Published in Diario de Colima
Sunday February 3, 2008 Miguel Chavez
MICHEL * In the early
of the 1960's I met at my parents house to Professor Juan Oseguera Velázquez, who for many years, and favor me with his diligent and gentlemanly treatment of friendship, always, as a good teacher, was the obsequious patience and detachment point target my modest concerns be known, since then, the historical events of my people. Therefore, with the same speed as time goes on, in the same momentum grows my gratitude for the skillful teacher who knew how to touch the strings the more sensitive of my feelings allowed me to find my vocation and passion for the disease.
Velazquez's teacher and my father Oseguera Miguel Chavez Vega, as good "countrymen" very young united a warm and sincere friendship. Both boys were orphaned very early age and had to break into the labor market. Don Juan Oseguera Velázquez, son of Urban Oseguera Fortunata Ramos and Velazquez was born in 1919 in Aguililla, Michoacán. My father Miguel Chavez Vega originating Trojes's ranch in the municipality of Chinicuila born in 1921 and their parents responded to the names of Emiliano Chavez Mendoza and Maria del Rosario Banda Vega. Both met at Villa Victoria, Michoacan, and even when life took different paths never lost their friendship.
family circumstances (Cristero revolution) my paternal ancestors had to move to the city of Colima where Allende settled down the street two blocks from the seven corners. Already an orphan, my father lived in Magdalena (today people Juárez) and from there to the town of Madrid, Tecoman. In 1941 he met my mother in Armory Magdalena Michel Araiza whom he married on August 5, 1942 and settled here until his death. Both with great tenacity, not less than deprivation and modest efforts formed a heritage that allowed them to educate a prolific family of six men and six women. To me to number three on the long list of siblings. We currently live ten of the twelve. All professionals.
In talks with the family, my father told us that Professor Oseguera Velazquez was an exceptional human being, very humble origin and based on perseverance, studying at night and weekends at the Federal Institute for Teacher Training reached the long-awaited dream of becoming a rural teacher federal Coalcomán Area. Previously, we said, had to perform a bolero, operator and carpenter. In summary, our parent, teacher Juan Oseguera Velázquez was an example we should follow. So, our parents, the whole family, we learned to respect and admire.
I remember a winter afternoon in 1964, Don Juan Oseguera Velázquez the carnage was owned by my father, who was located by the Avenida Manzanillo on one side of the Dona Ines Álvarez shop and after buying two kilos of "roasts" and the traditional "cooked", without understanding, in that then his noble proceed, he said: "Young illustrious gentleman friend. Say hello to your father. For the questions I do, I have the impression that you like history. I give this book (Board of the State of Colima) on one condition: you read it. On Saturday we discussed it. " Thus, from this date, despite our differences in age, was born a beautiful friendship that marked my life forever. Uncountable
talks on politics and history that we enjoy over many years. I still have books that gave me and many of his speeches, letters and essays by him with the theme of Armory. Some unpublished. As a tribute, in close collaboration will share with my readers, respecting, of course, the original wording and copyright.
On more than one occasion, for their hospitality, we share common publishing projects. For many years, had multiple meetings to which I was summoned to study and analyze a variety of historical evidence. These long working sessions were held in the offices State Congress, the Association of Journalists and Writers Colima, Indeco or the homes of Dona Maria Ahumada Gomez and Father Florentino Vazquez Lara. There, he met among others, Fr. Urzua Roberto Orozco, Mr. Ismael Aguayo Figueroa, Dr. Gabriel de la Mora, Don Roberto and Carlos Pizano Saucedo, Mr. Ricardo Romero Aceves, J. Trinity Preciado and teachers Lepe Macedo Gregorio López, Vicente Venegas Rincón, Genaro Hernandez Corona, Ricardo Guzmán Nava and Carlos Torres Tellez.
In 1977, thanks to their generosity and confidence, I was invited to participate in its editorial project "Graphic History of Colima." Under his direction, integrated a task force to rescue the rich photographic bitter in the book that was published up to 1979. The work is divided by municipalities. Among those who participated in Colima, I remember Don Carlos Ceballos Silva, María Ahumada Gomez and Mrs. Ma Guadalupe Cerda Cortez (Phoenix photo). By Dona Juanita Martinez worked Comala
Alcalá Javier Avalos Priests Cárdenas and Manuel Orozco Curiel had entrusted to the municipality of Cuauhtémoc. The Fr. José Aguilar García, José Delgado and Juanito Farias Torres Ramírez presented the testimony of Coquimatlán. Together with Don Jose Espindola, teachers Perfect Mancilla Rodriguez (Tito teacher) and John Michel Figueroa Compiled Minatitlan evidence.
