Patriotic talks and flags at Canon City schools
Albert Walters’s Greenwood Post appoints a committee to coordinate with Canon City schools for pre Memorial Day patriotic meetings. Comrades visit Lincoln and South Canon schools, present silk flags, and urge reverence for country and Old Glory. Mrs. Maddy and Miss Humphrey speak on Memorial Day and flag meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Albert Walters
Greenwood Post
Peter N. Carson
P. P. Steinwandle
Adjutant Blanchard
F .F. Thompson
Canon City
H. B. Smith
South Canon
H. M. Mingay
Munday
United States
Carson
Lincoln School
Shultis
Car
M. I. Maddy
Womans’ Relief Corps
Perry W. Blanchard
Washington School
Ryle
Colonel Blanchard
Mingay
N. P. Weston
America
England
North Fourth Street
George M. Gillette
Weston
Z. D. Barnhart
Lincoln Park School
Colgate
Humphrey
Diamond Fire Brick Plant Expands South Ninth Street
Plans and contracts have been drawn for a major enlargement of the Diamond Fire Brick company plant on South Ninth Street. The expansion doubles capacity, adds a three story annex, rebuilds all kilns, and modernizes equipment to meet high demand from smelters coke ovens and similar establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Fire Brick Company
South Ninth Street
S. A. VanBuskirk
Land Deed Filed For 60 Acres In Fairview Subdivision
A deed recorded with the county clerk shows Dozier and MacKenzie conveying sixty acres to Green Hill Orchards Company in Fairview subdivision section 16. The deed lists a $15000 consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dozier & MacKenzie
Green Hill Orchards Company
Fairview Subdivision
City Council Inspect Chandler Artesian Wells
Mayor Seely and the city council joined by City Engineer C L Mitton G R Gwillim George R Cassedy and others visited Chandler to inspect artesian wells and assess their water flow as a potential municipal supply. The visit follows years of discussion over Chandler's soft pure water for drinking and domestic use. The council aims to exhaustively investigate all possible water sources before decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seely
C. L. Mitton
G. R. Gwillim
George R. Cassedy
Chandler
Addition Underway at Warden’s House on State Penitentiary
A large stone and brick addition is being built on the warden’s house at the Colorado state penitentiary grounds on West Main Street. The project will enhance appearance and size, funded by an appropriation that had previously been insufficient for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado State Penitentiary
West Main Street
Plenty of Apples at Cedar Hill
J. D. Clark of Lincoln Park returns from Cedar Hill New Mexico where he oversees a fruit ranch. Cedar Hill lies six miles south of the Colorado border and thirty five miles from Farmington. He brought back branches from apple, cherry and peach trees plucked from his orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Clark
Lincoln Park
Cedar Hill
N. M
Colorado State Line
Farmington
Regional Apple Varieties Highlighted by Clark
In a note from the section, Mr. Clark reports fruit crops will be larger than previous years with Rome Beauty Winesap and Maiden Blush among the incipient apple varieties shown since his return from New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
New Mexico
Rome
Memorial service for old soldiers at Christ Church
Rev. Sherrod led the annual G A R memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church with Greenwood post and affiliated groups present. Commander Walters and members of Greenwood Camp Woman's Relief Corps and U S Grant Circle occupied reserved seats. The service featured patriotic music a moving sermon and a cross and flag procession. The piece notes the purchase of an abstract business in Mescal Colorado by J B Olinger Harry Champion and A H White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Post
Sherrod
Christ Episcopal Church
Walters
Greenwood Camp
Woman’s Relief Corps
U. S. Grant Circle
Boys In Blue
Rev. Sherrod
Southland
Abstract books in Montrose county a gold mine
The early Gunnison tunnel completion will spur many realty transfers and prompt Montrose county to prepare a complete set of abstract books.
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Mer
Montrose
Gunnison
Montrose County
Lecture on Prison Reform Shown by Collett in Denver
W. E. Collett of Denver, secretary of the Colorado Prison Reform Association, spoke at the First Methodist Church on the U S reform movement in penal institutions. He used stereopticon views to show state prisons and national penitentiaries, comparing past and present conditions and highlighting improvements from the National Prison Reform Association. The operator of the slide show is the son of W. M. Danner, secretary of the Denver Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Collett
Denver
Colorado Prison Reform Association
First Methodist Church
United States
National Prison Reform Association
Colorado
Mr. Collett
W. M. Danner
The
Denver Young Men's Christian Association
Resignation From Board Of Education Tendered
At a special meeting Tuesday morning C A Biggs tendered his resignation as a member of the board of education effective immediately The reason given by Mr Biggs was not disclosed in the report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board ‘of Education
C. A. Biggs
Biggs Resigns Urgency of Private Business Cited
Biggs announces resignation from the board due to urgent private business including his new interest in Beckwith ranch in the Wet Mountain valley. He says he will be away often next year and the board should elect a successor who can attend meetings. His term would have ended next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggs
Beckwith
Wet Mountain Valley
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Seely Drug Company
Apex
Kodak
Albert Walter
Clash Ave
Anc Seth Pt
St. Louis, Mo
Fairview
Main Street
Harding
Messrs
J. B. Olinger
Harry Champion
A. H. White
Mestrace Colorado
Board OF Education
South Canon High School
Elks’ Hall
Ond
Cotta Acker
Maud Jenkins
Mamile Preston
High School
Genevieve Tripp
Miss Dale
Miss Allen
Ella Bailey
Mamie Preston
Wesley Acker
Gertrude Conner
Lena Morris
Sherbet
Sietter Uhas
Scott
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