Mora County

I was surprised to find this ad in an old box of old papers, stashed away in one of our log cabins that is about to be moved. I graduated from High-lands Univer sity in 1954 and I agree with the text of today, 60 years later.

The New Mexico Stockman is the major publication issues to and for ranchers like us here in Mora County. Highlands attracted rural students from all over the state back then and it still does.

When visiting with friends recently I was asked about our neighbor to the south, Pendaries Village, as it was initially named. This old ranch is just five miles or so up the road from this resort and we had fun watching it become a full- time summer resort and much more.

Back in the late 1950s the Salk and Sabin vaccines for polio became available to every doctor in this country. My doctor father, Carl Gellenthien, was selected to immunize every person living in this San Miguel, Mora county area.

Surprises happen often and in different ways, thanks to this Palabras Pintorescas column. A phone call from Tim Knight, who lives in Peralta, surprised me. He followed this visit with a fun letter about his 1966 memory of his high school years at Robertson High in Las Vegas.

His grandparents, Cordelia and John Thomas, had a 40-acre farm just north of Mills and Seventh Street here. They also had the High County Sporting Goods Store on north Grand Avenue back in the ‘60s. Some of us old timers will remember this store, I’ll bet.

The lunch menu for the Mora/Wagon Mound Senior Centers, with coffee and milk served daily.

MONDAY
Fidelos con carne, salad with dressing, mixed vegetables, flour tortilla, and orange-pineapple mix

TUESDAY
Chicken fettuccine, carrots and peppers in
margarine, garlic bread, and pears

WEDNESDAY
Philly steak sandwich, french fries, broccoli, and cantaloupe

THURSDAY
Pork asada, buttered new potatoes, hominy, flour tortilla, and strawberry shortcake

FRIDAY