The Taos News from Taos, New Mexico • Page 9

Society Edited by RegtiuCooke Phone 7M-224I Dr. Murphy to speak on history of Southwest Sant8 the Taos Garden native P' ant Project, is shown on the Ind.an trail the northeast section of the Kit Carson Memorial State rark as she contemplates the proposed site of the club's "Wild (Regina Cooke photo) Mrs. Ruth Fish in charge of wild garden plantings for park area The Taos Garden Club's newest project is the planting of the area in the northeast corner of the Kit Carson Memorial State park, where the old Indian trail has been in use ever since Spanish- colonial days. The area will extend from the Acequia Madre south, past the Las Cruces entrance, bounded on the west by the park ditch and skating pond. Pending formal approval of the Park Commission, the plot will be planted with trees, shrubs, vines and flowers from the four zones of the surrounding Sangre de Cristo mountains, foothills, mesas and desert.

All native vegetation now covering the acreage will remain, and random walks and large flat stones for seats will encourage visitors to study plantings and enjoy the panoramic view sweeping from Taos Mountain to Picuris Mountain and the Truchas Peaks. Mrs. Ruth G. Fish, project chairman who has loved and studied regional wild flowers since a child in Colorado, and has a vast storehouse of knowledge on the many species, has an intense interest in seeing the plot spring to life. Her interest in native plants, especially wild flowers, began when she was five years old and her parents moved to a river ranch in the San Luis Valley where there was a profusion of wild flowers along the banks of the Rio Grande.

When she moved to Taos in 1934, she and her mother, Mrs. Jennie Burrell, a lifelong wild flower hobbyist were delighted with the plant survivors of drought, wind and short seasons in New Mexico and made a point of cultivating the natives in their garden. Mrs. Fish has long been an advocate of using native landscaping materials or choosing cultivated plants related to the wild varieties that abound locally. Mrs.

Fish says that the plot landscaping will include grouping plantings according to the way they are seen in nature. There is to be a stand of aspens in the center to recall William Cullen Bryant's lines: "The groves were God's first temples" and to provide an area for rest and meditation as well as an introduction to the flora of the Taos country. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Berner, in charge of the desert-mesa section are already planning the landscaping of that portion of the land to be bordered by a Soil Conservation Service Test Plot of native grasses.

Wylie Miller heads a group from Taos Canon choosing plantings for the Alpiine-Mountain zone. The William Mingenbachs, L. P. Kirkpatricks, Wesley Freeburgs and Paul Hintons are beginning various plans for next year's plantings in cooperation with the Advisory Committee, headed by Jack K. Boyer of the Park Commission, Russell Roberts of Soil Conservation, Abad Martinez, county agent, representatives of the Carson National Forest, and Mrs.

Ted Manning, Garden Club president. Mrs. Hinton is secretary of the club and Advisory Committees. Although lack of rain and acequia water this year precluded any plantings, except perhaps cacti and yuccas, all persons involved in the project, are most in- thusiastic about the "Wild Garden," reports Mrs. Fish.

When the Native Plant Committee conducted a poll last autumn to find the twelve favorite wildflowers of Garden Club members, the following were listed in order of their appearance: mountain columbines, red and blue penstemous, tall purple asters, wild iris, Indian paint blueshells (mertensia), Pasque flowers, evening primroses, daisies, purple and white violets and among vines, wild clematis and woodbine; shrubs: chamisal wild roses, cinquefoil, wild plums and wild barberry. Applications for residence post due Applications are now being taken by The New Mexico Arts Commission for the position of Artist-in-Residence for the coming school year, at Las Vegas, N.M. Mickey Lavy, chairman of The Arts Commission, announces that Federal funding has been granted for a continuation of the program, piloted last year in Las Vegas. Application forms may be obtained from The New Mexico Arts Commission, Lew Wallace Building, State Capitol, Santa Fe 87501, I Specifics are: Only practicing, professional artists will be considered. The purpose of the program is to bring to students of 4th through 12th grades, actual contact with and instruction by a professional artist.

The purpose is not, Lavy said, to turn out a generation of poets or painters )or musicians; but primarily to increase children's powers of perception, their ability to express themselves creatively through using skills they might not otherwise have. The artist's salary will be $8,000 for the 9-month school year, which starts September 1. Both men and women are invited to apply. August 2 is deadline for submitting applications. A painter proficient in oil, watercolor and other media, will be given preference over a one-medium artist.

The artist must be able to relate to and work with children; must be willing to live in the community of Las Vegas and become involved in its cultural affairs. Some teaching experience is desirable but not necessary. The artist is required to work with the counsellors and coordinator of the Las Vegas School System. The artist must be prepared to conduct art seminars with school faculty, and art workshops with students; must be able to devise and stage art exhibits with both student and professional artists coordinating the work. The teacher-artist will conduct his or her studio and carry on professional art work with students observing, asking and learning directly as art forms are created.

