https://voicesofignacio.cvlcollections.org/files/original/e4cb2c51b89023a2ec0003bbc3f5d0e7.pdf 750e0617e0768ffea928a0aa9fc38506 PDF Text Text u �Cande laria 1farouez ~ /? lf Candelaria Casias is one of Jose Roaue Casias' eleven children~ She is the11 fif th and l as t child of Jose and Sis first wife, Camilla. 1 canx10t re:_-:,.er.iber r:1y nothE:r, I! Candelaria says. "She died when I was ver y young. I wes raised by rny oldest sister, Elena, until my Dad :c:1arried }!a nu eli ta ~-~ rtine z. 11 All of us olde:r children, Slena, Fel i z, Gregorita, Del fin and myself were born near· Conej os , Colorado, .just n o1·th of An tonito , where my 11 T'laa· ...., "\.A.._, a l.1-:::lC' c:noeu .A..J.,._.._ no..,..,"1,~l" rr ...,,1,1,v _ ~I.--• ,.r,.,en ..... ..._ .&...1. T).,.,,..; ~ ._.__ ,._,e>1'l'li ea' - . ......... - - M::onuolita - . L - ~~ ' • .,.,_._..., ho- MOVee1· tho t .... - - f' :, ,,-,.;..J.. 4 __ l y - c;.:.. to Ignacio near so:::e of my step~:r;;_other 1 s relatives . It took a week by horse and wagcn to co~o the hundred ~iles . we camped in the tent every night. Dad ho!:lesteaded in a..r1 area called Las Laguni t a s west of Ignacio near the Jacoues farma We continued to ca~D in the tents until Dad finished a one roo!!l hous e built stockade s tyle, which t he Spa21ish people call ' jacal'. hft er the logs are set in t he earth side by side for the \<.'alls, they wer e pl?ster ed i r..side and out wi. th adobe l!!Ud . In those years there was enough r ain for gar~ens and crops on the dry lands. Since he brought no l ive stock wi.t h hir:1, Dad started his flock from nothing by herding sheep on shares and by herding others for pa'.'.r. 11 11 ,n,tfe attended the Harvey School when we could. So:ne of my h alf-brothers and sisters attended for several years and learned :nglish well. There were six of them (Crestino, Pedro, Faustine, Camilla, Gregorita and Andrea). I only went to sc.i:1001 two winters which was not enough to learn English very w~ll. 11 ll There were no i u ri_11ing st:rea!!ls in that country, but there. ·were springs and. we could dig a h:)le in the sandy botto::i of an -.!:.!'royo and it would sor:,1 fi l l wi th water . Between carrying water~ herdin.g sheep· and. tne many other jobs to b-e done, we we re needed at home. -I can renenber b(~lpir:g my :Uad make c.n .1 era 1 ( a threshing flocr). ·d e wet doi:n the soil in s.:i area near the house ar~d ran the goats in a circle o:ro1..md and around on the wet ea.rth.--Their ~-harp 1:ooves packed the soil very hard. ,,-rnen it dried, it was almost as hard as pottery. Then we piled shocks of wheat or the d~y bushes of Pinto beans on the ' era ' and again r an the goats over it. After removing the coa rse straw and ste~s, we winnowed the remaining grain or beans i n the wind to r'3move the fine leaves a nd ch2ff. '' 11 h·e· did not spin t::1e sheep I s wool into yarn, but I can ret:er:1ber uash5.ng and shaping and folding it into layers for stuffing pillows and matt1·esse!:l. 11 11 Ignacic was a young town in those days s.nd it had a neigh·oor, a sm,3.ll village just west of to1m in the valley below the slaughter house. The place was called El Arroyo. There were ~any stories of rough behavio~ coming out of Bl Arroyo. Flavian Martinez' bar w2.s the!'e and some people :ren:et1ber the night Brmmie Shannon snot .Flavian' s "rrife in t:1e knee. He did not mean to. Ee was trying to snoot another ~an in the leg, but missed and got Flavia.n 1 s wife instead. 