https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/95edc25fc4a18d81394f6e4d5f561371.pdf c400b4315265ca8b23946e40e250fb06 PDF Text Text . .. .... , , ..... - ~ 'f ~~ ) ~;l'17'1 ~ ~J. Q PIX3~t,-~ /~ - �FRANK PADILLA Frank Padilla was born at La Jara, New Mexico, (near Cuba) in 1903. His parents, Jose R~fael Padilla and Alcaria (Mestas) Padilla, had three older children when Frank was born. They are Beatrice, Amalia and Cleotilde. The Padill~ •s moved to Arboles, Colorado, when Frank was one year old. His father worked for the D. & R.G. Railr.oad building track~ His foreman was a. Japanese man~ The 11 extra gang",as the Japanese crew was known, created quite a stir of interest since most of the local people had never s een Orientals before and had certainly never seen anyone eat so much rice. · Frank says he attended school at Arboles f'Jr one year, then went to college at the sheep ca~p. Sheepherding was Frank 1 s life work. Many of those years he was employed by Salvadore Rodriquez, an uncle of Fred Rodriquez. Except for a few trips to Grand .Tunctio11 and Utah and one memorable trip to Los Angelos, during which he missed a bus connection and toured all over Pueblo and Denver, Frank has spent his whole life in the Arboles/Ignacio area. Frank has never been married. During the interview we teasingly asked him -whether he had ever had any girl friends. He set us in our· places by replying the only lady he is i11terested in is the Virgin Mary. Frank's devoted religious faith is well kno~m in this community. If the people of Ignacio were asked to name the person who is the best neighbor in town, I a.Iil confident Frank would be one of the winners. For many years Frank has taken care of the grounds at the Catholic Church. Since moving to one of the senior center apartments, he has watered and hoed all the flower beds and swept and cleaned the walks and the parking lot. Every spring Frank visits both the Catholic and the non-Catholic ) cemetaries to search for any untended graves. He removes the weeds and cleans every grave which appears to be neglectedo In his daily walks bet-ween Ignacio and the senior center he picks up and disposes of the litter a.long both sides of' the highway. All these tasks are perfor~ed without thought of pa:rment and apparently without any resentment that others do not hel p. For the se r easons 1~e are pleased to honor Frank Padilla as our senior citizen of the month. He is a responsible, dj_gnified resident and has set an admirable example for the rest of us to be a friend and neighbor to our whole community. ~ Shelby Smith �Don and Jayne Lyday and son Chris spent a couple . of weeks in this area the last of August~ They were overhauling their cabin property north of Durango and their cabin and trailer below the Vallecito. Monday evening they visited the R.H. Gardner home and a few friends who came over to say, 0 Hello 11 • They spent the night with Vic:tor and Dolores Atencio. With the Lydays was their daughter Pam and her h~sband Sal Paduano. The Paduanos left early Tuesday morning for their home in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. The Lydays attended services in both Allison and Ignacio and greeted friends. Labor Day afternoon they visited at the Ignacio Presbyterian Church annex with friends. Tuesday they left for their home in San Clemente, California. Both Don and Jayne are teaching and five year old Chris started kindergarden. A young couple from Indiana was going to try roughing it at the Lyday property north of Durango which is reached via the Durango Silverton train. The Lyday family lived in Ignacio from October 1959 until 1967. Don was the pastor of the Allison and Ignacio churches of the Larger Parish during these seven and a half years. Jayne taught in the Ignacio elementary school. It was while the Lydays were here that the new Manse was built. From Ignacio they moved to Salt Lake and then to Ca.lifornia. ********************* First time grandparents this August are Tom and Beverly Wiseman& Their granddaughter, Jennifer Elizabett, was born early in the morning, Sunday, August 26th to David and Gretchen Gremer of Arvada. Mrs. l,J'iseman left later that day for the Gremer home to spend ten days with the new parents and Jennifer. ********************* It was moving day this Septe:nber for John and Marianna Glass fron their home in Durango to their new home in down to~n Colorado Springs. On Saturday evening, September 15th, Mr. & Mrs. Glass were honored with a f areu.1ell party at the home of Dan and Mary Shaughnessy. A few of their longtime friends were