22 10 216 https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/b05c28f601e9865da9fa383151d44f91.pdf 19be1b14b675f326baeb9c4e42f46815 PDF Text Text . ~ -. ~, ~ �~ ; c; 7 r JACK AND ANNETTA FROST "I was bor n May 27, 1910,"Jack sta tes, "north of the Sout he rn Ute Ag ency j ust above Oscar Strain's place. My fathe r wa s a North ern Ut e named Moav a nd my mot her wa-s Ma r.i.:;i Fro!:.t , a Sou therr. u::.e . Many o f the Utes, like my father~ used to have only one name . I had an old er sister , Mamie , and a younger brother, Curry, b ~t both a re now d eceased. My pare n t s were l iving ina teepee when I wa s born. When I was about four years old, we moved i nto a one r oom frame ho use f our mi les s out..~ o f Bayfie l d on the west side of t h e river. My fathe r was a good farmer . He r a i sed wheat and oates and hay . He plowed with horses and a wa lking plow and t aught me to plow as soon as I was old enough. we we re very proud wh en he bought h is firs t r iding plow. The Al len Day School was l ½ mil es away across the r i ver. l g o t t o r ide a horse t o s c hool , which made it easy t o f o rd the river. After 4th grade the .Zi.llen Day School c l o sed a nd I was sent to Towaoc the next year. Hy Dad got sic~ and that was the end of s chool ior me. I helped with the farm work at home full time until I married An netta Burch. " "My father o ften told me s tories about ho w the Northern Utes used t o live. He said t he never s tayed i n one p lace too l ong. They liked to camp and t ravel and fi'\o,·e about the country, hunting game and picking pinon nuts a nd berries. Th ey roamed fron Grand J unction t o Heeker t o Ver na l and to Hoon Lake. Th ey onl y wen t t o Ft . Duche sEe to p i c k up their rations . That is how he me t a nd ma rried my mother. He car,e wit h a group o f Northe rn Utes to visi t here and met ray mother. After t hey were married , he never went back to Utah except f or vis its. Whe never he got restless o r l onely, he hitched up h is horses and buggy and went to s ee his p eople. When I was s t ill a young ma n , I went to Utah on horse~ack to vis i t my Dad 's pec p l e . It took me 10 days to reach Hyten, Ut a h, (ne a::- Ft. Duchesne) g oing th:::ough Cortez, Monticello , '.'1oab and Green River. Corning b ack I r ode through Grand Junction, Montros e and Silverton ·t o Ignacio in 9 days. I married Annetta Burch i n 1937, when I was 26 y e ars o l d. " "Annetta was born February 2, 1913 . When h er mother, 'Ada Burd,, d ied in 1915, Annetta 's grandparents , Steve a nd Ruth B1.1rch t ook her t o :!'a:i s e, a long wi th tw·o o ther grand-daughters , E~sie ~ent and Cora Jefferson. " We lived in a n adobe house , "Annetta says , "just a s hort wa lk north of the ~.llen My grandfather was a farr:,er . He raised tur keys a nd rabbits for s a l e , bc1t his real interes t was t horoughbr ed race horses . He raised beautiful hor s es, s o~e of which h e raced and o thers he sold . We trave led every where wi t h in a hundred miles c f Ignacio t o r aces ahd hor se sales . I r e mer.'.ber a trip to Ridgway . Ny g randparents hitched up the wagon, l o aded t he ir camp suppiles and h eaded north into the mountaiES. My job was to s it in t he back o f the wagon to h o ld the r eins o f the r ace horses a nd keep t h e.~ calm . Grandfather allowe d five days to r e a ch Ridgway , a v ery slow pace , s o the horses woul d not bec ome too t ired to race. The t rip was a lot of fun . :·ie ' d wc.tch the b eautiful country go by a ndcook out on the open t ire . I was older t han Essie end . Cora and loved to tease and fr ighten the m. Grandfathe r often t o ld us s t o ries , somE of t hem s c ary o n e s a s we r ode along and a s we sat arou nd t he campfir e i n the eveni r,gs. After we had h e a r d o ne of t hese s t ories it was very e asy t o s care the other g irls , especially Essie becaus e she was the yo ungest. I sometimes got spanked f or this . At the r aces there was a lot of noise and e xcitement. People attend ed for the fun of seeing o ne another as much a s f o r t h e races. After t h e r a ces there was a l wa ys a l o t o f horse t rading before the long trip home ." Day School. I attended Allen Day school. That was whe re I firs t met Jack Fros t. At that time the Utes didn't know about most o f• the ho lidays , but we were t aught about Christmas at scho o l. 1 learned "Twas the Night Before Christmas" we l l enough to g i ve i t a t a p rogram . The t e a c her eve n took me to r ecite it at Bayfield." Jack, interrupted a t this point to a dd, " She had a good memory, but I always b eat her at t he s pelling bees!" .. �~ ltJ?f ) Jack and Annetta were married -in 1937. They have nine children. Dorothy is the oldest, then Cl~ent, Ray, Dixie, Darlene, Donna, Byron, Ronnie and Debbie. ~:ost of the children still live near Ignacio, but Ray is in Tucson, Byron is in Washington and Debbie is attending College at Mazola, Montana. For many years the Frosts have lived on a farn, just north of the place Where Annetta was raised. At first they made their living alwost entirely by farming. "We milked 5 Jersey cows, earning $15. 00 per week selling the crean. l•,e had 300 chickens and traded the eggs for groceries. · 1t was not all work, We both loved horses. \,'hen Annetta was still with her gra.....dparents, she was forbidden to rice the race horses, but she sometines sneaked the jockey saddle on one of the fast ones and went for a wild ride. My interest," Jack recalls, "•,;as just as strong. During the 1940's I traveled with a local Cowboy's Polo Tea,-n. One of the horses I rode was a big help. He learned to kick the ball and sometimes made a score. I never got to play basketball or football, but I played base:)all every Sunday on a team sponsored by the B.I.A," Involvement with the business of the tribe has always been important to the Frosts. Annetta served on the Education Committee during the 1950's. Jack has served on the Adoption Committee and has been a newer of the Southern Ute Tribal CoW1cil. Jack has worked at. raany jobs to su~pleraent his fa_'Tlily income(at the John Deere Ager.cy, Headstart, night-watchman, etc.), but his heart and Annetta's heart have always been en t..~e farm and _the land of their. fathers. Shelby Smith ) ~ ~r) 1 ~ - Z / J ; /'179 -,,y~~ ~~- ~-aw..M-~~ft~~~ ~1-~-~~~ ~~ ;/.W'I- ~~ -~~~9-~ CT~~-~,Je~ 3) �b ~ : - 6"4:. -/~;ti. -l3.;t:/: -l'l~ -~(,d- J Georgeanna Etheridge noted in her Allison-Arboles news that Lester HcCoy received the Community Citizen Award from the Mount Allison Grange at the October 27th Harvest Supper. The award was presented by Hrs. Franklin Anderson. McCoy received the award in recognition for his work as instructor of tJ-,.e first aid course at the Mt. Allison Grange and other hel:p in the Community. He is a certified lr!edical Technician for the area. He has worked with the Red Cross for the past five years. The Herbert Beaches ·were home from a short vaca"t:ion trip to Tyler, Texas to visit their foster daughter, Diana, and her husband Bradley Ball and their five months old son, Jacob. Diana Valdez, before her rr:.arriage, was eI:Iployed at the Wise:n.an Hardware. . She ~ade her home with the Beaches since she was a little gi~l. A weekend houseguest at the home of Mrs. Jannie King was She also enjoyed seeing other fa□ily members. She came with a friend who went on to Durango to visit her daughter. The two ladies left Monday morning, the 12th, to return to Tucumcari. · her sister, Ers. Thelma Bennett fror:J. Tucumcari, Xew I·Iexico. Mrs. Olive D1.llon le;ft Tuesday, the sixth, to stay overnight with her friend, ~..rs. Evelyn Harrison, at her home in Fruitland, New Mexico. Hednesday they went to Arizona to visit with Mrs. Dillon's daughter, Dorothy, and family, the Ruben Rinkers at Sunrise Trading Post for a few days. �clJrr ~? ( ~ ~ f w r - : d J ~ ~ J , ~~~) For more than 60 years Ignacio had a newspaper. The Chi eftain in 1969 was in its 59th year of publication and was being put out by the Chieftain Publishing Company. One noteworthy feature of the newspap~r was that news was news and facts were facts and the two went together. Some of the highlights of 1969 - 10 years ago - from the Chieftain issues of February 20, April 10, and June 5 were: Do you re~e~ber? Hain Str eet Paving prospects looked good. The Ignacio Town Board met with representat~ves of the Colorado Highway Dept and discussed the eventual paving of Colorado 172 south from Ignacio to LaBoca at the New Mexico state line. It was hoped the department might be able to help with the cost of completion of the paving through Ignacio itself. James Casey was the district engineer; George McNicholas was the construction engineer; James Romero, Mayor of Ignacio; and Irvin L. Mason, town attorney. 0pen House, 11 honoring Mr. and Virs. Tony Sanchez on their 50th wedding anniversary was set for February 22nd at St. Ignatius Parish Hall. The Sanchez family lived on a ranch a short distance east of town since 1924. Hrs. Sanchez first came to Ignacio in 1907, coming here in a wagon with her parents. She attended the Ignacio school which was then located across from the Velasauez house. All of Browning avenue and where the Ignacio junior.and senior high is now located, was nothing but sagebrush. Mr. Sanchez was born in Farmington and grew up in Blanco. ) When Tony and Maria were married they drove six miles in a two seated buggy over rough dirt roads to be married at the Santa Rosa Catholic Church in Blanco. 11 As a result of the Southwest Data Institute's initial contract with the U.S. Department of Labor, finalized January 31, providing for the training and subsequent employment of 150 persons in a keypunch operation conducted by the S.D.I. division in Ignacio, star t i ng March 14, other avenues of cooperation in several other goverrenent and private projects have presented theI!!.selves. The Jim Petersons operated The Ignacio 11:usic Store in the Horris Building. Besides selling sane instruments and cusic supplies, Ivl".rs. Peterson was also giving guitar lessons. l•J>s. Rodney ?e..rgin attended the :fational Convention of Soil Conservaticn Districts in ~tla~ta, Ga. president of the Colorado Auxiliary. '.