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Students in formal attire, lined up for an 8th grade graduation photograph at Red Cliff School.
From left: Warren Anderson, Geneva Durbin, Mary Herrera, Elvira Rockwood, Miss Olson, Joy Marfitano, Ilene Taylor, Hugh Wilson, John ?, Blanche Tippett, Herman Bergman.
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Employees standing in front of the Anderson Store building in Red Cliff, Colorado, on March 23, 1940. At far left is Ronnie Dump. Roy Marfitano is second from left. The young lady standing next to Roy is Earline Paquette. The 1940 Ford delivery truck, "Carl G. Anderson, Groceries, Meats, Dry Goods," is parked to the left of the employees.
The building was on the east side of Eagle St. and the very east end of Water Street. It had a number of...
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Marker for: "Baby [Esther] Marfitano, June 30,1938," Greenwood Cemetery. A lamb and flowers are engraved at the top of the marker.
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Danny Crough and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boljtes) standing in front of Mickey Walsh's garage in Red Cliff in 1938. Joy has her arm hooked in Danny's and the automobile door is open.
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Dump Family reunion in the summer of 1942 after Betty Mae Dump (Elbserry) was born. It was at the Leadville home of Ivan "Ike" dump and Joy Marfitano Dump (Ike was working at Climax Mine).
The family, from left to right: Ralph and Stella Marfitano, Chuck Dump, Joy (Marfitano) Dump (Boltjes), infant Betty Dump (Elsberry) held by Ivan Dump, Dick Mize, Vic Morgan, Ethel "Sis" Morgan (Dump), Ruby (Dump) Crye, Blanch Dump (Gay) Harry and Pearl (Dump)...
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The Ivan Dump family seated around the dining room table for dinner in the early 1950s. The wallpaper and metal kitchen cabinets in the background are appropriate to the era.
From front left, going around the table to the right: Ed Dump, Ernie Dump, Ralf Marfitano, Ivan Dump, Joy Marfitano Dump, Stella Marfitano, Len Dump and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry).
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Grandmother Theresa Cistofani Allaria with Roy Marfitano and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) at the Denver & Rio Grand section house at the south end of Eagle Street, Red Cliff.
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Studio wedding photo of Ivan Lon "Ike" Dump and Joy Marfitano Dump. They were married on July 20, 1941, but, due to circumstances were unable to have their wedding picture taken until December 7, 1941, in Leadville. "While having their picture taken, they listened to breaking news about Pearl Harbor on the radio." -- courtesy of Len Dumph
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Ivan Lon "Ike" Dump with wife, Joy Marfitano Dump (Boltjes) standing next to the wood shed off the kitchen of their house, shortly before Ike left for WW II. Children, Ernie Dump Dumph and Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry) are standing in front of them.
The house belonged to the John and Alton Paddock family. The Paddock's permitted Joy and her children to house-sit rent free while Ike was overseas.
In the background are two tiers of cribbing that shored...
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Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) on Senior Sneak Day 1938. She is standing at the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun in Colorado Springs. Spencer Penrose built the shrine between 1934 and 1937, dedicating it to Will Rogers who died in a plane crash in 1935. The elevation on the top deck in 8,136 ft. The shrine is now part of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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Joy Marfitano, with her headset on her shoulder, standing in front of the Mountain Bell building. Mountain Bell started in 1936 and Joy was a switchboard operator.
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Three generations of Marfitanos get together for a 4th of July celebration (1956, 1957, or 1958). They are seated outside at the Denver & Rio Grande Section House in Carbondale, Colorado.
Left side of table, front to back: Irene Marfitano, Karen Marfitano Green, David Marfitano, Mary Jo Marfitano and Stella Marfitano.
Right side of table, front to back: John Marfitano, Ralph Marfitano (standing), Rose Marfitano.
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Marsha Barlow Schlagel and Rose and Roy Marfitano at the 1992 Red Cliff Union High School reunion. The dinner was held in the high school auditorium.
15) New Grandparents
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Ralph and Stella Marfitano with Grandma Blanche Ethel Gay Dump holding the new baby, Betty Mae Dump (Elsberry). They are at the home of Ivan and Joy Dump in Leadville in May 1942.
16) Ralph Marfitano
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Ralph Marfitano sitting on the running board of his convertible. Roy Marfitano and Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) are next to him.
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Wedding photo of Ralph and Stella Allaria Marfitano, May 24, 1919, in Ouray, Colorado.
"...they had four children, Joy, Roy , and lost the other two. Son, Louie, died as an infant (buried at Ouray) and daughter, Esther died at birth (buried at Red Cliff). Ralph started working for the D&RG Railroad in 1919 on the section gang in Ouray/Ridgeway (7 years) before relocatiing to be the section foreman in Red Cliff from 1926 until 1944 when he was transferred...
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Joy Marfitano (Dump Boltjes) standing next to the Red Cliff city limits sign in 1937.
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Rifle and leather gun scabbard with initials RRM; leather glove.
Roy Ralph Marfitano (RRM) first purchased the scabbard to use on his horse in 1940. The horse wasn't around very long so Roy's dad, Ralph, then started using the scabbard to protect his 1927 Winchester Model 94-32 Special rifle (shown in photo) while traveling the tracks on his railroad "putt-putt" car.
The Model 94 rifle was a very popular big game rifle in those days (1920s-1980s)....
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Rose and Roy Marfitano at the 1992 Red Cliff Union High School reunion. The dinner was held in the high school auditorium.