The artist will be available for consultation on any creative endeavor within the schools and will lecture and give demonstrations before cultural groups in the community. 'Lavy said that the outstanding success of last year's pilot program in Las Vegas motivated continued funding, and stated that this is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Arts and Humanities Program of the U. S. Office of Education. A multi-windowed studio and large, newly-redecorated art gallery will be furnished to the artist by the Las Vegas Schools.

MISS ELIZABETH ANNE BARNES Journalism instructor writing at Wurlitzer Miss Elizabeth Anne Barnes, journalism instructor at Stephens College, Columbia, for the last 13 years, is working on a text book for feature writers and in-depth Dr. Lawrence R. Murphy, a frontier historian from Western Illinois University, who is spending the summer at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, will speak and show slides illustrating the history of the Southwest Friday night. The presentation is sponsored by the Taos County Historical Society. It will begin at 7:30 p.m.

in the Community Room of the First Presbyterian Church. The illustrated talk will emphazise the contributions of Anglos to the development of the area. A previous lecture focused on Indian and Spanish elements. Murphy, who will teach at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, next year, is writing a book on Texas Negroes with the aid of a resident grant from the Wurlitzer Foundation. "The residences provided by the foundation together with the magnificent climate and friemdly atmosphere of Taos," Murphy said, "make this a place in free lance stories for college wnicn to write." He noted par- publications and edited "Roll ticular 'y the efforts of Dr.

Call" a "who's who" among Henr Sauerwein and his staff college publication advisers. to make tn scholar or artist Her most recent article comfort able. written on history trends and ln Edition to his studies of lediure writers and in-depth written on history trends and in aaaui to his studies of reporters while in residence the pantyhose craze in Italy Texas Murphy has also com- this summer at the Wurlitzer and Switzerland will soon leted several articles on the MARCIA GAITER will open a one man show of watercolors and drawings at the Manchester Gallery August 1. The invitational preview will be held July 31 from 2 to 5. The show will continue to August 24 The Manchester Gallery is four miles north of Taos on the Arroyo Seco Rd.

Quaintance Eaton opera authority at Wurlitzer this summer at the Wurlitzer Foundation. To be titled "Reporting: Campus and Community," the book is based on Miss Barnes' years of experience as advisor to a college weekly which has won awards for the student written stories on the Missouri penal system, drugs, housing, hunger and integration. "The book," says Miss Barnes, "will deal with necessity for freedom of the press, even the college press, in a democracy, and the responsibility of the reporter to convince readers that what they don't know will not only hurt may kill at least, the robins in their yards. Journalists more than practitioners of any other profession, have the opportunity to disperse the truth." She finds in students a natural honesty offsetting any fear of retribution from power struggle. and Switzerland will soon leted several articles on the come out in National Hosiery significance of the military in Magazine.

the early history of Taos. Few The instructor visited Taos res 'dents are aware, he Europe last spring for the fifth re ort ed, that soldiers were time, went three times as station ed here for several director of a college study ears before the establish- tour, and once around the ment of Fort Burgwin which world as co director of the er ated until just before the Stephens Asian Seminar Program, conducted annually. The itinerary included ourbreak of the Civil War. The lecture Friday evening is open to the public free of Greece, Nepal, India, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan. On sabbatical from Stephens since December, she will return to the college in August.

Miss Barnes who is also working on a novel about a six- year-old girl's fear of school and growing up, is "delighted and astounded with the ideal working conditions at the Wurlitzer." She was first through here in 1967, when co. director of Stephen's summer Miss Barnes especially likes school, at Steamboat Springs, to teach feature writing and and last summer visited writer Cecil Dawkins who also taught at Stephens and was a Wurlitzer grantee. Prior to beginning her teaching career, Miss Barnes was youth editor of the Richmond, News Leader and reporter for the Kingsport, Times News. She took her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English literature and journalism from the Uni- month in India and stops in cnar ge. Members of the Historical Society, other Taos residents and summer visitors are invited to attend.

How to raise a in-depth story writing. "Students can learn the mastery of words, but must above all, seek out the truth. They must make the question mark a personal symbol. Most college newspapers suffer from administration," says the teacher in pointing out that students' first allegiance should be to the campus. Classes are made up of 15 to 30 students, who are taken by their instructor to city council meetings and others, write stories on the city power plant versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an AA degree from Virginia Intermont College, Bristol.

She first and politics. Miss Barnes has began majoring in chemistry helped students market their but because this was "too which stories, one of which was about bicycles on campus. More girls are going into journalism, says Miss Barnes, who has discovered that more than 50 per cent of those completing two years of journalism follow this as a profession. Miss Barnes has it lonely," changed to journalism and literature. She planned on getting a Ph.D.

in journalism at the University of Missouri but has been too busy teaching. Born in Iron Mountain, she moved with her parents to East Tennessee when a vear old written a grew up there. MRS. GR1SELDA ROMERO announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter Michelle Fances to Leocadio Jeantette, son of Mrs. Teresina Jeantette and the late Jose F.