·~s. Pargin was the Food dishes native to Austria were featured at the noon dinner and program of the Happy Homemakers Extension Club at the home of Hrs. Jannie King. �In April Congressman Wayne Aspinall paid Ignacio a call sitting in on the Ute Tribal Council meeting and visiting the Southwest Data Institute keypunch training program. He witnessed the signing of the contract between the Tribe and the SDI for the use of Agency buildings and facilities in the manpower training project. Lake Capote was scheduled to be opened to the public for fishing on April 12th. Jeffery Jefferson was chairman of the Lake C9,pote board and announced the Lake would be opened to begin the season on Saturday and Sundays only. The annual Ignacio Cub Scout Pinewood Derby was held March 27th at the Ute Rec. Hall. The Derby track was built by Dan Shaughnessy. The boys in the scout troops built and painted model race cars which they raced in the Pinewood Derby. In the June 5th Chieftain scholarship awards were announced. Receiving awards were Arlinda J. Reeves who planned to attend Adams State College, Linda L. Klus~an who planned to attend Fort Lewis College and Norma Hae Engler who also planned to attend Fort Lewis College. Stanley Carpenter was the prograI!illler of the Ignacio schools' Bobcat Mobile Cultural Bus for the 1969 year. The Tuesday evening Bridge club members were entertained at the home of Mrs. Lena Doyle. James and Beth Sower became parents o·f their first child, a son named Allan Hayne. Thew. L. Wisemans left on their annual Memorial Day weekend with their three grandchildren, Gretchen, Loretta and Larry. *********************** CURRENT NE1•;S Funeral services for .John P. 1:Tashington.., 82, were on Wednesday, October 31st at thi~ Southern Ut e CoI!lmuni ty Center. Hr. Washington, a member of the Southern Ute Tribe, was buried at Dulce, New Mexico. The services were conducted by Verna P. Poncho of the Ignacio Church of Christ. Mr. Washington was a member of the Ignacio Church of Christ. He was born in Ignacio February 15, 1897, and lived all his life in the Ignacio Dulce areas. During his lifetime he ~as a farmer-rancher and sheen~an. Vir. Washington was-a veteran of World War I. He is survived by one stepson, Howard Reval,sr. of Dulce. �The population of the I gnacio area increased in October by the arrivals of several new babies. ?·il' . and l·il'S. Br uce Swanenyr had a girl on October 27 at Mercy Medical Center who weighed in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces. The first ti:.ne grandparents are Bruce and Jean HcClanahan and the Bob Swanemyrs of All ison . The Arthur J ackson Pa:ynes also became parents of a daughter on the 27th at Co..,.,,..unity Hospital . The baby weighed s ix pounds, twelve ounces. In ?fovember on the second Max and Roxanne Calvert becan:e first time parents of a girl born at Co:mJ!junity Hospital. The young lady weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces. David and Alicia Sullivan are the maternal grandparents . Two Tribal Council members were elected Friday, Uo_v ember The election was in the Com::iunity Center from 9 a.m. to 7 p .m. Seven candi dat es ran for the two Council positions . The two incumben t s were reelected . John Baker s r. received 121 vote s and Guy Pinnecoose r eceived 122 votes. Other candi dates and the votes recei ved wer e Ray Sage, 63 votes; Jame s Jefferson, 47 vote s ; Gay~a Rae Soi.th, 39 votes; Lillie Frost, 35 votes; and Ivan Red, 10 votes. second to serve on the Council. Hrs. Christine Callison returned hol'.!le Thursday, the eighth following a month's visit wi t h her daughter, Joyce , the Don Brown family, in Evansville, I ndiana. Ethel Canterbury , a longti~e r esident of the Tiffany area, died October 16 at 1•:t. San Rafael Hos ni tal in Trinidad . Following the death of her s ister , Edith, His s Canterbury moved to Trinidad i.n 1978 to live with her sister Elma Allen . · Funeral service's were in Trinidad and "burial was in the Aguilar Co!I!QUnity Cemetery in Aguilar, Colo. She was born February 19 in Has tings, Colo. and attended schools in Hicks and Aguilar •. She was a me::iber of the Hethodis t Church. tlhile l i ving on the ranch she oft en attended the Ignacio Pre sbyterian Chur ch. Be s ides her sister Elma, she is also survived by a sister, Sudie Clark of Phoenix. Two weeks of traveling around was enjoyed by Mrs. Charlotte Jone s. She spent one week with friends in Palisade and Fruita, then went on to Arvada to s pend a week with her daughter, Jacqueline and family, the Rex Reas. The Reas four months old fo ster child , J eremy, went to the home of new adoptive parents. The next day the Reas acquired a new ) I �foster baby. This infant, naced John Doe on th€ Lakewood police record s, was found on the porch of a fa=ily i n Lakewood. ~~ap~e~ in a towel, he ,,:as judged to be t wo .hours old . Re was taken to St4 Anthony's Hospital wher e he was well careci for and na!iled Anthon)' . When he was assigned to the Reas car e the nurses had a baby sho·,rer , so he ca:::.e wi. th a new ou tfi t, bl?.nkets and all. His picture •,\· 2.s i n the Denver Post; he was on the Channel 7 Denver news in !lis foster hoce. ne was two weeks old , }~onday, November fifth . He now goes by t:ne na:::e of Eric and. is a darling. Letters and phone calls wanting to adopt or provide fos ter care have been rece i ved by the Social Services Dept. and the Lakewood police. The search goes on for some infor~aticn as to his background. Bill Koenig is the new head of the Ignacio police department since the first of October . · Koenig '..:as hired ·oy the Ignacio town boa rd folloiling the resi gnati on of George l•'.anazanares. 1-:anazanares is no.,.. on the police force at Center, Colo . Koenig received his Colorado certification as a Colorado law enforc ement officer in 1976 . :-us background i nclu des cons ider-able training .e..rid background experi ence ir. la:,., enforcement work. The fat1ily now lives in Ignacio . •His ,,1ife, Kathy , is a licensed practical nurse at Mercy Hospital. They have a year . .. d...!.lU 1 .., f" Cl. J..Ld....LJ.. .., ... VJ.U ;:,vJ..L, -- .i.::;4c;1..,; . The Friendship Circle neeting was on Rovenber seventh in the church annex. Circle p res ident, Heinie Ga~dner, conducted the business meeti·ng . The October 25 Bake Sale :<1as reported as quite successful with $132 . 50 taken on the sale . The Circle □emb ers were invited to a n ocr.. luncheon at the ·Hobby Corner a t the Allison Cornnuni t y Church f er noon, Wednesday, the ll+ th . · Al so an invitation was extended to IgnciCic to the Than..'\.c Service at the Allison Church the af.ternoon of the 28th.• Plans were to finish the laprobe s and. gift "t.rrap them. th e afte r noon of the 16th at the church annox . It •..,as voted to give tbe Ignacio Brown~.e Scout troop fi ve dollars · tm•1 ard t;1.e nurchase of needed s u,P)lies . The Bro·.mies now nunber 42 girls . ':.'he t::-oop is headed by- :,~rs. Shirley Snider . The C:..rcle Christ:'..as par ty is to be a ~~alad l uncheon at noon ·.lednesCay , DC'c . 4th . ':here is to be a gift exchange anc. 6ntertain~ent by everyone present . Refreshme nts were served by Hrs. Be ssie ?ennell for Mrs. E,.relyn Crawford . � 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: November 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. 1979-11 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 https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/215ff4a536d3e511215729acfaadce6b.pdf 100570373dcfe57668cbd7709dc785a9 PDF Text Text -- ... ~ - / _'!_J_!I_ .. --- ----- -:-:-- ____ ~ - ---- ------ ------ J u - .,.......,,. - - -- - - ... -.-...... ----- ..., - --. - - --- ... - -:--- · . -- ~-~_-_----:--· -·· - ..-- I . ,J - -.... ~-- -- - ~-- _;_ .:..-.-:-:~ . - --- ···----- �~ /1/79 EUGENIO VALDEZ 11 I -was born in Chama, Colorado, (1+ miles east of San Luis) in the San Luis Valley on ifovember 1 5, 1 895. ~{l~ parents, Serafin and Toni ta Valdez were farmers, raising wheat, peas and livestock. }fy father's parents were originally from Los Ranchitos, N.M. near Espanola, but migrated into Colorado before my father was born. I have four brothers and two sisters. That does not count several others who died before they were gro;m. ·when I was 7 years old I started to school at Cha.r:-,a. Durlng the school tE;rm I stayed with my mother's parents, Trinidad and Juanita. Sanchez, whose farm was close to school. Every !::'.;.orning the sc_hool janitor fired up the pot-belly stoves in each of the three rooms. At the end of the day each teacp.er .had to sweep the classroom. Mr. David G~ul was my first teacher~ All of us were Spanish speakers. They tried to teach us English, but it didn 1 t work too -:.iell. Every text book was in English._ We would sound out the words and Hr. Gaul would translate; It was slow work and not too interesting. But we enjoyed baseball ganes and ether activities at noon and during recess. Also, we helped pass the ti~e of day with mischievous pranks during the school day. 11 11 After seventh grade I stayed home to help may father with the farm work. I did this until I was 25 years old. If I had any extra time, I worked for wages on other farms. When I 'Has about 16 years old, ffiY father hired Albino Baca and his facily to herd,sheep, Little did I know I v.·ould .some d.ay marry his daughter, Earia Inez, who at that time was only a 7 year old girl. I never saw Maria again until 9 years later two c.ays before our wed.ding. 11 11 When I was 25 years old, rr!Y parents decided. it was tj_ce for me to get ~arried. They thought over the possibilities and remembered .Albino Baca 1 s daughter must be about old enough to □arry. The custom of parents arranging their children's n:.arriages was a very old. and traditional way, bu-c I had no objections. A little after Christt:e.s my mother and father hitched up their buggy to pay Albino Baca a visit. He lived on a farm near Red Wing, Colorado, a two day journey across the mountain,3 t.hxough La Veta ?ass. The ,.~ed.d.ing was arranged. I went to San Luis to buy a ~ed1ing dress, shoes and other clothing as a gift to -r:,y bride. ·1.'his was also an old tradition for the groon to present the bride with a trunk full of beautiful clothes just before the wedding. Cn the 16th of January, 1920, r2y parents, ny grandparents an aunt and an uncle and I loac.ed up two buggies and began the trip tn Red Wing. About half way over the ~ountain was an abandoned sa~ mill -where we ca~ped for the_ night. The next day , ',,;hen we arrived at rte a. °\,'ling, the facilies were introduced and my ur..cle took his buggy on to the ho~e fo a friend several miles away-to stay the night. I went to our buggy to bring the trunk to lfaria, but found it was missing. !·:y dad headed back to the saw mill, thinking we had left it there. After he left, my uncle retu~ned because he had found the trunk in his buggy. I got on a horse to catch rny father. By the time I overtook him and returned to Red Wing it ..,,as midnight. 11 11 I was very pleased with rr.y parent's choice. Maria was very pretty and was well trained. Even though she was young, she cou+d cook and sew and everything else a i,life needs to do. We were married in church on January 20, 1920. We took her two little brothers who were ages 3 and 7 home to raise. Maria had taken care of them since their m.o ther died." ) �-s:,, 3 "At first we lived in a house p r ovided by the farmer I worked for . Two years later I built a two -room adol;le house on my fathe r' s land. Pi.aria and I h ad seven children . They are: Leonardo, Rudolfo, Eugenio, Ad L :1.'la, Ignacio and Ben . Her little brothers were Isaac and 1 Fr~t~; 0 • In 1 940 we moved to Florence where I ·,10rked on the turnip and on:1.on farms. Just as soon as one crop was harvested , we planted tber a.s long a s t he season lasted . Earia died in 194 3. I :::1oved 0 c~nter and liv~d the r e until 1958 . In 1958 I r:arried Rose Green ~d w e mo ved to her farm. east of I gnacio where I r aised cattle and oats · until I r etir ed Rose d i ed in 1977. I stayed on the farm until 9?8 when I moved to the senior citizen aparti!lents north of Ignacio 'Where I still live . f f Shelby Smith GENL."tu\L MEETING A general meeting of the Southern Ute Tribal :r:1embership will be hela.. at the Community Center on Dece nber 14th at 9 : 0G A.;.f. Pah-Chu-Chu-Wa Club met Honday, November 26th at the Presbyterian Church annex . The Chris t mas party .will be held Monday evening, De cembe r 10 th at tho Presbyterian Church . . Each roereber is to br ing _a $1.00 gift for exchange and the gifts for the rest home. Each member is to bring a chri stmas goodie of some kind. Roll call will be g i ven with so~ething pertaining to christrnas. Olive Dillon introduced Virginia Lunsford, who gave a very interest11 in r ;gr a!Il on "Can-Sur- Nount • g p Sheryl lfayf i eld and Violet Sarr.s served ref r e sh.men t s . 