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EVA MARIAN WORFORD
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The girl, 15,. and the boy, 13, stood beside a tall pile of
luggage, ·trunks, cases and boxes on the railroad platform. Suddenly,
the boy ducked behind the pile and hissed at his sister to do the
same. A t all man in blue pants and coat exa mined t he luggage and
the children closely as he rode by on a c hes tnut horse. 11 Don't
you know t hat 1 s a policeman, 11 the boy said. Marian and Ethan had
just arrived in Chicago with their mother . Everything was unfamiliar
and a little frightening. Like many country people of that era the
children were nervous and suspicious of town people. Their mother
had left them to watch the luggage while she looked for a means of
t r ansporting it from one railway sta.tion to another across tovm.
Moving was not a new experience for the Wrights, but they had never
moved so far. The family had lived in many different places in
Michigan. Now they were going to Colm~ado.
Eve. Marian Wright was born August 3, 1902, i n Cass County, Southern
Michigin. It is hilly, very green, fo res ted country f u ll of clear,
flowing streams and "lots of bugs 11 , Marian remembers o Her father,
Carl tOJ.} Eugene Wright and her mother , Myrta (Hogue) Wri ght moved frequently doing carpenter work and sales in various communities in
southern Michigan. The home Marian remembers b.e st i-s the· country
mill her father bought. The mill was four stories high.· The upper
two stories were for grind:lng flour and the lower two were for grinding
feed grist f or cattle and chickens. Tbe mill w:;is powered by a turbj_ne
fed by flumes running from the three streams in the valley. It was a
beautiful place. When the children were not needed to work in the
mill they were assigned to fish in tpe nearby streams to supply meat
for the famil y o Marian and Ethan never became bored with this s.ssignment. Since Mr . Wright was not licensed to grind flour? most of his
time was spent grinding grist f eed for animals. Most of his business
c ame i n t he fall, but a f ew farmers came during the rest of the ye ar.
The wrigh ts acquired t wo prized ani mals with the mill. One was a
horse which was e speciall y good nat ured. No one needed to even touch
the rein s to get him t o t own . Ther e was, hm•1ever, one place he wauld
not pull the buggy. He had fallen t hrough a bridge once and he would
not cross a bridge unless someone walked across before him. The other
prized animal was a tiger striped mother cat and her litters. They
were es sential in keeping down the rodent population around the grain
in the mill. One of the tomcats liked to go fis hing with the children.
If they were slow to catch a fish to throw to him, the tomcat would
wade out into the stream, hook a fish with his claws and enjoy his
feast.
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School was only about 1½ miles away, but when the snow stood 3-4
feet deep , it was sometimes difficult to make the trip. No one seemed
to know anything a bout skiis or sno·wshoes in that area at that time.
At 5 yea r s of age i•far i a...'1 shrrtP.d to pre-school, which in those days
was cal:Led. primer cl ass . Children we:.:en ' t expecte9- to learn t o r ead
in primer clas s , but Marian did . He1~ father had instilled in her a
love f or reading from an eaI·ly age.
Coal was expensive in southern Mi chi gan , so the Wrights chopped a
lot of wood for t he wi~tcr. On t h~ l a.nd adjacent to the .mill Mr. Wright
raised oates and a little barley and wheat. Occasionally, he raised
buckwheat for cakes. When the crops were ripe, Carlton would hire a
steam powered thrashing machine and its crew. Marian and Ethan were
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:fascinated by the steam powered machinery and.often would follow the
thrashing machines from field to field to watch the crews at work.
· I They can remember getting up at 3:00 A. M. one morning to stoke the
steam engine for the crew. Always, Carlton had bees for honey and a good
garden for produce. The mill and the garden provided for the needs of
the family. A little extra cash, however is always useful, Ethan
had a part time job which was the envy of other young boys in the area.
One of the neighbor l adies operat ed •a bird farm. She had 200 kinds
of unus ual Amer ican bir ds, var i •ous game birds and exotic foreign kinds.
The bird l ady could n ot possi bly f i ll all .the orders she received.
E"tcp.tµi r eceived one dol l ar per day f or feeding, watering and cleaning
cages.
Occasi onal heavy r ai ny periods had caused floods which threatened
t he mil l, but none di d any r eal damag~ until 1917. A hefty floJd
tha t year destroyed all the f lumes leading to the mill. Carlton said,
"Tha t .' s enough. We' r e going t o Colorado. 11 Colorado had been on their
min ds for some time . Marian ' s mother had a cousin living at Tiffany
who had been urging them to move out here. Carlton sold t~e place,
boxed all their possessions and put the family on the train. Carlton
himself went by auto by way of Wyoming to visit relatives before
coming on to meet the family at Tiffany. The Wrights had never seen
real mountains until they reached the plains east of·Denv~r on the train.
Marian still remembers that first day she saw them. ·11 1 couldn't keep
my eyes off them. I loved the mountains from that first day I saw
them and I still do." The family changed to the narrow gauge at Alamosa
and traveled over Cumbres Pass to Chama and Pagosa Junction to Tiffany.
Marian thought she knew quite a bit about farming, but one practice at
Tiffany baffled her . Coming from the lush, green c~untryside of
Michigan·, she had never seen irri gating before.
Mr. Wri ght bought J ake McJunkin' s farm located just west of the
present day Dlaughter house including his crop and aniID_als. A year or
two later Carlton acquired the ranch land several miles on-west of
Ignacio where Marian still lives.
