Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-06
LOCAL ITEMS

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a few days business trip to Denver.
Mrs. Robert link of Pueblo is the
guest Of MRS. Lewis Swink this week.
Misses Edith Shrum and Grace Hoff-
man returned on Monday from Pueblo
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Bellew of Pueblo
are visiting relatives and friends during
the Fair.
Miss Lena Kearns and Mrs. Lucille
Collins of Ordway are spending the week
with friends.
Mrs. Johanna Manning has as her
guest this week her sister, Miss Anna
Sterling of Denver,
John Martin and wife of Salmon, Kan,
arrived on Sunday and are visitors at the
M. S. Martin home.
Miss Laura Swink will leave next
Tuesday for Mexico. Mo-. where she will
attend Hardin college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Ward and family
returned home on Thursday last from
pleasant visit with friends in Pueblo.
John Moore and daughter. Mrs. j. M.
Woodland of Pueblo. spent the wsek end
at the Daniel Ward home in this city.
Mrs. J. L. Whitehead and daughter
Miss Edna returned Sundoy evening from
couple of months visit in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Randall returned
home last week from an extended and
pleasant visit at the California resorts.
Mrs. Wilhelm and Miss Margaret
Eaton Of Beaver. Pa. are visiting
their nephew and cousin. Carroll Braden.
Miss Alice Babcock returned on Mon
day from three months stay in Mich
igan, where she has been studying ad-
vanced music.
Prof. J. A. Phelps. principal of Liberty
school, got in Wednesday from Ann
Arbor. Mich. where he had spent most
enjoyable vacation.
L, E. Rollen returned on Friday last
from a two months visit to his old home
in Munktorp, Sweden, where he was
visiting his 9s-year-old mother.
Dr. Scott returned Tuesday from STAFF
ford. Kan, where he was called to per-
form an operation upon young man who
had his hand badly mangled by an engine
fly wheel.
P. E. Vandenburg. who has lately been
visiting his ranch at Bennett. after an
extended trip to California. returned to
his Rocky Ford home in time for Water
melon day.
Fred Hendricks of the Electric Light
Co, was quite severely burned on Satur-
day by his hand coming in contact with a
live wire while he was running a line to
the fair ground.
J, A. Marshall, principal of the Rocky
Ford high school, with his wife and child
came in on Tuesday night from New
Concord. Ohio, where they had spent the
summer vacation.
DR.. and Mrs. H. Van Buskirk have as
guests Miss Josephine Van Buskirk of
Gosport, Ind. and Miss Flossie Van
Buskirk Of Indianapolis, Ind, cousin and
sister of Mr. Van Buskirk.
Prof. Worcester, tine able and esteemed
member of our high school faculty.
returned on Monday from Kansas City
where he had spent the summer with
his family.
Miss Mildred Fontaine of St. Joseph
No., who has been visiting in the noun
tains for the past month, arrived in the
city on Monday and is guest of Mrs
Harry Mendenhall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Ward entertained
the following party of Pueblo friends al
dinner last Friday: Messrs and Mes.
danes Jesse Rood. James Spencer; Mes.
danes Mcneil and Woodland; Messrs S
F. Reno and John Moore; Rev. A. L
Ward. pastor of Central Christian church
H. NJ. Minor, department commander
of the G. A. R. for Colorado and Wyom.
ing. returned Wednesday evening from
Denver, where he had been in charge o
the reception rendered Commander-in-
Chief Trimble and his staff who spen,
Tuesday in Denver on the way to tn,
national G. A. r. enoampment in Los
Angeles.
Frank DuCoin, business manager TO
"Officer $685." was one of the distinguish
ed visitors to Rocky Ford on our big feas
day. Mr.. DuCoin as youngster travel
ed with Hermann. the famous magician
and his former visit here was when th
city was practically but a melon patch,
SO his amazement was untounded at tn,
growth of the Arkansas Valley melol
metropolis.
Beware of counterfeits: J. H. Lil!iard o
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