1 "-..J The county Ex tension Christrr:as Party was held Tuesday, December 4th at the ext ens ion build ing in Durango . It was potluck . He1!lbers from Hapoy Homer.:iak~rs __l!.xte ns~o.r:i Club attending ~~e!'e: 011 ve Dillon , !Tona _ Roberts Jannie Kinf , Cnristine Ca llison , Lul a Preston, Carmen Hea , Vivian aici1anond Virg inia Richr:!onci , and Th el J:,a Wri ght . V �Remember December 25, 1960 the first year of the decade of the 60s. Here are a few items from the Ignacio Chieftain and Bayfield Blade for December 23 , 1960. Charlotte Jones Santa Claus was to arrive that Friday evening and distribute gifts to the children of I gnac io and surrounding col'.!'.!!!lunities. The arrangements were being made by Town Harshal, Frank Davis . The ne:-:i~e rs of the Lions Club had spent a busy week sacking the candy and nuts. The annual Chr ist□as party of the Southern Ute Tribe was being held at the junior high s chool gy:r,nasium. The party would include singing by tribal groups, a visit from Santa and a dance under the sponsorship of the Ute 4-E club . A group of young people went caroling at the Valley View Nursing Home at Bayfield . The Ignacio Bobcat·s beat Dulce in a prelea-gue season basketball game 75-'56. The Ted Graves family adopted the small puppy, who had been abandoned. The pup had been put in Ted's car. *********** Christmas Eve services were held in the Ignacio Presbyterian Church with the Rev . Don I..yday bring5.ng the t!essage. The Ignacio l-~us ic Club ~embers at their Dece::rrber meeting voted to buy additional unifor~s like the Ute Vocational School band unifor0s. Garth Gaylord was t:ie music instructor. La Plata Elect~ic failed to elect new directors at the 1960 annual meeting~ La ?lata Electric had recently purchased some land near KIU? to build a new RE._4 building . U~ s. Rep. Wayne Aspinall and H. Re~ Lee, deputy Co:!l!!lissioner of Indian Affairs, 1.,1ere guests of honor, at a luncheon at the Tribal Re creation Hall during their official visit to the tribe. Buffalo meat was served. Congressman Aspinall compli~ented the tribe on the outstanding progress that has been ~ade in recent years under the Rehabilitation Progran , and. said he often held up the two Ute tribes of Colorado a s examples of tribes, which are naking unusual achieve!nents in handling their affairs • . Isaac ?eacock, his daughter Lydia and two c,f the dorm girls, Vivian .Jack a..rid l 1artha Begay baton twirlers and :precision marchers 1.-1ere going to 21 Paso, Te::as along with other r.:er:bers of the Navajo Triba:._ Band were to be in Zl Paso, Dece.r:ber 30 to take part in the Sun Bo·...rl football ga~e paTadE. Tne Peacocks, Viviar-. and. ::artha ·Here tc be in ;,'ashi~gton, D. C. Januery ~7 t o =a r c~ in t he Inacgural ? a raa e a s Jack Kennedy is ins ta:led as uresidr!1t of the Unite(~. :3tatc s. - The January 1st Chief tain noted it snowed nost of Christmas Day. The power was off for nearly an hour Christn:as morning. The entire weekend was one of bad -weather. Arboles was shut off from the ·world - s now and also a power line fell onto the telephcne wire Christmas morning. No radio either. James Walker of Arboles drove tc Durango on Christnas night to inform REA of the plight of the co:r.munity. On that happy note best wishes are extended for the 1979 holiday season . • •••. 1 �TRIBAL CHRISTH.i".S EVENTS This year the Tribal Christnas Party will be held at the Co~nity Center on Wednesday, Decel:ilber 19th at 7:00 P.M. and Christmas Dinner will also be at the Corn:unity Center frox 3:30 to 6:30 on Saturday, Dece'.":lber 22nd. All menbers of the tribe are invited. *********** Thanksgiving dinner at the ho~e of Bob and Zelta Hott was enjoyed by the family, the Hot ts two sons , he r r:::other , l·!rs . Freddie Newton and his parents, Emmett and Je ssie Hott . Corrii.n g ho~e for the Thanksgiving holidays ~as their daughter, Ca.my. Camy a nd a friend ca~e fro~ Arlington, Texas. She graduated l ast spring fro~ Ignacio High and is now attending the Schoool of Design in Arlington which is near Fort :.forth. *********** ) Driving to Phoenix to spend Thanksgiving week were 1-frs . Ruby Hailey and Earl and Ruth Fisher. The famly Thanksgiving dinner was at the ho:i:ie of the Fisher 1 s daughter, a...n.d lJ>s . Hailey's granddaughter and fa!:lily, Kent and Earline J. Carlson and t wo children. J._ls o nm, living in Pho"enix and. being -with them was the Fishers son, Dale and his far::iily. They returned Tuesday morning, the 27th. *********** Mrs. Hary Patrick who has been living at the Patrick ranch with her grandson Gary ~as in Gallup for Thanksgiving with LEe and Jean Patrick. She planned to stay with. them until the first part of Decemqer. *********** Frank and Leona Everett began their Thanksgiving holiday season early. They left on the 17th and flew to Detroit to visit a nephew and his facily. It was their first trip to Detroit. Then it was back to Denver anc a week of visiting relatives in Denver and Idaho Springs before returing home. *********** The World Co□munity Day program prepared by Church WoCTen United was the thet:1e of the Thanksgiving Praise Service Wednesday afternoon, November 28th in the Allison Community Church. The wo□en of the Larger Parish were invited to join the Allison women in this vJorship service. RefresluJents were served in the annex following the service. Attending from th~ Ignacio church and the Friendship Circle were: Llizabeth Riggin, Bessie Pennell, Olive Dillon, Grace Patrick, Heinie Gardner, Ruby Hailey and Ann Fo~eman. �V.rs. Jannie King joined family members for Thanksgiving Day events in both Bayfield and Ignacio. For the noon dinner, she was with her daughter, Beth and husband, Jim So~er and their two sons at their ho::1e in Bayfield. la'. Sower's parents, Cecil and Gertrude Sower were also guests. In the evening the To~..rr:.y King fa~ily me~bers were at the home of Jannie King's granddaughter, Brenda and husband, Leland Landsverck. The Landsvercks had been living at Fruita, Colo., but recently moved· to the former home of the Melvin Rodriques family on south Browning avenue. *********** Thank.sg1.ving d5:nner at th€ home of Mrs. Onal Price was in the evening as her daughter, JeriLee Kavelman and~a friend were driving from El Paso Thanks g i v-ing Day to be home for the Thanksgiving dinner. They left Sunday to return to El Paso. Charles and Sheryl and baby Jessie Price were also Thanksgiving dinner guests. *********** For thirteen vears Melvin and Joanne Roclriaues lived 5.n the 600 block on Browning avenue in a house 0'8ned b}: 1-:rs. Jessie Hott. This was for r:any r::any years the hor:e of i-:.rs. Hott I s parents, l·Ir. and Hrs. Jess St.aufi'er. For nearly two years thE: Rodriques farr.ily have been building a ne,1 home on the hill north of Ignacio on 172. Althot:.gh there is still wor}: to be done on this ho::e the Rod.riq_ues f ar:::iily which includes four daughters moved. this fall to their new location. *********** Mrs. Harie Brm-m was in Ignacio Monday, N'ovwer 26th. She visited in the norning at the ho~e of the R.H. Gardners. Coming -with 2-'.rs. Broim was her daughter, !frs. Jeannette Valdez and daughter Beth. Jeannette 1.-,as here for a dental appointr:ient. She has enlisted for a terr::? of four :'ears in the Air Force. Following her basic training she e:-cpects to be as signed to the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Her ~aining will be in the field of electronics. The Brmms, Marlon and l•:arie lived in Ignacio for a number of years. 11,.r. Brown was an e!1ployee cf El Paso Natural Gas. They r:10ved to Lindrith when he was transferred to the Lindrith Gas Field • . The Brmms also o•.med a....'1d ope:-a ted the Ignacio Furniture Store, after buying the business fros Lester Lunsford. Hhile :-:rs. Valdez is taking her basic training- the Bro~•ms -,.,111 have te~porary custcdy of ?aul an~ Beth. They ~ill be with their ~ether L.:.tf;-r e.t :=-2.e: l:l2n.:. Robert Toledo has been in Germany on vacation visiting friends. He also spent a few days ·with Tim Pacheco who is stationed there with the air force. �John & Bettye O I Ccnnell and ·fa~1ly of Ala1:iosa visited Freddie Newton over the 7, 8, & 9th of Dece~ber. They attended wrestling at Ft. L!::~·.'is C::.:llege. John ·is as3ista.i.7.t coach of ,,:restling at ~~a~ State College. Jennifer Suzanne is a new addition to Freddies grandchildren, her parents are Brad and Barbara aewton. Freddie plans to fly off soon to ~akE her acquaintance. l *********** Thanksgiving this. 1979 was a snecial tiI:.e of far:iilies and friends being together. In . spite of cold weather, snow, icy roads !:!any cam.e ho2e or joined.. families in other areas for the day or the week. Along with re5em.brances of things past or future pla.."1.s the ·highlight, no doubt about that, was the traditional dinner with the roast turkey, chicken, ha~ or roast goose along with the stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberries anc pu~pkin or mince pie, perhaps served.later in the day. Football ga~es were on and viewed with mixed emotions depending a lot on the vie~er's interest in football. Canadians too celebrate Thanksgiving. For a good many years the holiday ~as Eoved around to various dates in the fall season. It is now set by law for the second l{ooday in October. *********** The Patrick.s - Grace a..r1d. Pat ·were hosts at the Thanksgiving Day dinner at their hor.e. Thc:ir guests included their daughter, granc.d.a~ghter and great granddaughter, George and Laura ·whi tt and Justa, l{rs. Patricia ~rease, Dick and Heinie Gardner and l·~~. 1•1axine .Anderson. *********** l•Irs. Christine Callison spent Thanksgiving day with her son anci family, Claude and Trudi Callison and three children, at their home on the Florida ~esa. *********** The Karl Hauerts entertained on Thanksgiving Day in their new a ttrac ti ve home. Enjoying the dinner with them were l·Ir s. Virginia Russell and. Ers. Hazel :arake. *********** Three of th£ Egger sons and their families were home for Thanksgiving with their parents, Chuck and Donna Egger. They were Charley and Dawna Egger fro~ Salt Lake City, Utah. Donnie and Cindy Egger and their son and daughter from Bloomfield and Kenny and Roxanne Egger and their two sons fro□ Bayfield. With all of them on Thanksgiving Day was Hrs. Egger's mother, Mrs. Olive Dillon. *********** ~ Dan and Mary Shaughnessy joined Raymond and Pat deKay and children for Thanksgiving Day in their new home on the Florida. l•'.esa. Sno',\ kept the Shaughnessys from their original plans to be with John and Marianna Glass in their new hone in Colorado Springs. 