Marian completed her sophomore and junior years here. The end of
her junior year was disturbed by a dispute which seems a little
ridiculous today, but which r eflects the attitudes of that t ime . Marian
and her classmates heard that one of their f avorite teachers , Ra venna
Groat, was being refused reemployment. by the s chool board. Mari an and
Virginia Russell and others in their class met with the board to ask
whether this were so. The board said, yes, they had fired Ravenna
Groat for riding a horse in riding britches instead of a riding skirt.
The junior class told the board they would not return to school if the
board persisted in this action. The school board members doubted the
students could afford to attend school in Durango, but most of them
· got jobs, saved their money and did manage to enroll in Durango for their
senior year. Actually this was a wise thing for them to do as the
Ignacio school was not accredited at that time.
Following graduation Marian attended a two week teacher's institute
at Pagosa Springs and then took a stiff exam to receive a county teacher's
certificate. This may seem like very little training (which it was),
but Marian says it was a stiff exam and many people had to take the exam
mor e than once to pass. Marian taught in various schJol around the
county. She loved the work, though conditions were often less than
,_) i deal. Some of the buildings were completely uninsulated and haJ
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object ions, s he started · a ''bootleg school " in her home on the· ranch.
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Sqme of the students, 11 Harian explains , 11were walking 7 miles to
Cedar Grove. How could t hey go several more mil es to another s chool? 11
Some f amilies would send one child to s tay wit h · Marian f or a week
and then they ·would take that child home and send another ·one to learn
all they could for a ·week. The schoolMarian remembers with most
affection was the school in Thompson Park just this side of Mancos
Hill. 11 The students there were so intelligent and decent and nice.
I really enjoyed the time I taught school over there • 11
In 1928 the Frank Harmon family asked Marian to go with them to
· Michigan and to help take care of the Harmon children on the trip.
Marian ·was very happy to do this since she had not be,-:in able to return
to visit relatives and see her birthplace since she had moved.
On the return trj_p the Harmons stopped in Hamilton, Kansas, to see
some relatives of theirs. There Marian met a. young man named Bowen
Worford. He spe·nt quite a little time .driving the Harmon kids around
to see their relatives in the area and Marian accompanied them. Before
she left Bowen got Marian I s . address a.--i.d wrote to her during that summer
and fall. Bowen had lived in Montana for a while before returning to
Kansas and was eager to return to the mountains. At Christmas time
Marian returned to Kansas and she and Bowen were married. The follow"ing
April t hey came out to LaPlata County. Shortly after Bowen and Marian
were married Mr.s. Har mon died. Aftera while the court aslced Marian and
Bowen to take care of the two Harmon gj.1•1s. The girls stayed with the
Worfords until they were grown.
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Harian remembers with a chuckle the time their dog tried to 11 herd 11
Bowen 1 s Ford Coupe. Bowen and Marian took·the coupe over to Spring
Creek to get a cow t.he:v· had bought . Their dog, a s hepherd and collie
mix went along~ One o:~ them was dri:\ring the coupe and the other was out
with the dog hording the cow·. When the cow made a sudden turn to escape,
Bowen yelled, 11 get her" to the dog. Somehow 'ole Shep 1 s doggy brain
got its wires crossed, apparently thinking Bowen :meant the coupe instead
of the cow. The dog made a ferocious J.eap and bit the tire of the
moving car . Of course, he got t hrown for a l oop by the whee l and that
was the last time old Shep tried to herd a coupe.
Bowen died i n 1967, but Marian· stays on the ranch.. I ~ 1 s in a remote
area and t here are times it 1 s a little difficult to get in or out, so
many people have urged Marian to move to t own . So far s he has refused.
She loves her animals and the wildlife and the peace and quiet of the
land. Beyond that the place is full of memorj.es of Bowen and her parents
and of her first years here. For these reasons Marian's ties to the
ranch are strong. We wish her many more years of happiness and peace.
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Date:
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September 27, 1974
Community Center
12:00 noon
Pot Luck
Allison-Arboles
Tmm of Ignacio
rural areas near Ignacio
Senior of the Month:
piease bring main dishes
please bring desserts.
please bring vegetables and salads
V.iarian Worford
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IS AGING JUST.FOR THE OLD?
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Senility, forgetfulness, living
in the past- all signs of old age,
right?
· Wrong, says Dr. Tom Leo
Smith, a social psychologist at
the University of Denver, who
has produced several of these
"characteristics of aging" i_n
young people participating in
laboratory studies.
Speaking at a special colloquium held at the university,
Dr. Smith blamed lack of social
interaction, more than any bio•
logical, process of aging, .!}.S the
reason that some people act
"old."
Dr. Smith cited experiments
in· which people in their 20s and
30s began to exhibit certain behavior patterns attributed to
older people. The characteristics
emerged hours or days after consistently oeing ignored and made.
to believe that they were superfluous by having their opinions
discounted or ridiculed.
The psychologist believes a
person 11eeds to be sure of his role
and convinced of his own importance. He needs a kind of mental
Shangri-la.
"As Jong as you remain in that
meaningful warm valley," Dr.
Smith says, ''that place where
you still have some social power,
you will not exhibit the characteristics of the aging. But once
forced out of that Shangri-la,,
once your capacity to affect the
social environment is gone, the
characteristics will begin to
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Plane confusion: When his engine conked out, a pilot:
· la11ded his light plane on a · freeway. He ju_mped ont and
went over to a car that had pulled off the road out of
his · way, in lending to ask for help.
