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Alamogordo Daily News from Alamogordo, New Mexico • Page 3

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Dcor Abbv Secretary Doesn't Like To bo Dustinq Red City Lodge Fire Forces 50 Into Cold By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN DEAR ABLY iirii I hired do secretarial 1 vva.sii 1 told that I was al expected lo the work a ming woman I don't mind dusting off rnv own and the file cabinols, hut when my ho. ad-, me to please vacuum the carpet, wipe oil the Venetian blinds dust hi furniture well. I thud I am hem taken He is a every other way. pa. js excellent an I el plenty time of and genciou mn NM Pork Visitors At New High SANTA FE New Mexico- six established parks ha i au tendance of more than one milium in 1959.

a new record State Park Sup Joe Clark said Use of the park- lotaled attendanei days last yeai This resented an approximate increasi- of 61 per cent over the attendance figure of 669.450 for 197)8. Last year's total took no account of the use ol Stonxe Lake vhich was acquired for tab park use in mid-vear. Figures also did not include attendance at Santa Fe River Park, near the capital in Santa Fe Concha- Dam Slate P. til nules northwest of Tucumeari, wa the biggest attraction oi the established park Clark ihperson vi ie in as compared to-44 "ou tlu u.mi ear. Even City of Rock a small, re mote park between Demin 4 and Silver City, showed a per cent a compar ed to 2 o.Ode in our parks we note in camping, picknicking, fishing and water skiin 1 the of play 'round .1 and croup Claik deuaivd.

ol the mod interesting single trends is the tv: use of the parks family not only for picknicking or camping hut also aquatic sports and even winter activ die- He said a conservative estimate was that 40 per cent of the visitors were non residents, with Conchas. Kit arson and Parks being the biggest attractions for tourists Other figures: Bottomless Lukis Park near Roswell. 247.000 si year and 173.000 in 1958; BJuewater Park oft I S. 06 between (iix.ni and 145.000 compare.I 6-1 O00; Hyde State Park near Santa Ft 105, 00 as against 8 0 and 11 Faison Park in Taos, 94.000 and Student Rabbi Well Experienced He was born an Indian, went to a Roman Cat 1 olic 1 1 (1 for three yt.irs, tlu-n to a Protcs tant school and new is study in, a reform Jewish rabbi back round of Saul Joel, 18year old student at Hebrew I nion College Jtw i'n Institute of Religion here. the first Indian in the 85- year college hi-tory, but Joel says Ids family religious roots have been fixed in Judaism lor 250 years He says.

The Christian were a very good experience I had many an interesting discussion on religion with the priests and missionaries who were my ZJ But thi: gripe me I've been seriously considering scouting around for another job Or do other secretaries do these chores? GRIPED GRIPED: "Better to live with the ills you know than to fly to others you know not of." You have plenty of secretaries in your ucat. Don't ock il! ig ALLY What does a woin an do when sii realizes lhat her marri. ah1 hopeless? 1 have 1 man to ilia, bum foi 21 ,1 1 1 in 1 icre is no Jove lost. Then- iwn'l (nei 1 Hlg 11 in your i tilt 4 0 I tit 111 1 to print all the soil 1 li ave for wanting to rid of him. 1 i.m’t to with 1 dm bocat of the children can se they already hale him is out because of our re ligion.

1 want I kllOW ii 1 call force him to ip port me and the 1 am riot trained to sapporl hop 1 LESS MARRIAGE DtAR HOPE LESS: 1 don't give legal advice in my column, but 1 th ink everyone should be aware lhat a husband is required by Law to support his wife and children. if you doubt it ask any lawyer. Ui ABBY I have a rister- in-law ho has a lovely new home. But nxxly eve sees her furni.sh- si ic has rugs on her rugs a ind covers on her covers. All EVENING LIONS CHARTER SCOUT UNITS At it meeting, the Evening Lions Ci v' charters re instating their C.

ib '-'ark mid their Scout Troop, No. 146 0 "Doc" Dodd, institutional representative Laborer Wins Honors As Indian Sculptor is shown here handing charters to Jim Law she, (left) pack committee chairman, and Bob Boumo, (right) Scoutmaster Lee Duff, an assistant Scoutmaster, is seen at far left. realistic. He can make a life-size figure in a week. Real-life Indians more-or- By IKE minds me of a morgue.

