https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/66eff7b868d809686f8af36ef9552af5.pdf fa19867614e978512de3a04e95df999a PDF Text Text . () . • I,/ J1 ~- @-~;-~Cej !"l/3:7 - 1:-~~~ / I I ! 'I I i ! Cc,)'~ �~ /97 r1 JOHN & DOROTHY OLBERT john Phillip Olbert's father, John Olbert was born in S1.mheimbaden, Germany in 1865. He migrated with his parents to Illinois in 1879 .. "My Dad often told me how hard 11fe was in Germany for the common people, 11 John Phillip remembers. 11 People like my ancestors who had no land couldn't get any. However, the harsh military rule bothered them as much as the land shortage. As soon as a son was old enough to be useful to the family, he was drafted for several years into the army. So they Cal!l.e here wanting land and less government control of their lives.· The family farmed in Illinois for se~eral years. John. left home when he was 21 and went to work for the Pullman Company in St. Louis. After a couple of years, he ca.me on west, stopping in Colorado. Pueblo was booming as a smelting and railroad center. Dad got a job helping to build the rail line over Marshall Pass from Salida to Gunnison. _He worked a mule team skidding logs to build snowsheds to divert avalanches over tha tracks. John settled in Telluride for the Yinter and acquired an unexpected job. He had done quite a variety of jobs,'but never expected to be a nurse. The smallpox epidemic which broke out among the miners did not a:ffect John, since he had been vaccinated in Germany. So many of the miners were either deathly sick or weak during recovery, that Dad was recruited as a Doctor•s helper. While in the area he became friends of George West and Bob Hott. They began hearing tales of all the gold that could be panned out of the sand bars of the Colorado River. One summer they gave it a good try, but no one got rich. Dad took off en bis own to see the Navajo country and arrived back in Durango in 1889 when he was 24. He homesteaded at Thompson Park for a year, then moved into Durango to work at a local brewery located just north of the old High School and just east of City Market. When Dad was 31 years old he married Margretha Geisler. My mother, who was 1~ years younger than Dad,was working in Durango and living with her sister, Mrs. Spcnsel. Hy parents lived 1n Durango until 1915 when they bought a farm near Oxford." J'•hn fh1111p was 12 when his parents moved to the farm t mile vest ot Oxford. 11 Moving from a city school with graded classrooms to a one room school with grades 1-8 was quite a change for me. I'll never forget the first day there. Mr. Crosby, the teacher left for a while to check on his wife who was expecting a baby soon. While he was gone, some of the rowdy boys knocked the stovepipe down. This resulted in a thorough sooting of the room. Crosby questioned each of us to learn who was guilty. I was telling the truth when I said I didn't know, because I did not know anybody's name that day. 11 "Dad used about half his land for grain crops and the rest for ·bay and pasture. Every farmer in those days had chickens, turkeys, and a bunch of milk cows. It was common to see 20-25 five gallon cream cans on the railroad platform. Part went to Durango. The rest vas sold to Alamosa or Colorado Springs for better prices. Even 2¢-3¢ more per pound was a help." John Phillip and his brother Ernest went together to buy a new a928 Chevrolet from Rockers in Durango. It cost $600 .00 which they paid in eash after selling some cattle. This was not the first car 1n the family. Their Dad had owned a 1914 Buick and a 1924 Ford Pickup which cost $400.00. John Ph1.1 11p, his Mom and Dad, went to California in the Pickup in 1928. They were really squeezed into the cab but made it. Gas was about $.17 per gallon that year . ,, .... �3. .. In the late 1920 1 s J"ohn Phillip was still not married, but decided to buUd a log house for himself. He cut and hauled logs l6 or 7 per trip) by team and wagon from the hills near