Public meeting on rural school location delays final decision
About 25 men attended the School Board meeting to discuss site options for a new rural or town school. Debates centered on building in the southwest district, keeping a high school in town, land donations, and not selling current grounds, but no concrete plan was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Orm
Fenlason
J. A. Weybright
A Cybright
Kelsay Road
High Line
Collins
Weybright
Comer
Cressey
Washington
Bolles
D. D. Wiley
Washington School
Bartholomew
Babcock
Barnes
J. W. Todd
Ale
Todd
Frazier
Seller
E. W. Mannis
Ritchie
Crary
Taylor
Rocky Ford Graduation Exercises Set With Orations and Diplomas
Graduation program in Rocky Ford public schools returns to classic features with orations and diplomas set for May 24 at the opera house. Eighth grade leaving exercises follow, listing names, songs, and histories as part of a large class from town and Lafayette school. The annual sermon by Dr. Roberts of Denver University will be held Sunday prior, with a special choir and school service at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ford
Opera House
C. Green
Allan
Ford
Messie
W. B. Harter
Lafayette
Trovatore
Marie Lacy
Aunt Polly Green
Laura Clare
Ralph
Helen Newby
la Comer
Arka
Diplon
John Watters
Roberts
Denver University
Hollenback
Robert
Reservoir Hill Park
Prospect
Overlook
Outlook
Mountain View
Pollock
Espanola
South
Central
Gracey
Santa Fe
Columbine
Paseo
Plaza
Prohibition
P's
Leading Educators to Lecturing at Eighth District Institute
The Eighth District Normal Institute will convene May 27 to June 7 in the Liberty School building, Rocky Ford. Renowned educators including Dr. Frank H. Roberts of Denver University and Mrs. da Kruse McFarlane will lead sessions in psychology, history, literature, and more, with Miss Burkhard directing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal Institute
Liberty School
Rocky Ford
Frank H. H. Roberts
Denver University
Roberts
da Kruse McFarlane
Gilpin County
Vassar
Europe
McFarlane
West
Browning
Bella B. Sibley
State Normal
Sibley
Burkhard
la Junta
Pres
B.O. Aylsworth
C. J. Coleman
Frank Abbott
A Bad Spring Time Casts Long Shadows
A fragmentary verse note reflects spring fever and idle days by fields and dam where Art Johnson fishes. The poet laments the season’s odd mood and preference for work over idleness, signed by W. J. Lamrom.
Big Business Meeting in Rocky Ford Grants Permits and Budgets
City council minutes recount readings of the Pure Springs Water Supply Co. agreement, sidewalk widening on 7th Street, and building permits for W O Cheek G M Coffman and J M Little. Denver urban plans inform street parking while plumbing licensing and a Bath tub dispute are tabled. Tenders for coal and plumbing bids are discussed alongside health reports of smallpox and scarlet fever. An agreement to buy 60 acres of road and reservoir land closes the night before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sclons
Pure Springs Water Supply Co
McKelvey
7Th Street
Maple and
Sycamore
W.O. Cheek
G. M. Coffman
J. M. Little
Rocky Ford Hotel
Ald. Merk
A. Com
Denver
Colorado
Tregattee
Otis Brown
Will Anderson
Brown
Anderson
City
Geo. R. Darling
Jackson-Lawson Co
Lawson
Ald
Amos
J.L
Gauger
Kendig
Wood
Main Street
Ebbert praises Rocky Ford country as a settled, productive region
W B Ebbert contributions to The Earth outline Rocky Ford's climate and economy. He notes mild summers and winters, low snowfall, and annual rainfall under fifteen inches. He highlights established markets, six sugar mills, and a firm population, with beet growing offering 25 to 50 dollars profit per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Ebbert
Rocky Ford
Santa Fe
the Earth
Boost
Missouri River
Ohio
Illinois
W. B. Essert
Chicks Adopted by Cat Captures Local Notion of Mothering
Mrs. W D Robb known as Cols wife narrates a casual chicken tale. A hen hatched a brood in the barn loft and carried them downstairs. All but two chicks, too flighty, survived. The next morning she found the two nestled in a cat's fore paws, being mothered instead of eaten.
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Ethel M. Wallace
Normaark
A . Dora C
Howard Bix
Halph J. Rotholo
Valee de Concert
Ene
Maude Croesy
Fou
Wawon
Bessie BE
Searls
Ety Eet
Salton Sea
Kentucky
Toussaint L' Overture
History of
Japan
Karl
Ornate
Hazel & Jobo
George Forbes
Helen Thomas
Robyn Kimzey
Florence Heim Lyman Ford
Myrtle Graves
Guy Coyle
Huby Owens
Larry Weigand
Donald Stratton
Dream
Ada Maxwell
Earl Minor
Jerry Asher
Wilma Godding
Bert Dawley
Edna Morris
Gladys Newby
A. W. Shelton
Shelton
M. A. Randel
Art Johnson
Art
W. J. Lamrrom
Reservoir Hill
Heinz
van Camps
VanCamps
Kimzey's Grocery
Mr. W. B. Ebbert
Rocky Ford Country
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