https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/9efd64e3bf821543a81c951167918691.pdf cd28636bf35872d96b38e0737edd80f7 PDF Text Text I ~ ~ • ~ . ~ -- ; ' ;<, t ~ ~ . ~ . ~---,.,..----- ~--<rJ1 ~ /;,~~ ~~ ~,., ........~, ~ f '5U eA-p ~/ c; ' 51.3-il-~kl �MAX and ELLEN" WATTS ¥.ax Smith Watts was born in a teepee cal'!lped in the Pine Valley nea:r La Boca, Colorado in 1894, the son of Andrew and Cecilia Watts. Max says-, 11 My father 1 s band, the Capote Band, traveled a. lot in those days. Some of them were far~ers, but most of them moved around for good hunting and the teepee uas the right thing for being on the move. There were very few white men around in those days. We hunted for deer and rabbits and herded our sheep and goats. Our games were made to give us skj.lJ.. We would throw round targets into the air and shoot them before ·t hey came down. I rnaae my own fishing pole from a willow, some string and a needle bent into a hcok. We all had horses and depended on them for all our moving around. Hy grandfather told me of a tiI!le when he was young that there were few horses. He knew of some of our people trading a child for a horse. They were valued so much when they were scarce. The Utes always liked horse races. Because the road across the river was long and straight, we bad our races there. 11 11 1.fy peop1.e were not surprized when the white man brought.the train. One of the old l!l.en had seen it in a dream. He told his people that one day white men would cor1e in a thing with smoke and fire. I never rode the train · until I was nearly grown. I was scared of it. }Tnen it came up the valley it ~ooked like it was coming straight at me. I would run. 11 Hy parents put me in the BIA boa:z;-ding school for a few years, but when I got old -enough to herd the goats they needed ne at home. We had some J.a:nd over on the Piedra River and moved back and forth to it. We :played many garc.es; some for fun and some for gambling. One was played with big nails and a pile of dirt, The nails which had numbers painted on the~ -..,ere pushed out of sight into a pile of soft earth. The players took turns poking a stick into the pile to expose a nail, They got points according to the numbers on the nails. The women watching the game would sing and dance around the pile to try to make the earth fall. Blankets, horses and noney were gambled in this game. We also had a game like the white man 1 s horseshoes only we used flat rocks which we would try to throw near or into holes dug in the ground. 11 11 By the time he was 16, Max was on his own. He worked with the crew which built the irrigation ditches. His pay was $1.50 per day. Euterpe's father, John Taylor was his boss. A few years later he went to Buckshin Arizona, to work in the cornf·ields. Before the co:-n was ripe, Eax was put on guard to shoot the blackbirds out of the fields. In harvest time he harnessed the horses every morning and helped with the picking. I always came back to Ignacio when a job ended. After a few years I got a job working at the agency. Until I met Ellen House I had no thought of marrying anyone. Why get married with no money in my pocket? 11 11 Ellen remembers, 11 Max started sending me boxes of chocolate. Sometimes there would be money in the boxes. We were married in 1925 at the court house j_n Durango. I was born in 1907. My mother, Fannie House, died in the flu epidemic of 1918 when I was 11 years old. Daisey Eagle 1s my half sister and I had a brother, Danny, and a sister named July9 Both of them died in accidents on horses. 