Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-01-10
WEDDING BELLS
In LINCOLN COUNTY
The Matrimonial Fever Is Spreading Over
the Tsrritory-A Beautiful and Pictur-
esque Wedding in the White
Mountains
A CHALLENGE TO BEAT
AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL RECORD

Special Correspondence New Mexicaa
White Oaks, Jan. 10.-The weathe
here is ideal and one must be indifeel'
ent indeed not to comment upon ii
Not for many years have we had sucl
delightful winter weather in this coun
ty.
The Christmastide festivities were en-
tered into with joyous eagerness b.
everyone The ngregational Metho
dist and Baptist churches each had :
Christmas tree. with appropriate en-
tertainments given by the Sunda,
school of each. All were given on tn,
same evening and the three churche.
were crowded with people. Never be
fore had the Christmas trees been Sc
| beautifully decorated or so heavily la.
| den with presents for the Sunday
school pupils. Every boy and girl ir
town or visiting in town was remem-
| bered with presents of an appropriate
nature
Many company dinners were served
in the hospitable homes of White Oaks
residents and again on New Years day
An effort was made to give everyone in
town a taste of Christmas cheer
A brilliant church wedding was that
of Miss Mae Lee and Edward Quinn
on New Years day at o'clock in the
evening in the Methodist Episcopal
church, the pastor of that church per-
forming the ceremony The marriage
of Onier Owen to Miss Hall was quiet
home wedding as was also that of Miss
Clara Blanchard to Harry P. Halstead
of Oklahoma. Mrs. Halstead Is the on
ly daughter of Judge and Mrs. William
Blanchard, who are among the earliest
settlers in this section, from Massa-
chusetts. Another wedding in which
White Oaks parties participated was
that of Joseph Spence to Miss Mary
Redford of Mt. Aver, Iowa. Mr..
Spence is of the company of Spence
Brothers, wealthy sheep owners Of
Lincoln county. Another wedding was
that of J. B. Collard to Miss Matte
Barrenges at Pine Lodge in Turkey
Canon. If beautiful and picturesque
natural surroundings insure future
happiness to the newly welded, this
pair starts with most promising pros
poets, for Pine Lodge is ideally loca-
ted. 1t is massive log structure con-
tanning fifteen rooms and Is situated
far up in the mountains where the Iowa
and New Mexico Mining and Milling
Company intends to locate it's large
mill. None who saw the beautiful dec
orations, the profusion of flowers, even
to a marriage bell Of white carnations.
the gaily costumed guests, the wealth,
beauty and you'll, which were assem-
bled at this wedding could realize that
1T was all transpiring up In the White
mountains In Lincoln county, New
Mexico.
The mining outlook continues to grow
brighter in this county. At Jicarilla,
the big dredging machine will soon
start up. Boring in the oil we'll con-
tinues and indications of oil increase.
A report has reached White Oaks of
phenomenal gold strike made in the
Nogal mining district.
County Superintendent Of Schools
Lee H. Rudisille, reports that the res
ponse to the Mckinley Memorial fund
is very satisfactory throughout the
county. The schools too are doing ex-
cellent work. In this county the
teachers normal institute was held in
the last weeks of August, yet there
were % teachers in attendance. Two
teachers examinations have been held
in which the questions furnished by
the territorial board of education were
used and at which % applicants were
examined in addition to one special ex-
animation for one applicant for GER
tificate. The entire expense of these
examinations has been but $56, charged
by the examining board and there re-
mains quite a nest egg in the normal
institute fund for the pext normal. Can
any county in the territory give a bet
ter record Of itself in that respect? ,
A person needs but travel through
this section of New Mexico to find that
the so-called native element is as fit
for statehood as any Of the inhabitants
Of the eastern states.
If New Mexico is to change it's name
why not make it Aztlan?