invited to come and wish them well with their new venture. Mr. Glass, who retired several years ago, was a Soil Scientist, with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 30 years. The last 18 years before his retirement, were with the BIA at the Ignacio headquarters. ********************* �The George BryGn family added a- new member to their family this fall, who will make her home with them. this school year . She is Rosa Hinojosa, a Rotary exchange student , from Los 1:ochis, l~e;-: ico~ Rosa graduated from high school in Los r-Iochis and is now a senior in the Ignacio high school and will braduate with the class of 1980 . She is 19 and had never been in the United States before coming here to learn Lnglish. Rosa 1 s plans are to a t tend law school after graduating from I . H. S . George and Charlene and Treva who is also a senior, and Tod are all en joying getting acquainted with Rosa. ********************* Virginia Richi~ond had a birthday cook - out dinner Friday, September 7th for her husband, Jim. It was suppose to be a surprise and was until the evening before. Hamburgers, hotdogs and the trimmings with salads and b alrnd beans with a birthday cake fr om Baskin Robbins was served to about 30 people. ******************** The Pah-Chu-Chu-Wa Club met for their first meeting of the year Monday, Sept ember 10, 1979 at the Presbyt erian Church annex. Heinie Gardner gave a reading abou t teachers and presented each teacher and s ubstitute teacher present . an apple. She ·then introduced guest speaker for the evening Eula Ma e Morris who gave the history of music , which was very interesting . Nina Smith joined the group. Olive Dillon and Heinie Gardner served r efr eshment s . ********************* Happy Homermakers Extension Club met Friday, September 14th in the home of Gail Klusman . Members a nswering roll call answered by g1V1ng a canning hint. 1'•-femb.ers · will be attending_ the Di s trict meeting in Durango October 8th. Phyliss Lee, County Extension Agent gave an interes ting program about canning. Refreshments were served by Ga:l.l Klusman and Nona Roberts . ********************* State Old Age Pension for Persons 62-65 If you are 62 63 or 64 years old, you might be eligible f or Old Age Pension becaus! of a recent court ruling. Th~ co~rt recently ruled that the 35 year reside~cy requirement is u~cons~itution~l. _Welf:re departments at county court houses may star-c taking applications ... or 11 early" pensions in October . ~f you think rou are eligible send us your name and addres s and we vn.11 keep you 1.nforr,:ed about developments• Our numb~r is .i.~J-4561 . . . t Or you may inquire at the La Plata County Socia.L Service Departmen in Durango. 247-3224 �The Fr:i.endship Circle meet:i.ng ·wa.s Wectnesda.y Afternoon~ September ;th in the P:.:_"esbyterJ.aT, Church a.t~1ex~ Circle p:resident M~s. He:i.nie Gardner~ was in charge of the bus:Iness meeting,, · 11 If God, The Healer, uas t.he lesson topic p:;.~esented by Mrs .. Ann Foreman under Family Illnesses an.d Hectling a,s decri bed in the many instances listed t!:lroughout the B::Lbleo Probs.bl;~r the best knmm is the story of Lazarusn Refreshments were scl"ved by the hostess~ Hrs~ Elizabeth R:i.gginG The meeting on the J.9th was sched1Jled for a. Wor•l;;: meeting and the project is sewing laprobes which w~ll be given to patients in the Rest Homes~ Mrs~ Riggin and Mrs~ Gardner• attended the group plar,ning sess:1..on for the year on Thursday the 13th i.n Dt1rango Presbyterial ·will be in the Durango Presbyterian Church on T!:iursday afternoon and all day Fr.iday with the Igns.cio Circle assist1ng~ 0 • It was a }fapp;y- Birthday to Mrs~ Hazel Brake the afternoon of August 30th as a few of her friends and neighbox·s called with cards and gifts to wish her well~ 'f.he surprise l'Jarty was a:;:':ranged by :Mrs" Thelma Wright a.nd. she brought along the birthday cake., ) Hrs,. Brs.~!'.:e who had been hospitalized in Aug1Jst with a broken hip fi.,om a fall is cont:Lzming to recover 2,nd glad to he home e :,Jed:end. g1Jest;J at tt:e horns of t✓.crs ~ Char.lotte Jones were Dcuglas ar:6. Agnes Go1~man fi•or:J_ J,f1ssion, Ks,nse.s ~ After S0!:10 sightseeing a:::--~mnd t01m ancl the Vc:,J.l.ec::i.to Lah':e area they left l;~onday, August 27th to contim1e thejr ea!lrpi:'.'.lg trj_p to Boi:se 'J Idaho ~ Nine yea:r·s ago the Gorman family 1;·acationed at th-2 V2.llecito, so t hey saw a .few cb.a.nges ther·eo In Bo::i.se they went on a camping trip ·with thei1' daughter, .Teariette Gorman~ J"eanEitte works with the senior citizen progr:s.m in Boise" ********************** Mrs$ Olive Dillon \-ras a:-.,.