Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-07-21
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Mrs. E. N. Stout left yesterday to
join the doctor in their new home in St.
Louis.
Miss Addie Weir went over to Cheraw
yesterday, for few days visit with
friends.
Ed Sever left on Wednesday for
Grand Junction, upon Home Insurance
Co. business.
Mrs. Ina Baker arrived from Dem
yer today and is the guest of her aunt
Mrs. w. B. Goblin.
Miss Maude Wasson returned Mon
day from a three days stay in Colorado
Springs and Manitou.
William Triffet of Colo1ado Springs
spent last week in this city with his
old friend George Bernard.
Mrs. Allie Andrews of Beatrice, Neb.,
arrived Monday for visit with her
sister, Mrs. S. F. Andrews.
Miss Cecil Lewis, of Pueblo. was the
guest of the Misses Bertha and Myrtle
Hoffman the fore part of the week.
Charley Cadwallader returned Sum
day from a two weeks visit in Kansas
City with his sister Mrs. Harold Dye.
Ray Kerney returned Saturday from
Rogers, Ark, where he he had gone
with car load of goods for his father.
Lester Sever left on Sunday for Al
cashier for the Redpath- Horner Chau
tauquas.
Mrs. Clyde Umbarger and Miss Mar
garet West were the house guests last
week of Miss Gertrude Ellis of Las
Animas.
Miss Juanita Boyd, chief operator
at the Telephone Exchange. left Fri
day for a two weeks vacation with
friends in Denver.
Mrs. Harry Sears arrived this week
from Brawley, Calf, and will make an
extended visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Conner.
Mrs. E. o. Avery and the Misses
Avery left yesterday for Rock Creek,
Ohio, where they will make an ex-
tended visit with relatives.
Mrs. w. F. Green and neice Louise,
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Babcock and
son of La Junta, motored to Denver on
Tuesday for a week 3 visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Caldwell and
daughter Miss Nettie motored to
Canon City on Tuesday and expect to
stay couple of weeks in the noun
tains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lloyd left Friday
for Pueblo where thev will spend their
vacation with their parents. They
wers accompanied by Miss Ruth Herd
man.
John Bass was called to Steelville,
Mo-. on Thursday by a telegram an
nouncing the sudden death of his faith
er who accidently fell from the hay
loft.
Born.-To Mr.. and Mrs. M. II. Lamb
of Holly, on Friday last. daughter.
Mrs. Lamb was formerly Miss Muriel
Lamberton, Rocky Ford girl, and has
many friends in this city.
In some way the rear stairway at
the Best rooming house caught fire on
Monday afternoon. The alarm was
given and the fire company extinguished
the blaze with but slight damage to
the building.
Bert Spidel of La Junta is now in
Rocky Ford taking the information for
the Otero County Directory, soon to be
issued by the La Junta Tribune, in
place of the former publisher, F. A.
Mckinney, who several months ago
left his La Junta home for parts un-
known.
H. d. Garwood returned Saturday
from months vacation, part of which
he spent in Santa Barbara, Calf, with
Mrs. Garwood, and the rest of the time
was spent in the cantaloupe growing
districts of the Imperial Valley and
Arizona. He reports that the canta-
loupe men have enjoyed a very success
full season.
Mrs. H. S. Rollins, better known in
Rocky Ford as Mrs. Lamberton, spent
Saturday in town and the Enterprise
acknowledges a pleasant call. Mrs.
Rollins is the wife of the general sup
erintendent of the Holly Sugar Co.
and is now nicely located in Swink,