11 11 I remember the flood in 1911. Whsn the vrater first came U:_'.) 5 a lot of the Qen and boys were pulling good boards and other useful caterials out of the water. They stacked t hem up on higher ground. The ne~t day when the men went out they found t he water ha::1. risen so r:uch higher that all of their salvaged lu:::ber was washed a'1:ay again. 11 11 Aft er I grew up, GY step-oother , }:a.nu eli ta, died and Dad r.:oved back to Antoni to . I stayed in Ig:iacio wi th ~q sister, Feliz, and soon afterward met Luis !1arquez. Luis was ori gin ally fro r..1 t!le San Luis Valley, blit h:J.d been workin g in the J:1,ines at Telluride. I wanted to have our 1-,redding in �. ~ lf?o/ .Antonito. I went there first on thP. train and Luis followed a few days J.ater. Very few peopJ.e could attend our weddj_ng and we were not allowed hc:tve a reception because that was the year of the great flu epiderd.c~ Aany people were quarantined and others were afraid to go out into a ,-yo c:rowd. 11 Luis and I lived in Telluride for several years while he continuea working in the mine, then we came bad: to Ignacioe We never had any children of our o,m, but we raised one of Luis 1 neices, Louisa • . Luis died after we 1·1ere :::1arried only 14- years _from the blac:k Jung dis.ease~ I never remarried. For many years I earned by living by doing housework for Mrs. Crigler and Hrs .. Aspaas and Nell Marker~, This next September 12th Hrs. Harquez will be 85' years old. We hope she has many more years of good health to enjoy. Shelby Smith The Happy Homemakers Ext~nsion Club met Friday, May 11, 1979 in the home of Virginia Richr.ond. Roll call with mothers day flowers was given by the 13 answering roll call. Mothers Day was used as a theme throughout the meeting. After a business meeting and a game unscrambling names of flowers was played. Priz.es were given to the one 1..1h0. had the most correct and the one who had the least answers correct. Table favors knitted carnations ,~ich were real colorful, made by Nadine Ford were given to each r;:iember when they came in and got their ref re shr..B nts ~ Refreshments consisted of cookies sh2.Ded like a r.iot.hers hat, cupcakes and. punch, Hostesses for May were: Nadine Ford and Virginia Ricb~ond. ,. ce.:;.•.men Rea and. Geneva Olbert will be hostesses for the June meeting. ********************* Pah-Chu-Chu ...via••Study Club . of Ignacio :met at the Pino Huche for their annual din...11er, Monday, Hay 7, 1979 at 7: 30 ~ The clubs colors were used to decorate the tables ~dth green house plants used for center niece and table favors. There were 14 memb~rs and 6 guest attending. It was enjoyed by all. The center pieces were given away as door prizes. Door prize were won by Jean Bro1m and Olive Dillon. Lois Layton showed two slides about Colorful Colorado. They were really enjoyed • .The club adjourned until next fall. ********************* Mr. & Hrs. Rex Richmond had his sister and husband Mr. & Hrs. Buster· Arrington from Bause, Arizona visiting with them for a week. The weather that week was cold and stormey, but they still enjoyed themselves. The Richr.:onds and their guests enjoyed a plcnic at Thompson Park on Hothers day. Ah senor y senora Rex Richm.ond los visi tr{, s en<?