Santa Rosa News (Newspaper) - August 26, 1965, Santa Rosa, New Mexico NEW MEXICO'S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER ON U.S HIGHWAYS 66 84 54 osa SANTA ROSA NEW MEXICO DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF THIS CITY COUNTY ANQ STATE VOLUME XXXVIII ROSA COUNTY NEW August 26 1965 No 26 Well everyone seems to be overly pleased with the State Fish Hatchery dedication and the becue which followed except the handful of JOHN BURROUGHS supporters When Chamber Pre- sident JOHN J COURY paid tribute to NOR JACK M BELL at the barbecue the BURROUGHS fans thought BIG JOHN kinda got carried away with his admiration and sonal friendship of the Chief of State BIG JOHN said that GOVERNOR CAMPBELL had the biggest Santa Rosa following of any ernor in the last twenty years Since the Peanut King was present at the Chamber barbecue we wouldn't say whether that was the place to say it or not but BIG JOHN was right in what he said and the past votes of G u a d a 1 u p e County prove it In fact the first time Peanuts er GOVERNOR ROUGHS ran he was elected despite lupe s vote Our county went for GOVERNOR EDWIN in 1958 by a count of 1290 However he did bounce back in 1960 to clobber Mechem 1562 but still lost the Governor's office Back to what BIG JOHN said about his GOVERNOR C A M BELL he has really sorta been Guadalupe County and Santa Rosa's favorite He has carried Guadalupe County both times he has run In 1962 he ca r r the county 1448 HOG over MECHEM And last year wow he rolled up 1623 votes he re over M E HI E TUCKER'S 1020 dalupe gave him vote margin So BIG JOHN was right GO VE RNOR CAMPBELL does have a bigger following in Santa Rosa than any ernor in the last 20 years maybe even longer 603 vote margin ain't exactly peanuts JIM the chief of the federal fish hatchery told me this week that he had had such a wonderful time at the state fish hatchery dedication they thought they would cl e d i e a t e theirs next week I to hi him that since the ernor had dedicated state hatchery I assume Continued Page i inary Hearing For Men Wife Kids Car barge With Possession Of To Be Heard Wednesday Still District Judge Matias A Z amor a has an- after he held a docket call on all ing cases in the county Monday the ary hearing of the March 16 narcotic arrest in Santa Rosa to be held next Wednesday The hearing will be held for eight Santa Rosans and one Fort Sumner man who were arrested in a massive narcotics raid in the early morning hours of March 16 by State County and City law en- forcement officers The men to appear for the hearing are fred Flores Fritz cero Eugene Chacon Gilbert Pacheco donio Garcia Dickie Madrid Florencio Monr cayo Daniel Garcia all of Santa Rosa and Louis Maestas of Fort ner The pre-dawn series of raids climaxed ten months of undercover work in Santa Rosa by the Narcotics Division of the New Mexico State Just prior to the ta Rosa raids Sheriff Roberto E Ser rario called Fort Sumner dering Louis Maestas to be picked up De Ba- ca C o u n t y Officer Charles Hawkins took him into custody within a few minutes of the County riff's call Sheriff Serrano also called the Quay County officers to place the year-old Chacon under arrest Chacon is a ta Hosan who was ing with the highway department in San Jon Shortly before 2 a m March 16 Sheriff rano split up the eers who had gathered for the raid Three from the Slate Police sion were present and t h v Town officers assisted II e divided them into four groups By -1 a m the four g r o u p s of arresting o f f i e e rs had hended their men Santa had been under investigation for the violations namely m a r i j u a n a last May and eral cover agents the New Mexico State have done work 1 e r e prepa t h e cases for the recent ar- Thei r rst agent be- j a n buying ma relies soon after m a k i g contact with s m e u pushers and was having a great dea I of in pu chases until the pushers began In suspect him hen he eame under suspicion he was pulled out Soon another mer was sent to Santa Rosa He had a job made his contacts and soon was buying Then he also came un- der suspicion He was threatened His car was broken into and his clothes resulted in Sheriff Serrano ing the first three Celedonio cia Madrid and Daniel Garcia into custody on the charges of petty ceny Marijuana was discovered in the car when the sheriff ar- rested them on the petty larceny charge Once two of the under- cover agents h a d to blow with those they bought the m a r i j u an a cigarettes from They switched the marijuana cigarettes they had been sold for fake ones and ed the evidence while their companions happily puffed away All of these buys were recorded witnessed and sworn to Originally the raids had been planned for a week earlier then they took place but one got away or learned about the plans The plans were postponed until March 16 when the narcotics agents had the conditions just as they wanted them Officers of the New Mexico State Police Narcotics Division who were here to participate in the original raid were Continued Page 6 District Cases Pending District Judge Matias Zamora in his address to the Santa Ro- sa Rotary Club day that the reason for so many pending cases in the district was lack of court funds He stated that when he took office on July 6 was issued to him for this purpose Zamora ther stated that there are at the present time 3000 cases pending in the Fourth Judicial Dis- composed of dalupe San Miguel and Mora Counties Judge Zamora spoke also on the aspect of justice and juvenile blem s in Guadalupe County Slaton Rites Held Monday Funeral services for John Coke Slaton 61 were held Monday at the First Methodist Church Reverend Robert W Brooks officiating He died at Guadalupe General Hospital day Slaton a local cher lived near Santa Rosa for over 40 years He was known to many people in Fort Sumner as well as Santa Rosa He is survived by his wife Mrs Maxine Slaton one aunt and two cousins Active Pallbearers were Alfred Irwin Joe Putt