But the woman sitting next to the driver of the car
shouted: "We'll get out of the way, mister if you'll show
us where to go. My husband is the only driver in the world
who could start out on a freeway and end up in the middle of an airport!"
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. A inan was taking his first plane trip, and he was scared
s tiff. When the motors began Lo roar he g1ipped the arms of
his se ~ll and closed his eyes Lightly for about five minutes. The n
he ope ned his eyes, !o"oked oul the window and turned to his
~om~anion: "My, look at those tiny people below, they look
JU St like ants."
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~hree friends were debating
which of their professions was
the oldest.
"Certainly it's medicine," said
the doctor. "Mankind has always
had physicians; · they're even
mentioned in the Bible."
"That's nothing," the engineer
r etorted. "The Bible explains
how the world ,was created out
of chaos - and how could order
be brought out of chaos without
an engineer."
The politician resolved the ·
issue: ."But who do you think
created the chaos?" .
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A going a.way party was· held f .o r Pearl Box who · recently _resigned as
receptionist at the SUCAP Office. Those attending were Pearl, Francis
Buck, Donna Young, Loren Hopkins, Shirley Romero, Archie Wethington,
Manuel Baca, Glenda Hocker, Shelby Smith, Liva Pacheco, Carmen Cordova,
and Lucille Martinez.
El dia viente ocho de agostc un· party de despidida para Rearl Box
qieft era la recibedora en la ofecina de SUCAP tomo lugar los que attenderon
fueron Francis Buck, Donna Young, Loren Hopkins,- Shirley Romero, Archie
Wet hington, Manuel Baca, Glenda Hocker, Shelby.Smith, Liva Pacheco,
Car men Cordova and Lucille Martinez.
Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Rivas, Mr. & Mrs . Robert Rivas and Robin and
Hr. l: 1-irs. Ray Cord.ova visited fort week over Labor Day at the homes of
Mrs. Ed Romero and Bertha Sandoval. Eddie and Dolores had been at El Paso
with Ken and Carol Collins for 1 week and came through Ignacio on the·
way home . Robert and Clara went through Albuquerque for a short visit
with Clara' s brother.
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El Sr. y Sra. Eduardo Rivas, Sr . y Sra . Rober t o · Rivas Luisa y Robin ·
y Sr. y Sra. Ray Cordova visitaron las familias de Ed Romero y Bertha
Sandoval el 4 de Sept. por una semana . Eduardo y Dolores pasaron una
semana en El· Paso con la familia Collins . Roberto y Clara fue r on pbr
Albuquerque a visitar el hermano de Clara .
11.ir. & Mrs. John Olbert had visitors Mr. & Mrs. Dick Olbert and girls
from Palos Verdes, Calif. Others visiting the Olberts were cousins from
Big Thqmpson in N. Calif. and a neice from Albuquerque. Mr. and Mrse
Herb Billing and their neic~ from Animas valley enjoyed a big dinner
at Olberts on Labor day.
Sr. y Sra . Dick Olbert y hija de Palos Verdes,C~lif, visitaron a
su Padres el Sr. y Sra . Juan Olbert de Oxford. Tambien otros parientes
de Big Thompson de Norte Calif . y una soberina de Albuquerque las
acompanaba . Dias despues los Juan Olbert tubieron una comieda para
el Sr. y Sra . Herb Billing y sus soberina de Animas Valle.
M.~ & Mrs. Karl Hauert are harvesting their garden. Among many other
vegetables are the Beefsteak tomatoes weighing up to 1¼ lb. each.
El Sr. y Sra. Karl Hauert estan cosechando su jardin entre t anT&s
legumbres, se hallan tomates que pesan una y un cuarto libra cada uno.
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"Stop screaming at me. I'm not jour husband_!" ·
_ A r ummage and bake sale i s s cheduled for Thursday October 3 d
Ther~ will bo n~merou.s
0 f good used ?lothing for sal e~
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The
sale
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The Friendship Circle meets on the first and third Wednesday of every
month"
The f j_rst v!ednesday is a study meeting and the second Wednesday is
We invite everyone to come that
1-muld like to join in the fell ow.ship with us. We meet in the Am1er. of
tl1e church at 2 P. M. If you would 1:Lke to know more of 1·i ha t we do pl2ase
call President Audry E11:Lson at l~4ol+.
a work meeting f 01' some ,.,_rorthy cause.
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Iglesia PresbytGrianava ah tener (rummage y bake sale) e1 dia
tres de octubre comensando a las diez de la manana. Se tienen rummage
para donaI' dej~ nlrv en la iglesa a.i.'1tes de el dia tres.
Get Well Soon
Hardy Joy
Vida. Ritter
Dolores Gallegos
Beatrice Martinez
Sara Pennecoose
Fred Brown
: Ramona Silva
Happy Birthday
Bertha Sandoval
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Robert Mackie
Margaret Silva
Bradey Smith
Joe Williams
Cr:i..seldo Pacheco
Claudette Gilbert had guests this· week-end her sister and bother in-Law
Ifr. & Mrs. Bill Beckette from Pineto}J,j Arizona.
La Senora Claudette Gilbert tuba vesitantes esta semana pasada a su h erme,na
y esposo Senor y Senora Bill Beckette de Pinetop, Arizona.