1-fax and I lived in a house near the agency until 1934, when �3) we moved to the farm near La · Boca. We lived on the farm where Rose Watts is no~. At that time there was an old house on the farm built of posts. Later we bo12ght the land on the hill where we still live. It 1 s good ground up there with a spring nearby." After Max quit the agency, he worked for the D. & R.G.W Railroad with the crews that cleared the track of snow in the winter. Since Max was a cook's helper, his job was not too hard. The others had to use their shovels if the snow plow could not remove the drifts. The crew worked at Red Cliff and at Soldier's Summit in Utah. The crews slept in box cars. It was very cold. In 1955," Ellen says,"we built a new house on our farm. 'When we were strong, we raised sheep, horses, grain, hay and all our vegetables. I still have 9. big garden. In the 30' s many ho1boes came up from the railroad tracks and ask for something to eat. I always gave theq something. So many poor people were traveling around then. I think a farm is the best place to live, because even when· thexe are no jobss farmers have work. We sold potatoes to the BIA School and horses to the Navajos. We never liked cows, but we liked to keep goats and make cheese from thei1" milk. We I re st_ill on our farm and we don't want .to live anyplace else. 11 11 The Watts had seven children in all: Colleen, Ed, Lula, Ellenetta, Crystal, Jerry and Eunice. Only Colleen, Lula and Crystal are still living. Shelby Smith "I tkm'! su 61!)' pa:,adr." �The for~er Kathleen Shields who lived in I r;nacio as a girl was in Ig!1acio in August to l ook u p any old friends who Dight still live here and to see t he Presbyte rian Church where she had attended Sunday school. At that t i r;1e it was a l~e thodist Church . She now l ives in Texas and coming with her was her husband and two granddaughters. They all enjoyed a visit with Hrs. Vida Ritter . The Shiel ds had a ranch north of Ignacio and also managed the hotel whi.ch '.)urn ed d m,m a t a l ater date. i:athleen Shields re sidenta de Ignacio an'o s pasados su esposa y dos nietas veni eron a Ignacio en Agosto aver la i glesa donde ella fue a (Sunday S.chool). Tar~bien visitaron con la Senora Vida Ritter. Ahora ellos viven en Texas . "Gertrude! What 110:;e you been saying to these plants?" l·~s . Ella Flack's daughte!' l,:argaret and her husband, the Glen Rows es arrived t he fir-st of Se-ote □ber for a week 1 s visit ·with l-:rs. Flack and other· relatives. >rr-s. Flack returned to 1-;'eb:raska f or .a week ' s visit wi t h ther:J . She r eturned home via Frontier . La hj_ ja de la Senora Ella Flac~½ 1-~argaret y esposo Glen Rowse de Nebraska Yisitaron con ella por una ser:1ana aq_ui en Ignacio y cuar1do r2gresaron a su casa se la llevaron a que pasara otros dias con ellos alli. The Good Old Days - Xancos had those kind of times too as well as did Ignacio . Fern Ellis in her book of t he early days of Mancos, "Cone Baclc to my Val ley" , records this recollection. A new bridge was built across the river in tmm in 1905 and the town , had passed ordinances prohibiting livestock t o be turned loose to roam at will in t he to'\im . In 1895 a town ordinance was passed agains t fast-riding and driving . It s eemed to be an almost daily occurence for s everal young men of the town to ride in and out of to,m as fast as their s