Do you laink I should tell My hus band says not to. LORRAINE DEAR LORRAINE: Listen to ycur husband. Underneath it she's got her reasons. CONFIDENTIAL TO DESPER ATE S. I answer everyone who sends a sfampet: en- veicpe (and if l.e can't afford a stamp, I supply if).

Yes, your letter will be confidential and will not appear in the paper. What's your problem? For a per- I sonal reply, write to ABBY, care of this paper. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Gg ures Moke Sense When Looked Ai In Proper Light BOISE, Idaho simple formula that A. E.

Perkins, Police, say dramatizes the impli cations of speed: Just take hall the speedometer reading and add this lo the lull reading. total becomes the feet your car is traveling 111 a single i says Perkins. Thus a car traveling al 60 mile- an hour is covering 90 feet every si coikI At 32 it 48 feet per second. many Perkins their first and sometimes their last be-j lore they accept the fact that they 1 can sli on a dime AFTER THE HAUL IS OVER Pa mov-1 big crew liufled ami puffed its way down two floors of the Stroud Community House with a habv grand piano they had 11 hire i to haul awray. The piano was load- ed when the crew was advised it 1 was the piano on the third floor they were supposed to move.

FLORES From an Illinois ces'ful Santa Fe ptoi in just four it tin' ol Wakefield is a in this art or fu chin; aiking these wear shirts boots Autry in Florence, a few miles outside of Phoenix. The cow I xj star bough; the figures on the sjiot, at $500 apiece. Since then Wakefw-ld has sold quite a few ol them, although he is a busy painter and craftsman I besides. His old paintings are primarily of the od, adobe building-, and moun- tain of this historic area of northern New Mexico. His statuettes in wood, which he portraits, are full-size figures many of widely known politicians I and business one-foot tall which sell for about His Indians are made of soft wood, usually basswood.

The heads I are cottonwood and have real hair. often braided. Wakefield rubs a light oil 111 the hands and face to make the Indian's complexion they always insist that the reproductions are of a different pueblo than their Wakefield concedes not much of a market for the figures. many people want one in their I homes, but there are quite a few collectors and tourist places tnat are interested in He estimates he and his brother have sold about 10 of their crea- Lions for prices ranging from $25u 8500 apiece. I hey have almost that many more for sale here, in Albuquerque and various tourist places in the area.

Toe Indians, sitting or standing in several downtown stores, are I often mistaken for real people and a high compliment to the ingenuity and skill came an Illinois toll-bridge tender 1 nice tried to charge Wakefield a nickle for a wooden Indian sitting in the back seat of his car. RED RIV FR A pre-dawn fire today burned one of this resort largest lodges to the ground and forced some 50 guests I from their into 23 below zero cold. The Monte Vista Lodge of about 25 rooms burned to the ground. The adjoining Spruce Lodge was scorched before bucket brigades and firemen from nearby commu- nities and volunteers controlled the I Thirty inches of snow on the ground helped prevent the blaze from spreading to other lodges, I Mon Lives After Spending Night In 12-Foot Snow WILLIAMS, Ariz. tele-! vision trouble shooter frozen over- 1 night in 12 feet of snow was re- covering in a hospital here today.

George DeGele 40, a robust 245- 1 pounder, murmured, God, my hands are after being lifted off Bill Williams I Wednesday by a heli- copter from Luke Air Force Base. He had spent Tuesday night I standing up in the snow, unable I to move while his feet and legs i froze. His limbs were blackened by the cold, but doctors said his gen- i eral condition was DeGele started from this north central Arizona city Tuesday to climb the snow-clad peak in; search of a TV cable break. About two-thirds of the way up, he said, a snowshoe him in drifts twice his height. His employer, 1.