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Ot all the forces that make for
a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful,
as hope. Without hope men are
only half alive. Wilh hope they
dream and think and work.
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Garner and daughter Melissa were in Ignacio visiting
Mrs. Garners parents and grandmother) :Mr. & Mrs. Harry Pearson and Mrs. Ruth
Rowse. Melissa is a very lucky girl to be the only great granddaughter
among six grandsons. They also visited his mother Mrs. Pearl Garner in
Bayfield and his sister & husband Mr. & Mrs. Rex Hankins.
El Sr. y Sra. Larry Gardner y Nina (Melissa) vinieron a vesitar a gus
padres Sr . y Sra. Harry Pearson ya su aeuela Sra. Ruth Rouse. La nina Yelissa
es a, f:,;t,~)UNA~A des er la unica nei ta y vis nieta, entre seis rlei tos hombres,
Among the new comers living in Ignacio are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dickson
who . are at home in the former trailer home of the Greg CJ.utes. Mr. Dickson
is the son of the Rev. Carl Dickson the Presbyterian minister in Tow.:~oc and
he is attending Fort Lewis College.
Los nuebos residentes que se mudaron para Ignacio son Sr. y Sra~ Jim
Dickson quien viven en el trailer que vivian los Greg Clutes~ El Sr. DickSO'
es el hijo de el Rev. Carl Dickson ministro de Towaoc. El Sr. Jim Dickson
esta attendiendo el Fort Lewis en Durango.
Moving back to Ignacio the first of Septembex were Mr. and Mrs.
Lyle Crawford. The Grant family who had been living in the Crawford home
on Browning Ave. moved to the former home of Mrs. Mercedes Brown. The past
· few years the Crawfords were living in Hesperus while MJ:>. Crawford was
employed in that area with the highway department. He recently retired,
but thinks he is going to be busier than ever.
El Sr. y Sra. Lyle Crawford regresaron vivar en Ignacio, La familia Grant
quien vivian en la casa de los Crawford seMudaron para la casa de la Sra.
Mercedes BYown. Los Srs. Crawford vivian en Hesperus en donde el Sr. Crasford travajaba por el depart~mento d~ Camino.
The first fall meeting of the Pah-Chu-Chu-Wa Club was held Monday
night, Sept. 9th in the Lions Building. New club president, Mrs. Julia
Engler conducted the meeting. The program arranged by Mrs. Ella Flack was
on the reports given by Cindy McClanahan and Daven Reinhardt, the two Ignacio
high school juniors chosen to attend Girls State and Boys State this past
summer to learn more about government on the local, state, and national
levels. Refreshments were served by 11r6. Hazel Brake and Mrs. Lillian
Brown. The next Study Club meeting, Sept. 23rd, will be a salad supper
and guest night.
La primera junta del club pah-chu-chu-wa fue el lunes septembre 9, la
nueba presedenta_es la Sra. Julia Engler. La senorita Cindy McClanahan y
Daven Reinhard d1reon cuenta de las actividades que attendieron en girl 1 s
and boy's state! Ellos .estudiaron regalas del gobieron local, del estado y
naci~nal., Los i-efrescos fueron servidos por la Sra. Hazel Brake y Sra.
Lillian Brown. JLa siguente junta se·ra el dia 23 de Se:ptembre.
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Oft by a foot:· Dentist: "Stop making faces! I hav0n't
even touched your tooth yet."
Patient : "I know, but you're standing on my foo.t."
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Life is a_ flame. that is always b~rning its~lf out, but it
catches fire again every time a- child is born.
Visiting Mrs~ Benedita Casias were her friends Mr. - and-Mrs. David
Chavez from Palm Springs, California.
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Ve~i tando a la Sra. Bene di ta Casias la semana pasada fue sus Amj_gos
Sr. y S~a. David Chavez de Palm Springs, California~.
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Mrs. Helen Cruz from Ogden, Utah- sn.ent several days _here with her
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mother Mrs. Benedita Casias . Many fri en.cls of the Casias ·went to pay their
respects to t he Cruz fami-ly ·who lost their son (Sam) in a drowning
accident ..
La Sr~. Helen Cruz de Ogden, Utahs paso unos dias aqui con la Bra.
Benedita Casias. Mucho de
sus Amistades fueron a darle el pes-a-me
a la Sra. Cruz quien se le ahog,o su hijo en Junio.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfonso Mestas, V.a-s. Ad-:Jlfo Mestas and Anita. went to 1
Kansas to Mrs" Adolfo Mestas son-in-law's funeral.
El Sr. y Sra. Alfonso Mestas, la Bra. Adolfo Meatas y Anita fueron
para Kansas a el funeral de un hijo politico de la Sra. Adolfo Mestas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ka~l Hauert have had company off and on. The last
visitors were Mr. Arr~_old. Riffe:y f rom MancoH and two young Germa.n girls
who wanted to meet the Hauerts and get informa tion f or their Hauert family
tree. 1".ll's, Rauert and the German girls enjoyed talking, playing the piano
and singing in their native language .
Sr. y Sra~ Karl Hauert han sido vesitado por much~s amistadese Los
ultimos
· vesitantes fueron el soberino del Sr. Arnold Riffey de Mancos y
dos Senoritas de oeste de alemania quien bu~-Qaban al Sr. Hauert para ·
des-cuter enformacion del apellidado de Hauert ., la Sra/ aauert y las
Senoritas Aleruanas disfrutaron de un buen tiempo plati~ando, cantando en
su idioma Nativa.