1 �HoTI'.e for Thanksgiving and it was a r ·e al surprise as Bob and LaVerne Klus::::1a.n didn't know thei:- daughter, Twila ·would be here until they arrived. 'i~-lila and her husband, Ror::a Haiver came for Thanksgiving fro □ their ho:::e in Eldorado Springs, 1{l.ssouri. They visited with the Bob and Charley iuusnan families until heading back to Missouri on the sixth of Dece=ber. *********** Thanksgiving was a day oostly of driving for Don and Lida Kl'atz and no turkey either. They left here Nove~ber 18th going first to St. Louis. 1han..lr.sgiving Day they were driving to ~fashington, D. C. In Washington the rtev. Kratz officiated at the wedding service for l,frs. Kratz's son and his bride. The wedding was out door as it was a sur:nery day. ServicEs in the Parish churches on the 25th were conducteQ by the Rev. Willia!!l Hassler. ;,.:r. Hassler is the .Associate Synod Executive for the Presbytery of ·..res tern Colorado. His hose is in Pueblo -:•.rest. *********** Larry h"iseman ca'.I!e ho!2e fro!:1 his so'Jhor::ore studies at college in Rangely to spend. the Tt.a..'1ksgi ving weskena. with his parents, the 'Ic12 Wisereans and_ other relatives. He left Su:iday to return to Rangel~r. *********** The Christ::ias party for the r-'riendship Circle ~~eTI:.bers and guests was in the Ignacio Church ar..ne~ with a silver tree and cedar greens and red tablecloths. The festivities began with a salad luncheon followed by the installation of Circle officers for 1980. They were installed by :=ula Preston.. The new offi-cers are: President -Dorothy· Olbert - Vice-9resident - Heinie Gardner - Secretary Elizabeth Riggin and Treasurer - Zvelyn Cra .-1ford. ~"Ts. Gardner was the MC for the progr~"-J. ;,,hich included Christr::as m.usic, stories~ :poems and recollections of Christ~as ~ast. The Gifts around the silver tree were then exchanged. The nroject for the Christcas gifts this year by the Circle was making polyester lapro bes for the bro Bayfield. :rursing Ho~e s. The first :rr:eeting in January will be on 'Jednesday, the ninth. 0 1 *********** The C. F. Pachecos had their Thanksgiving dinner in the evening as their son Lrnest his wife Rose and daughter Andrea were driving from Colorado Springs to spend the weekend with then. They had to shovel 4 feet snow drifts fron their drive way that oorning to be able to get the car out of the garage and getting out of to~n ~as bad because of snow drifts, the rest of the ~ay the road was snow packed but driveable. They left Sunday to drive back home. �. . . - 9 George R. Hams 93, died Honday, November 19th in l•~ercy Medical .-,center. He had been in quite good health until in recent months. He had cancer surgery this fall. Nr. Hams had many friends in this area. One thing he especially liked to do was to come with his daughter for lunch at the SEnior Center an6 see the people he knew. George and his wife, Amy Belle moved to Ignacio to a ranch north of tmm in 191+7. Previously they lived in Hager~an, tfow Mexico. Hr .. Hams was a pharnacist in Hagerman. After ~oving to Ignacio he worked for a time as a pharmacist in the Ignacio Drug Store ·while }frs. Haybelle Britt was the owner. He -was born in Hastings, Hichigan October 22, 1886. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. Hrs. Hans died in 1970. Hrs. Viola Lip comb of the fa."nily hcI!!e, survives and one grandson and li.s f am.ily in New l·~t:xico and other relatives. Services were held Wednesday, Nove~ber 21st from the Hood 11,ortuary Chapel with the Rev. Donald Warner officiating. Interment was in the Ignacio Ce~etery. Hr. & 1-~s. Abenecio Hunoz and daughters Lillie, Crissie and Berna went to Reno, Nevada to spend Thanksgiving -with Abe's brother Manuel and family and his sister Cornia and facily. *********** ) Leroy Salazar the caretaker at the Senior Citizens complex and his little son Tracy were guests of Shelby S~ith and fa~ily for ~hanksgiving dimmer. Leroy's wife Dorothy ·was in the hospital. RAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING: Dee Dee Garcia Louie Valencia Concie Cruz Mary Shaughnessy Russell Shock ~uice Ifaranj o Christine Callison Dan Shaughnessy Manley Hott Roger Cloud Leonard Burch Jessie Hott Emmet Hott Harvey Joy Elliott Cloud Ruth Snooks Buelah Miller Zelta Hott Edgar Parrett �11) ~~ ! 3_ - / 4 c i - a f ~ ~ It;~ . '1~"$()A./r1. . _j_ . - 5f"tnnl ~~ d ) ~ ; J ) ~ Ga-~...u-~.;v1 ~ ) ft - - W d . R . ~ ~ !_!_ - 'l,'t}J> -11,·~1 A.fa\. lttJ/J -~/l!J P.M, ~ ~~ 111~ 1-A.v~ ~~P~r~~~) 3 L - ~ ~ ~ d ) ~ J / ~ c;;p~-11/~vA,//J. 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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 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document EUGENIO VALDEZ 11 I -was born in Chama, Colorado, (1+ miles east of San Luis) in the San Luis Valley on ifovember 1 5, 1 895. ~{l~ parents, Serafin and Toni ta Valdez were farmers, raising wheat, peas and livestock. }fy father's parents were originally from Los Ranchitos, N.M. near Espanola, but migrated into Colorado before my father was born. I have four brothers and two sisters. That does not count several others who died before they were gro;m. ·when I was 7 years old I started to school at Cha.r:-,a. Durlng the school tE;rm I stayed with my mother's parents, Trinidad and Juanita. Sanchez, whose farm was close to school. Every !::'.;.orning the sc_hool janitor fired up the pot-belly stoves in each of the three rooms. At the end of the day each teacp.er .had to sweep the classroom. Mr. David G~ul was my first teacher~ All of us were Spanish speakers. They tried to teach us English, but it didn 1 t work too -:.iell. Every text book was in English._ We would sound out the words and Hr. Gaul would translate; It was slow work and not too interesting. But we enjoyed baseball ganes and ether activities at noon and during recess. Also, we helped pass the ti~e of day with mischievous pranks during the school day. 11 11 After seventh grade I stayed home to help may father with the farm work. I did this until I was 25 years old. If I had any extra time, I worked for wages on other farms. When I 'Has about 16 years old, ffiY father hired Albino Baca and his facily to herd,sheep, Little did I know I v.·ould .some d.ay marry his daughter, Earia Inez, who at that time was only a 7 year old girl. I never saw Maria again until 9 years later two c.ays before our wed.ding. 11 11 When I was 25 years old, rr!Y parents decided. it was tj_ce for me to get ~arried. They thought over the possibilities and remembered .Albino Baca 1 s daughter must be about old enough to □arry. The custom of parents arranging their children's n:.arriages was a very old. and traditional way, bu-c I had no objections. A little after Christt:e.s my mother and father hitched up their buggy to pay Albino Baca a visit. He lived on a farm near Red Wing, Colorado, a two day journey across the mountain,3 t.hxough La Veta ?ass. The ,.~ed.d.ing was arranged. I went to San Luis to buy a ~ed1ing dress, shoes and other clothing as a gift to -r:,y bride. ·1.'his was also an old tradition for the groon to present the bride with a trunk full of beautiful clothes just before the wedding. Cn the 16th of January, 1920, r2y parents, ny grandparents an aunt and an uncle and I loac.ed up two buggies and began the trip tn Red Wing. About half way over the ~ountain was an abandoned sa~ mill -where we ca~ped for the_ night. The next day , ',,;hen we arrived at rte a. °\,'ling, the facilies were introduced and my ur..cle took his buggy on to the ho~e fo a friend several miles away-to stay the night. I went to our buggy to bring the trunk to lfaria, but found it was missing. !·:y dad headed back to the saw mill, thinking we had left it there. After he left, my uncle retu~ned because he had found the trunk in his buggy. I got on a horse to catch rny father. By the time I overtook him and returned to Red Wing it ..,,as midnight. 11 11 I was very pleased with rr.y parent's choice. Maria was very pretty and was well trained. Even though she was young, she cou+d cook and sew and everything else a i,life needs to do. We were married in church on January 20, 1920. We took her two little brothers who were ages 3 and 7 home to raise. Maria had taken care of them since their m.o ther died." ) -s:,, 3 "At first we lived in a house p r ovided by the farmer I worked for . Two years later I built a two -room adol;le house on my fathe r' s land. Pi.aria and I h ad seven children . They are: Leonardo, Rudolfo, Eugenio, Ad L :1.'la, Ignacio and Ben . Her little brothers were Isaac and 1 Fr~t~; 0 • In 1 940 we moved to Florence where I ·,10rked on the turnip and on:1.on farms. Just as soon as one crop was harvested , we planted tber a.s long a s t he season lasted . Earia died in 194 3. I :::1oved 0 c~nter and liv~d the r e until 1958 . In 1958 I r:arried Rose Green ~d w e mo ved to her farm. east of I gnacio where I r aised cattle and oats · until I r etir ed Rose d i ed in 1977. I stayed on the farm until 9?8 when I moved to the senior citizen aparti!lents north of Ignacio 'Where I still live . f f Shelby Smith GENL."tu\L MEETING A general meeting of the Southern Ute Tribal :r:1embership will be hela.. at the Community Center on Dece nber 14th at 9 : 0G A.;.f. Pah-Chu-Chu-Wa Club met Honday, November 26th at the Presbyterian Church annex . The Chris t mas party .will be held Monday evening, De cembe r 10 th at tho Presbyterian Church . . Each roereber is to br ing _a $1.00 gift for exchange and the gifts for the rest home. Each member is to bring a chri stmas goodie of some kind. Roll call will be g i ven with so~ething pertaining to christrnas. Olive Dillon introduced Virginia Lunsford, who gave a very interest11 in r ;gr a!Il on "Can-Sur- Nount • g p Sheryl lfayf i eld and Violet Sarr.s served ref r e sh.men t s . 1 "-..J The county Ex tension Christrr:as Party was held Tuesday, December 4th at the ext ens ion build ing in Durango . It was potluck . He1!lbers from Hapoy Homer.:iak~rs __l!.xte ns~o.r:i Club attending ~~e!'e: 011 ve Dillon , !Tona _ Roberts Jannie Kinf , Cnristine Ca llison , Lul a Preston, Carmen Hea , Vivian aici1anond Virg inia Richr:!onci , and Th el J:,a Wri ght . V Remember December 25, 1960 the first year of the decade of the 60s. Here are a few items from the Ignacio Chieftain and Bayfield Blade for December 23 , 1960. Charlotte Jones Santa Claus was to arrive that Friday evening and distribute gifts to the children of I gnac io and surrounding col'.!'