}' y senora Buste}:· Arrington de Pause, Arizona por una semana. La senora es hermana de l1e:{ ~ 11 tiempo esa sem.ana estubo frio y caiendo nieve, pcro de todos modos ellos se divertlcron nmcho. Todos fu8~on 2 un picnic en ,..,..... ;-V- �J ~e:in: .· a~c;. Co:·i ? .,l .s.~e:1c:.~ ~:·:r e _:-2~, 2e7 ::tl~ i l,a s!?-J..r!~~o~ for t-:-:-)o ~.;e-s-ti:s vi s'i t i n~ t!'le-i r S0~.1 :)alor.::on c-~~+-lY JC S ) ~;.:Ls . ~i1.!.E: a:J.Q_ li-c -: i.e- SO:-l Bal c:::o=i, T~ • V ~ {-:: ; ~ ,,.; \ - _ _ _ ..._.- ;- • .;.. ~-.; _ - ~:s:- ca.·.-.sof t~i-= · :--2 e.:."' . .-. -:I,,•.'.!.. - : .. ,.., \..I __ C sc.. :.r.s ~ ~:1:::,-_ - -·~.: ... . . . · v_..:_..:.:_ .;; ·L.,J.. .ul'!'.::, o~: tc ":H! C~~ . ~ CC O~:-.;_ ....7 C -2 ::- ' s~ .::o:-_e -:·.:.·.:.E. ~ - .,- - T ..:,_ . \.. C:-~ V ::. :.::_~:- , :~:-~.:- -,-e.:..c~;:;iD. : .:~=-~.:: 12 Seattle, Washingt on por dos semanas a visi tar a su hijo y faJ:J.ilia se?ror y senora Salomon Valencia y hij.i to Salomon , Jr . ( Bino) . Vinieron por el estado de Oregon y diecen que en este tiempo del es un estado ouy bonito . Tambie~ ~n Reno , Nevada se par a r on a jugar en los casinos, ·(no ganaron . nada) de alli fueron a Ely Nevaia y pa la casa. Cordy diece que pa el principo de la s egunda semena Benny estaba tan home sick por Ignacio queen otr a v es se va air ella sola en vacacibn. ano ********************* Ben Cordova we:nt· to Hintern, Colorado to visit [!_is daughter and family Vicky, Willard and grandchildren Danny and Deann. He says there is still about l ½ f~et of snow in their yard and it snowed every day he was there . He r e turned to I gnacio Saturday the 12th. Ben Cordova fue a Min tern, Colo.r ado por una semana a visi tar a su hi ja y fa::iilia Vicky, Willard y sus nietos Danny y Dea.rm . Dice que en la yarda de su casa todovia tienen un pie y meuio de nieve y todos los dias que estubo alla caeo ~as ~ Regr eso a la casa el viernes dia dace. ********************* �ce-~ o~v ~~ ~ . . , e _ , ~~ MJci,:t-;:;/:i0 ~H;if,JL . ')t v ~ 6-h-- 3!f=~ t I 1~ ~ ?> 1 c; 1 '1. ~~ c;~~c .,,~ ✓if~ ~ A,(,.7~ ~ CL./~~. /9_e:_ Zir ~ . Friday the eighteen was Ron Devri es last day of work with the Crisis Intervention Program working out of t he Senior Citiz ens Office . He sta rted work for the Durango ?ost Office , Saturday ~ay nine teen. We miss him here at the offi ce . El vi e rne s dia diece ocho de 1;-,a yo fue el ul time dia que Ron Devries trabaj◊ por Crisis Intervention aqui en la ofici na de los ciudadanos mayores. El sabado dia diecinueve comienzo en su traba j6 nuevo por _la casa de correos en Durango . El personal aqui lo echa menos . ********************* Edgar Parrett and l~ldred Leonar d haa house guests for several days . rol T<:Q- ,c- on a·,..;: ',-d ,.. ,.,i-f .>-.n C.--"-~..,,.:; +-~~.::~·, "' SO" '=::.1. .,1 ··,:,y-e ,._. -·· c~ "' ·..,, • ..., .1.~, --~ ,,__ e •--v•-- - .. J..._ •• - \... ._ ""·• - - ·,!c::.- i-:':Y.·, ::&:.·:.=ii ·cc- ~:;__ ~-- e.20 ~ -~e==::o-~ for a new assignnent. They visi ted Ann 1 s -;..:.~r ._son-;·+ 4..1.~ .,!,,.J\.fa .i..J,;;;;;;; -• J. .