Vallecito and cut his own shingles. The house wasn•t quite finished vhen John met Dorothy Billings, the uev School teacher at Oxi'ord. Dorothy was born near Hermosa north or Durango on February 21, 1911. Her Dad, Edrln Booth Billings, was a native of Jaynesville, Wisconsin. Her mother, Myrtle ll,.ay Williams was born in Iowa. 1-fyTtle 's family settled near Windsor, Colorado, in 1890, later migrating in covered wagons to the Animas Valley via the San Luis Valley, Creede, Lake City and over the pass to Silverton. "My parents were truck .farmers north of Durango, 11 Dorothy says. 11 1 vent to Trimble School until I finished 10th grade and graduated from Durango High School in 192511 Dorothy took two years of teacher Training at Ft. Lewis College and came right to work at Oxford for one year andthe following year &t Trimble School. John and Dorothy were married in 1931. Until their 1og house was finished, they lived 1n the Kennedy house a q~arte~ mile vest of Oxford. So many young couples started their lives in this house, it came to be known as the bridal suite of Ox.ford. The Olberts have 3 sons, each of whom is married and has two children. Phillip, the oldest, lives in Boulder. J"ohn Richard, usually called 11 Dick 11 , lives in Palos Verdes, California. Donny is a Lt. Commander in the Navy at San Diego. J"ohn 1 s father died in 1931. Those were hard years for everyone and the Olberts were no exception. Prices for ra.I'!!I products were low and the area suffered a bad dry spell 1n 1934, but they worked bard and were able to keep their land. When the movement began to unify the Allison, Axboles, Ignacio and Oxford School Districts in 1948-1+9, John vas on the schooJ.. boara. He: listened to all the argw!lents and got several good cussings when he supported the consolidation. Though he was aware of the drawbacks and the loss of community spirit when small towns lose their grade schools, John remembered how much he had wanted to finish high school and could not at Oxford. For the sake of others who would need a high school_education, he made a decision which was not too popular. J"ohn has been secretary of the Pine River Irrigation District since 1966. He still keeps the necessary papers in the original leather satchel given to the District by Morrill Turner when it was organized in 1936. John and Dorothy have been involved in a lot of hard work during the 47 years of their married lives, but they also know how to relax. They love to tr~vel and especially like to go to Coos Bay, Oregon, get on a charter fishing boat and hook the big salmon. They also like to visit their children, but after a few days in Los Angelos and San Diego they are ready to come back to the farm. John can look out from his house to a spot half a mile to the northeast which the old timers said was a favorite ca.mp site on the old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe to Durango. Like most people who have lived in one place for a long time, the Olberts value their memories and have many links with the past. Shelby Smith �- ... , -~ • & • • ........... c;:9 . ~ j.•.· ;1]' l :,. �The Ignacio Chieftain for Friday, July 19, 1963 was a coru:iemorative edition for the July 27-23 San Ig:iacio Golden Days celebration. Residents, ~ercbants, Agency and to~n organizations all joined together under the ,.. ·-,1 leadership of l:ayor 'd. L. ·_-rise::'lan to r.c1.t:e it a Gol(~,,-n l..nniversary indeed. This celebration was in observa.?Jce of t11e 50tn anniversary of the Incor:roration of the ':'01-m. of Ignacio.. The beginnings of Ignacio went furth6r back to a=ound the early 1870s. :in 1913 the Tm-m of Ignacio was incorporated and Ordinance ITo. 1 called for the .Ad.option of the To-..m Seal. Charles ;-/ernEr, a for~er Supt. of the Ute .A·;enc:r, was na:::.ed the first Hayer of Ignacio. In 1913 he was living in Ignacio and operating a clothing store. :~ow as of ~:arch 1978 there are 73 toim ordinances on the books at the town hall. l-:orrill :'urner, longtir.:e president of the Ignacio State Bank, wrote ..... · 1 ~ t·.:us · - 7 1 a/ Ch· · , "' · I n '' ' 1 c63 an arLJ..C_e 1:or Ju_y .