.!!!lunities. The arrangements were being made by Town Harshal, Frank Davis . The ne:-:i~e rs of the Lions Club had spent a busy week sacking the candy and nuts. The annual Chr ist□as party of the Southern Ute Tribe was being held at the junior high s chool gy:r,nasium. The party would include singing by tribal groups, a visit from Santa and a dance under the sponsorship of the Ute 4-E club . A group of young people went caroling at the Valley View Nursing Home at Bayfield . The Ignacio Bobcat·s beat Dulce in a prelea-gue season basketball game 75-'56. The Ted Graves family adopted the small puppy, who had been abandoned. The pup had been put in Ted's car. *********** Christmas Eve services were held in the Ignacio Presbyterian Church with the Rev . Don I..yday bring5.ng the t!essage. The Ignacio l-~us ic Club ~embers at their Dece::rrber meeting voted to buy additional unifor~s like the Ute Vocational School band unifor0s. Garth Gaylord was t:ie music instructor. La Plata Elect~ic failed to elect new directors at the 1960 annual meeting~ La ?lata Electric had recently purchased some land near KIU? to build a new RE._4 building . U~ s. Rep. Wayne Aspinall and H. Re~ Lee, deputy Co:!l!!lissioner of Indian Affairs, 1.,1ere guests of honor, at a luncheon at the Tribal Re creation Hall during their official visit to the tribe. Buffalo meat was served. Congressman Aspinall compli~ented the tribe on the outstanding progress that has been ~ade in recent years under the Rehabilitation Progran , and. said he often held up the two Ute tribes of Colorado a s examples of tribes, which are naking unusual achieve!nents in handling their affairs • . Isaac ?eacock, his daughter Lydia and two c,f the dorm girls, Vivian .Jack a..rid l 1artha Begay baton twirlers and :precision marchers 1.-1ere going to 21 Paso, Te::as along with other r.:er:bers of the Navajo Triba:._ Band were to be in Zl Paso, Dece.r:ber 30 to take part in the Sun Bo·...rl football ga~e paTadE. Tne Peacocks, Viviar-. and. ::artha ·Here tc be in ;,'ashi~gton, D. C. Januery ~7 t o =a r c~ in t he Inacgural ? a raa e a s Jack Kennedy is ins ta:led as uresidr!1t of the Unite(~. :3tatc s. - The January 1st Chief tain noted it snowed nost of Christmas Day. The power was off for nearly an hour Christn:as morning. The entire weekend was one of bad -weather. Arboles was shut off from the ·world - s now and also a power line fell onto the telephcne wire Christmas morning. No radio either. James Walker of Arboles drove tc Durango on Christnas night to inform REA of the plight of the co:r.munity. On that happy note best wishes are extended for the 1979 holiday season . • •••. 1 TRIBAL CHRISTH.i".S EVENTS This year the Tribal Christnas Party will be held at the Co~nity Center on Wednesday, Decel:ilber 19th at 7:00 P.M. and Christmas Dinner will also be at the Corn:unity Center frox 3:30 to 6:30 on Saturday, Dece'.":lber 22nd. All menbers of the tribe are invited. *********** Thanksgiving dinner at the ho~e of Bob and Zelta Hott was enjoyed by the family, the Hot ts two sons , he r r:::other , l·!rs . Freddie Newton and his parents, Emmett and Je ssie Hott . Corrii.n g ho~e for the Thanksgiving holidays ~as their daughter, Ca.my. Camy a nd a friend ca~e fro~ Arlington, Texas. She graduated l ast spring fro~ Ignacio High and is now attending the Schoool of Design in Arlington which is near Fort :.forth. *********** ) Driving to Phoenix to spend Thanksgiving week were 1-frs . Ruby Hailey and Earl and Ruth Fisher. The famly Thanksgiving dinner was at the ho:i:ie of the Fisher 1 s daughter, a...n.d lJ>s . Hailey's granddaughter and fa!:lily, Kent and Earline J. Carlson and t wo children. J._ls o nm, living in Pho"enix and. being -with them was the Fishers son, Dale and his far::iily. They returned Tuesday morning, the 27th. *********** Mrs. Hary Patrick who has been living at the Patrick ranch with her grandson Gary ~as in Gallup for Thanksgiving with LEe and Jean Patrick. She planned to stay with. them until the first part of Decemqer. *********** Frank and Leona Everett began their Thanksgiving holiday season early. They left on the 17th and flew to Detroit to visit a nephew and his facily. It was their first trip to Detroit. Then it was back to Denver anc a week of visiting relatives in Denver and Idaho Springs before returing home. *********** The World Co□munity Day program prepared by Church WoCTen United was the thet:1e of the Thanksgiving Praise Service Wednesday afternoon, November 28th in the Allison Community Church. The wo□en of the Larger Parish were invited to join the Allison women in this vJorship service. RefresluJents were served in the annex following the service. Attending from th~ Ignacio church and the Friendship Circle were: Llizabeth Riggin, Bessie Pennell, Olive Dillon, Grace Patrick, Heinie Gardner, Ruby Hailey and Ann Fo~eman. V.rs. Jannie King joined family members for Thanksgiving Day events in both Bayfield and Ignacio. For the noon dinner, she was with her daughter, Beth and husband, Jim So~er and their two sons at their ho::1e in Bayfield. la'. Sower's parents, Cecil and Gertrude Sower were also guests. In the evening the To~..rr:.y King fa~ily me~bers were at the home of Jannie King's granddaughter, Brenda and husband, Leland Landsverck. The Landsvercks had been living at Fruita, Colo., but recently moved· to the former home of the Melvin Rodriques family on south Browning avenue. *********** Thank.sg1.ving d5:nner at th€ home of Mrs. Onal Price was in the evening as her daughter, JeriLee Kavelman and~a friend were driving from El Paso Thanks g i v-ing Day to be home for the Thanksgiving dinner. They left Sunday to return to El Paso. Charles and Sheryl and baby Jessie Price were also Thanksgiving dinner guests. *********** For thirteen vears Melvin and Joanne Roclriaues lived 5.n the 600 block on Browning avenue in a house 0'8ned b}: 1-:rs. Jessie Hott. This was for r:any r::any years the hor:e of i-:.rs. Hott I s parents, l·Ir. and Hrs. Jess St.aufi'er. For nearly two years thE: Rodriques farr.ily have been building a ne,1 home on the hill north of Ignacio on 172. Althot:.gh there is still wor}: to be done on this ho::e the Rod.riq_ues f ar:::iily which includes four daughters moved. this fall to their new location. *********** Mrs. Harie Brm-m was in Ignacio Monday, N'ovwer 26th. She visited in the norning at the ho~e of the R.H. Gardners. Coming -with 2-'.rs. Broim was her daughter, !frs. Jeannette Valdez and daughter Beth. Jeannette 1.-,as here for a dental appointr:ient. She has enlisted for a terr::? of four :'ears in the Air Force. Following her basic training she e:-cpects to be as signed to the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Her ~aining will be in the field of electronics. The Brmms, Marlon and l•:arie lived in Ignacio for a number of years. 11,.r. Brown was an e!1ployee cf El Paso Natural Gas. They r:10ved to Lindrith when he was transferred to the Lindrith Gas Field • . The Brmms also o•.med a....'1d ope:-a ted the Ignacio Furniture Store, after buying the business fros Lester Lunsford. Hhile :-:rs. Valdez is taking her basic training- the Bro~•ms -,.,111 have te~porary custcdy of ?aul an~ Beth. They ~ill be with their ~ether L.:.tf;-r e.t :=-2.e: l:l2n.:. Robert Toledo has been in Germany on vacation visiting friends. He also spent a few days ·with Tim Pacheco who is stationed there with the air force. John & Bettye O I Ccnnell and ·fa~1ly of Ala1:iosa visited Freddie Newton over the 7, 8, & 9th of Dece~ber. They attended wrestling at Ft. L!::~·.'is C::.:llege. John ·is as3ista.i.7.t coach of ,,:restling at ~~a~ State College. Jennifer Suzanne is a new addition to Freddies grandchildren, her parents are Brad and Barbara aewton. Freddie plans to fly off soon to ~akE her acquaintance. l *********** Thanksgiving this. 1979 was a snecial tiI:.e of far:iilies and friends being together. In . spite of cold weather, snow, icy roads !:!any cam.e ho2e or joined.. families in other areas for the day or the week. Along with re5em.brances of things past or future pla.."1.s the ·highlight, no doubt about that, was the traditional dinner with the roast turkey, chicken, ha~ or roast goose along with the stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberries anc pu~pkin or mince pie, perhaps served.later in the day. Football ga~es were on and viewed with mixed emotions depending a lot on the vie~er's interest in football. Canadians too celebrate Thanksgiving. For a good many years the holiday ~as Eoved around to various dates in the fall season. It is now set by law for the second l{ooday in October. *********** The Patrick.s - Grace a..r1d. Pat ·were hosts at the Thanksgiving Day dinner at their hor.e. Thc:ir guests included their daughter, granc.d.a~ghter and great granddaughter, George and Laura ·whi tt and Justa, l{rs. Patricia ~rease, Dick and Heinie Gardner and l·~~. 1•1axine .Anderson. *********** l•Irs. Christine Callison spent Thanksgiving day with her son anci family, Claude and Trudi Callison and three children, at their home on the Florida ~esa. *********** The Karl Hauerts entertained on Thanksgiving Day in their new a ttrac ti ve home. Enjoying the dinner with them were l·Ir s. Virginia Russell and. Ers. Hazel :arake. *********** Three of th£ Egger sons and their families were home for Thanksgiving with their parents, Chuck and Donna Egger. They were Charley and Dawna Egger fro~ Salt Lake City, Utah. Donnie and Cindy Egger and their son and daughter from Bloomfield and Kenny and Roxanne Egger and their two sons fro□ Bayfield. With all of them on Thanksgiving Day was Hrs. Egger's mother, Mrs. Olive Dillon. *********** ~ Dan and Mary Shaughnessy joined Raymond and Pat deKay and children for Thanksgiving Day in their new home on the Florida. l•'.esa. Sno',\ kept the Shaughnessys from their original plans to be with John and Marianna Glass in their new hone in Colorado Springs. 1 HoTI'.e for Thanksgiving and it was a r ·e al surprise as Bob and LaVerne Klus::::1a.n didn't know thei:- daughter, Twila ·would be here until they arrived. 'i~-lila and her husband, Ror::a Haiver came for Thanksgiving fro □ their ho:::e in Eldorado Springs, 1{l.ssouri. They visited with the Bob and Charley iuusnan families until heading back to Missouri on the sixth of Dece=ber. *********** Thanksgiving was a day oostly of driving for Don and Lida Kl'atz and no turkey either. They left here Nove~ber 18th going first to St. Louis. 1han..lr.sgiving Day they were driving to ~fashington, D. C. In Washington the rtev. Kratz officiated at the wedding service for l,frs. Kratz's son and his bride. The wedding was out door as it was a sur:nery day. ServicEs in the Parish churches on the 25th were conducteQ by the Rev. Willia!!l Hassler. ;,.:r. Hassler is the .Associate Synod Executive for the Presbytery of ·..res tern Colorado. His hose is in Pueblo -:•.rest. *********** Larry h"iseman ca'.I!e ho!2e fro!:1 his so'Jhor::ore studies at college in Rangely to spend. the Tt.a..'1ksgi ving weskena. with his parents, the 'Ic12 Wisereans and_ other relatives. He left Su:iday to return to Rangel~r. *********** The Christ::ias party for the r-'riendship Circle ~~eTI:.bers and guests was in the Ignacio Church ar..ne~ with a silver tree and cedar greens and red tablecloths. The festivities began with a salad luncheon followed by the installation of Circle officers for 1980. They were installed by :=ula Preston.. The new offi-cers are: President -Dorothy· Olbert - Vice-9resident - Heinie Gardner - Secretary Elizabeth Riggin and Treasurer - Zvelyn Cra .-1ford. ~"Ts. Gardner was the MC for the progr~"-J. ;,,hich included Christr::as m.usic, stories~ :poems and recollections of Christ~as ~ast. The Gifts around the silver tree were then exchanged. The nroject for the Christcas gifts this year by the Circle was making polyester lapro bes for the bro Bayfield. :rursing Ho~e s. The first :rr:eeting in January will be on 'Jednesday, the ninth. 