James Higuera and Rose Preciado Higuera (2012) Drawing by Drapala Gallery

Poem dedicated to my Great Uncle and Great Aunt . . .

Great-Grandma Lola’s Orange Grove
Pamela Carvajal Drapala
December 21, 2011

I smell of the ripe oranges
as I walk through my
Grandma’s citrus field
on a December day in Yuma.
I touch the cool flesh
of a newly plucked orange,
the orange refreshes my warm hands.
I tear apart the orange peel
and shove large slices of the fruit
into my parched mouth.
I wipe the juices off my cheeks
as I have done many times before.
My craving for oranges goes
away, until the next time I visit
Grandma Lola’s orange grove.


A big thank you to Alex Magdaleno for posting the image of my Great-Uncle and Aunt at . That's where I found their image.

I have the Yuma yearbooks for 25-25-27. Soon I will look through them and see if there are any pictures of Jimmy or Rose.
Please send me a note and I will have your email.
That picture of Jimmy and Rose was really faded and not too clear,but the larger size will look a little better. I repaired it a little with PhotoShop. If you are really good at PhotoShop I could send you the picture as scanned and you could try to improve on it.
I enjoyed your old photos of Yuma.

Bye for now, Alex


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Hi Pamela,

I'm glad somebody is looking at the pictures. You are the first to send me a message, and I don't think anyone has entered a comment.

Jimmy was a good friend of my uncle Alex and of my dad, Edward. They used to write one another from time to time and dad would visit him when he went back to Yuma.
Here are some other names of people pictured. At least I think they are all pictured. If you know any relatives, and are in contact with them, let them know. Some of the pictures are just fair quality. I can send the pictures in a larger format for those who may be interested.

Mr. &Mrs. Allen, Elvin Ayers, Eddie Avila, Male-Beltran, Ned Bouker,
George Bryson, Bert Clontz, Girl nickamed Chatita, Male-Coffey Adele
Dennis, Elmer Dean, Carma Dent, Male-Dixon, Gertrude & Gloria Downey,
Thyra Fowler Alex Gamboa, Vincent Gascolgne, Jessie Harris, Hilario
Hernandez, James Higuera, Gene Hodges, Pauline Hungerford, Stella Jordan,
Gene Linder,
Male-Loftus, Eddie Lott, Jose & Charles Lorona, Alfredo Magdaleno,
Francisco Magdaleno, Henry Meerson, Mary Miller, Chonita Moreno, Gertrude
Needham, ,Pete Pino,
Rose Preciado, Alvin Sanders , Jack Sayer, Bonnie Smith, Hewlett Smith,
Johnnie Stoffela, Oakley Townsend, Bennie Watson, Ramona & Carmela Varela
and Yuma HS Glee Club 1927

Alex


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From: Alex Magdaleno (view profile)
To: Pamela Drapala
Sent: June 29, 2008 10:23:07 AM
Subject: RE: Hi, from Pamela!
Hi Pamela,

I'm glad somebody is looking at the pictures. You are the first to send me a message, and I don't think anyone has entered a comment.
Jimmy was a good frind of my uncle Alex and of my dad, Edward. They used to write one another from time to time and dad would visit him when he went back to Yuma.
Here are some other names of people pictured. At least I think they are all pictured. If you know any relatives, and are in contact with them, let them know. Some of the pictures are just fair quality. I can send the pictures in a larger format for those who may be interested.

Mr. &Mrs. Allen, Elvin Ayers, Eddie Avila, Male-Beltran, Ned Bouker,
George Bryson, Bert Clontz, Girl nickamed Chatita, Male-Coffey Adele
Dennis, Elmer Dean, Carma Dent, Male-Dixon, Gertrude & Gloria Downey,
Thyra Fowler Alex Gamboa, Vincent Gascolgne, Jessie Harris, Hilario
Hernandez, James Higuera, Gene Hodges, Pauline Hungerford, Stella Jordan,
Gene Linder,
Male-Loftus, Eddie Lott, Jose & Charles Lorona, Alfredo Magdaleno,
Francisco Magdaleno, Henry Meerson, Mary Miller, Chonita Moreno, Gertrude
Needham, ,Pete Pino,
Rose Preciado, Alvin Sanders , Jack Sayer, Bonnie Smith, Hewlett Smith,
Johnnie Stoffela, Oakley Townsend, Bennie Watson, Ramona & Carmela Varela
and Yuma HS Glee Club 1927

Alex

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