"Fred Hinton, lost his eye sight in 1935. One eye was lost from a piece of steel, the other from the flu. He went to Morristown, New Jersey and got a seeing eye dog, "Cora," in 1936. Cora, a German Shepard, lived until 1946, and died in an animal hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fred and Druza moved from Mountainair, New Mexico about 1944 to Hot Springs, New Mexico (later named Truth or Consequences) where he spent the last years of his life. He is buried in Mountainair. Fred came to New Mexico in 1908, in the early days, and was in the dray and livery business, and later in the trucking business. In 1925, during a long drought in New Mexico, Fred and family visited his sister, Lela Hinton Watson and worked in the wheat harvest in Oklahoma and Kansas, then went back to New Mexico. At this time there were lots of paving and road work going on and new signs were placed along the road warning people of the dips and turns. Coming to one that said, "Dip 300 Feet," Druza said to Fred, "Stop this truck and let us out. I don't intend to take these children down anything like that." Fred was one of the best domino players anywhere. He could play with four and remember every domino that had been played. He was hard to beat. Everybody that knew Fred said he was the most honorably and fair man that they had ever known. He had a memory that never failed. If he met you and talked with you he would know you if you met him again four or five years later, as soon as you spoke since he was blind. In the last years of his life he suffered from chronic asthma. He and "Cora" were a familiar sight on the streets of Mountainair."
"Fred Hinton, lost his eye sight in 1935. One eye was lost from a piece of steel, the other from the flu. He went to Morristown, New Jersey and got a seeing eye dog, "Cora," in 1936. Cora, a German Shepard, lived until 1946, and died in an animal hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fred and Druza moved from Mountainair, New Mexico about 1944 to Hot Springs, New Mexico (later named Truth or Consequences) where he spent the last years of his life. He is buried in Mountainair. Fred came to New Mexico in 1908, in the early days, and was in the dray and livery business, and later in the trucking business. In 1925, during a long drought in New Mexico, Fred and family visited his sister, Lela Hinton Watson and worked in the wheat harvest in Oklahoma and Kansas, then went back to New Mexico. At this time there were lots of paving and road work going on and new signs were placed along the road warning people of the dips and turns. Coming to one that said, "Dip 300 Feet," Druza said to Fred, "Stop this truck and let us out. I don't intend to take these children down anything like that." Fred was one of the best domino players anywhere. He could play with four and remember every domino that had been played. He was hard to beat. Everybody that knew Fred said he was the most honorably and fair man that they had ever known. He had a memory that never failed. If he met you and talked with you he would know you if you met him again four or five years later, as soon as you spoke since he was blind. In the last years of his life he suffered from chronic asthma. He and "Cora" were a familiar sight on the streets of Mountainair."
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