0 1 *********** The C. F. Pachecos had their Thanksgiving dinner in the evening as their son Lrnest his wife Rose and daughter Andrea were driving from Colorado Springs to spend the weekend with then. They had to shovel 4 feet snow drifts fron their drive way that oorning to be able to get the car out of the garage and getting out of to~n ~as bad because of snow drifts, the rest of the ~ay the road was snow packed but driveable. They left Sunday to drive back home. . . . - 9 George R. Hams 93, died Honday, November 19th in l•~ercy Medical .-,center. He had been in quite good health until in recent months. He had cancer surgery this fall. Nr. Hams had many friends in this area. One thing he especially liked to do was to come with his daughter for lunch at the SEnior Center an6 see the people he knew. George and his wife, Amy Belle moved to Ignacio to a ranch north of tmm in 191+7. Previously they lived in Hager~an, tfow Mexico. Hr .. Hams was a pharnacist in Hagerman. After ~oving to Ignacio he worked for a time as a pharmacist in the Ignacio Drug Store ·while }frs. Haybelle Britt was the owner. He -was born in Hastings, Hichigan October 22, 1886. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. Hrs. Hans died in 1970. Hrs. Viola Lip comb of the fa."nily hcI!!e, survives and one grandson and li.s f am.ily in New l·~t:xico and other relatives. Services were held Wednesday, Nove~ber 21st from the Hood 11,ortuary Chapel with the Rev. Donald Warner officiating. Interment was in the Ignacio Ce~etery. Hr. & 1-~s. Abenecio Hunoz and daughters Lillie, Crissie and Berna went to Reno, Nevada to spend Thanksgiving -with Abe's brother Manuel and family and his sister Cornia and facily. *********** ) Leroy Salazar the caretaker at the Senior Citizens complex and his little son Tracy were guests of Shelby S~ith and fa~ily for ~hanksgiving dimmer. Leroy's wife Dorothy ·was in the hospital. RAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING: Dee Dee Garcia Louie Valencia Concie Cruz Mary Shaughnessy Russell Shock ~uice Ifaranj o Christine Callison Dan Shaughnessy Manley Hott Roger Cloud Leonard Burch Jessie Hott Emmet Hott Harvey Joy Elliott Cloud Ruth Snooks Buelah Miller Zelta Hott Edgar Parrett 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 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. 1979-12 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 https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/7316d573862721f12617f588eb0f01d3.pdf afad8ad14c4ac849f1196158879c25cf PDF Text Text JUAN GALLEGOS Juan N. Gallegos was born May 16, 1893, in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, the oldest son in his family. Juan's father was a sheepherder for 45 years. In the summertime he took his flocks into the high country surrounding their home. Most of their neighbors put their flocks together in the summer and either shared the herding responsibility or paid one herder such as Juan to care for the sheep. Being the oldest son, Juan soon was traveling with the sheep camp and learning how to care for the sheep. In the summer of 1908 when Juan was 15, his father had to leave the sheep for a 3 day business trip. Juan and his cousins were left in charge. It was hot weather and the creek was cool but shallow. The boys made a temporary dam with rocks to make a nice pool for skinny-dipping. Then the thought of tobacco came to their minds. Forbidden things always seem to have a great appeal to boys. A great idea came to them when they remembered the Juan's mother did not know Mr. Gallegos was away from the camp. Word was sent to Mrs. Gallegos that her husband wanted a supply of his Bull Durham tobacco. She promptly sent it and the boys began their experiment. Though they had varying degrees of success rolling their own cigarettes and went through a lot of coughing and sputteling while trying to smoke, the boys thought it was grand getting to do such a "manly" thing. However, the boys didn1 feel so "manly" when Mr. Gallegos returned and discovered their trick. Juan learned that 15 year old boys are not too old for a good whipping. A few years after that Juan's father began hearing of homesteading opportunities across the line in Colorado. In 1914 he took a claim of 160 acres north of Dulce in the Montezuma Valley. Mr. Gallegos built a log house and made the necessary improvements to establish a permanent claim. Juan and a couple of his brothers also claimed nearby homesteads, but hard times required them to abandon the claims to find work in Utah. In 1916 when Juan was about 23, he married Matilda Gallegos. They raised 6 boys and 4 gi~s. Several years later when Juan was 39, he and Matilda decided to move to Ignacio. They came by horse-drawn sled, to Pagosa Junction. II was too muddy the rest of the way for a sled, so Juan came on to Ignacio, rented a buggy and returned for his family. Life was pretty hard in 1932. Juan worked for the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) and he appreciated the work, but that didn't prevent him and many other Spanish speakers from calling the W.P.A. "El diablo apie" or "the devil on fool". Later Juan got a job with the BJ.A. as a camp mover under Mr. Peterson. During W.W. II Juan's second son, Juan Joe Gallegos, was captured by enemy forces in Europe, Juan believes his son was imprisoned and must have died while there. Unfortunately, there was no definite word about his fate at that lime and nothing more certain has ever been learned. Juan and his family lived in Dragerton, Utah, during 1943-45 while he worked in the Colombia Coal mine. In 1948 Matilda died. Juan returned to Ignacio in 1951 and worked as a camp mover several more years. In 1966 Juan was married to Apolonia Herrera and they still make their home here. Partial, September, 1974 56 � 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 Shelby Smith Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973-1980 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of biographies, predominantly of residents from the Ignacio Senior Center, based on interviews conducted by Shelby Smith from approximately 1973 to 1980. The abridged interviews were originally published as individual entries in The Thoughtful Years newsletter, published by the Ignacio Senior Center, beginning in 1973. They were later published as a whole in Smith's book: Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley, from which the original scans in this collection have been derived. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Juan Gallegos Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1974-09 Subject The topic of the resource Gallegos, Juan; Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Juan Gallegos based on an interview conducted by Shelby Smith in September, 1974. Included in the book "Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley" by Shelby Smith. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 page Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/37a16810cb700f497eff333570cb5c76.pdf 75a8b48393539201a928b6633c84192d PDF Text Text ......, ......, 'l } 'l } } } 'l ) ' ' ' ) } GEORGE RICHMOND & AMY (Cope) HAMS Twelve year old George Hams and his friend Lee Canfield stood beside the road staring intently into the distance. Even though the machine they were watching was still far down the road, the boys could hear its rhythmic pop-pop-popping as it approached. A lone figure in the auto sat very straight, holding stiffly to the steering bar. The boys were excited because they were encountering their first automobile. They would have been more excited had they known they were about to see their first auto wreck. The driver, approaching at a fast clip, was unaware of a stretch of deep sand in the road. The hard front wheels sank into the sand and the steering bar jerked from the driver's hands. As the boys stared in fascination, the auto promptly capsized, Hastings, a town of about 4,000 in southern Michigan, was a good place to live in 1898. Located mid-way between the cities of Chicago and Detroit, it was an especially good place for a curious teen-age boy to observe the mechanization and scientific revolution occurring in America, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) __) ) .J _j __) ..J ..J ..J ..J J ..J J J J J J J The town was surrounded by rolling , forested hills with many clear streams running through the country-side. A person could hardly trave l a mile in any direction without finding a pond or lake. George was born there on October 22, 1896, the son of Martha and William Hams. William was a carpenter, then started a grocery and bakery and did well with these businesses. "We always had plenty to eat," George remembers, "because many of the farmers who traded with the store didn't have any cash and would pay for their supplies with meat or fruit or other garden produce. Our meat house was always full of hams and turkeys. The Hams bought a summer cabin on Gunn Lake near Hastings. George, his brother William, and their mother spent the summers at the lake. It was a grand life for a boy. The long summer days were occupied with fishing, swimming, boating and playing with friends. On weekends Mr. Hams would travel out to the lake in an open buggy with an umbrella top. As fall approached, the family moved back to town for school enrollment. William bought wood and set the boys to splitting it, "We mainly used maple, oak and beech for firewood. Even after we installed a coal furnace, mother used wood in the cook stove." Every fall the Hams gathered walnuts, butternuts and hazelnuts. George liked some fun with his nut gathering. Mer a freeze he liked to climb carefully into the branches of a nut tree overhanging a path or lane and wait for someone to come along. At the strategic moment he would Jump vigorously up and down on the branches and bomb the daylights out of his victims . As it is today, winter was a marvelous time for kids, "We would sharpen our skates like razors and race up and down the river or around the ponds near town. If we wanted to ski, we usually tied barrel staves to our feet; or if we wanted something better, we took elm wood to the engineer at the furniture factory. He steamed and shaped the wood. Then we tacked old shoes to the boards and had a pretty fair set of skies." 