Jeantette. The bride- elect is a student at Taos High School. Her fiance, a graduate of Central Catholic School, served for three years with the US Army and is employed at Moly Corp. An August 7 wedding is planned for 5.3U in the afternoon at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Miss Teresa Garcia who is working with the NMSU Extcntion Service in ffice agent Abad Mirtinez for her third simmer vacation from New Mexico State University contributes the following Family Life Education item from the county agent's office: How To Raise A Delinquent: Begin at infancy to give the child everything he wants.

In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living, When he picks up bad words laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is 21 and then let him decide for himself. Pick up everything he leaves lying shoes.

clothes. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing ail responsibility on others. Quarrel frequently in his presence. In this way he will not be too shocked when the home is broken later. (jive a child all the spending money he wants.

Never let him earn his own. Why should he have things as tough as you had them'' -Satisfy his every craving for food, drink and comfort Denial may lead to harmful frustration Take his part against neighbors, teachers, policemen They are all prejudiced against your child When he gets into real trouble, apologize for yourself by saying: 1 never could do anything with him Prepare for a life of grief You are bound to have it And how' Around and about and Jon Pattison, children of Mr and Mrs. Buell I'attison returned this week Iroin a three-week visit with their grandparents. Mr and Mrs Kun Davison of Marsh- Held. Mo Their uncle.

Dr Kun Davison of Lebanon, MD brought them back Katlu Anderson and Florence Beutler. daughters "I Mr and Mrs Jack Anderson and Mr and Mrs Bill Beuller, will return to Taos on August 7 after having spent six weeks in Honolulu, attending the Hunahou School In additioi: to their academic studies they hdVf earned scuba diving certification and had surfing instruction While there they have been weekend guests of the Bud Goldbecks, residents ol Honolulu Quaintance Eaton who has written prolifically about Opera is working on a sequel to her "Opera Productions," a handbook, published by the University of Minnesota Press. She is spending t'? summer here on a Wurlitzer Foundation grant. "Opera Productions" known as the Bible of Opera Producers Workshop furnishes information on more than 500 operas. It is designed as a reference work for opera producers, students, performers, and writers, in giving detailed information about 150 full length operas and 109 short operas, with supplementary information on more than 260 other operas.

Two hundred-fifty operas are analyzed from production standpoint. Miss Eaton's forthcoming book is to deal with the same number of operas. All painstakingly hard work. Miss Eaton has served as executive secretary for the National Council on the Arts and Government and of the National Committee for the Musical Arts. She is a former associate editor of the magazine ''Musical America," and has been a member of the New York City Opera Guild since its beginning.

She was editor of "Quarter Notes," a magazine of the New York City Opera: has written for "Opera for 15 years: and does book reviews for "Music Clubs Magazine." One of her choice articles for "Opera News" was "Favorite Restaurants of Opera Singers," illustrated with photographs of singers in restaurants. Miss Eaton has done innumerable radio programs, has known a vast number of artists and has published seven books to date. Her books include "The Miracle of the Met," an informal history of the Metropolitan Opera 1883 published by Meredith Press. The author attended every opening mght at the Met. from 1946 on' was there for the grand farewell performance at the old Met, and attended the opening of the new opera building To her the "best nights are the guild benefits, lively and dressy, with excitement in the air." Miss Eaton's first important volume, an official tour book of the Metropolitan, was commissioned by the Met Opera Guild in 1955.

Miss Eaton went to every one of the 52 cities in which the Met has performed, except Paris and Mexico City! She met every musical librarian in the cities visited "a wonderful experience," and accumulated 13 notebooks of the same size for use on this particular tour. She has been to Europe more than a half dozen times. Among her book titles are "Opera Caravan, the Adventures of the Metropolitan on Tour," "Musical America U.S.A.," music and recordings (with Frederic V. Grun- feldt. "World of Music." (Encyclopedia for Abrams) and "Boston Opera Company," a history.

Miss Eaton who has visited Taos six times is a friend of pianist Rosalie Talbott whom she first met in Colo. Her first trip to Taos was made with friends when she was a school child. She remembers that they stayed in the old Gov Bent House other occasions she was a guest at Estes Es Ranch and Thome House. Among Taosenos she knew at one time were the Walter L'fers Kansas City, born. Quaintance Eaton says that she got her education through records made by the great smgers Her father Dudley Eaton was a singer, who later went into his father's law office.

First newspaper work. Miss Eaton was employed on the Wichita Beacon, doing the arts and women's interest pages, also a news beat; while avidly reading The New York Times everyday for the musical events. MRS. ALICE ROMO MAKTINE2 announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of her daughter Teodora to Jose R. Rael, son of the late Mr.

and Mrs Antonio Rael ol Questa. An August 14th wedding is planned lor Our Lady of Guadalupe Church The bride-elect is with the Department of New Mexico Health and Social Services His fiance is employed by Moly Corp.