New Mexico state record., 1920-06-04
NEW MEXICO
NEWS REVIEW
BERNAllLlO

BERNAllllO
Miss Hampshire. of Alamogordo,
one of the teachers from the New
Mexico Institute for the Blind in
that city, arrived in albuquerque the
latter part OF last week with IS
blind children who have been at
tending that institution The child
rem were being taken to their homes
at various points between Albuquer-
que and Las Cruces to spend their
summer vacation.
Following the escape the latter
part of last week OF two more girls
from the Girls Welfare home in Al
buquerque, the report has reached
Santa Fe that Miss Maynard, super
intendent has resigned
Teresita Orsuga escaped from the
home on May 10 and the escape of
home. The girls who escaped are
Elba Ruckman and Reba Walker
Elba Ruckman is II years old. She
is feet inches tall and weighes AS
pounds. She is one quarter Cherokee
Indian, wears her hair which is black
bobbed She is quite dark.
Reba Walker, who has escaped
once before, is 10 years old. She is
S feet inch, weighs l33 pounds. has
light brown hair, also bobbed.
Mrs. Rupert +. Asplund OF Santa
Fe, chairman of the Board, has au-
thorized the offering OF reward OF
$50 for information leading to the
conviction of the party or parties
who assisted the girls to escape.
A petition for the incorporation OF
Old Town with the name of Old Al
buquerque has been presented to the
county commits sioners by NJ. {. Or
tiz The petition was signed by 200
voters of Precinct l5 in which Old
Town proper is located A census
will be taken at once to ascertain the
population, and il the county com
missioners approve the petition they
will call an election for the purpose
of voting for the Incorporation. The
matter will be taken up by the com
missioners on June T.
The total amount OF money soil
cited for the Salvation Army ior
Bernalillo county is $500 to date.
This amount does not include the
reports of special rural committees
which have not made their drives.
The Pajarito Club recently organ
lied by G. l.. Crawford, county
agent, and Miss Iva B. Fuchs. coun
ty demonstrator, this week, receiv-
ed four fine registered pigs. The
members who purchased the pigs
ars: May, Louis and Harold Hub
bell and James Jones. Francis Par
ker a girl who has been in the club
work for three years raised and sold
$l00 worth of pigs last year. This
year she has ten and has already
sold four OF them TO club members
for $50
On complaint of ALB. Mcmillan and
Lawrence Lea five Isleta Indians
were arrested a day or two ago for
deserting 200 ewes and lambs they
were herding on the range. The gov
ernor of the pueblo refused to per
NIT the deputy sheriff to make the
arrests until Leo Crane, U. s. In
dian agent, interceeded for the Of
fcers.
With over half hundred gradu-
ating from the high school and
one hundred and sixteen from the
eighth grade, the closing exercises of
the Albuquerque public schools
which were held this week furnish
ed sufficient frills and thrills for the
young people, their fond parents and
friends to last all summer.
After teaching 20 years in the New
Mexico schools and in district No.
Is in Bernalillo county for the past
Ia years, Mrs. Sylvia O'Connor Ro-
berts, principal of the North Fourth
street. school, is going to retire from
the profession. She will leave at the
close of her school for FL Paso,
where she will live with her child.
rem.