Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-31
Twenty Years Ago
Gunnison. December 81. 1900

This is the last day of poor old 1900.
and am spending the last few hours
lett OF It in writing to YOU. Have YOU
made any New Years resolutions vet ?
JACK said he was going to make few.
Sut ! totd him It wasn't necessary. ms
ne hadn't kept half those he made last
year and they could be brushed OF and
oe used instead OF new ones.
nov did you spend Christmas, /
epPose you have been busy all week
eking up tissue paper and holly rib
my aches and looking 10 receines for
serving leftover turkey. Now. isn't
that the truth? 80"
/ We took in the entertainment nj tho
fresoyterian church Christmas Eve
was finc. The singing was under
the supervision of Miss Nav N;Iiar
and Chas. Stewart. l liked best nj
an the duet by Misses Rena Trevar.
then and Edna Mckee.
Ihere was big crowd out To the
entertainment. So many of the vounv
1 ioiks who are attending school away
from home were back for the holiday
vacation. ! saw Misses Mabel Never
ana ana Lulu hagen, who came home from
SSreeiey also Miss Clara Mergelman.
Fred Hagen joined his sister al Don
Lots of family reunions and big din
ner parties in town this week.
Mrs. Clarence Adams is entertain
ing her father and mother, Mr.. and
| Mrs. L. +. Miller, who came in from
their ranch on the Cebolla to enjoy
city life few days.
\ The Alonzo Hartman family cnter-
taincd the Sam Hartman family who
came up from Maher to spend Christ
mas in Gunnison.
There was only one Christmas we'd
ding IN town that know of. Not ex-
actiy in town, either. Miss LEILA VIII
mer' was married to Mr.. John G.. Tho
zen, NJ the home Of her cousin, r. II.
Andrews. They will live in Hotchkiss.
! Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. jones' daughter.
Miss Della Jones, was married This
week to Paul Mack.
Il didn't win that big doll at The
webster store after all. Mrs. Georre
Lightley won it. I'll bet her two lit
Tie girls arc happy over IL.
JACK and 1 had planned to go to the
makque ball here Christmas night, but
we were too tired when evening came.
hear II was fine and big crowd out.
Among outsiders who attended w ere
Hurley Dice of Ohio City and Miss
Marie Block of Crested Butte. She
spent the holiday with her chum, Miss
Laura Emerson.
Did you know Nat Fisher, the old
timer of this county? He died here
this week. Was sick some time from
old age principally.
III be glad when school opens again.
The young ones drive me crazy with
their noise. DO you know, if had
1t all to go over again, l would take
up teaching for a living instead of
getting married. Must be nice to be
able to draw sixty and seventy-five
dollar check every month and then go
oil on a vacation during the holidays.
Prof. b. Kenagy and wife went to
Pando for Christmas and Miss Angie
Rowe went to Colorado Springs. do
not know where the rest of the teach
ers went.
My boy was down to the train the
other evening and saw his former
teacher, Prof. q. W. Keplinger, who
! was on the train en- route to Denver.
Guess Charley Burnett is getting
tired of single life. Any way, he is
building himself a cute little two room
house on north Wisconsin street. am
all curiosity as to who the lucky lady
is to be.
George Myers, our cigar manufac-
turer, Is enlarging his store and now
has two men working for him. What
does man want to smoke for, any
way?
We received copy of Sills' new
publication, THE Republican. this
week. II is quite interesting and /
note several items Of interest. Mr..
Sills and p. B. Lore are running the
paper in tie old News Office at the
Palisades hotel bailding, while H: F.
Lake Jr. has purchased the Gmnison
News from his father and moved it to
the LaCount building on Main street.
Do you suppose . school teacher will
to stay with It very long?
was down town this week and laid
in a good supply Of clothing for the
children. Latimer 4 Allen are having
big sale, making room for spring
goods. Mr.. AllGns daughter, Miss
1Winona, is home from Denver where
she attends school, and she was telling
me she had letter from her cousin,
Miss Jessie Latimer. You know the
Latimers are visiting in Scotland for
about q year or 70. They write that
they are very homesick for Gunnison.
wish you could zee Jacks face. It
looks like good imitation Of BRUSSELS
carpet. asked him il he was raising
; beard to pay bet, and he said that
his favorite barber, Louis Sauer, had
gone to Montrose for q week, and was
going to wait till he came back.
am afraid Mr.. Sauer will have to use
= lawn mower by that time instead Of
. razor.
i Saw John Gardner on the street the
other day. Heiwas down from Crest
ed Butte, settling some business with
Sheri6 Watson connected with the
place he bought at the Buttes, former
ly owned by Mr.. Watson.
Good graciousl It Is getting late,
and / don't want It said that l started
. letter in one year and finished It in
another year. Win clooe now and per-
haps IN have moro neWs next week. :
WfGhinR Won Ill verv hannv and