Lorenzo and Rosa Nolan Crespin came to the Chandler area in 1937 from Las Vegas, New Mexico. Lorenzo worked as a farm laborer at the farms of Joe Compton, Grant Enloe, Dave Hadley and Clarence Skousen. He retired in the early 1970s. Rosa Crespin worked at the San Marcos hotel as a housekeeper starting in the 1940s. She later managed the Chandler Cleaners until the business closed.

The Crespins lived in Southside for about 20 years, on Washington Street as well as Kesler Lane. The Crespin children, Manuel, Aggie, Peggy, Lawrence, Lalo, Rebecca and Dora, attended the Winn School from 1st to 3rd grade. Lawrence remembers the Winn School as a starter school for Hispanic children; they’d learn to speak English there and for 4th grade, they’d move to the Cleveland School.

Christmas time was special for the family; Lorenzo and Rosa would make paper cones from newspaper and put candy in the cones.

Recipes

Point of Pines Special