Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-05-12

M. S. Martin was Pueblo visitor on
| Tuesday.
Prof. Striebich was Sunday visitor
in La Junta.
Mrs. Emily Randall was shopping in
Pueblo on Tuesday.
Mrs. Name Schultz was over from
Sugar City on Saturday.
Mrs. Weston was the guest of friends
in La Junta on Sunday.
Mrs. Lamson of La Junta was Rocky
Ford visitor on Wednesday.
Mrs. Killen of Swink was visitor
in this city on Wednesday.
Mrs. Kinsvater of .Manzanola was a
shopping visitor in Rocky Ford on Mon
day.
Mrs. Sam Sportsman of ManZanola
spent Wednesday with friends in this
city.
Mrs. Will Anderson of La Veta, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. B. B.
Blotz.
Mrs. Ralph Ripper, of Granada, is
visiting at the home of her brother DR..
Keck.
DIR. and Mrs. PIP. Keck are the
proud parents of baby boy born
Tuesday morning.
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and Mrs. Gerald Horney on Wednesday,
leaving fine baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cameron spent
Sunday in La Junta, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Broomfeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Richardson left
for Pueblo on Thursday where they ex-
pect to remain for the summer.
Guy Weybright and Frank Soule left
Saturday for Brawley, where they will
be employed thru the cantaloupe sea-
son.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Royal
will be pleased to learn that their little
son is recovering from severe attack
of pneumonia.
Mesdames Davis and Gregory and
Miss Edna Johnson of Manzanola spent
Wednesday in Rocky Ford's mercantile
establishments.
E. l.. Nelson and bride returned
Tuesday from Green Ridge, Mo-,
where they had spent their honeymoon
with Mr.. Nelson's parents.
Miss Amo Woodard, the efficient
operator for the Western Union, has
been transferred to the La Junta
office. Miss Shepherd will take her
place.
Died.-At his home in this city on
Sunday, the four-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Page. Funeral services
were held on Tuesday afternoon, DR..
Lee officiating.
X. L. Boyd of La Junta, had the
misfortune to have fine Regal auto
mobile partially destroyed by fire on
Monday afternoon on the road between
here and La Junta.
Mrs. C. S. Culp and her boys quartet
went down to Newdale and assisted
Mrs. Willis and her music pupils in an
entertainment at the schoolhouse on
Wednesday evening.
Lee Darlington spent Sunday in La
Junta. AS there We're hundred odd
Fordites who could plead guilty to the
same impeachment it's rather conspic-
uous to pick Lee out, but there's
reason.
An organization of melon growers
which will be independent of any COM
mission firm was perfected on Satur-
day afternoon under the name of The
Rocky Ford Melon Growers Federated
association. A board of directors were
chosen consisting of J.. A. Sprengle,
C. u. Fullmer and Clark Kitchen who
will have charge of the shipping of the
cantaloupes. We understand the asso-
citation has already good acreage
signed up.
Harry KEEPER and Lester Sever came
in Sunday night from Kansas City,
where they have spent the past year
attending the Horner Institute of Fine
Arts. Lester has been taking special
training on the violin while Harry has
been studying elocution and expression
and filling in time on the cornet. Both
boys have been engaged by the Red
path-Horner Chautauquas and after a
ten days visit with the home folk will
spend the summer as cashiers with
chautauqua crews.
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