Gunnison news-champion., 1917-09-07
WHO'S WHO IN cUNNIsON
TWENTY YEARS ACOl

sept i, 1897.
Dearest Mary:
! know you are expecting \
perfectly lovely excuse for my not
writing to you last week, and have
one too. The truth is, have been SO
busy getting the little folks ready for
school, you know our school opened
last Monday. There are 255 pupils
enrolled this year.
And then, this is the last week Of
our Maid of Honor" contest, and am
so excited over it. Everyone here has
favorite candidate and am hoping
that mine will win. Miss Dollie Will
liams is ahead in the contest SO far,
with l34 votes. Clara Bourdette is
next with II, Nellie Flavin has 81,
Essie Thompson has % and Laura
Emerson has 81. OF course, there are
number of other young ladies in the
contest with lesser number of votes.
Ill tell you next week who wins.
This has been q rather dull week
for me; l have only attended one SOC
ial function, on last Saturday even
ing, when our new reading room was
opened. We had fine time, had ice
cream and cake, and took in about
$50. James Shackleford and his sis
ters had lovely party last Monday
night as q farewell to their friend,
Fred Leonard. But l did not get a
bid.
There is so little going on just now,
since SO many of the young folks are
leaving to attend school in various
parts of the state. While / was down
town the other day. l saw a number
of young ladies' headed for the depot.
They We're Misses Mary Williams,
Myra Ronald, Pearl Powelson, and
Agnes Hall. They were going back
to Greeley, to attend the Normal.
Say, wouldn't it be grand il we had
Normal school or college in our
own little city? Del Mckee is also
going to Fl. Collins to attend the Ag-
| ricultural college, and George Heth-
erington is going to the University at
Boulder. 1t will sure be lonesome
here soon.
Say, Mary, did you see the account
in the papers of that accident at New
Castle, this week, when a Rio Grande
train and Colorado Midland train
had a head-on collision? Well, there
were 26 killed, including the mail
clerk, James keenan,. He was q SON.
in-law of Mrs. E. Nordstrom. Mrs.
Keenan, had been visiting here and
had only left for home few days be-
fore the accident.
The lady next door told me this
morning that the little daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Duncan had died
this morning. The Duncans are visit
ing Mrs. Duncan's brother, Mel Deer
ing.
Jack says to tell your hubby that
S. l.. Whip Of Crested Butte is in
town this week, and is going to run
for county treasurer. Jack was out
this afternoon to attend the Demo-
cratic convention, and was quite sore
because he was not elected a delegate
to the state convention. I asked him
why he did not lick the chairman or
the secretary, and he said that he
would have only they happened to be
w. s. Ditto and C. T. Rawalt. Oh,
my, Jack knows when to let we'll
enough alone. The men who were
elected as delegates are ]. E. Broth
ers, J. H. Mccormick, T. J. Thompson,
J. N. NcDougal, and NJ. Schmitz.
Those selected to attend the Judicial
convention are J. C. Parsons, C. +.
Rawalt, Robert Hards, w. 8. Ditto,
and 8. p. Spencer.
What do you think? Jack is go
ing to get himself . wheel and Join
the bicycle club. He says he wants
to take some Of those long trips the
young men are enjoying. A party Of
four went mp to Gothic on their wheels
last Sunday and took their cameras
with thsm. They were e. G. Palmer,
J. A. Steele, !. w. Jennings, and D. L.
Richardson. The trip was superb they
say.
| Well. ! must ring OF, or will have
to ask my neighbor for an extra post
age stamp. I've only one in the house,
SO for this time good by,
With lots Of love,
Agnes.
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