Retrospective Edition Honors Editor on 70th Birthday
Readers of the HORSE FLY discuss changes and requests from color paper to smaller size for mailability. They debate more pictures versus illustrations and the balance of images, and a Albuquerque correspondent jokingly suggests trimming outer wrappings to save mailing costs. The note ends with playful jabs at rival papers and a Sept 21, 1950 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
el Creeps
Still
Jack Denver
Harold Street
J. B.martinez
Intimation of Mortality at Taos Dump and The Horse Fly Ad
A vivid Taos scene recalls a dystopian dump strewn with tires, mattresses, and cans while noting burning piles and chemical odors. The writer lampoons corporate ads by The Container Corporation of America and imagines Ted Egri’s painting. It ends with Dec 20 1956 references to The Horse Fly and Grand Central Gallery taunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Container Corporation of America
Mr. Paepke
Ted Egri
Grand Central Gallery
New York City
el Crepusculo
The
Horse Fly
Indians Welcome Mural Spurs Artist Attention
A mural on the north outer wall of Tio Vigo Bar draws artists toward South Pueblo Road known as Two Bit Street. The moonlit scene features a Longfellow style invoke and the bold slogan INDIANS WELCOME beneath it, a vivid piece critics may admire.
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Pueblo Road
Metamorphosis Rumor in Valley Transit
A local tale says a once small woman known for riding a large Packard hearses has grown taller and now drives a Crosley station wagon, appearing giant. A friend suggests she switch back to the Packard garage for the Crosley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosley
Taos News marks Spud Johnson and Horse Fly milestone
Staff at The Taos News celebrates Spud Johnson turning 70 on June 2 with a nostalgic nod to The Horse Fly and its long Taos lineage. The vintage Horse Fly era, its West Coast origins, and its role in Taos journalism are recalled along with Spud’s weekly column legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taos News
Spud Johnson
Spud
Taos
America
D. H. Lawrence
el Crepusculo
Taos New
Controversial Taos Letters Blur Law and Order Debate
A discursive 1950s Taos column rails against idolizing billboards and danger ous criminals while urging civic action. The text juggles law, order, local media rivalries, horse era customs, and letters to editors as it questions public taste, property, and progress with sharp, era-specific commentary.
Future Of Old Taos Plaza Described In 1954 Cartoon
A 1954 El Crepusculo cartoon imagined a Los Angeles style City Hall atop Taos Plaza’s bandstand as the Town Council planned a municipal building and flagstone paving. The piece proposes playful garden patches in holes and grass between stones, while noting the Plaza remains a tourist spot and Fiesta center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Crepusculo
Chamber of Commercce
C. of C
Tans
Fiesta Council
Plaza
Portale
Garden Club
Fiesta era whispers and moving rumor notes
A taos rumor digest from May 1950 reports humor at Fiesta events with mispronunciations and a pop up of gallery antics. It records a running gag about Tio Viva and Viva la Fiesta amid a string of gossip about bookshops, organ movers, and theatre clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Merrill
Martinez Hall
Lions Club
Becky James Lould
Merrill
Runior
Taos
Hammond
County Bond Sales Steady This Year
Taos County U S Savings Bonds Committee chair Jack Brandenburg reports April purchases of F and H bonds totaled 6173 dollars, up from 5181 dollars last year. First third of the year shows 26937 dollars invested, about 33.67 percent of the 80000 dollar annual quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brandenburg
Taos County
U. S. Savings Bonds Committee
Taos Artists Prepare New Mobile Sculptures
Taos artists announce a new local group ready to meet the challenge of modern sculpture by designing mobiles. The group emphasizes innovative forms and artistic exploration.
Aerials Problems Show How Metal Rods Improve Hut
A short note explains that a mud hut can be strengthened by a simple, handsome superstructure of properly arranged metal rods and wire. The piece hints at practical construction ideas and basic engineering.
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Montgomery-Ward
Dante
Hell
Taos Mountain
LAW and Order, Limited
Floyd Beutler
Billy the Kid
Boyce Eakin
Connecticut
Travelers Hotel
Old
Taos Plaza
Frank Mares
Tio Vivo
Leutist
Kit Carson Avenue
Larry
Tokyo
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