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Maloit Park showing the playground area in the back left. The park is east of Minturn on Highway 24 approximately two miles.
The New Jersey Zinc Co. recreation grounds were renamed Maloit Park in November of 1958. The park was dedicated on July 4th, 1959, becoming a public facility. Frank Maloit retired in the spring of 1959 after being affiliated with the Company at Gilman since 1922.
"At Craig, Colo. in 1960. Billy [William Woodruff] Booco, 92, and his three sons, Jack, Gordon and Gern." -- McCoy Memoirs p.184
"The Booco family certainly was a pioneer family of Colorado; they settled on the Western Slope in 1878. ... The family settled on the Eagle River and a small town sprang up around them which residents were soon calling Booco, the name later changed to Minturn. Boocos sold their holdings in 1887 to the Rio Grande Railroad...
Bill Jude Speaking from the podium during the dedication of Maloit Park, in honor of Frank Maloit, July 1959.
Part of the old recreation area was used for the disposal of mill tailings. "Our ball field succumbed to a gravel pit. ...Our fish ponds were covered with tailings, also part of the golf course, most of the dusty roads and best picnic areas. Many of us asked for Company help in starting over again. Our pleas didn't fall on deaf ears....
The first Red Cliff High School reunion was held in 1977. This group is at a picnic in Maloit Park in Minturn on July 17, 1977, each having gone to school in Red Cliff.
From left to right, Lawrence Fear, Joe Fear, Louis Glieforst, Carl Glieforst and Bill Caruthers.
From left, Frank Maloit (head down), Eddie Duffy and George Gillian conversing at the New Jersey Zinc picnic at Maloit Park. Automobiles are parked in the background.
Minturn High School faculty dinner.
At back table beginning far left and moving clockwise: Gail Dein, ? , Gail Mather, Hoffmeister, Irma Collins, Ethel Bayer
Front table: H.G. Bayer, Connant, Marjorie O'Brian
Lynn Kanakis (?) takes batting practice at Maloit Park. Many of the NJZ employees enjoyed playing baseball and formed teams that competed with neighboring towns.
Group at the shelter in Maloit Park. Standing on the left is Rosie Marfitano holding her son. Seated on the left is Madeline Steinmeyer, then Virginia Caddy Bowman, Pearl (Dump) Mize, Pearl Murley (looking left and standing) and Blanch Sundburg standing far right and looking to the left.
Ladies standing with their backs to the camera are unidentified.
Ed Chockie (with baseball hat), Bill Jude (holding cup), Ed Miller (right), and Frank Sherwood with his back to the camera, at Maloit Park.....others are unidentified.
Ronnie Jenkins (hands in pockets) stands behind a chopping Eddie Duffy, while Tony Karwacki holds a log in place. Others are unidentified. The wood pile is at the fireplace in the background.
Maloit Park showing the playground area in the back left. The park is east of Minturn on Highway 24 approximately two miles.
The New Jersey Zinc Co. recreation grounds were renamed Maloit Park in November of 1958. The park was dedicated on July 4th, 1959, becoming a public facility. Frank Maloit retired in the spring of 1959 after being affiliated with the Company at Gilman since 1922.