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Other friends visiting the Hauerts were Mr. & Mrs. Ross- Roberts from
California,4friends from Thompson Park.
Sr~ y Sra. Ross Roberts de California y Amistades de Thompson Park
visitaron a los Karl Hauerts.
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The Fifth Sunday Parish-Wide Service for Florida Meaa, Bayfield, Ignacio,
and Allison will be at 11 :oo Bunday, September 29th at the Allison
Community Church. A pot lucK dinner will follow the service.
El domingo 29, de Septel:!lbre ah .las 11 A.M. las Iglesias de la comunidades de Bayfield, Ignacio y Allison tend-ran una ::omicl.a despues de los
servicios.
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Do more than touch - feel.
Do more than look - observe.
Do more than read - absorb;
Do more than hear - listen.
Do more than listen - undersrond.
Do more t1ian thinlc - ponder.
Do more than· talk - say something.
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Frances Buck was honored with a -birthday party on Tuesday, Sept.
10th in the backyard patio of the Paul Lunsford home. Mrs. Lunsford
was t he hostes s and a number of longtime friends attended the party ,
brought gifts and sang nHappy Birthday. 11 The white cake· ~r:-th blue decorations we.s baked and decorated by Mrs . Marie Bell. This birthday party
for Frances is an annual event and f or years was given by Mrs . Nell
Marker. The past two years the pa.rty has been at the Lunsford home~
(Frances wants to thank t hose who planned the party and thos e ·who
attended. She enjoyed it very much.)
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Frances Buck fue honrada con un party de cumpleanos el dia diez de
Seut. en la casa de Paul Lunsford. l a Sra. Lunsford fue la hostess -muchos
de- las amigos de Franc_e s atenderon le t:rajeron pi-esentas y le cantar on
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(Frances quiere darle s las gracias a todos tanto ah las ·
que p~eparon el part y come a los que atende ron.)
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Hott made a business tri P to Colorado Springs on
Sunday, September 8th, r eturning home that night:
El s r. y sra. Emmet Hott fueron a viaje-de negocio en Colorado Sprj_ngs
el Domingo 8 de Septiembre. Volvieron la mi sma noche.
California r-esj_dents in the area for a short time 1,.rere }:fr. & Hr s. Don
Lyday, Taddy and friend Mike, Pamela and six month old Christopher Scott .
While here they stayed at their cabin below Vallecito and visited with
f riends . On Sunday afternoon, Sept, 1st the Everett Ell isons were
hosts at a coffee for the Lyday fa:nily . The L:-.rdc1.ys lived in Ignacio for
a ~umbe:r of years ·w hile Rev. Lyday ·was the Ignacio-Allison pastor and
Hrs. Lyday was a teacher· in the Ignacio elei'!lentary school. The Lydays
are now both teaching and living in Placentia) a suburb of Los Angelos.
Their oldest son~ Stephen, · is noi.•1 Pvt . Lyday a.rid going to computer
school at Ft. Monmouth N'.J.
ResidenteJ de Callfornj_a S:r. y Sra. Don Lyday, Taddy y a migo Hi ke ,
Pamela y el nino de seis meses Christopher Scott , visitaron en Ignacio.
Pasaron el tiempo en su casa de verano en Vallecito y visitaron con
amistades. El domin@ el Sr . y Sra. Everett Ellison J.os trat ar.on a un
coffee. El Reverendo Lyday fu e ministro de Allison-Ignacio y l a
Sra . Lyday maestra de escuela in Ignacio par un numero de anos . Ahora
los dos son maestros de escuela en Placentia. Stephen, el hijo mayor
ahora es Pvt. Lyday y atiende es cuela en Ft . Monmouth, N.J.
Dr . Sams of Vancouver, British Col umbia, was in Ignacio in August
visiting his father, John Sams, Mr.s. Sams anq. t he Wiseman families.
Dr. SamsJ:ie Vancouver, British, Columbia vino e. Ignacio en Augosto
ah visitar a su padre , Sr. J ohn Sams, y las _famili as Wiseman.
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MORE'HARDSHIPS THAN
HONOR
• , There are both advantages
and &,isadvantages in being an,
old Indian, accordin-g to ,Vavajo
Tribal Chairman Pete1· .1.l-IacDonald.
On the plus side are the Indian
tradition and culture that teach
ho1w1· and respect for the old.
"Our older people are a 1:ital
link in the family chain, and they
keep active and involved until
they die," Mr. MacDonald says.
But the hardships faced by
older Indians outweigh the honor
bestowed on them . ..ilfr• .1.lfacDonald pointed to the Indians' environment on the reser1,1ations
as a way of understa11ding older
Jndwns' problems. He said they
are faced with a continual battle
for simple existence, isolated
from medical care by bad roads
and the language barrier and
often undernourished.
"It is not bad to be old," Mr.
MacDonald says. "It is a gloriolls
thing. /tis bad to be old and p oor.
It is worse to be old, poor and
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· O1ie newlywed to ·another:, "Marriage is really' a grind.•
Y 011 wash dishes, make beds. Th en two weeks. later you
, ~ ve_ to do, it au over again."
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"Hey! Yougota bonefish."
The ultimat~ in shapely curves is found. ivithin a smil-e.