__ ieI~....vain en ....~ne '.i..C':•m O.t,:, I gnacio. ~.arcn ) the n~Ge of the ~ank had just been ch~nged to nank of Ignacio as it had been sold to t~e ~urners (~o relaticn) cf uur~ngc. '.:2:0.e article on ~he f ound.ing of th<? tmm w-ri tten by l-~. ':L11rner was dated July 11, 1963. ?art of this article is <2,uoted: ttEarly in the 1870s unde~ the ter2s of 'Irea ties 1;-i t:i the LJ'tes, three ban:-.. s of tc.e tri·oe, called. Soutnern utes ag:-eed. to loc2.tE in. SouthwesteTn Cclorac..o. c-o~re.,,,.,.,·~e'"'.;.. C. ' J. '--'--·· d , . , ,~+ "si·r:e,, 1.--, ~s-il~ Sc::'-' "'· '--'c;.. :::> -· __ c; east•.-rarc. aoout 110 ::-:iles. S-1-T'-i'"' :.,~ -'-:..- 0.::_;,_ For ti:1is :;rnrpose tne :'_deral 1.;...G.O rnQ- ,..,c...,-'--•, ..L.n' ".jc,,7 d 'J. l,.__ OI.l, - e -·~ _. "'e-•i·co J.. .-... li·ne • _.:....r: ir..cliarc ;,_genc:r l:.aving jurisd.ictio.:?.1 ever: tD-e aciditic~E.l le.~d ::02.c~1e ·oa:10. 2-c."1.d. ts:..,po:::'a:'y :1.0'.:.es year. '='l1e India:1 ::,:~ency, :•ras __:n~ec. ~gnacj_o, for t!le Cnief of the third. band of t.ne Soutl:.er:i U'i:es, "Cc'le .. s::ir:ucne. . C21ief :&::;.2.cio 2-'1d. l::"' s b2.~:cl rejecteci -:he ic.e2. of se~tling c.mm o~ s--.::-.all .:arms. 3o t~:27 ~.1ere gi •ren the ·.-:rester:-.i. ~ai~t of ~he re scrva"tioYl in dcuthe::-!". ~=ontezu~a County, their headQuarters being :owaoc. 1his land was deeded to tb.e:-2 u~1c..er ·::ribal o~•;!l.ersb~p whereby tl:e ~n.dians coulci occu::,,y it &s t~1ey pleasecc.' :::::1E7 beca.::e kno',m later as the Ute :'.cuntain Dtes. T::.e )e ::-.-er ar:d 3.io C:r2.:1.d.e ·.:es tern ?,ail:::-02.c. •.;i t:1 its r:arro·,;, gauge line 0 ca~e into t~e area in 1881. By about 1297, after ?rcviding the ~tes with t~eir allo~~o2nts of land a~d retaini~g la~ds for future grazing develo c .,...,"' ....,+-,,e Cr-o"''ern~,enL Lhr•-re•·· a ~J.ar--e ,,, ... Ea of t"e or-i.;.t.L~-· r:--'....,al r-;-+e stri".)_. ~nd -'--;;.. .. _,_ .... .,, ... L.i • l, ''l. " l,....._ ,, C C.C-'u opened it to the public for ho=este~di~g. ?rior to 191 0 t-i.:-o general stores uere serving tne co::::mni t:J" arou::i..6. Ignacio. Ea_11s J;.s:;)arrs had the ':!'ading ?ost ar2d ?ostoffice at the Agency. H. L. :-Itll operated a general store a nalf r.::ile to t::e sou th . :·ha..:- :'/ear .Asvaas 2.nd. :12.ll a.,_--ic.. oth ers la i d out the townsi te oi I,;~i.acio. Cbe tract was purci:12. sec. by rtall f ro::-. Jo1-m '.ic.ylor in 1 S·09. Joh..':. -Ta/lor ua.s the fatner of i.,uterDe 7a·,lc r. imother t r2ct to the soutn of it was :iurcna;::ecl b:i1i..s-::iao.s fro u Charles Sb.o shoni i n 191 0. ':'he street di vidin.e the t',/0 -parts of LL.: .• +o~-1-Y' _,,,,.. na:·:c-•C' V ~ - · ,,,c.u J.~ ..~ L c;-l,· u - UV e :-;,-rc,ct ..,_,.c,. ..ia \,.o 0-< 0 ,-:c;1e --•-;:,7 ,... 'ous1- -,,.,e<:'s s-1·"7'ee.t.[ ,,,•as n~~ C·ocld.'"-'rd Ave • ' .L.1 -~c... ___ - -.....> V....i.. l ~-r..:.. ...~ • ._,, d c:. J whi.ch lil;:e s o!Ile other streets in :--:all I s 2C::.6.i tion i:,1ere n2.!:1ecl for :ciis relatives. ::::n tne Aspaas addition the streets ·we:re give!l such r.u:::es as Ute, l•fovajo and Pine. Fro~--:. tncn UD to the ?resent t i:.:.e all clE:eds to p1·operty, lq;al notices ) clescribing a parcel of la:'."ld etc., in the tm-,-:1 of Ir,ne.cio norti1 Df Ute street a.r2 l~s ttCi. in Ii-2.11 1 s Fir2t z":.ddi tion and. those south of Ute stre(;'t · are in As:~aas ~-'irst Addi tio:!. Charlotte Jones �Refunds for Ole.er ?erso:1s ~no ca~ get a refund for property ~~:es ? ~no is eligible for a refund of 20;; of their ho:::e rent :pay::.ents? Persons 65 or older persons declared handicaJ,ed ~ay . a~ply if their inco~e is less than 7,300 for 2 single perso~ or less than 3, 300 for a couple. · - People with personal residental pro;,erty that are living on such prouerty nR:l be eligible for ta:: refund for their ho:r::e and surrounding ) acres if they ~.:eet the above require2ents. If you nGed help to fill out the apJlication call Liva Pacheco at 563-4561. ~~e dead~ine is JeceLber 31, 1978. De7olucio~es Para Anciancs Quien esta intitulada a cevoluci on c e i =~ues t os en sus propiedad, o 20;; en la renta que pago ano pasac:.o :;ior 2u hogar Personas cue tie~en sesenta v ci~co anos o cas, y no ga.