teeds would carry them, almost as if they were hurrying for a doctor or escaping f ror.J an officer. There h2.d been complaints that ladies crossing the streets ·were havi ng their live s endanger ed by these young horse racers • .After a rain, the flying mud increased the fun for the boys and et1brassment for the ladies . ifou boardwaLJ.cs were laid down through tm,m which was a great help to pedestrians , especially in wet weather . By 1909 ce?:ent sidewalks had been i nstalled around the business section. Iron r ings were placed in the sidewalks at places for folks to tie their horses while shopp ing~ �Hr. and Ers. Walter Hardy were out of town rao s t of Septec ber. They were staying at t heir son 1 s ho1:1e at the Valleci to while the Harold Hard1rs went travelin g a broad. , Senor y Senora Walter Hardy pas aron el me s de setiembre en Vallecito en la ca sa de su hijo Harold Hardys quen fue a paseo. The John For emans made a quick trip leaving home the 25th of August, They first t ook their daughter, Kathy to Fort Collins to enroll f or fr eshman studies a t CSU. They then went on to Nevada, Hissouri wi th Mary Lou who is attendj_ng he r secon d year at Cottey College. Senor y Se11ora J ohn Ji'or eman llevaron a su hija Kathy para Fort Collins donde ella a t ende r ·a la uni ver sidad por prim.era ves, y fu eron a Ne vada, I•lessouri donde su otra hija i-~ry Lou atendie Cottey College su segando ano. ---~. ~) ,v-"\ 1-::} . 1- \---4 ·,~ iI ~ .;~.~\///-1 <\,· ~::AJ\t}tlt Ii .·:'• .. "Your r,est•egg jusl hatche~.'~, "I'm sure he'll be smry he missed you," The first f all meeting of the Pah-Chu-Cbu-Wa Club was lfo nday even ing, Sep tember 1.2 at the howe of 1-.~rs. Virg inia Richmond. Hrs. Vivian Rich!Oond was the co-h ostess. The progrB.Il was in char ge of Ers . J annie King . Jane F oreman and Dale 1-~c Clanahan t old c f the ir week long ex per ienc es a s delegates t o Girls State . Both young people wer e in last yea rs ' I HS junior cl a s s and the Study Club helped to sponsor theo . J a ne attend ed Girls State a t CU in Boulder J une 1 2- 18. Dale attended Boy s State at CSU , For t Col l i n s June 13-19. This time wa s devoted to study of gover nment on local stat e and n a ti onal l evels. The bus iness neet ing wa.s conducted club president, Hrs. Sheryl 1-;ayfield . T.h ank y ou l e tters were 1·e ad fr o::::.t the Colorado Heart Associa tion f or the club help during Heart ~cnth and f rom the Men's Club for a cont r i bution t owa r d a sprinkler s ysteE1 for t he I gnac i o Ceme t ery . Cancelled stamps will be a club proj e ct a gain t his year , 'l'he annual t eachers '.l'ee. wil l b e spons ored by the cl ub. Both parents a n d t e a chers a r e ur ged to come an d enjoy t h e afternoon. The Tea will be on 'f:eclne sciay oc-~ober f ifth fro;: 3: 30 to 5: 00. The place to b e ahnounced l ater. i•i.rs . A.rm Foreman and Hrs. Jean HcClanahan , Jane and Dale were gue sts. Hefresl~ ent s were served by the hos tesse s . '.i'h e nex t meeting , Septec.:.ber 26th uill be a Salad Supper a_r1d guest n:i.c;llt. 5 �Two bus loa ds of tourists were overnight guests at Pino 1Tuche Monday evc:nj ng J,.ugust 23r d ~ They arrived in tir~c for dinner and were having a delj ~.l1tful tiue . It was a 23 day tour from l'fow York and New Jersey and they vere h e au~d t oward hoi.le . Company this month at the home of Hr . and Nrs . Karl Hauret included 1'om a."ld Shir ley Fish of Farmington who had supper at the Hauret home . 