White Charlie Fall on Red Davis Philip Craig and Tom Cowden Honorary escorts were Ira Smith Dale Bartz Joe Garcia Alfredo Flores Bob White Wilburn Young Ralph Lund Arthur wards Fred Salazar Bob Kennedy Holly s o n Buck Thompson Dr Fikany Hitson and Sam White Interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Santa Rosa Husband Has Filed Car Theft Charges MRS FRISNER Hatchery Name Not Changed At the regular ing of the State Game and Fish Department which was held in ta Rosa last Thursday a petition was presented by the local Chamber of Commerce asking that the the new State Fish Hatchery be changed from Rock Lake State Fish chery to Brashears Lake State Fish chery as a tribute to the work Bud Brashears did to make this new state facility possible here in Santa Rosa Gery Austin mation agent for the State Game and Fish Department advised that the petition would be taken under advisement A warrant for taking a vehicle without the consent of its owner has been filed in Santa Rosa against a rida man who allegedly stole an automobile by a woman and her two children while the owner of the car was using a service tion restroom Sunday James Frisner band of the woman in the car said his car and family had been taken by Joe Ritter Frisner said Ritter had accompanied his family from Toledo Ohio He said they were ing to California but that he planned to drop Ritter off in Santa Rosa Frisner said he had met Ritter in Florida while working there When Frisner left rida to go to bring back his family Ritter asked if he could ride with him to Toledo Ritter accompanied Frisner to Ohio where the ners sold their home and decided to travel to to find work after wife re- New School Dedication To Be Held Sunday School Term Begins In New Building Monday The dedication monies for the new high school will be held day at p m in the gymnasium of the new building Superintendent Joe T Gonzalez ced Ceremonies will be- gin with an invocation by F a t h e r Raymond Arugon followed by the pledge of allegiance to be led by members o f the Honor Society May- or Sotero J Sanchez Jr will give a come address Superintendent zalez will be introduced by Mayor Sanchez who will introduce the bers of the Board of Education Members of the board Alfredo Chavez acting man Dr John J vin secretary Laute Lucero and A r s e n i o Sanchez Jim Green assistant executive secretary of the New Mexico tion Association and District Judge Matias Zamora are on the list of speakers for the occasion Lucero will present a history of the school lowed by the taion of the new school by Chavez Robert Esparza di- rector of Secondary will deliver the dedication address Superintendent G o n zales stated that al other dignitaries have been invited had not been received from them yet Members of the high school student council and National Honor iety will serve as ers and guides Construction of the school house began on July 20 1964 by John Cornell and Company Clovis con- tractors The preparation to proceed with the con- struction of the school came after a long tle on the school bond election of bond issue In July of 1962 the board certified that the controversial school bond issue had been proved by a margin of 48 votes was never an issue raised as to the need of the new school but ition arose over the ad- failure to properly present the sue before calling the election After the issue went through District Court it was appealed to me New Mexico Supreme Court which upheld the decision of the District Court in favoring the school bond issue The new school ing will now house the classrooms of the ior high school ing of the tenth and twelfth grades science laboratories an art department hot lunch room a large gymnasium and ties plus executive of- fices for Superintendent Gonzalez and Principal Pete Bustamante and their clerical staffs Bustamante has re- ported 255 students had registered for high school thus far To Be Held In Cente it HAS 8 BEEN SAID Let thy carriage be friendly but not ly free an unwary ness causeth contempt but a little ness respect and some courtesy ness Joe T Gonzalez of the ta Rosa Consolidated Schools reported that work is being done on the Catholic Center in Puerto de Luna to make it ready for use as a school The Center was of- to the school tem with the under- standing that the school get the building in shape and maintain it during the time it is in use and no rent would be charged The other possibility for use was the old C o n t i n u e cl Page 6 fused to move to rida For approximately three months Ritter stayed in Ohio and sited the He asked the family if he could company them part way to California because he wanted to return to Florida where he was wanted for jumping bond for shining Upon reaching Santa Rosa the family ana Ritter pulled along of Service tion Two employees the station said they noticed the car They said Ritter and a man had gone into restrooms while er man stayed checking the Haul trailer they were pulling When the couple returned to the Frisner went to t h e restroom the yees said The yees said while ner was in the room the other started the by making direct con- tact on the starter der the hood The employees Pete Lucero and Sam said when Frisner out of the restroom he was surprised not tr find his car and family They said Frisner haci asked what had The employees told him the car been started and driven east The police war called at the request of Frisner City man Al Nelson to arrive and was companied by at 100 miles per on the highway ing east They to Tucumcari were unable to find missing car a 56 and black Pontiac had a lead of about minutes Sheriff State Policy and City Police un checked all and country roads ing out of town been unable to the automobile or occupants who jailed Tuesday for in- by Roberto E stated the car could have traveled far it only had about gallons of gas He snid the children ages and 21 months old didn't have any food in the car City police have sent a Continued Page