~aron ~as Que 7,300 por pers~na a 8,300 por dos~p~rsonas el ono pasado y se es~a...~ encanacetados ~ueden aDlicar uor es~o. ~Personas q_ue tienen. resic.encias o terrenos :;::iersonales 7 viven el esta uro·0iedad uueden ser ~lc.ibles yora que les 6.evuelvan los ir2:; rnestos cue pagaron ei ano pasado per la casa y cinco acres. Vacationing in the Fruita-Grand Junction area for a few days were Mrs. Opal Price and Mrs. Charlotte Jones. They left the 10th and stayed overnight in Moab with Emily Sisley and also visited Louis and Frances Farmer. Mrs. Farmer was in the Moab hospital from April second to the 11th. She had broken the small bones around her ankle in a fall while the Farmers and their daughter and her husband from Grand Junction were out sightseeing ·in the Moab area. · Mrs. Jones stayed in Fruita visiting long time friends in her former home town~ Y.rs. Price stayed ·1n Grand Junction with her daughter, Janice. They came back to Moab on the 13th through Cisco, Utah and down along the muddy Colorado River. They returned home on Friday • .· Las Senoras Opal Pricey Charlotte 'Jones fueron a Fruita y Grand Junction por unos~ias a visitar. parientes y amigos. En Moab Utah _~ visitaron a la Senora Emily Sisley, Louis y Frances Farmer. La Senora Farmer ·paso un tiempo en el hospital con~ pie quebrado. La Senora Price visito a su hija Janice en Grand Junction. �7 The-March 27th meeting of the Pah-Chu-Chu-Wa club was in the Presbyterian Church annex with club president, Sheryl Mayfield conducting the business meeting. The nominating committee Eula Preston, Charlotte Jones and Virginia Richmond Presented the following names for two year terms of office. President - Violet Sams, Vice President Virginia Richmond, Treasurer - Heinle Gardner and Secretary - Olive Dillon. They were elected at the April 10th meeting and will be installed at the Spring luncheon. Named to the committee to plan the spring luncheon were Cathileen Beek, JoAnn Cross and Vivian Richmond. The District president Mrs. Muriel Luellen of Mancos was a club guest. The Plans for the District Convention in Bayfield on April 22 and the State Convention in Cortez in May were discussed. Cybthia Kent vas the speaker for the program and told of some more of the Houston Convention and some of the work being done in this area to promote the role of women, especially those of minority groups, displaced hom1?makers and rural woreen and abused wives. Refreshments were served by the hostesses Jannie King and Ruby Hailey. i , ·mat's a ·tckippersnapper'?" Mrs. Nancy Fritz of Bayfield is now delivering the Durango Heralds in Ignacio and plans to continue in this area. She had been the Herald news person in Bayfield for the past eight months. Gene Bushy is delivering the Heralds in Bayfield. Senora Nancy Fritz es la que distribuie el periodico aqui en Ignacio. Ella era la que distribueia en Bayfield y ahora Gene Bushy lo ase alli • .· · Mrs. Edith Bell died in Albuquerque Wednesday evening, April fifth. Services were held Saturday in Albuquerque with the French Mortuary in charge of arrangements. The Bells had ma~e their home in Albuquerque Since the fall of 1942, The Bells lived in Ignacio at the Agency for a number of years while Mr. Bell was in the BIA office at the Agency. Hr. Bell died several vears ago. .