To coordinate the work of Ixtlahuacán are invited Professor Teofilo Jimenez and subsequently joined the Taj Concepción Sánchez Campos and Francisco Bueno Larios (Pancho Good). Were invaluable photographs provided by Juan José Tecomán Villa (Photo Villa), Professor J. Guadalupe Quiroz Sanchez and Sammy. Most of the photographic material provided Manzanillo Ruiseco Alfredo Avellaneda, Victor Santoyo Araiza and Professor Benito Rincón López. Also worked my dear friend Alfredo Campos and Innocent Palomares.
to me to the City Armory. To rescue the names of all the presidents of the H. Armory Municipal Board, with the consent of the then Mayor of Manzanillo Mr. Jorge Armando Gaitan Gudiño I was allowed access to the council minute books and other documents of the municipal archives, where I worked in the evenings a little more than three months . Then I proceeded to develop a biographical record for each of them, including Mayors to Victor Manuel Carrillo Jaramillo. The hardest part of this task was the collection of his photographs. There were cases in which I waited over a year for their families to provide them to me and authorize its publication.
systematized information and complete photo collection, with support from my old machine Remington, without much empirical knowledge that my enthusiasm, I decided to draw the outline of a prospectus. Concluded, I immediately moved to the city of Colima and gave it to the master Juan Oseguera Velázquez who after reading it I kept looking and then said: "gentleman friend. Receive my congratulations. You're the first to deliver fully completed and clutter the information. I will be very respectful of your work. If you agree, just take photographs, the relationship of local authorities and the works carried out during his tenure. "
then be gambled on my left side and put his hand on my right shoulder, continued: "My Lito, this work is like gold. With minor adjustments, you publish it. " Immediately, I replied: "Yes master, you are quite right, I'll post but until I am Mayor of Armory." Without further ado, two, maybe because my occurrence, we laugh till you drop. Indeed, all yellowed over time, I saved the draft of a document that is still awaiting the opportunity to become owner.
Thus, at the invitation of Professor Juan Oseguera Velázquez and without much merit to his kindness I was given the undeserved honor to be part of Colima prestigious group of scholars who founded the house of Doña María Gómez Ahumada of the "Society for the Study Colima Historical, AC "
Also, I have to master their generous Velázquez Juan Oseguera motivation to apply for my admission to Masonry, in which, without renouncing the religion that my parents taught me and after a long and successful career in the operator geometric point of freedom of thought, with the support of my brothers, I had the honor of having played in the honorable position of Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge "South West" (1994-1996).
Testimony of Gratitude: I've always said and I stand: life cycles and sooner or later be met. With this vision, to achieve personal well being should know not to be and cease to be. Convinced of this way of thinking and acting, I have a good share that after a little over thirty two years of work in my alma mater the University of Colima, which both I and the much I have learned with dated January 16 this year, the Rector MC Miguel Ángel Aguayo López saw fit to approve my request for retirement. After then, in those circumstances I take the space for a written record my sincere gratitude and friendship point for current President, former President, managers at all levels, fellow teachers, students and alumni, for their generous hospitality and wonderful teachings that always got and I'm still watering the entire university community.
From this date devote my time more space for what I like to do and many times I had to put aside to meet my professional obligations. Some say that politics. No. That cycle is also set to close. Within a few months, not to mention weeks, back to my town to reconnect with my roots and operating with the epicenter father's house, my new activities are concentrated in files, archives and libraries with an initial project: examining documentary evidence to enable me to rescue, preserve and disseminate the history of the Armory.
Epilogue: I also take the opportunity to thank the prodigal comments via email I have sent many of my readers, countrymen and friends, who would communicate with the data I have received and am working to address in future collaborations, suggested topics.
* The author is a member of the State Council of the Chronicle, Colima Association of Journalists and Writers and Journalists Association Cities and Towns of the State of Colima.
chavezmichel@colima.com
chavezmichel@gmail.com
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Thank you for your comment. And I visited your blog and I find very interesting both for the data contained as information sharing. My paternal ancestors are Chinicuila. My father Miguel Chavez Vega was born in Hacienda Trojes. My grandfather Emiliano Chavez Mendoza was from my great-grandfather Coalcomán and Bras Chavez Valladares was born in Villa Victoria. My guys talked a lot about a great uncle who told him Uncle "Chen" and answering to the name of J. Nepamuceno Chavez Valladares. Will you mentioned on your page as mayor in 1904?. Hopefully I send your email to share information of this beautiful land. Yours sincerely. Very respectfully. Miguel Chavez Michel.
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