born August 18, 1882 in Ignacio to George rfanees and :Mary Norris. Her parents made many trips throughout United Stated and to Washington, D. c. working for Indian rig.hts& She was preceeded in death by a son Henry Norris. Surving Hrs. Norris are three daughters, Bertha N. Frost, ½l'vrtle N. We aver and Nona Romero and one son 1!.:llen Carel, all of Ignac:io grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as relatives in .Towaoc and Fort Du.che sne, Utah. J ~ ------------------Snow, cold and wind was the reason for the cancellation of the Christmas Salad Luncheon of the Friendship Circle scheduled for Wednesday, December sixth. Gifts were to be brought for a man or a woman patient in the Bayfield lfursing Homes. These gifts rnay be brought and left \rlth 1-~s. Heinie Gardner and they will be deli ved to the Nu:-csing Homes before Christ!"1as. - - - -- �I'he Pa Chu Chu Wil Club h eld t h~ir rer,ular meeting at the ?resbyt0.ri~;1 Church Arin~x with 18 rnernbers · answering roil call. President Violet SR~s p::.·e.sided :,at che business riceting. Card wa:, signed and sent to Ella Flack at the Valley r;anor in i-ro11trose·, Colorado. Plans were ff;acic for ~he annual Christ~as Porty too be held at the Church Annex on Dece:;.ber 18th r,dth J"annie Ki'ng and Evelyn Cra'.dord. in charge. Instead of excha.nf:ing gifts a::-:ong the members, gifts will be brought for the patients at the Bayfield ?fursing Ho~e. Eula Preston had chargG of the program, explaning the Jay Care and Head Start FrograDs in Ignacio using slides with Shelby S~ith as the n~rrator. Dainty refreshT.. ents were served f!"Ol:! a beautifully decorated table in keeping with the Christ:oas Season by ,·Irs. Nona Roberts and 1-'..rs. Lois Layton. 1 The Friendship Circle wish to thank those who contributed and patronized their Bake Sale held recently to he}p with the sponsorship of the 3ro,,,,nj_e Troop under the leadership of Shirley Snyder. Eighteen young girls fron five to nine years held their pinning ceremony at the Presbyterian Annex on November 14th with parents in attendance. Pledges were given by each member to be a Good Brolmie after which the leader Shirley Sny'der pinned a BrO'\mie ::~mblera. on each child. Refresh::ents were serv- ed from a beautifully decorated table. Having 1·h2.nks giving d.in.."1.er v;i th the 211:..son f a!IliJ y We!'e Jick and. Heinie Gardner and Lyle and Evelyn Crawford. ,,. El dia de gracias la fa~ilia Ellison invito a Dicky Heinie Gardner a Lyle y Evely--n Crawford a toI!'..ar la comic.a con ellos. Bertha Sandoval had dinner, 'I'hanksgi ving Dar at her sisters :<~ry ?..o~ero. Bertha Sandoval tomo la ccmida el d.ia de gracias con. su her::lana i-:ary Romero. I~. & Ers. CriselcL Fachec~ and Chris tana had dinner '.I'hanksgi ving Day with the Abenecio 2~noz family. Their daughter Shon attending call~re in Colorado Springs and her room ~ate froIB Rocky Ford were there for a few days vacation to't . . Cre si~ Liva y Christina torraron la comida el dia de gracias con A·benecio l-:uno z y f am.ilia. Su hi j a:;\'§-''\ma aniga d~ Rocky Ford estav2.n en vacacior1 por- unos dias. Las dos a tj_enden el colegio en Colorado Springs. Hazel Brake and Virgina Russell enjoyed. Thanksgiving dinner at the hone of l'lx. and Er s. Karl Ha.uert. Hazel Brake y Virginia Russell disfrutaron de una buena co □ida en la casa de senor y s e?i'ora Karl Hauert el dia dt:: gracias. The To□ Wiseman family and ;,!argar·et 1.-!iseman and Lena ',ii tt spent Thanksgivinc Day at the Glade Stowell home in Bayfield. La farnilia de Tom W:Lserr.an, l<argnret ',·iise:.!.an y su herrcana Lena \fitt pasaron el dia de gracias con la f~milia de Glade Stowell en Bayfield. �.