~ The Be~l family was among the fi rst members of the Ignacio Presbyte:rian i!lstead of hethodist in 1933. Mrs. Bell was elected to serve as one of t n e first elders of the Presbyterian Church, but she declined in favor of ,j-er husband, Ira. Hr. Bell then served on the Session and was clerk of the session from Septembe r 1933 until the fall of 1942. Mrs. Bell was active in the Ladies· Aid until t he f amily moved to Albuquerque. The Bells were the parents of three children. A son, Loren, died· a~out two years ago. A daughte r, Norma, lives in Fort Worth and Dorothy lives in Albuquerque . �The Bert Robertsons, one time Ignacio residents, had a leather ioodt and saddle making shop combined with their home in Poncho Springs. The building caught fire on Monday the 10th and Mrs. Robertson (Loretta) wa s overcome by the smoke which caused her death. Mr. Robertson was rescued by the firemen and vas taken to the hospital in Salida. He was expected to recover. They had just recently sold their business. Mrs. Robertson was 76 at the time of her death. . For many years before moving to Poncho Springs they had operated a leather goods and saddle making shop in Pa.·gosa. senor y Senora Bert Robertson residentes ~terior de Ignacio Y ahora de Poncho Springs tub1eron la d1sgrac1a el dia die~, que s_Jtresidencia juntamente con su lugar de negocios agarro lumbre y la Senora (Loretta) Robertson perecio. El Senor Robertson fue salvado por los bomberos Y llevado al hospital donde se espera que racupere. "! heard that remark . .. !" "Better take Riley ciff wedding cakes until be patches up his marital problems.' · One Easter family dinner was at the home of Mrs. Mary Swanemyr in Allison. Coming from Durango we re her sisters, Mrs . w. R. Foiles and Mrs. Walter Ealum, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Foley and son and family, the Ma rtin Swanemyrs, the Lewis Luchinis, Mrs. Callisto Luchini and L ynn Swanemyr • ., El di a de pascua la Senora Marx_ Swanemyr cocinao para toda su familia.. ·De Dura n go vinie ron sus he r manas Senora W. R. Folks Senori Walter Ealum Senor y Senora Jasper Foley su hi jo y familia y Senora Callisto Luchini de Allis on. Tambien sus hijos Martin Swanemy:rs y fa.!llilua y Lynn Swanemyr y SUS sobrinos Senor y Senora Le wis Luchini. · On I gnacio Town election da y April 4th 184 voters went to the polls to elect t hree t own council members to t he boar d f or four years t e r ms of off ice . The hi gh vote get ter was Ruby Hailey with 100 votes. George Bryan was second wi th 95 vo t es and J erry Wilmer and Tom Atencio tied for Third pl ace . In a fli p of the. coin At encio was the winner. Los ing candi dates were Wilme r, Abel Atenciol Dadis Pope and Arnold Lucero. Frank Gallegos r ecei ved a number of write - n votes . Mrs . Hai ley is t he first woman elected to serve on the Ignacio board since the Town was in cor porated in 1913. Cor deli a Candel aria served a f ev years ago on the board, being appointed to fil l a vaccancy. Outgoi ng boar d members who did no choose to run again were: Ben Cor dova , Tony Gallegos and J oe Mest a s. Em.me t Hott is t he pres ent mayor of Ignacio and his term of office runs two more years . t �., ~Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bruffett have sold their share of the Pine Ridge Ranch to their daughter and husband Joan and Jack Smalley. The Bruffett:3 have bought a 31 foot travel trailer and are le~ving Monday to Denver and from there to California and on to other parts of the United States and Canada. When they get tired 0£ traveling they plan to come back and live in Ignacio. · Senor y Senora Clifford Bruffett le an vendido su parte de el rancho Pine Ridge a su hija y esposo Joan y Jack Smalley. Los Bruffetts compraron un trailer y se van para Denver el lunes y de alli para California y otras partes de los estados Unidos y Canada. Quando se cansen de viajar ellos se vendran a vivir a Ignacio. The Happy Homemakers Extension club April 14 meeting was the annual Foreign Foods dinner. This year the dinner was held at noon at the Presbyterian Church annex. and the receipes for the meat dishes, salads, dessert were from China. Arranging the dinner were club members Alicia Sullivan, Nona Roberts and Virginia Richmond. There was also a plant exchange scheduled. The next meeting will be May 12th and the Roll Call will be a Mother's Day poem. "And to think: the reason we went on that second honeymoon was to get away from the kids for a while!" ··1 smashed up our car .. , What did you do'?"