-.1 mother in Greeley and stopped in Albuquerque for a couple of days with Teci.s brother and family, the Jack Leonards~ dias. Mildred Leonard y su papa Edgar Parrett fueron visitados por va.:::-:i.os Un hijo de Hildred Lt. Col . Ted Leonar d su esposa .i':.n..--:1 y hijo Bi:'..l los . . ./. an transferido de Hawaii a El Paso, Texas.donde sera" su nueva asigna~ion. Tambien vis itaron a l a mama de P.nn en Greeley y al h ermano de Ted en Albuquerque, New Mexico. ********************* Mrs. Pa1)l Lunsford flew to Lubbock, Texas on Wednesda~.r 9th to s!)end a week with her daughter Nevis and faru.ly. Paul has been keeping t h~ home. fire s burning. La senora Paul Lunsford fue por avi6..ri a_ Lubbock, Texas el dia nueve de mayo a visitar a su hija Nevis y faro.ilia por una s emana . ********************* Michelle Gilbert is here from California to visit her mother and f amily, but es pecially to be with her brother Danny for his graduationa , I • Michelle Gilbert v eno de California a visitar a su mama y e specialmonte a es tar con su herraa.'10 Daru1y en el dia de su graduaci6n . ********************* �~ Jq7q ~J.vvv~ 5 '-'- :-ir . & 1tcs, T:'.1.eodore ?acheco 2nd son 1-!a:--io fror:. Gra nd Junc t i c::-~, Color e.d o . visited his 02.ren t s :.:r. i : >.:-s. C:-i sel co ? aci eco a.nd sis ter C:i.r·i s t.inz. .las t weekend . ,,:o~l-:s f or tl:e Fire )e,art~~e::t 2.:id i:as j:.1st· co:-:p:..ets c. h:·•. s 'I~a. ?heo..:01.' ~ _ ac::sco su esposa i-:ay y hi j i to ~-:a rio de Grand Juncticn~ Colo. visi taron a sus padre s senor y sen ora Crisela.o Pacheco y su h e r r:: in:. ta Christina la semana uasada. Ted trabaja por- el ciepartarnento de lumbre y, a conpletado su entrena..sienta pa para-medico. ********************* �Nine members from here attended the district C.F.W;C. all day . meGting in Corte z Saturday , E'ly 12, they ,,.;ere: Eula Preston, Carmen Rae, Olive Dillon, He inic C-ardner, Vj_rginia RichiT..ond, Violet San:s, nona Roberts, Lois Layton and Ja.m1ie Ki n g. They a.11 enj oyed. the visiting and the r:ice drive over. Fine reports were given by the nine clubs in the District. Virginia Richmond is Secretary of the South West District. 1980 District Convention will be in Durango with the i:Jeo Delphian Club hosting the event. Eight members of the Friendchip Circle :r:;et at the Church on Wednesday afternoon for their regular work meeting. Lap robes for the ifursing Homes in the area are being r::i.ade. Next meeting will be on June 5th with a Bible Study. Elizabeth Riggin will be the hostess. ********************* The Annual Mother I s Day 'I'ea given by the :r,embers of the Friendship Circle wa s held on Hay 2nd in the Presbyteri211 Parlors with about 1+5 ~omen fro m the area including women from the Allison, Bayfield and Florida churches~ · A fi!le l'.fot her I s Day Pr o gr am was pres e~1ted by var i ou s wonen of the ar ea consisting of poems 9 s ongs and :reading (hu!Uor ous and religi ous )~ ;~ good. fellm•rs .hip hour .followed with prizes awarded ~vo . the old.est and youngest motlrn:rs, those who bad t he mos t youngster s, 2ost gra21dchi ldren 2.!ld nost ) great grandchil dren, large s t a nd smallest :feet .. a ll this was en joy ed ·::iy . all~ Delicious goodies wer e s erved fro□ a beautif ull y de coral~ed ~a ble with Audrey Ellison and l:velyn