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1-.frs. Vida Ritter is a patient in Community Hospital for treatment.
She was adwitted the first of this month.
La Sra. Vida Ritter esta en el hospital de la communidad. tomando
tratamientos ase tres semanas. Le deseames que sane y regrese pronto.
Mrs : Josephine Masden from Aztec, N.M., long-time friend of Mrs. Ruth
Rouse dropped in last week to seeher. They ennoyed
going vver old times .
La Sra .Josephine Masden de Aztec, N/M. vesito1 con su amiga la Sra Ruth
Rouse, pasaron un tiempo muy alegre platicando de tiempos pasados.
Mr. & Mrs. R.H. Gardner, Bayfield, left Friday, September 13
for South Dakota to see relatives and friends. They planned to be gone
around two weeks.
Sr. y Sra. R.H. Gardner salieron de Bayfield el dla 6 de Septie. bre para South Dakota. Pasaran el tiempo cori amistades y familia.
Mrs. Wilda Crigler and her daughter Mrs. Thelma Jones left Tuesday
morning, Se pt. 10th, to return to their mobile trailer homes in Indio,
Cailf . They spent the summer i n Ignacio, living in the Mrs. Julia
Engl er home , while visiting longt i me Ignacio and Bayfield friends.
La Sra . Wilda Crigler "J-'hija . Thelma Jones ahora es tan en Indio,
Cal if . Pasar on el verano en Ignacio en la casa de la Sra. Julia
Engler
Yirs. Hable Payne fell at her home on August 20th and broke her
leg. She was hospitalized at Community Hospital for a short time
and t hen was able to go t o the home of her daughter, Hrs. Maxine
Anderson.
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La Sra.1Habel PLyne11 callo en su casa el 20 de Augosto, quebrandose
una pi'e rna.. !Estuvo en Community~Hospital unos dias y ahora esta con
r:.u hi J'f.a 11axine
Anders.on.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bird Red enjoyed their trip to Santa Fe with Shirley
Frost in the later part of August. The_y also enjoyed the Sun Dance in
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Utah.
Sr. & Sra. Bird Red gosaron de un Viaje a Santa Fe, N. M., fueron
con su hija la sra. Shirley Frosty en los Ultimos dias de Augosto f uero1
para Utah al baile de sol.
1,:rs. Harry Flack - the forme r Davidena Lunsford, is here fr om Iran
visiting her sister ~:rs. Daisy Kerns and brothers Lloyd and Paul Lunsford and their famiiies. Mrs . Flack then went to Montrose t o visit
another brother and his wife, Mr. & ¥..rs. Lester Lunsford . She then
returned to Ignacio the week of Sept ember 15th to st~y until leaving
for Iran the l a st of the month and also to see her sist er and her
hus band Mr. & Mrs. Ray Dickey, the former Catherine Lunsford, who
arrived'this past week from their home in Anchorage, Alaska.
Sra. Harry Flack de Iran andaequi visitando a sus hermanos
Lloyd y Paul Lunsford y sus hermanas Daisy Kerns en I gnacio y Lester
Lunsford en Montrose Colo . Tambien visito con su her mana Y esposo
Sr. & Sra. Ray Dickey de ancorage, Alaska quin tambien andovan aqui
al mismo tiempo.
It is off to college f'or a number of young people this f all . Randy
Brmm, a graduate of IHS last spri ng is enrolled in the Vocational
Teclmical School in Cortez. Donald Atencio ·will attend He.sa Junior College
i n Grand Junction,~.J1i~e Archuleta- Adams State, and Eddie Olguin will
go to Ft. Lewis. ( Tom Wiseman and Mrs . Wiseman left Saturday morning first
going to Canon City to see Loretta and Larry Wiseman, already enrolled
in Canon City High Schools. They stayed all night in Canon City. While
Gretchen was busy enrolling in her college courses at c.w.c., Mrs .
Wiseman stayed with her sister, Mrs . Lena Witt . Gretchen's room.mate
is from Wisconsin and the two girls also had lunch at Mrs . Witts before
the Wiseman ' s returned home Wednesday .
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Varies de lGs jOvenes de Ignacio se han hidQ al colegio e s te octan•i o .
Randy Brovm esta atendindio vocational technical school en Cortez. Donald
Atenci<? se fue para Grand Junction ah Mesa College y Mike Archuleta para
Adams State en Alamosa., Eddie Olguin para Fort Lewis y Gretchen Wiseman
en Colorado Women's College en Denver . Ld.s Senoras Tom y Lawrence
· Wiseman fueron a visi tar ah Loretta y Larry Wiseman qu'en es tan en la
escuela en Canon City ya Gretchen en Colorado Women ' s College en Denver.
Tambien visiteron a la Sra. Lena Witt hermana de la Sr . Lawrence
Wiseman .
NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Tom Longhur st is the new public relations.officer for the Sou thern
Ute Tribe. As such he will be editing "The Drum" . Tom and his wife,
Audry , were born in Wales; migrated to Canada, then to Florida where
he was a news and f eature writer for sever al newspapers. Tom and Audry
have two children, Mel anie , 12 , and J onathan, 4. While on a tour of the
West , the Longhursts chose Colorado for a new area and a simpler way of
life . They lived in Aurora for a while before moving here. We ·wish
them the best of luck and much happiness here.