· Lloyd and Opal Knickerbocker of Bayfield are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday, April 23. Relatives and friends are invited to an Open House in the Bayfield Lions Building from two o'clock until five •. This special event is being hosted by their daughter, Mrs •. Helen Campbell of the Spring Creek area, grand children and great grandchildren. . Both the Knickerbockers are active in the Bayfield Presbyterian church and other community activities. Mr. Knickerbocker still plays some lively tunes on the fiddle. Opal Williams and Lloyd Knickerbocker were married April 21, 1918 at a sawmill camp, north of Bayfield. They have made their home in the Bayfield area most of these past 60 years. ) '-./ One of the first picnics of this spring season was on Sunday April 16 when the King families joined the Terry families of the Farmington area were Beth and Jim Sower and sons from Bayfield, Mr. and , Hrs. Tommy King and Dena, Mr. and l:'..rs. Leland Landsverk and Mrs. Jannie King from Ignacio. . El dorningo dia dieciseis de abril las familias de Jim Sower, Tommy King, Leland Landsverk de Ignacio y Bayfield la familia Terry de Farmington, N. Mexico y la Senora Jannie King se reunir6n en la laguna ?•ravage a tener un picnic, yo creo que es uno de los primeros esta primivera. q �J°ohn and Effie Monte went to Phoenix, Arizona to visit the_ir son and family ~i.r. and Mrs. Victor Monte and to get acquainted with their - new granddaughter. Jolli~ y Effie Monte fueron a Phoenix, Arizona a visitar a su hijo y esposa Senor y Senora Victor Montey a conocer a su nieta nueva. /b. The R.H. Gardners received word Sunday morning, 16th that Mrs. Gardner's brother, Harry Benson had passed away. A longtime resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Mr. Benson had been in a Nursing Home and in failing health the past few years. He was 85 years old. Funeral services were in Sioux Falls. Urs. Gardner left by Frontier Monday morning for Sioux Falls to attend the funeral. She planned to return home the last of the week. La Serfora R.H. Gardner fue por avion a Sioux Falls, South Dakota a atender el funeral de su hermano Harry Benson que paso a m~or vida el dia dieciseis de abril, el viejito tenia ocbenta y cinco anos. Happy Birthday Fe~iz Cumpleanos Susano Silva Cleo Chavez Martha Mae Quintana Maud Glover Viola Herrera Andrea Quintana Ruby Hailey H. v. Waters Georgia Chavez Heillie Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Paul Harris Fidel Herrera Kenneth Quintana Bennie Valencia Alcario Vigil Henry Espinosa Trutt Hudson Tim Ortivez Get Well Soon Sane Pronto! Ruth Snook Loura Hill Joe William Leonora Martinez Coriene Gunn Stward Adamas Armondo Amrillo Melanie Romero daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Domenick Romero from Broomfield, Colorado is her e staying with Grandpa and Grandma Romero for a few days. Her mother Shirley brought her over last week. The family will be moving from Broomfi eld to Grand Junction soon. La nina Melanie Romero hiji ta· de Senor y Sei'rora Domenick Romero de Broomfield, Colorado esta visitando a sus abuelos Senor y Se'm:ira Joseph Romero por unos di as . Su mama Shirley la traJo la semana pasada. La familia se va a mudar de Broomfield para Grand Junction, Colorado presto. A wind that could be labeled a Cyclone tore through a section of the county·west of town on the second of April • . It struck around 9:30 A. M. and if it was an April Fool joke it was a nasty one. The Robert Klusman barn ·was leveled. The Robert Dickey home·received considerable damage and the roof was blown off the new Tom and·JoAnn Cross home. Several trees were uprooted and a big tree in the J~hn Chavez front yard was reported as being uprooted and disappearing. ViI's. Bess