-;ay from home three vmeks in August~ Her first stop was in Boulder to visit her son, Clinton 2.nd family She then visited fr:tencls 2 ..nd relatives i.n Kansas and Nebraska~ Wh:Lle in Kans:-'s she attended the class reunlon of h.eI" high school graduating n elass in Esbono In Neb2:aska one of her stopping places was in Red Cloud with rela·:.:J.1~:,;s~ Red Cloud \78.S the home of Willa Cather:i Pu1:1.tzer Prize winning novelist~ M:rsG Dillon i.ncJ.uded t!'le Wi1la CE-.\ther Museum on her list of places to see~ She returned rwm,~ Saturday~ September lstQ HAPPY********************* BIRTHDAY Lucy Duran Pauline Rod.I'iquez ijatividad Martinez bil viano Luce:20 Brad Sr.Ji th Be:i."thB. Sv.ndoval Henry Rivera Charlotte Jo1:1es ,;oe Williams Maria Manzaneres Fred Luce:co Jt.:l:'Lan Garcia �Houseguests \•7ednesd.ay :i1ght at the home of Mrs o OLtve DilJ.on were Ruben and Dor othy Rinker from the Sunrise Trading Post A:rizonao The Tradi ng Post is near W5.nslow. Mxs. Rinker 5.s i-1rs. DiJ.lo=i!s daughte r. -Jo:tn:i.ng them for d5.n.ne:r · Wedne sday evening at the D:Lllo?J. home were Mrs . Roxanne Egger and two boys from Bayfield and Chuck a nd Donna Egger. The Rinkers left Thursday to return to J~h ej_r home~ Quite a f ew, Ignacio, Allison area residents attended the 39th annual meeting of La Pl ata Electric Saturday a f' t er1'loon 5 September 13th in the Exte:isi on Build1ng in Durango. Joh..'1 Murphy was sccretm. / of the m.8eting and the 1978 minut es showed 156 co-op members attending and ove r 14,000 consumers for the yea!'. · For the Sept0mcer 1 5th meeting 200 even were pres ent and the number of consumer services for the::- ]979 yeFJ.r was 15,572 as of September. \rfayne Lunt and Bruce Fassc•tt represen t La Plata El e ctric Beard of Directors on the Board of Colorado-Ute lUectric . Bob Brown of Montrose a director of Colorado-Ute was present . Harvey Catchpole 1•1as c l1airman cf thE· mee t ing A number of reJ:orts were presenl9tnd Hugh Chastain , r::.ana.ger of La Plata Electric, gave a repor·c on the yea r's actiYitiese He n.cted t.hat the new headoue.rters in the Bodo Industrial Park we:"e under construction . REA members were invited to vis:i.t t he ne1:1 site. Wi"1en co~plete d the n e~•1 REA building ·will be n uch larger than t he presE'nt one which is ou tg~o~n. t:·1 e::c t~d to ccr~re f-·0·1 'v~ · t.,p (~..l.;J <.... f··q, J.tJ l"T'•'C T r ~3y -!, .,..,_,,, .. l.., .., ' .; . L (''-,... ,.l, , ~., L·~ .i,-c, .:: ./~. ..v ,, ~.::.J:.~:, ·11 :·. r• .:. Tr.- ..:.:.~• 1 Jacl:i: L-"i.n-,tt '7!i r-c" r, ·ra,-,·-cv Catch P~·1"'" ~n,1 P~r-ry Co ., 1~ • pi:elr-"' u ' .!... _ .... ' '..IV _ (..I. ...:, ' " " · - ~- \- ....... .;. • • _r.. _ .. ~· ,, ~:"\...' - ... c.l.,,, _'... _.__c;...., ,I - .. " It .ms a bu5J '!.;i• ·e tl:'..!.8 lc:ts·t. t:•·o :•:eeks of At;ft.1st ~-t the TJcell C&.rtJ.o:~ and Wal te:r Carlso:-l h~:..1es. ''.hc.' C;;~rc;.cn~. son~ J ay, z.rri vcd hor::c _:;.ugust 1 5•!_;~1. Hi s ;>arcnts "1 et h i :r: i!'l De!!VC·:' on thc-· ~.Lfth o Jay ,-ms returning fr01.n a t ... o year L. D. S. Mi ssion in Uortacr~ Ital yo Du~ing h~s t!~e in Ital y he ~ade a lot of new f :'i2nd.5 ~ he rGalJ.y liked the I talian people and thr: clima te. His se.::ond year he ,;-ms a ssiened ·co the lii ssicn ho:ie for six n:onths and the last two ::1ont J.1.s of his stay he was a ::-issionary i n t he field . Cor.iing hoIJ<=.; . to vis it 1.,ihile Jay was home Ha. s his br·ot he r, Ca rl a nd wife, Vern and the:1. r thre e ch:tl dren from Canyon. Ci ty and his s i s t·er , Joanne :;Jh· · t e I he:r h usban d , Bob a ;:id the:i.r three gj_rls from Buena Park , Cal i f orni. , · Also a niece o:'.: :t.rs . Carlson's from Was:1ington Sts.te was he:l.' e for a visit w:l th all cf th.er.'!.. She was ?!:rs o Doris Finch the claug~ter of Geo:·ce and J.fo.ry Brown, fcrm8r Allj_s on res i dents. It [,1a.s been 35 years since she had be~n in tr..<;; ;:•_:,:·eB. a.nd s he had a l•1ondc:?.' fu l time. The ,ve..l ter C'a':'lsons a.n<l Udell Gardens had seen ter in i·lashington. State on tc0ir 1975 trip. Before g>ing on ;;m L.~.s . 1li~sor1.; J a y, a I grn:1.c·~o h jzh gradl."'.a.te, attend€ci one year ut J.Y.U. in Provo. Sep-cemb~r f:i.r3t he 1-.1ent haclc to Provo to ~-m.roll for h:1.s so~1hom01·e year where he is majoring in ~l e ctrical engi ne ering. � 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: September 1979 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 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1979-09 Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center