Christmas in Canon City Brings Festive Cheer and Charity
Christmas in Canon City featured special church services and choral programs. The Salvation Army and local groups provided dinners, clothing, and groceries to the needy, including inmates at the penitentiary and county facilities. Prisoners received festive meals and gifts, with warden Tynan presenting a phonograph at the Royal Gorge camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Salvation Army
Associated Charities
the Elks
Royal Gorge Road
Fremont
Tynan
Penitentiary
Colorado Springs Road
Royal Gorge
Pueblo County
Ranch No
Blake
W. J. Gaynor
New York
BE. Lyon
Howard Association
Chicago
Gaynor
Fred M. Hoyt
Clinton
Lyon
Christmas Box Drive Aids Women Prisoners In Canon City
In Canon City a Sunday school class sent a box for twenty three women prisoners. Chaplain Blake met them in the reception room as each box bore the recipient’s name and contained a workbag and thimble. A thank you letter was sent to the donors. The week before Christmas boosted local holiday trade with post office stamp sales over a thousand dollars and record parcel volume. Express companies handled unprecedented holiday packages and thousands of dollars moved by bank drafts and money orders. The community appeared prosperous as the season began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ison
Ethel Bell
Montrose
Blake
Canon City
Miss Anna Gordon and Dr. A L Skoog Married
Miss Anna Belle Gordon and Dr Andrew L Skoog wed at the Gordon home in Pueblo with Rev J Clyde Mahaffey officiating. The ceremony featured Miss Elizabeth Speer singing and a pink rose kept in the cake rose. Out of town guests included Gordon of Lamar and Skoog of Durango as the couple plan a Kansas City home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Belle Gordon
Andrew L. Skoog
Kansas City
J. R. Gordon
J. Clyde Mahaffey
United Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Rebecca Speer
Charles Gilbert Spross
Bischoff
Edna Hawke
George Skoog
Ruth Gordon
Skoog
Joseph Gordon
Lamar
T. B. Coulter
Canon City
Rabel Skoog
Durango
W. H. Hubbard, Jr
Sauda
Florence Girl Weds Grand Junction Man
A wedding in Florence joined Lila Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, to Reed G. Miller Jr. of Grand Junction. Rev R. E. Chandler officiated at 4 pm with about thirty guests. The couple, honeymooning in Colorado Springs, will reside in Grand Junction at a large family confectionery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Lila
Chas
F. Smith
Reed G. Miller, Jr
Grand Junction
R. EB. Chandler
M. E. Church
Grant Junction
Japanese Plot to Mine Manila Harbor Disclosed
United Press reports a suspected Japanese plan to mine Manila harbor to cripple American ships if war breaks out. General Duvall leads a search, with papers, mine components, and a detained spy exposing fortifications and potential mine sites.
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Manila
Japan
General Duvall
Penitentiary graft charges lead to capiases issued
Judge Champion allows direct information to proceed against D. E. Gibson Herman Loehr A R Frisbie W M Gibson and John Cleghorn in a Colorado penitentiary supplies case. Bonds set at five hundred dollars each. Frisie returns from Salida to face charges. others plan to appear next Saturday.
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Champion
Barnett
Cleghorn
D. E. Gibson
Herman Loehr
A. R.frisbie
W. M. Gibson
Durango
John Cleghorn
Denver
Esser
D. E
Gibson
Herman Léehr
Frisbie
Salida
Mr. Frisbie
Cours
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Canon City High School Notes Highlight Enrolled Return Changes
Agnes Arthur returns after a two week absence due to her mother's illness Hazel Harrison joins Canon City from Victor High School to resume her work after the holiday A number of Canon City High alumni are back home from Colorado College and the State University Work begins on an enlarged athletic field with a north south orientation a quarter mile track and grandstand move planned A fence may be added to keep spectators off the field The improvements aim to permit a spring track meet and contests with teams from Pueblo Salida South Canon Victor Cripple Creek Florence and other towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Arthur
Hazel Harrison
Victor High School
Canon City
Alumi
Colorado College
The
State University
Canon
Board of Education
Athletic Association
Pueblo
Salida
South Canon
Vietor
Cripple Creek
Florence
Portland Murder Stuns Town In Christmas Morning Shooting
William Montgomery shot and killed William Hooker at Portland in this county on Christmas morning. The motive involved a dispute over a woman Montgomery lived with. Montgomery fled but was captured and jailed in Canon City awaiting district court murder trial. An inquest was held at Florence.
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William Hooker
William Montgomery
Portland
Portland Cement Company
Hooker
Montgomery
Esser
John Chetelat
Penrose
Beaver Park
Cooper Mountains
Chetelat
Canon City
Squire Edwards
Florence
Hoffman Arrested in Canon City Burglary Case
R L Hoffman aged 23, resident of Ossie avenue South Canon, was arrested Tuesday after 5 pm by Sheriff Esser and Under Sheriff John Chetelat for burglarizing and robbing H O Fitzpatrick at 415 River Street and the Ritzman Blacksmith shop. Stolen goods valued around 150 to 200 dollars. He is jailed pending preliminary hearing on burglary and larceny charges.
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R. L. Hoffman
Ossie Avenue
South Canon
Esser
John Chetelat
H. Oo. Fitzpatrick
River Street
Ritzman
River Bridge
Lower
Nipth Street
Hoffman
Canon City
Montana
United States Army
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Fitzpatrick
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Anna Gordon
A. L. Skoog
Gover
NENT
United Press
W. l. Piteally
Continental Audit Company
State Penitentiary
Board of Penitentiary Commissioners
Record
Arobe
Nee
Ash
Scriber
Canon City High School
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