English, longtime Bayfield and Ignacio resident was in the hospital in New Bern, North Carolina suffering from pneumonia. After she h~d re~overed and was back in a Nursing home she fell getting out or bed and broke her hip . She is now back in a Nursing Home and improving. Cards from old friends would help to cheer her. They may be addressed t o Bess English, 308 Johnson St , NewBern 1 Nor th Carolina 28560. Her sister, Mrs. Robbie Whitehurst will see that she gets them. Mrs. English has been living with her sister, Robbie, since moving from I gnacio several years ago. �II. Persons wishing to die in dignity and not be kept "alive" with -extraordinary measures when there is no serious hope of recovery should make an advance decision to this effect, not only to assure their wishes being carried out but to protect their doctors and nurs e s from possible legal action and to avoid leaving their survivors with a sense of guilt. To help people do this, The Euthanasia Educational Fund, 250 W. 57th St., N.Y.C. 10019 has prepared. a ''Living Will" vhich reads as .follovs: A LIVING WILL To my family, my physician, my lawyer, my clergyman To any medical facility in whose care I happen to be To any individual who may become responsible for my health, welfare or affairs , Death is as much a reality as birth, growth, maturity and old age - it is the one certainty of life. If the time comes when I can no longer take part in decisions for my own future, let this statement stand as an expression of my wishes, while I am still of s ound mind. If the situation should arise in ~hich there 1s no reasonable expectation of my recovery from physical or mental disability, I request that I be allowed to die and not be kept alive by artificial means or "heroic measures.u I do not fear death itsel.f as much as the indigni t ies of deterioration, dependence and hopeless pain. I, therefore, ask that medication be mercifully ad.ministered to me to alleviate suffering even through this may hasten the moment of death. This request is made after careful consideration. I hope you who cue for me will feel morally bound to follow its mandate. I recognize that this appears to place a heavy responsibility upon you, but it is with the intention of relieving -you of such responsibility and of placing it upon myself in accofdance with my strong convictions, that this statement is made. Signed._ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ ------------------ Date W1 t n es s e d by: TO MAKE BEST USE OF YOUR LIVING WILL: 1) Sign and date before two witnesses. This is to insure that you signed of your O'Wll free Will and not under. any pressure . 2) Give your doctor a copy for your medical file and make sure he i s in agr eement . Bear i n mind t hat t he l iving Will is not a l egal document . 3) Give copies to t hose mos t l ikely to be concerned. Note their names at the bottom of your copy. Keep the origi nal r eadily available . 4) Discuss your i ntentions with those cl osest to you NOW. This is very i mportant. 5) Glance over your living Will once a year; r e -date it and initial the new date t o make i t clear that you have_not changed your mind . � 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: April 1978 Description An account of the resource Monthly newsletter published by the Ignacio Senior Center with various contributors describing local news, events, obituaries, and biographies of prominent community members living in Ignacio, Colorado and the surrounding area. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ Subject The topic of the resource Ignacio; Ignacio Senior Center; Southern Ute; Bayfield; Arboles; Allison; Tiffany; Oxford; Southwest Colorado Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource English; Espanol Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1978-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Smith, Shelby Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Ignacio Senior Center