Crawford a t the sil ver ser --rice. ********************* Sunday, Eay 6th, re.embers of the I gne.ci.o Presbyterian Church g2.v3 pot luck dinner for the Everett Ellison fanily at the church with some 30 in attendance. Aftera b01:ntiful meal, ~.:r s. :r::alison was given a be2.utiful hand nade piece quilt nade by the members of the Friend.shi:p Ci.:ccle, and a 11:ooney tree 11 ·was presented to Ellison fe.r:iily. The faniJ.y car::.e to Ignacio about 16 ym :rs ago and have been very Ectivt~ in the church and in the cor!l:!lunity. They will be greatly ~issed by all. ********************** A beautiful bridal sho11rer was given at .the Presbyterian Church perlo:rs on Tuesday evening, ~·~Y 15th for l,;.i,ss Loretta Hiseman who will oe married on June J. 7th to 1,:r. '..:.'on Lancaster. The bride to be recei vcd na..riy lovely gifts for h8?:' new hoIJe ~ Loretta thanlred all in her most gracious manner. Hostesses were Ar:.na lfa.e Cordon, Hel.Gn Stowell, Jean l!cCla.no.han, Cj_r:dy Swanemyr and Heinie Gardnere ********************* J 1:r. 6.: !'.rs. Lyle Crawford enjoyed r·lother' s Day in Phoenix with rela ti ~.-.cs a!1d friends. �7 Geed fishi~g for 3ass end Cro~~ie is renorted at Lake Powell. ~lso trout fishing is very good at the upper v~llecito on the Pine River entrance. ********************* called 0:.1 3C::C~ :;· .32~•0:._~2. J:.~._:_ Ju:;c:-.. ~=-~;2c8=~~0 .. George - ,:; 2.:-~o:r- ts.rde. ********************* Lucy Ans~o~th was over to visit her ~other, Louisa Hartig for ::ether I s d.a:1-. ~~c:r !~.i::-~1 li~.~Es . i~1. ~~-=-::~~'._jc!'~t:e, :~s-:,? :~c..:.:.:..cc. :.:c~.:...s.2.1.3 ~2.:~- ~.~E-3 ~::i·~_~:?- ~~1e lJ_ ?~:,. :-~~ed~ie _:;e;-;ton ba.te-:i a ":ir~l-:,:.a:t ca~:s £ c,"I."' ~-.~__:_ '!"·2 ~·£.·:.-:=, _:_~=---- &~ s=-~:::._~ :=c:..~~:..:e-c c.I -:~_:~:..~.:-::3. 4 Lcuis2. -~-~ec.'.:t.::!..e - -. -.-! C-alles:~-~. ~:~r:-1· 2.::-.:_ ~~2.~s. 2\,~e si2 tE:-s. :·:~!.e :{ b ro:..:g::t ;•:i th the~ Elena!' ::oreno =,.,:rho is a :;;~1· ...,...!....e.,,._, -; ,,., 1 ,.... .... . J...o "'o..;....n -!a---·r.;;· l".' n a ' .,~. ~'he •·as =~..,..r1· e u• .... o ....L,'ne-i~ brot·ne,... ;:; l, ---~-~c l, ;j a.~,.,,. ~~ ~.~ ~-c.... .... ~ • ~ Jose who passed away recently, and n o-.., s:::ie cakes b.tSr hc:::ie with the :-'.artir:ez. -.!. L; ,_, _ _ _ ._ L, .J._ ~~-. '-.J' _, - - - •• : • • ~-~tel:.-~.:1 ..·:::;-r~.sr i.Tisi te2~ Iiois ~azel ton se..·:.1-:r:i?_j~. ~""lElJ~ is Lois ste·odaught€r a:r:.d she ca~e over to :Jring her· :;.others day gift • ., ~velyil ',.'orr.:er entenada de Lois 1fazel ton la visi to el sabado a llevarle su presente de el dia de l~s rnadres. ********************* :i;uterpe Taylor had a ·ver:r !lice r.:ro.thers day. Her son Syl via.."'1 T:--ylor• Valdez and f a~ily, daughter Ruby Garcia, granddaughter Arlene l-'.illich and family ~:ts:. ted her and brought her nice gifts. I - Euterpe Taylor yaso un dia ~uy feliz el do~ingo, dia de las rr:adres. hijo 3ylvia!1 :r fo.:'.lilie., hija 3.ub;;,- Garcia :,-- si.1 :--,ieta ~·~r1~~2 ::.:.l:.ic:: •- • . . I Su ~,.. l ~-: ~ :.:....:... l C:. -1 ;l ~/ :i... ~·; l ::;,:~ :;:.• J ~l, � 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: May 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. 1979-05 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