1'he a f ternoon of the 17th Mrs. E. O. Westbrook of east of t own spent the af t e rnoon visiting . On the 19th Hr. and Mrs . J ames Jackson froo. Rio Grande land in Durango were lunch gu.e sts . Karl and Eda Hauret a.re enjoying getting acquainted with a new little gray :poddle which was recently given to t hen. · Senor y Serfora Karl Hauert a-11 tenido r:Jucha compc:ni '1 este mes. Tom y Shirley Fish de Fa rming ton, :nuevo :r:ejico tomaron la sena con ellos. El dia diecisiete la Senora E . O. Westbrook poso la tarde visitandolos y e l dia d iecinueve Senor y Senora James Jackson de Durango to:::aron el lonche con ellos . Forner Ignacio school superintendent Hillia.m Powell and Hrs. Powell wer.e in I gnacio several days staying at Pino Nuche and visiting friends . i•iost of their visit was suent with the R. H. Gardners . l·fr. Gardner was hi gh school principal while lrr . Powell was the superintendent . They left here the first of Sentember to r eturn to their hone in Plattville. Senor y Senora ~Till.iam Powell visitaron ~r.u.gos en I gnacio. El fue superintendente de escuela s aqui anos pasados y ellos pasaron casi todo el tiernpo con Senor y Senora R.H. Ga rd.~er ouin era urinciual de la escuela al ta durente el tier:ipo que .e l Senor Powell era superintendent . Ellos vi ven en Plattville, Colorado ahora. Hrs. Lena Witt was a houseguest of her sister, EI's. Narga.ret Hisena."1 , for a wee k and a half. They called on oany of l:Irs . Witt's f or.i:.er Ignacio nei 6 hbors. \Iednesday evening the 14th s h e was hostess for dinner at Pino l'iuche for t he D2n Shaughnessys , E~et Hotts , 1'irs. 1-;axine Anderson, l1rs. Charlott e Jones, i•:rs . Ruby Hailey and Hrs. Wise:1an . Hrs. \'li tt returned to her home in Denver, September 18th. Lema Wi t.t pa so una ser.-:ana y rr.edia con su hernana i.fargaret Wise::1a.n . L~s dos visitcu:on con muchas de los .e.mi gos y vicinos de la Senora \'!itt, ella vivto en Ignacig_ por r.:ruchos a-nos . El miencoles llevo a Senol"' y Senora Dan iSl:aughne ssy, Senor y Se:fora Enr=iet Hott, :.:&.zine And erson, Charlotte Jones , Rub:,,- Hailey y 1.;argaret Wiseman a com.er al Pino nuche . The Happy HoI'.uem.akere Extension Club members met at the home of Hrs. r•loden e ifa_yfield, Frlday a fternoon, September ninth. 1·11's. Hildred Sparks uas a.ssistant h o stess. Roll call top:Lc 1-ms 11 Hy Horst Job 11 , and :c1embers told of . some rather hectic ev ent s . A 1:S:1ow and Tel1 11 proE;:r.·am followed an a f i l m 1rA Trade For Living 11 on nu.tri tion was shm·m. The ·1 iln uas courtesy of the home e comonics teacher, ~,:_'.:'S. Barba.ra Valker o Club p:resident, ~{rs . Garmen Rea conducted the busine ss ~eetine . Ther e \'n s a discussion of t he district Achieve □e n t Day on October fourth at the L!t:Xtension builci:i.ng and cor!!:li ttee s were a ppo i nte d by I-irs . Rea. Favors are to i:>e 1:iadc f or Christ~e. s g ifts for the Hur sing Hoces. A c;e, ,-..":'!.i ttC'e on t 11c favors c onsists of !·J's . Hon a Rober t s, Mrs. Vivian Richmond and ~-.rs. Vir 6 inia Rich::i.ond. Lach r:.e?'!ber is to nake two quilt bloc ks 8 inche s by 32 inches . The qu i l t uill be:: :'.'·ade as a club project to have on hand fo r a tin~e of need . l•.i'5 . J ea11-'1ie StottleL-i.ycr and !