West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 2

              WEST SIDE RECORDER
Volume 7—Number 2
Monthly Newspaper of the West Side, Denver, Colorado
June, 1970
West Siders Elected To Auraria Board
Community control at Auraria
Community Center has finally
become a reality.. At the annual elections of Auraria, community people flooded the polls
to vote for individuals who were
aware of community problems.
The fifteen vacancies were filled
by Sam Abeyta, Waldo Benavidez, Minnie Conict, Alberta Cres-
pin, Fredrick Feindel, Anna
Flores, Albie Gonzales, Connie
Griego, Ruben Leal, Videlia
Medrano, Carlos Padilla, Josephine Perez, Dean Punke, Ruben
Valdez, and Charles Vigil.
At the first monthly meeting
the following persons were
elected: Chairman—Anna Flores,
1st Vice Chairman—Waldo Benavidez, 2nd Vice Chairman—Lee
Valis, Treasurer—Dean Punke,
and Secretary—Sam Abeyta.
With a new Executive Board
and Board of Directors, hopefully the community will see
more participation and meaning
ful involvement.
Left to Right: Charles Vigil, Josephine Perez, Ruben Valdez, Minnie Conict, Waldo Benavidez,
Sam  Abeyta, Fredrick Feindel,  Vidilia Medrano,   Alberta Orespin.
Santa Fe Theatre Available
For Community Meetings
Mr. Abel Gallegos, manager of the Santa Fe Theater,
has announced that the theater is available for use for
community meetings during
the week. There is no charge
for community groups or
agencies using the building.
The only requirement is that
the place be left as clean as
it was before the meeting.
Mr. Gallegos may be contacted on weekends at the
theater and week day evenings at 455-1698.
Mr. Gallegos has been manager of the theater since November of 1966 except for one period of several months during
1969 and 70.
In 1966 the theater was showing one Mexican and one American film. About one month
later, the American movie was
dropped and two Mexican movies
shown in response to requests
from the community. This
brought about an increase in
attendance.
The following year with the
co-operation of the theater owner, it was decided to admit free
children under 12 with their
parents. Later in 1967, the
theater began showing 3 Mexican movies because of the interest of the patrons.
During the last part of 1968
American movies were again
shown Mondays through Thursdays with Mexican films on the
weekends. This was again on
request from the community.
This was done for about a month,
but was not successful in either
money or number of people attending. Mr. Gallegos would be
willing to try American movies
again if there are enough people interested to make it worth
while. Please let him know if
you want this. At the present
approximately 5% of the at-
tendence is Anglo.
Mr. Gallegos operated the
theater until September of 1969
when it was closed for repairs
and renovation. The owner
made plans to move the Victory
Theater from downtown to the
Santa Fe. Most West Siders
will recall the following events
as the theater was picketed to
prevent this. The West Side
was successful in keeping this
kind of entertainment out of the
neighborhood. And in November
it was reopened with Mexican
and American movies under the
management of Mr. Eddie Speck.
In March of this year, Mr.
Gallegos resumed management
of the theater and at the present
4 Mexican movies are being
shown each weekend. Some
movies being shown in the
coming weeks are listed on page
7.
One problem that Mr. Gallegos
would like some help with concerns children attending the
theater alone. He is asking
parents to leave their address
and phone number with him so
they can be contacted in case of
emergencies or misbehavior. He
also asks that parents be aware
of when the theater closes and
to pick up their children at that
time. In the future if parents
cannot be reached to pick up
their children, it will be necessary to contact an agency to do
so.
Please Donate
Swim Suits To
Lincoln Pool
For All Ages
Anna Flores, new Chairman of Auraria Board of Directors.
Open House Includes Resident
Meeting and Mariachi Mass
All residents of the West
Side are invited to participate in an open house celebration to be held on Sunday,
June 28,1970, at the new location of the West Side
Action Center, 1312 Santa
Fe Drive. The meeting of
the membership assembly
will begin at 12 noon with a
Mariachi Mass to follow and
open house. Refreshments
will be served following the
Mass and visitors may stop in
until 6 p.m.
The West Side Action Council
Inc.,   and   staff   of   the   Action
Center hope as many residents
as possible will stop in and visit
with them on this day in order
to get a better idea of what
types of programs and services
are now available and also find
out what residents can do to plan
for additional programs and
services in the future.
Mr. Gallegos with some of
Theatre on a Sunday afternoon.
the children attending Santa Fe
SPECIAL MEETING OF
MEMBERSHIP  ASSEMBLY
CALLED FOR 12 NOON
Please take notice, that a
Special Meeting of the Membership Assembly of this Corporation shall be held on June 28,
1970, at 12 o'clock Noon, at the
West Side Action Center, 1312
Santa Fe Drive, Denver, Colorado 80204, for the purpose of
considering and voting upon the
proposed Articles of Amendment
to the Articles of Incorporation.
The following are eligible for
Membership in the Corporation,
according to the Articles of Incorporation: all residents of the
Neighborhood (defined below)
16 years of age or over and all
persons who qualify for charter
membership status as defined
herein; a "resident" is hereby
defined as:
"One whose regular domicile
or place of abode is encompassed
within the boundaries of the
Neighborhood, described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the Platte River with
West Mississippi Avenue, thence
north and west along the Platte
River to Speer Boulevard, thence
southeast along Speer Boulevard
to West Colfax Avenue, thence
east along West Colfax Avenue
to Broadway, thence south along
Broadway to West Mississippi
Avenue to the Platte River, the
point of beginning."
Persons eligible for charter
membership status shall include:
1. Any non-resident person, 16
years of age or older, associated
with the affairs of the Neighborhood who is deemed by a majority of the Board of Directors
to be qualified for such status.
2. Any resident member who
has been duly elected to the
Board of Directors who removes
his residence from the Neighborhood and whom a majority of
the the Board of Directors desires to remain in such office.