The Delta independent., 1919-12-05
CRAWFORD
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ding of her daughter. Miss Myrtle
Pace. She expects to spend the win.
ter there.
Charles VanDenBurg of Virginia
Flats has been delivering dressed pork.
ers to many of the townspeople the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Axtell entertain
ed all the teachers of the Crawford
school at tweve o'clock dinner Sun
day, November 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Simmons enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Cowley and
Perry McMurray and family at
Thanksgiving day.
o. D. Glenn reports that his faith
er, who is under treatment in Kan
sas City hospital, as not being quite
so well, and that his recovery is now
doubtful
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Gates, and the
Leslie Savage family were Thanks
giving guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Guise
Wilcoxen at their ranch home west
of town.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Carvel entertained at
six 0cock dinner Thanksgiving, the
Misses Gertie and Frona Van Engen
and Agnes Stewart, and Messrs. Geo.
| Van Engen and Clarence Gregory.
Quite number of our citizens are
in an i'll humor at the weather man
as many of them had to eat turkey
(?) at home when they had expected
to spend the day with friends in other
communities.
Word has been received by her
friends here. of the marriage of Miss
Myrtle Pace, at Kenilworth, Utah, to
Mr.. Alphonso NJ. Haaga or that place
We wish them long and happy jour.
ney through life together.
Miss Alice Rice left Wednesday,
November 26, for Powderhorn to
spend Thanksgiving with her brother
Roy. From there she went to Bing
ham Canyon, Utah, to spend some
time with her sister who is ill.
Matt McAllister has moved from
Cedaredge to Crawford and will en-
ness here. We always welcome an
addition to our population, as well as
a new business house in our town.
Preparation for an attractive Christ
mas Pageant at the Methodist church
is well under way. The very fact
that Mrs. Ben Heilman is in charge
will assure all Crawford people that
the entertainement will be a success.
Let people of other communities plan
to come to. Crawford for the occasion.
! Alex McLeoud and Joe Laird took
their boat and went to the river Mon.
day and brought back the biggest kill
| of be of fnyf
more such reports as the above, we
fear the Crawford Chronicle may sus-
pend publication for an issue. as
Editor Wood is noticed to, be very
nervous when the subject is mention
ed.
Who said snow? But We are thank
full that we live in Crawford, for while
citizens of neighboring towns are
breaking their way through three or
four feet of snow, we had only to
break through twenty-three inches.
Still, many of our sheep and cattle
men were not prepared for such a
storm so early in the season and did
not have all their stock in winter
quarters, but we are informed that
owing to the timely end of the storm,
there will not now be any serious loss
and the exceptionally fine weather
now.
H. +. Welborn, Raymond Zelden-
THUS, George Williams and Ed Pitts
started duck hunting the day before
Thanksgiving, but the trip was not as
pleasant as they anticipated. After
reaching the river they found no
ducks, but when they returned they
found their machine snowbound, and
were compelled to wade a foot or two
of snow for ten miles to get home.
Although they were very tired but they
said they enjoyed the tramp anyhow.
o. L. Conner and family went to
Paonia Wednesday to spend Thanks
giving holiday with friends, and were
showed in SO they were unable to get
home until Monday following.
Rev. Deich has announced that the
Rev. Henry 8. French, ID. D. Of Denver
will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist
church both morning and evening.
Sunday, Januayr 4tb. He will also
preach at the Ariel School House in
the afternoon Of that day, and at the
Dove School House on Monday even
ling, the 5th. On the evening Of the
sixth he will addres Q gathering of the
official mempers and Unit Leaders
Of the Crawford church and Mission.
His coming is the beginning of the
Centenary Evsngelistic Campaign to
4 be conducted here during the early