Braver, be- 1 came worried and organized aj search. Under sheriff Clark Cole, Braver and Wendclin Untereiner, i all of Williams, struggled up the I slopes. They found him but couldn't get him out. Too much snow and he 1 was too heavy, said Brayer. While i Untereiner wrapped him in blan-1 I kets, the other two went for help.

One candy, a weight used in Bombay, India, is the equivalent of 560 pounds. which were jampacked with ski- crowded into Red River for he first skiing week- No one was injured. Dick Harrison, co-owner of the burned lodge, said he discovered he blaze in the attic around 5:45 a. m. He fought it, then called Jack Olsen is the other co- jvvner.

The fire swept quickly through he building. Many guests were orced into the bitter cold without clothing. Much luggage va-i destroyed. Harrison and Olsen declined to estimate the value of their loss, which they said was only partly covered by insurance. Valuable antiques, paintings and a collection of rare kachina dolls were destroyed, although a few paintings were saved.

Volunteers formed bucket brigades, splashing the burning build- ng and adjoining Spruce Lodge with water and snow. Fire departments from Taos and Eagle Nest, answered pleas for help and workers from a nearby mine joined in controlling the blaze. Mrs. Tilhy Simier, owner of a bar which adjoins the scorched Spruce Ixxige, said the fire was the biggest in Red history. Mrs.

Simion said. town is jammed full of people for the skiing, and my house is packed with people. no wind, and the only thing saving This weekend was the first which allowed skiing in this mountain community since the construction of a new ski area this year. LENDS A HAND CHICAGO Titus John son of Swedish Covenant Hospital went out of his thousand miles, in help a young physician. Dr.

Johnson has returned from Karawa in the Belgian Congo where he spent a month as a replacement for a young medical missionary, Dr. Helen Bernquist, who is serving three years in the Congo. Dr. Johnson's temporary duty gave Dr. Bernquist a leave of absence for rest and language study.

Alamngnrtio Dathl IfontB Monday, Jan. 4, 3 CADET Aviation Cadet Ronald E. Sauve, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.

C. Souve, 405 Utah, has arrived at Reese Air Force Base, near Lubbock, to enter basic pilot training school in T-33 jet aircraft. Ike Working On Message AUGUSTA, Ga. There was no golf Saturday for President Eisenhower as he bore down on his budget, State of the Union mes- sage, and a projected civil defense conference on fallout. The conference is Jan.

25 with a committee of governors headed by Nelson A. Rockefeller of New I York. Eisenhower, Budget Director Maurice H. Stans and three other advisers spent hours on budget matters Saturday morning, mostly on the language of the message which will blueprint an 81-billion-dollar balanced budget for Congress on Jan. 18.

The President set aside the afternoon and most of Sunday for similar chores on the State of the Union one which sketches the program for the coming year. Eisenhower delivers it to Congress in person next Thursday. hey are authentic and widely reeog- No frills or feathers, pie images of the Mexico Indian, di-in about these not made on a ti' a lot of work, -ig into each of his a 1 11 s. He lias than and las char Originally from Decatur, 111.. Vv.T, li, was induced to come out to New Mexico and live the life 0 1 he artist In his brother Gene, also a self made artist and crafts man who now has his studio 111 estique hard to break away, to come out hen and start all over again to live an unorthodox life mid what 1 always wanted to he says.

lie did pencil sketches and pttr traits the town plaza for awhile, but soon fotx-ook that and with his brother embarked on the carving business. 1 each made a lile size i.e says. We heard that Gene Autry had a collection 01 wooden figures, so we wrote i.m and asked him it be interested in buying ours. time, he replied that he would ship them out to him; if he liked them I 10 would ouy, if not ship them Instead, the two brothers loaded the Indians into their car and met GOOD NEWS! Chrysler been a winner since the day tb IJf it first rolled into showrooms. People stood line to see willing to wait for their favorite model and color.

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