( ThE: Christi;:as uarty for the Pah-Chu-Chu-Ha club re.embers and quests was cancelled ior the Dec. 11th date and postponed until Monday e 1 .rcning, the 18th. The hostesse ·will be Evelyn Crctwfor.d and Jannie Kin€: 2.11d the party •..;i:.l be in the ?resbyte~ian Church annex. are to be brought for ;Aurs:l_ng Home residents. Gifts !~s. l~rie Harer sends greetings of the season from her new ho~e in Durate, Cn.lif ornia. Eer lms band, th'3 Rev. Ted Ha1·er, 1-.rho prea.ched in the San Juan Larger Parish Churches .fro::r. time to tir:!e, died 2:arch 16 frm·e:. Cancer. He Harers had lived in and around Durnago for thirty years. J.'..rs, Harer has now r:::oved into Hestriinis ter Gardens, '\,1:r:i.ich is o·..,,ned by the united ?:r:esbyterian Ci.rnrch D .S .A. in ;)-Lrnr.ics. }'.arie noted that Tec 1 s lcst earthl:.r lege.cy was transplanting his gr2.f ted apple trees. · Ee had grafted seedlings. ,'inere ever he found the:.~ i!: the wooded ,)asture. He said he night not live ~o enjoy the fruit fro~ those lrees, but s02ebody will. Bob an~ Zslta 2ott ~ad plenty cf troubles getting to ceetings in Cc;lo:·ac.o Sprini;s as ~;ell as £st ting 1.10!:.2. They }~d to get from Colo. Springs to )enver to fly back to Du!'anf;c on t:n.s lOa.::: • .Fro?1tier flight Th1irsday - the seventh. J:..fter boc:-.:cdi2~g thi? pl211e w2~s delayed for tuo hours by p2.ar.e troubles before fi:12.lly ta~in::; off c.nd. arriving ho:ne that after noon • .. Dan aD-d l·!ary Shaugh.r~essy headed south for The!l.1:sgiving. They enjoyed Tr~ariksgi ving o.inne1· with AJ:buquerque friends, - GBI' WEtL Hazel Jones Carmelita Casias soon Car~en Cardova Alfred Larsen }ilirtin Hayes Davita Taylor �~~any friends from. Ignacio a ttcndcd the 50th 'dedding Anni vcrsary of :-::c. and Ers. Les Sutton (:~es and Buelah) in Allison held in tho J.ov2ly home of Jim and Margaret Sutton. Les served this area very well for ~any years ~hen he wa.s connccteci with the Banl<: of Ignacio. Buel2h worked rrw.n)r years at the Southern Ute kitchen and dinir,g room. Many more happy yea.rs ~ogetl-1-:::r Les a.nd Buelah. Muches de sus a □igos de Ignacio acompanaron a senor y senora Les Sutton en el dia de su aniversario de cincuenta ·anos. Lo celebraion en la casa de su hijo Jj_m y '.fargcJre·~. Les t::. 2.be.jo en el banco cl~ Ignacio y Buelah e·n la 0 cocina y co::::erc'i.or de la Agencia de los Utas por r.mchos ancs. ano$ juntas y de buena salud les deciel':los. !fochos r,ig_s !-:::.:,. and Hrs. };d ;-lorrnner of Bayfield visited at the Gard.nGr ho:.'..'.l.e on Sunday afternoon. Senor· y senor<'i. Ed Ho:-'.lliler d.e Bayfield vi.sitar on con los Garchwrs el domingo en la tarde. Beverly Barker has gone to California with relatives to visit and to get some special treatnents on her legs. Beverly Barker se fue para California per un tie~oo a visitar parientes ya to~ar trata~ientos para su enfer~edad. -----------------After driving on snow and icy roads with the wind blowing fer a couple of ,:eeks in the Denver area as well as being in .., 7 ' -· +.,., nk 2.nd Leona ,~era quite happy L,O_l,en ar~a' .!...ong:::.1on v~ 1: ra -co arrive ho11.c on Saturday evening, Dec er:-.ber 9th. -i:c ·1 cter; ' -':'ou __ i:tiat with South Park roads being closed and 1.folf C:!.'eek ?ass being cJ.osed: the :2veretts car::e over Vail Pass to Grand J-uncticn 0ve11 if the roads weren 1 t eaod that route either. They staved overnj_g.ht in (~rand Junction and Datlirday finished their tr:i:o to:~:e via Cortez. ~ i:':-:Vfr 2 -:-::3.j_n ! well, a f amil~r reunion ~or Chris tr~as in Denver is i.1·1 th,: ,:_'lo.mt5_ng sta.ge. � 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: December 1978 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. 1978-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center