·~s . Becky Breneman are two new members. '.file next r,eeting is schedule d f or Cctob cr 1i+th. �'7) Get Well Soonl Sanen Prontol '.I.'onetle Baca Owen Callison 1-fo_rtin Hayes Jim 1{atthews Perry Heath Laurence .Marker Jose Quintana John Chavez Emelerio Lucero Eileen Weaver Frances Buck celebrated her birthday, Saturday September 10th with a small party at her ho~e with the guests bringing along a pot of coffee and a pan of Brm•miE;s. Wj.shing F1:ar1ces a Happy Birthday were Hrs. Heinie Ga:edner, l,:r-s. Lena \'Ji tt, Hrs. 1-~argaret 1:·Tiseman and Ers •. Charlotte Jones. Frances Buck celebrcf sus cum~le~?ros el sabado dia diz con un party. Sus amigas las Senoras Heinie Gard..rier Lena Witt, 1-~aragret Wiseman y Charlotte Jones llevaron cafe y brownies y celebfaron con ella. '.l'l1e AARP bus trip fro~n Duranbo on Seutenber 20th f5_rst went to Gbost Ra.nch, ?Te-i.-r 1-iexico fo1· di:ri...ner. Then the group went to Santa F e for an afternoon of sightseeing and shopping. They then returned to Ghost ra.i.7.ch for ove:rnig;:it, co!:1ing back Hednesday • .Ax.1ong those going were 1.:rs. Olive Dillon, t::rs. Opal Price, l~s. Charlo tte Jones and l.fr. and l-tr s • Paris Engl er. Hore than 200 friends of the Rev. Ted and l-frs. Harer helped them celeb1·ate their Golden Wedding armi versary on Sunday afternoon, Sept .18 fl·c the Ca.lvary Presby-teria.."1 Church in Bayfield ,-.ri th church l!!e□bers fron Ign&cio, Allison and Florida helping to host the event. '?he Ha.1·ers uere ;:~arried July 3, 1 927 in Liberty, Arizona. For 1 5 :,:-ears the Harers ·were missionaries in Guatar:mla. In later years 1-Ir. Harer served the churches of the Parish and also Presbyterian churches in Cor·tez. For a time they :.:1ade their home in Bayfi.elde They now live in the Valley no:c>th of Durango. ljas d.e doscientos 2.~igos le ayudaro:o. al Rev o y Senora Tod Harer a celebrar sM a.ntveTsa.rio de cincuenta ruios el dor.1ingo en la tarde dia dieciocho de setiembre en la iglesia Presbyteriana en Bayfield. Ellos se casaron el dia. tres de Julio Bil nuevecientos viente y siete en Liberty, Arizona. y por quince anos fueron .misioneros en Guatamala. }~½ora ellos vivin en Durango. . The fi:rst of the 1-.reek of Septe:a.ber 19th Owen C2.llison 1'.ras very ill in --~eI'c:,r Hcspi tal. His daughter, l•:r>s . Joyce Brom1 of Dallas ·was here for a t i ::.e and then went hor:1e. She r eturned a short tioe later to be 1:ri th her pare1:ts. Joyce Brown de Dallas Texas esta aaui en Ignacio con su mama durante la enfer;::;.edad de su papa O,;-ren Callison. ~ Callisto Luchini 82, died Saturday September 10th at his home in The Lucru.nis had lived on a ranch in Allison for the past 50 years and this November would have celebrated their 50th wedding anni~ AJ.lison. ~i.re1,sar:-:,:-. l·1r . .1<arch Luchini came to the F'lorj_da Mesa area in 1 903. He was born He r::arrie·i!. Catherine Procarione 4 ~ 1 895 at Brookside, Color2.do o 2JcVE::1::.ber 1927 in AJ.lison~ Surviving are his ~ife, Catherine, a daughter, Margarite Carlson of Lewi::. of Allison, several sisters and other ,,\J.b'..:iqee:rque and a son, reJ. a tic os c Services were the 12th from the Allison Grange Hall by the Rev. Donald Castoneuay of St. Ignatius Catholic Church~ Burial was in the Allison Ce1:,cte1·1. �The f t rs t f a ll me e ting of the Friends hip Circle was Wednesday afternoon, the seYcnth , in the ?resbyterian Church annex . l•:rs. Heinie G8.rdn,e r, CircJ e prcsirlcnt, conducted t .h c busfne s s meeting . An invita tion WRS re coi ved to a1..tcnti the DistrLct Presbyterial in Cortez , Thur sda y a nd Friday , the 22nd and 23rd . S~veral Circle memb3rs planned to attend