71 �Each fall Mr. Hams traded supplies to one of the farmers for ten gallons of wine which he kept in a barrel in the cellar. What boy could resist sampling it? George surely didn't. One day he and Lee Canfield sneaked into the cellar and sampled and sampled and sampled. "We got sick," George remembers. George has good memories of school days. He was an honor student most of the time. He admits to getting into mischief (some of which he won't tell about), but does admit to playing "Penny on a Board" with greenhorns who moved into Hastings. To play "Penny on a Board" George would bring out a pile of sand on a shingle, push a penny into the pile and set it on the ground. Several youngsters, including the greenhorn, lined up a ways from the pile and on the count of three raced lo see who could get the penny. Actually the innocent-looking sand pile was more than sand. It was a pile of very fresh cow dung or other manure covered with sand. As you can guess, the greenhorn was allowed to win and wound up with more than he could handle. In 1905 George's father sold out in Michigan and moved to Lake Arthur, New Mexico, south of Roswell where he bought a hardware and lumber business. Since George had only one year of high school left to finish, he was allowed to remain in Hastings. After high school George was apprenticed to a pharmacist in Grand Rapids. He rented a small apartment nearby and began his training. George dated a pretty little girl named Amy Belle Cope who came into the drugstore occasionally. Amy worked at the Fox Typewriter Co. in Grand Rapids. On dates George and Amy attended silent movies, burlesque shows and the circus (Amy especially liked the side shows). Vaudeville shows were $.35 in the evening and $.15 in the afternoon. They made frequent visits to ice cream parlors, rarely to restaurants. George and Amy were married in 1910. In 1911 Viola was born. She was their only child. The Hams made occasional trips to visit his parents in New Mexico. Cars had become quite common, but good roads were rare. They have vivid memories of trips across the plains. While crossing Oklahoma on one trip the Hams came to a region which had been soaked with heavy rain. When they got bogged at the bottom of a hill, Amy agreed to get out and push. Once the car got going, George couldn't stop. Not only was Amy splattered with mud from head to foot, she also had to walk all the way up the hill through deep mud to reach the car. Another time the Hams had completely bogged down in a mud hole and were feeling hopeless until four young men on motorcycles appeared. The cyclists got off their machines, walked over to the car (one to each fender) picked the car up with the Hams still inside, set it on firm ground, and left. In 1920 when Viola was about 9, Amy contracted tuberculosis. The doctors recommended that she go to a dry climate like New Mexico for treatment. She did so and year later she was pronounced cured. If 10 year old Viola hadn't asked for an ice cream cone as they passed through Hagerman, N.M., on their way back home lo Grand Rapids, the Hams family might still be in Michigan. George stopped, went into the drug store for the ice cream and discovered the store was for sale. He bought it on the spot. 72 �Life in Hagerman on the legendary Pecos River was quite different from life in Grand Rapids. The Hams bought a place near the Russell Ranch and became good friends of the Russell family, who proved to be invaluable help when most any problem arose. George bought a few cows. When it came time for one of the calves to be weaned from its mother, Amy had trouble. Mrs. Russell, who weighted about 200 pounds, came over to help. She stepped a stride the shoulders of the calf, grasped its head and ears and forced its head into the bucket. "If it gets balky again, just do that," Mrs. Russell advised. The next day Amy decided to try to force feed the calf. It had not occurred to her that a difference in weight of 110 pounds would matter. Amy, who weighed only 90 pounds got astride the calf and got the ride of her life. Fortunately, Amy had as good a sense of humor about this as about the mud. George operated the drug store in Hagerman from 1921-1946. Though he preferred not to be, he was considered a counter doctor by many of the residents of the area. George and Amy sewed up more people than they like to remember. "One man had such a large knife wound, we could see his heart beating." As in all parts of the country during the great depression, many transients came through Hagerman. "We never refused anyone a prescription, money or no money. One family passing through asked for medicine for a sick baby. Years later we received a letter from them with money for the prescription." ) ) ) Viola moved to Ignacio in the 1940's. When the Hams came to visit, the green trees and flowing streams brought back memories of Michigan. They had always missed the green countryside while living on the dry plains. In 1946 George and Amy bought 40 acres north of Ignacio, remodeled the house and spent many happy years here. Amy died in 1970. George is now 88 years old. He's had a good life with much happiness and filled with good memories. We are happy you moved here Mr. Hams and wish you many more happy years. J December, 1974 - Shelby Smith ) _) J _J ..) ..) ..) J J -.J J J J J J J J 73 � 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 Shelby Smith Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/?language=en Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1973-1980 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of biographies, predominantly of residents from the Ignacio Senior Center, based on interviews conducted by Shelby Smith from approximately 1973 to 1980. The abridged interviews were originally published as individual entries in The Thoughtful Years newsletter, published by the Ignacio Senior Center, beginning in 1973. They were later published as a whole in Smith's book: Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley, from which the original scans in this collection have been derived. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 George Richmond Hams and Amy (Cope) Hams Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1974-12 Subject The topic of the resource Hams, George Richmond; Hams, Amy (Cope); Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of George Richmond Hams and Amy (Cope) Hams based on an interview conducted by Shelby Smith. Originally included in the December, 1974 issue of "The Thoughtful Years" newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center. Later included in the book "Oral Histories of the Southern Pine River Valley" by Shelby Smith. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Extent The size or duration of the resource. 3 pages Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/2a0d9045a3b07548f6ebf6f4d4aafa47.pdf 08ce23f4a3724c07aa8244ae8f78fa25 PDF Text Text Cleo Garcia Cleo was born in Blanco, New Mexico on May 1st, 1924. She moved to Ignacio, CO when she was four years old with her parents, grandpa, and aunts. She grew up on a farm about five miles from Ignacio, where her family raised cows, pigs, and chickens. "We used to come to Ignacio once a month, or maybe twice of month, to get groceries. The town wasn't very big then. My grandpa used to sell wood here to the Indians. I went to school in Ignacio for one year. We used to go to a farm school; it was like five miles away from home. A one-room school. I think I went there for four years, and then I went over here for a year in Ignacio. I didn't graduate [from high school]. We didn't move here [to Ignacio] until I was nineteen. I moved here with my aunts and my grandpa. We didn't have no water, no electricity, no nothing there [on the farm]." When Cleo moved to Ignacio she went to work cleaning houses. She said, "I didn't know very good English, and I still don't." Cleo's grandfather and aunts raised her. "I had a bunch of brothers and one sister, but they stayed in Blanco. I came with my parents, my grandpa and aunts over here. I don't know why, but I did. We used to plant a lot of corn and beans, make a big garden over there. It was dry land, but you know, it used to rain once in a while. So, we used to go about our things. We had chickens, and we had horses, cows, and pigs. They were just for our own use." Cleo married Frank Garcia shortly after she and her family moved into Ignacio. They had one daughter, Patricia, and Cleo has a grandson. "I remember there used to be a hardware [store] not tCXifar from here. And, I think we used to have one train station. But, we had to come here from the farm on a wagon, horses, because we didn't have cars then. We used to come to church on Sundays on a wagon, real early in the morning. It took us about a couple hours, I guess. We used to walk too, sometimes, or on horseback. My aunts used to tell me about the Great Depression, but I don't remember it. My uncle used to have one of those little cars, you know? We used to ride in the back, because they were small cars, real small. What did they used to call them? Model Ts. My uncle used to have sheep. I worked while she [Patricia] was little. I worked for farmers, you know, doing their housework. I was a dishwasher and a cleaning lady. My husband used to work for the farmers- out in the fields, bailing hay, stuff like that. My daughter went to school here, she graduated from here [Ignacio]. She has that little store up there [on Goddard Ave.], the thrift store. They also sell new clothes. Her husband works there, too. My grandson is working in Bayfield, he's working for some employer. They make buttons, but he's a receiver. I think he makes the orders, he orders things. �We used to celebrate San Ignacio. We used to come for San Ignacio. That used to be a lot of fun. Oh, they used to have dances, they used to have church in the morning. Sometimes they used to have a carnival. I worked at the Senior Center for nine years. I used to clean the place. Then I moved from there and went to the library. I worked there for about five years. I liked that job; it was nice. My boss and I used to get along good; she was good. She's no longer there. Then, I was old enough to get Social Security so I didn't work no more.11 \ Interviewed by Michael Miller (Americorps*VISTA volunteer) for the Ignacio Historical Society, December 15th, 2003. � 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 Michael Miller Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2003-2004 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of twelve biographies written by VISTA worker Michael G. Miller of prominent people in the Ignacio community. Based on interviews conducted by Miller between December 9, 2003 and March 15, 2004. Some contain the additional attribution "for the Ignacio Historical Society." Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Miller, Michael G. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Cleo Garcia Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2003-12-15 Subject The topic of the resource Garcia, Cleo; Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Cleo Garcia written by VISTA worker Michael Miller and based on an interview conducted by Miller on December 15, 2003. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Extent The size or duration of the resource. 