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This letter was sent to the Income Tax Bureau:
Gentlemen: I have not been able to sleep at night becr.u sc
1 cheated on last year"s income tax. Enclosed lind my check
for a thousrrnd dollars. If l find I still can't sleep, i'll send you
th~ balance.
Sharpen flat beverages
Diet drinks tend to have a
flat, metallic taste. A good remedy
is to cut a piece of orange peel
about ½-inch square for each
glass, pinch hard be~ween your
fingers, then add to the beverage.
You'll be delighted wit h the
sharper, more natural flavor.
. So wllat else is neiv? J unior has a Thomas Jefferson hair- ] •
cut,
a
Mark Twain mustache, a beard like Abraham Lincoin and wears glasses like Benjamin Franklin. He puts on
his Billv the Kid hat. his Da vy Crockett buckskins :rnd
Miles Standish boots, trying lo convince his frie nds that lie
.is a member of lhe NOW generation.
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Cynthia.Kent recently returned _to school at Carson Newman College
in J"efferson C:Lty, Tenn., where she is studying to be a ·social woI•ke~.
Cynthia has done field work with school age children in "Tennessee and
here in Ignacio~
Cyn-~hia Kent ah r0gresc.do ah Carson Newman College en Jefferson
Ella vo a trabaja:c
coma revisa.dora cuando complete su estudio.
City, Tenn., para su ultimo ano en la escuela.
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Ignacio voters this primarJ election day, Sept, i Oth. 5 had th,~~ir
first experience with voting machines. Wb.at really !!lakes it hard to
believe, the votes were all tallied by eight 0 1 clock.that evening.
Th:ere l:.:ave been times in past years i•rhen it us.s nearer 8 A.1-L the
next morning before the votes were all accounted for.
La primera experencia con la maquina de votar que tuvo el
publico de Ignacio fue el 1 0 de ,Septierobre, Lo que mas nos so1·presa
es que los botos fucron contados para las 8 la misma tarde. En anos
pasados muchas veces acababan otro dia.
Mr. Eth81 Rosenberger and Hrs. Jannie King drove to Tucnrn.carj_
over Labor day for a short visit vri th NI'S. Kings I mother, 1-h's.
Lanora Terry. Mrs.Terry had been in Ignacio a short time back and
after return:l.ng home was in the hospital w"ith 'pneumonia., but ·was
better and home ·when her visitors a1"rived.
Las senoras Ethel Rosenberger y Jannie King fueron en auto para
Tucumcari par una corta visita con la madre de la Bra.King, la Sra.
Lanora Terry. La STa. Te:rry vino a Ignacio en tiempo pasado despues
de volver a casa entro al hospital con pulmonia pero estava en casa y
mejor cuando llegaron sus vtsita.ntes
M::rs. Laura Hj_ll left here on Sept. 8th for Scottsdale. She was
going to visit her daughter and husband~ Hx·. l: Hrs Dick Baird.
La Sra. Laura Hill partio de Ignacio el dia 8 de Sept . para Scotts-dale a visitar con so hija y esposo Sr. y Sra. Dick Baird.
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�The renewable pension
A widow dl'awing a Vetcra11s
Administration pension knows
that if she remarries, she loses
her pension eligibility. What she
mav not realize is that if the second marriage also ends (whether
in death or divorce), she is again
eligible for the VA pension provided her current income and
net worth do not exceed the established limitations.
Any woman believing she may
again be qualified to receive a
VA widow's pension should check
with the nearest Veterans Administr ation office.
On Labor Day weekend Daisey Eagle and Mr. And Hrs. Joseph Rosetta
enjoyed the Fiestas in Santa Fe, N. Mef(. ~ and snent time i n Santo
Domingo Pueblo and Albuquerque . Sat . Sept . 1-4,-they took i n the Jr.
rodeo i n Cortez .. ·Colo. We ' re glad to see Daisey 1 s heal th has improved.
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La Sra . D~isy Eagle y Sr. y Sra. Joseph Rosetta fueron a paseio
por Santa li'e para l as fiestas de esa cuida d el primero d e;· Sept. d e hai
se fueron por dos dia al pueblo de Santo Domingo de donde es residente el Sr. Rosetta, vol\.itendo por Albu~uerque.· La semana pasad,a
a ttend.ieron al Jr . Rodeo en Cortez. Estamos contentos d.e ver que
la Sra. Daisy Eagle ha
recorbrado su salud.
Louts Girard and his s isters Hrs . Vi Bailly and Mrs~ Elsie ~Jeg1~i
·went to Chahal is Washington to attend their brothers ( Edward Gi rard)
funeral.
Emilio Girard y sus dos herm©nas Sra. Vi Bailly y Sra. Elsie Ne gr·i
fuer.on a Chahalis, Washington, ah atende'f' el Tu.i1e1•al de su hermwo
Edtiardo Gi1, 2.rd .
Claudette Gilbert, Pat Lopez, and Vickie Esperza went to Cal~fornia
on s. week ' s vacation. They visited Claudette 's parents~ M.r . and 1-.rs .
Jolu1 L Smith at Pear blossom, Calif. , her sisters and f amilie s, Mr. & Mrs •
Rod Wigeins and J enette B:c·ight at Hemet, Calif ., and Mr: & Hrs. Fr ed
Hiller at Lancaster, Calif. They also spent some time in Santa Barbara,
and along the coast to Santa Monica before comlng -home.