on Thursday afternoon . thn Cjrcle js to hold a P~ke Sale t he latte r part of Oc tober. The t)(➔r:1be rs wil l not spons or a . R1.i.mmage Sale this yea r. The study period w:as from Second Corinthians with Hrs. Arin Foreman as the leader. T:ef re s1unents "t-1ere serv·ed by the hos tess, Mrs. Bessie Pennell. l•~ary .Fl'a nc. i.s Taylor f rom. California is here in Ignacio visiting her E.other Floy Val de z, her daught er Parr.ela , her siste r Eva and Many other r sia t ives and f ri ends. He.ry Fr ancis 'I'aylor d e California e s ta vis i t ando a su ma:c,.a Floy Valc_ez a su hija Pa:uel a su h ermana Eva ya otros parientas y amigos . Happy Birthday Feliz Curupleanos Lucy Duran 1fargaret Silva Pauline Rodr iqu ez Brad Smith Joe Wi l liams Bertha Sandoval ifa ti v i dad 1-:a.rtine z Henry Rivera Cri s ildo Pache co Silviano Lucero Christine Zu:1oz ;:;r:1 11~~IJ t:\·~~ ~~1· (;Er:.~T :,1..!.L ~ l S !1I~ :,:(,Tl~~: t~ :\l:5. \r :~i::i:~g t. ..)n: "(]c,~rgi e i': E.; \ 0:· \.!: t: l~~!\.L' ~~ !'1(.'(j (~ :;_, !" ;rJt.. ~1 c:,r-'' >1;~. \i ,J:·;,:.e: ··~:~::s. ~tO i) t<-::!,;)~ng :.:(•.l r fi t::c.:-•.:r:-: CJn : he tri! ,lc: - it's dri\·in:,! 1nc· -.:r~.1.y~'~·,l r.•. LiJJ ,~r ,..:r!!h: ''1." LJlv~. u,n \ Y'?:::~: \;\;:/}};; :-:'.~: -~tr::~no ?T:t•r~ \•;.:~~ne.:~:- ·. ·:: ~:-~ n!! ~ ~ying lc:$.:=ci~~:-=. :~·,,c~ n :..!iL· ! :·ta~ int}~~. ?~rl,r,n_'~ The small railrMd v::.s :;;:1:(•tts for i,s in:-;~1;lity l(1 'r.(•,·r lO lhc t'llb- lished sehedi.;le. On.:- mo:-;.ir~g: ;:. h~!"i 1.r.~ 6 o·t:(,'-·k train nt;Ht..C int(\ Si..:i.ic,:i r.t t'XHth· Go'clo~•;.: . a frequ<:-ni. i'?..;csEc nger· ;; pp;oad~ e:d the rngi nE-er. "Ha,·"' 2 duir'." he- ;;hc,ute-d. " J\·e hl•Cm riding- ~this line fv:· :20 ,·N:r:; :,nci ~his i;;~thc- .iir.,.-! dr.h: l\·e· s,:,c,r, unE- r1f its 1r:.ir.s .:rri,·E· 0n time'." ··~ r • .l •• 'd . ::.-o:Ty. 1!'lcnu. ;;a1 t :-:.: eng-i ll(-<:r :-hc!l:, a::; he handN! Lack the dp:r, '" bu~ this is VE-;;,crd;n··s train... · · ,h,- Robert Hackey Vickey Ri a der · Haria 1-ranzaneres Fred Luc e r o Charlotte Jones .!!i. small l,oy in a dt:c panr.H·!H :;tore v:as :::, snding- by ~l-le:- c-;;,•;:.l2.1or inl('nth- w21.1:h;n;r li-,E rnr.,-_.in:r ha n<l ra i I. ' .. so:net hfn re \nr, r. e<'"'' · ~ · .. ~ o." re;:,lied the boy. 'Tm just w;.iting for my bubble g 1;m to come hark." «::k€!d a clerk. Automation : a tE-ch n ol ogica l prCl<'ess that performs ni l the w ork while w e just :::it t he1·c . \ \.h en we were kids. this process w as c-:tlled >Yother. · Ea ry LeFe1n·e 78 , a res ide nt cf Ignacio a nd Durango all of h e:r lif e di e d l"riday, t h e 16th , i n l·:eTcy Hos pital . She was born June 2, 1899 in Duranfo. Si1e ilacl been ill for so::e tir::.e . 1:iss Lal"ebre and her sister, Sus ie li .red i or ria~y years on south Br mming Avenue . In :1.er ce.rlicr ·rears she was er::nl o7ed i n the ki tcben at t he Strat er Hotel and. also wor·l-:::ed cleaning a.t St: :-:arks in Durango. Her sistG:r , Susie 1a.i.7 ebre and sis ter , Celina Salazar of Huntington, Utuh survive as clo other :i·ela ti ves in Ignaci o. 0 Satur-clay, SeT)ter:1ber 1 Li-th was a day l ong wor 1-:: project at the Pr esbySone 14 p e opl e c a.1:ie and ac c orc1plis he d s e ver2.l re pnir a ncl t:(,~. :r,·to.n. c:ml.rc~ 1.. . .. e:.u~an1.n2 Jo os . 'i~1e? e n joyed a p ot 1'..1c lc dinn er i n t he a nne x at noon . 1 t"'· n 2'--L-',l J. ") • (.4~l-Q ;.:r,s . Aben ec j_ o l '.uno z to ol{ t heir d a.u[h ter .:t t::: -r v .1. ... • .. l : -;: :o n to CoJ.o.r.'acl.ci Spr:Lr:fs u b~re s he wil l enr oll a t Blair Bu sin ess Coll ci_; e c.