A little snow and lots of wind makes it feel like winter instead of autumn, as the calendar declares. I’ll take a look at 1963 this time around.
Sept. 19: A group submitted a document of intent to establish a state bank in Mancos. Organizers of the proposed Mancos State Bank were Glen Luellen, Willis Smith, Mrs. Lorna Paquin, Hans Glockner and Walter Everett.
Sept. 19: Ted Willden brought in a 12-pound puff ball. He said the monstrous mushroom was found a mile southeast of town.
Sept. 29: The listing of school staff included some familiar names – Willis Smith, grade school principal; Julio Archuleta, Spanish and business teacher; Arthur Adcock, fifth grade; Dominic Aspromonte, seventh grade; Avis Bircher, second grade; and Edna Robb, first grade.
Oct. 8: The local chapter of the P.E.O. dedicated its program to Mrs. Joyce Trotter in recognition of her 60 years of membership. (She was the wife of Dr. Jay Trotter, whom she worked beside for 50 years. She passed away in 1968.)
Oct. 26: Funeral services were held for Richard Peel. He was killed when a logging truck went over an embankment near Klamath Falls, Ore.
Oct. 31: Leonard Stevenson was a patient in the Veterans Hospital in Grand Junction, where he had undergone surgery.
Nov. 7: Jimmie Dick Yeomans was in the Southwest Memorial Hospital suffering from blood poisoning after he cleaned a deer when he had a cut on his hand.
Nov. 21: The Chamber of Commerce was starting an extended area service telephone users campaign so that it would no longer be necessary to go through an operator to place a call to Durango or Cortez.
Nov. 21: The Columbine opened under the new management of Lucille and Andy Sutherland.
Nov. 23: Mrs. (Edna) Milton Robb and Cindy Goode were on KVFC radio. Cindy won a prize for Mrs. Goode and herself with her letter to the Apple for a Teacher contest.
Nov. 26: The Singing Cowboys thrilled a crowd of 300 people with their first local concert of the season.
Nov. 28: The Mancos 4-H members winning awards were Linda Everett, Lloyd Everett, Sandra Everett, Brent Alexander and William Ott.
Dec. 3: Earl Chadd suffered a badly fractured leg. He was expected to be in the hospital for a week. (Earl served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He passed away in 1985.
Dec. 6: Nick Romero celebrated his 89th birthday. He came to Mancos in 1945, and passed away in 1967. Among his survivors was a daughter, Sally.
Dec. 10: Mae McGalliard fell and broke her leg while visiting her son, Keene, in Denver.
Dec. 10: Dominic Aspromonte and Mrs. Jim Bauer accompanied 11 seniors to a college conference in Cortez. Ten Colorado colleges plus the Air Force presented their programs.
Dec. 13: Dick and Hazel Yeomans left for White Water, Ariz., after a logging accident injured their son-in-law, Danny Ramsey.