Claudette Gilbert, Pat Lopez y Vickie Espf'. rza tomaron una semana
de vacacion en Ca.lifornia. Visita::ron a los nad:res de Claudette Sr. &
Sra. Jolm Smi th en Pearblossom a sus herman-e.s y fa.rniliUs Sr. & Sra.
Rod W:i.ggins y Sra. Jenette Bright en Hemet Calif . y Sra. & Sr . Fred
Miller en Lancaster Calif . Tambien estubieron in Santa. Barbara y
luego se vieneron t oda la costa asta Santa Monica.
Mr . & Mrs. Walter Scott were in Phoeni.>t over the weekend visiting
Hr . & Mrs . Don Howe e: Chonda .
Sr. & Sr a. Walter Scott visitaron a Sr. & Sra. Don Howey
Chonda
en Phoenix durente el fin de seman~
nina
Hrs .· Eva Little haa had her niece Hr s. Phylli s Lomas fr om. Stow,
Ohio , and Hr . and Mrs . H. R. Ear nest from Canton, Ohio, visiting her
this past week.
La Senora 'Eva Little tubo ah su sobrina Srs. Phyllis Thomas de Stow,
Ohio, y Sr. Sra:o H.R . Earnest de Capton,Ohio, visitandola la sem~na pasada .
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Kenneth Capell of Columbus, Ohio, ,n•ri ved Friday evening on a Fron-cier flight, the ·13th, for a week's visit with hj_s moth(~r, Hrs. Mae
Capell. On Saturday evening they- were the guests of the E.F. Pa.tricks at
the Bar-D. It was the Patricks wedding anniV(:irsary.
El Sr. Kenneth Capell do Columbus, 0hio 5 llego Ignacio per avion, a
vesitar a su madre la Sra.. Hae Capell. El sabado el Sr. y Sra. E. F.
Patrick envitaron a.los Capells a senar al Bar-D los Patricks celebraban
su aniversario de casorio.
Vis:tting Friday with Mrs. Cb.e.rlotte Jones vrere long time friends
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Campbell from Ide.ho Springs 7 Colo, The Campbells, n ow retired,
operated an A. & w. Root Beer Stand in Idaho Springs. This was t heir first
t1me in Ienacio and following l·unch they drove to Navajo Lake.
Vesitando a la Sra. Charlotte J"onesfueron unas a,nistades el Sr.y Sra.
Roy Campbell de Idaho Spr ings, Colo.
quien estRn retirado del travajo
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~os Campbells y le. Sra. Jones tmnaron la m0ri enda en el PinoNuche y despues fueron a paseo para el deposito Navajo.
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The T.ri.ird Sunday Fellowship
Night in Allison Community Church started
with a pot-luck supper at 6:30, according to the Pastor s , the John Chendos.
The guest speaker was Robert Parlrn, the new director o.f the Alcoholism
Half-Way house in Ignacio.
El tercer doruingo de augosto en la noche se junta1~on Fellowship de
Iglesia de Allison a senar juntos 1 segun dijo el pastor John Chendos. ·
El envitado para hablar fue el nuebo director de el Alcoholism Half-Way
House de Ignacio.
�FRIENDSHIP IS A KEJ'.
A smile is a k ey to fn. endsn:;;p'
One that is ce rtain to fit
Rignt in the lock of every heart
And open the duor to it
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A k'i.nd deed is a special key;
And wnen this one has been tri ed y
It seems to be the master key
For the. door s·wings open wide.
Often a word is jus~ the key
That will prove to be the best ,
·F or the rignt word may o pen t..tie lock
rinicn is str onge.1.· t han· t ile rest.
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Friends hip's ch .. in holds many a key,.
But e acn will ·ever depend
On ca re we t ake in t h e choice we ma ke
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Like everything else, notion
cotmter prices have soared, But
you can take some of the air out
of them at the clothing racks of
church ·rummag·e sales, garafTf!
sales and thrift shops.
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Look foi: th2 cheapest. dre:C;ses
and wits there -·- you '11 fmd
items for as little as 25 or .'iO cents.
Never mine! st.vles or sizes, but
Of the key that gai ns a fri ~nd.
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H9t _propert.y: An aggressive r eai esta te broker WRS
bwlding up some poo1· farm l and he w:-s trying ha(d to
sell !o .t man he lhoaght was ~ prospcctiv.s buver.
,, " YVhy, thi~ is g(Jod farn1 lc1nd," he to·lct l1is p i·os.pcci.
. .·\11 it ~1ecds lS so1~\e coc,l wntt>r, ..t nice co<>l bree-~c, and
,-oin~ nice_ people like, you to 6'ellle on it.»
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do check zippers, buttons, etc.
The:n, just as people strip old
cam for- th~i:: good par~s. take
the g,-:rments home and strip
them --- of every reusable item
(don't forget •.~·;istband elastics
and hem facings).
lf fa.brics aren't completely
L~r.!dc:r slabiiize,
·when your ou tdoor p r un ing·
or pa inting job me~ms working
on a ladder, keep it from s inki11g
into soft ea r t h by pla cing :=ln
empty coffee can under 0ach leg;.
wo:rn out or fadeG, cut them up,
too for children's clothing,
shirts, skirt8, 2.prons, pillows,
doll clothes and stuffed toys,
"()uir.:k, my ','<': ft•.',:; inside."
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Smith, Shelby; Jones, Charlotte
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