~"..!... ... T . ~";!'>-· \ ..,lf,.'... \,., l.,J. V.\.~,/ :;. c,::: t h e 1 all t. er;:i. s oOallo <.~i a vio11tecua tr·o Sc?ior )r Seno1.. a Abenecio 1•~ufio z elci..raron a SU .i d. j a Slion ci o::.l\J.G ello. a t encierf UlD.i :c Bus ine s s CoJ.l er;o c s te invicrno~ �cur s:,--mpathy to the far.lilies of - Callisto Luchini and Mary LeFebre • Frank Johnson noved this ~onth fro~ Bayfield to the apartment house on Sou th Brmming. i,;:r. J ohnson has lived in Igna cio and :aayfield in recent yea~s and traveled soc e too . Re really is an old ticer as he says he is 106 y ears old a nd the last :ne::;.ber of his regil!lent :still living . . Frank J ohnson sea mud.ado de Bayfield para tlna casa en avenida Brbrming en I gnacio. ~l dice que tiene ciento siez anos yes el ultino de su regimiento militar que esta vivo. Claudette Gilbert and c1'lildren l :ichele , Danny and ·ron:-r ·took a two week vacation t o visit her :::oth er and father ~-:r. a...'1d l·xs. J ohn L. Smth :i....'1 Gold 3ea.ch Oregon. Stopped in 3edci.i ng California· .to visit a sisteri::-law Clai:> 7ona and f a-111:,- and p ic::ed u:p h er other two children v~-riessa a:.:ti. .,:._nd:?. ?he:;· also ·..r~!'lt up to ::ou;:-it Sl1asta , Calif o:·nia to visit an Uncl e a...nd Aunt ;_.~ . aJ1d ~.:rs. Lou i e Petro a cousin 1:arr 1Lrm KiI~gston a..-rid s everal n i eces a:""lc. rev~-iews. Claudette als.o took a side trip to Reno nevada a.."ld La~:rn Tahoe. - Claudette Gilbert y facilia ::ic1)ele, Da21.ny y 11:'ony pasarc n do s se!::J.ar1as ,:P. · 1 · .:i .....J ,•-i· -<=d- ta.,.._, on ~~ l os naci.res d.e Claudette Se?.i'o1' _ _ vacacio~ en Go_a -eac·n Orec-f"'l nJ :,- 3e::o:ra 3cri_11 s~i t.h, E:n rteddi::1g, California. a una- cunada Clair ·I ona y fa:..:.::..lia ? le\f~:i.:1to a sus ot::-os :D.jos L':.o..y ~- Venessa ,q_:...en pasa::.--on el ver~o all:. co:c1 su papa. i:.!1 :nunt Shasta, California vi.sita:·ori a sus tios Se::.10r -,- SE..:io:-a Louie ?etro su o::-i::a :_ar:,- _t,_:....'1 I:~i:.~gsto:1 y r.:uchos so·orir:os y so·orinas. 'Ia~oien :.:-ueron a Reno :-- Lake Ta.hoe Ifovada. 1~r . and ~-:rs . Rober t Ol bert a!lO. children spent Sunday , August 28 with his mother , i:rs. Geneva Olbert and brotner Phil. The y now live at Blootiielci, Hew 1:exico. Se1Tor y Senora Robert Olbert de Bloor:..field, Nuebo 1-:ejico pasaron el docingo agosto viente y ocho co:1 su c.a::ia Geneva Olbert y su heroano Phil. Eldred Vi gil j r. , a 197 5 I gnacio high graduate who joined the Hari ne Crops tha t year is now a ~:arine Lance Corporal and has r eported for duty at t he Jell River 1.farine Corps Air Station Eelicopter in Jacksonville , North Carolina . Llcired is the son of lJ-s . LaVeta Vigilo-:: I gnacio . i,ldred Vigil Jr . graudarite de la escuela alta en I gnacio el 197'5 es al1ora ~-:arine Lance Corportl en !few Ri.ver 1-: a!'ine Corps Air Station_ y ::elicop ter en Jacksonville , iforth Carolina. Eldred es hijo de la Senora ano La-Veta Vigil . Robert Klu s::1an had Open Heart Surgery, Thursday, August 25 at St. Li2::ss Ho!rnite.l in DenvE:rv He is now l:o:-1e and i:::proving in health . Le de .s ca:~;os unn fHpida recu:pcraciOn al Senor Robert Klus.2:!an, despues de tcner una opGracion en el coraz,01 el esta en su ca.sa ahora. 1 �Er:.I'e from Irew Jersey for a week were Stanley and Leora Potter who · .,, .n.l.[, · · . r!.:).