2 pages https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/1c507177d149ffe9f913e6c6fbd8709d.pdf 3f6d3b1594cd7f1850340688f84440b8 PDF Text Text Ruby Garcia (Southern Ute Elder) My name is Ruby T. Garcia, and I live at 1328 County Road 516, Ignacio, CO 81307. I was born on November 24th, 1918 in Ignacio. That was during the war; First World War. My first school was at Santa Fe. We left on the train and when we got to Santa Fe, they told us to go to our grade room. They asked my sister first what grade she was, and she said she was third grade. Then they asked me, and I told them I was third grade. But, I didn't even know nothing; I didn't even know how to read, I didn't even know how to talk English. And, they sent me back to the kindergarten. But, I finally picked up. That's about it at Santa Fe. I've been to different places. I've been to Towaoc Indian School; I was there from the third and fourth. Then I went to school at Ignacio for fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. And then, I went to Sherman Institute in Riverside, CA I graduated there. I took up home economics, but like I always tell the people, 'I'm a jack of all trades and a master at none.' I came home; I got a job at the hospital. I was a Nurse's Aide. That was kind of interesting; working with sick people and caring for them. Then I went to different places. I went to Salt Lake City and I sewed a lot. Sewed clothes for the Army. Then I went to Salt Lake. I worked there for a while: making swim suits. Then I decided to go (World War II was going on), to go to California and get me a job. They hired me, they said I had to drive. And, I told them I didn't know how to drive. They said, 'Well, you're froze to it. You're going to learn one way or the other.' So I finally learned how to drive a bus. I drove the Italian prisoners to work, you know, there on the field. But, there were MPs [military policemen] on the bus and I wasn't afraid. I'd hear them talk, and I asked one of the Italians if they knew English. And, they pointed to one and they said, 'Oh, they're telling you bad things.' I told them, 'You tell them I told them to shut up or they're going to get out!' Boy they were quiet. I had to laugh at them. We ate with them at the mess hall. They had their own, you know; the prisoners-of-war. But it was interesting. Afterwards I wasn't afraid of them; I got used to them. And then the war was over. .. I came home. Now I'm here, in one piece. I worked for the Tribe. I worked with them for twelve years; with the welfare. After that I worked for the Peaceful Spirit; that's alcohol. I went to training to be a counselor. I enjoyed it. But, then, I got tired of the whole thing. I said I might as well retire, and I retired. Now I'm home and I'm enjoying it: I go to the casino and have fun, lose or win. Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose, but it's fun. I meet a lot of people, I enjoy it; it's something different than to live alone. Living alone, people say, is aweful. But, I manage. I crochet, I do beadwork, I occupy my time, and when I'm tired of that, I go to the casino and talk and laugh and joke with them people. Lately, I've been in poor health. Other than that, I'm okay. My folks come to see me. That's my great-granddaughters [two ofRuby's great-granddaughters and her great-greatgrandson were present during the interview] and that little one is my great great grandson. And thi.s little one [the father of Ru by' s great great grandson], we' re going to send him to dance at the �powwow [Laughter]. They're going to have a powwow pretty soon. They're having two powwows next month; one for the casino and one for Gerald Hall [?]. [M. Miller: What were your parents' names?] I was born out of wed-lock, let's put it that way. But, I knew who my father was; he came to me. My mother's name was Uterpy [sic?] Taylor. That's why my name was Ruby Taylor, because she wasn't married when she had me. But just the same, life went on. Life has been good, and it's still good providing I get off of this oxygen! And, now, they've got me blowing on that thing [points to a medical device] in my mouth. Pretty soon you'll see me like this [makes a bloated gesture], full of air. My daughter's grandson told me, 'Grandma, your stomach is getting big. Are you going to have a baby?' And I said, 'No, I'm full of air.' [Laughs] And he said, 'How did you get that air inside of you?' And I told him through this [points to the oxygen tube in her nostrils]. You know, they're funny. They say, 'no fools, no fun.' Right? That's about my life. [M. Miller: 'What was your husbands name?'] My husband's name was Joe Weaver; the father ofmy two daughters (Arlene and Lillian). They're both married and look at all that bunch of accumulated kids from me and them two girls [points to a wall full of photographs]. There's five generations on there. Quite a bunch, huh? Look at this white-headed woman [points to herself in a generational picture of her family]. [Laughs] There's five generations there; there's this little one when he was small [her great great-grandson]. Well, it's good to be old and retired: staying home; don't have to worry about getting up or nothing. But I hate to get sick. [M. Miller: 'What do you remember about Sherman Indian School?'] I went to school there, I took up home economics. Learned how to cook; learned how to sew; learned different things (canning, all that stuff). I liked it. I even went back to see the place after I finished. Some of the old employees were still there. But, in those days things were cheap. I tell the people, bread used to be 10 cents a loaf You could buy tennis shoes like that for a $1.98. You don't get them for no $1.98 anymore; they run from 60 on down. And other, regular shoes (you know, I call them 'dancing shoes'), they're high priced, too. I think the cheapest is $20. Food used to be cheap. Gas was $.25 a gallon, and look at it now. It's outrageous. It's gone up, up, up. It was hard for the people. Frank B. (he used to be an Anglo), he used to run a meat shop. He used to donate food for the people to have a Bear Dance and a feast. They'd cook out there. Oh, it was nice, but now it's so different. Everything is so high, and I don't ever remember paying income tax. I don't know when that started, because I never paid income tax. Or, maybe I overlooked it, didn't bother to do income tax. But, now, you have to. �That's about the story of my life. I don't know what else there would be. [M. Miller: 'Did you have brothers and sisters?'] I had brothers and sisters. My sister died, my two brothers died, and there's only one brother left: Sylvian Taylor Valdez and me. There're just two ofus left. But my mother ... she had one brother living, Henry .Taylor, but he passed away about three or four months ago (I don't remember). He died. I lost my mother March the 24th, 1994. It's sad; sadness. Now I'm all alone here. I don't like to interfere with my daughters: living with them (sort oflike 'mooching'). I'd rather live alone and live my own life. Get up when I feel like it; eat when I feel like it; go to bed when I feel like it: nobody to boss me. But, my younger daughter tells me (she sees me at the casino), 'Aren't you ready to go home?' And I told her, 'No, I'm having a good time. You go home.' [Laughs] And I stayed down there. Then I called my brother up: 'Come and get me. Come and take me home,' when it's over. But, the casino never closes. The people are still pulling on them machines. The card table, where I usually play, closes up at four. (But they usually close up at 3 :30 to clean up and count the money.) So, I had my days too; go down there. I have won a big jackpot; $36,000. I won about four jackpots for $2,700 and I won several ones for $1,200. But boy they really soaked me for income tax this past year. I said, 'I ain't got no business winning so much. So I quit. I just play cards where they don't take income tax. [M. Miller: 'Did you dance when you were younger?'] Oh, boy. Believe it! I used to do the twist and everything [laughs]. They had a dance down here and my uncle, the one that died that I was telling you about, came over. They were having a dance dontest, and he came over to me and said, 'Come on. Let's dance, let's show them how it's done.' So we went, and we won. They gave us $20, you know prize? But, now, I can't even dance. My leg is still crippled up. That money cart at the casino hit me right here [points to left leg], and since then I've been sick. My leg swells up and then I have a blood clot on this leg. They doctored me on that; they gave me pills. Look at all these pills that I take ... very sickening [laughs]. I used to like it [the Bear Dance]. I used to do the "Forty-nine," the powwow; I used to do that. But, now, I don't do nothing. I stay home, I watch TV, go to bed, eat, go to the casino, and come home and go to bed, then start all over again. I don't go down there every day. Certain times. They were going to give a car away and they called my name, my ticket. They had a lot of them over there get one. They called my name in there, and I won a free room at the casino and two meals for two. I said, 'For two? Where's my better half?' And them guys stopped and said, 'Me!' And I told them, 'No, I'm not going to take you. Beat it!' [Laughs] I know Spanish, I know Ute, and I know a little bit of Navajo and Paiute; I know Paiute. I understand Italian, because Italian is almost like Spanish. Do you think I had an interesting life? �Yeah, I don't want to win too much money, because they said I make too much money and cut it off There's always a trick. They put up a casino where you make money, and then when you make money they want a cut of30% off Gosh. IfI would have known, I wouldn't have played that much. But, when I paly at the poker, then they give me tickets. They give them to me and I sign my name. They called my name and them people hollered, 'There she is!' [laughs] I had fun. My brother's son won the Jeep; he won it. [M. Miller: 'Did you ever serve on the Tribal Council?'] No. I didn't have time for that. I was too busy helping the poor people. You know, helping them to get pensions. Helping them, you know, what needs to be done. After I got through eith that, I kind of helped the people that drink a lot. I used to drink a lot, too, after the war ... beer. [M. Miller: 'Did you serve on the Committee of Elders?'] Yeah, I was the first Chairman. They gave a party when I retired, and they gave me that blanket. That's a Pendleton blanket; costs lots of money. The Council gave me that, and the one that's on my bed, the Committee of Elders gave me that; another Pendleton blanket. But, I'm satisfied. The Tribe gives the elders $3, 100 every month. That keeps you going. It keeps me going to the casino [laughs]. Look at him [Ruby's great great-grandson], he's still looking at me. He doesn't know me too well. Go to sleep, go to sleep [to her great great-grandson]. I'm glad to know that all my tw.o daughters, my grandchildren and all, have finished school and gone on to college. They have even graduated from college. Interviewed by Michael Miller (VISTA worker) in her home on March 29th, 2004. � 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 Michael Miller Interviews Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2003-2004 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Collection of twelve biographies written by VISTA worker Michael G. Miller of prominent people in the Ignacio community. Based on interviews conducted by Miller between December 9, 2003 and March 15, 2004. Some contain the additional attribution "for the Ignacio Historical Society." Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Miller, Michael G. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 Ruby Garcia Biography Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2004-03-29 Subject The topic of the resource Garcia, Ruby; Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Biography of Ruby Garcia written by VISTA worker Michael Miller and based on an interview conducted by Miller on March 29, 2004. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Ignacio, Colorado; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 pages