~ner, • +· •!.,.. S. ,~d. ~•-r t. }-a .r,. ., ot:t Ci=>.,.. r.1'h·"'Y 01. 1·!....l.. • t .ne .t1o;~i.e t J so : 1a li. a . l ot of ot11er r-!::lat j_ vc s to v:l.. s :i.t the y eek the y were here • St<lnJ.s:r 5. s no-;: o~l t of t.b9 servi ce and working for a firm as a nuclear ~."'ere !tc~-1ser:1.1e st ~ at i v 0 to) ... ..... physici st. •\ 1-:-- . Acui de i\ew .;el'sey por una .sen:ana visi tandc a su mama la Seno1 a ..c.~·,ort !k'l Pott er -fuero~1 S tanley y Leora Po tter. Ellos tambif.m tienen . rm~hos a"ros Uiil'io!: te-s q-.:.2 visitr;.;1 c u a~~c!o vienen aqui. Stanley se . a ret 1.r a.oo de e l ;~ jercito 1::ilitar y su tr abajo es Ni.1clear Physicist. Hela tives co::,ing to visit with 1':rs. Virg inia Russ ell t his month f or a s hort t :U.;e we re ?-:arian. and Daniel Pres ton f ro::, Anchorag e, Alaska. The Pre.s i·.ons h a d be en in Det:e oi t . to gt~ t c2. new c :::u-:,rsle r. !frs . Pres ton is a [!'eat neice of i ~ s. Hussell I s . 'Ihey also went to see her g!'anc12other , !<rs . Mary Perino on the Florida ~e sa~ Also vi sit:i.~ g l:i·s . Ru ssell just about the sarr;e time was a neice , Kr s . Carme r , her son and d.a.ughter-in-la;.; from Virg inia. ?arientes v isi ta:1do a l a Serfor a Virginia Russell este mes fueron s us sobrinos 1:.,1.r:Lan y Jani el Preston d.e Anc_orage , Alaska y otra sobrina Senora ConD er c1.e Vi:rginia . Craig, Colorad o Sept 14, ·1977 Seni or Opportunity Service I gDacio, Colo r~do ~=~ :--- ) I ~: '\ 4 ~j Dear Si:rs, I an sending you $8 . oo whi ch will pay t he :pos t a ge on t he paper you send rre. I surely do enj oy getting •:·:;.'~1e 'i'houghtful Years !I . After I have read the::c 2 Or 3 t i mes , r:y dau ghte r, Lcui se ! '.ill er , takes the!:1 home . She wants to keep tbet1 and I so often lose tll.ings . After all I ac al~ost 90 . I enjoy Charlotte Jones news colur:n. 3he often r:en tion s neoDle whom I know~ I seen to be outliving c~ s t-of my old f :chmcls . It rrakes ~e s o sad. Has it HolI.:!es who w!·o te "Tile Last Leaf•n ? That des cribe s Ne . I surely hope other pe ople enj oy your pap er a s • ::i...::e :,,·ot! v1a..-.: ~~ g :;.ci ~;t hi.;~01-v. '{c,:.J ,..,/er12 t~\~te fo m5s1 (')f rtt1 n::uci1 as Louise and I d.o. Sincerely yours , ;::: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Thoughtful Years Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1972-1979 Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Ignacio Senior Center; Southern Ute; Bayfield; Arboles; Allison; Tiffany; Oxford; Southwest Colorado Description An account of the resource Monthly newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center with various contributors describing local news, events, obituaries, and biographies of prominent community members living in Ignacio, Colorado and the surrounding area. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby; Jones, Charlotte Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Thoughtful Years: September 1977 Description An account of the resource Monthly newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center with various contributors describing local news, events, obituaries, and biographies of prominent community members living in Ignacio, Colorado and the surrounding area. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Ignacio Senior Center; Southern Ute; Bayfield; Arboles; Allison; Tiffany; Oxford; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1977-09 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center