Otero County Electric Co op elects Trustees
The Otero County Electric Cooperative held its annual meeting in Cloudcroft on August 2 to elect a nine member board. New officials chosen August 4 include Bryan Runyan as president and Charles Fuller as vice president, with J C Read treasurer and A J Vickers secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County Electric Cooperative
Cloudcroft
Co-op
Bryan Runyan
Charles Fuller
J. C. Read
A. J. Vickers
Gilbert Langford
Fred Pellman
George Sisneros
W. A. Gage
Milton Mabie
Upper Pinasco
Mescalero
Tinnie
Arbela
Pine Lodge
Hope
Artesia
High Rolls
Mountain Park
la Luz
Building permit totals rise toward two million this year
City hall issued July and August permits pushing the year’s total to $1,659,458 with 41 new residences at Indian Wells Addition adding $232,600. July’s $278,051 includes a $225,186 gymnasium project for the School for the Blind and several residential additions and business upgrades across multiple addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Wells
Ghoulson & Byar
Carder & Eden
School For Blind
Roy E. Bradford
Washington
L. D. Smith
Elizabeth Lane
Roy D. Hutchens
Lovers Lane
E. H. Peavy
Feliciano Diaz
Florida
C. H. Tompkins
Alaska
Olindo R. Luchetti
Herman Sampson
Delaware
Will Given
Maryland
Coma Jackson
Ohio
V. C. Arenas
Renee Gomez
8Th St
Thomas Hern
Callahan St
L. R. Larsen
Henry Sorenson
Penn
Wade Maupin
New York
Alamo Lumber & Supply Co
Paul Stone
Teresa Lane
John Norman
16Th St
J. M. Beauchamp
Michitmey
Carmen Baca retires from Alamo Gordo city service
Carmen Baca Sr. of the La Luz diversion dam and division weir retires after 30+ years with the City of Alamo Gordo on July 31 under the New Mexico Retirement Act for Public Employees. Replaced by I T Wiley, senior railroad retiree. two other city workers Jesus Maese and Pedro Ortega plan October retirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Baca
la Luz
Alamogordo
B. E. Ruiz
Baca
N. M
Rutz
I. T. Wiley
S. P. Railroad
Jesus Maese
Pedro Ortega
Mullins Heads to State Board Meeting in Santa Fe
Mayor Walter S. Mullins will depart Sunday August 10 for Santa Fe to attend a State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors meeting where he serves as vice president. The agenda includes licensure examinations for embalmers. Mrs. Mullins and daughter Heather will accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Mullins
Santa Fe
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Mullins
Heather
Mr. Mullins
Edwards Leave for Portales Portales Theatres
Mr and Mrs B J Edwards left Tuesday for Portales New Mexico where Mr Edwards will take over the management of the Portales theatres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Edwards
Portales, New Mexico
Mr. Edwards
Portales Theatres
Buck Joins Investment Firm as Clement Named Head Coach
Curtis J. Clement, former Alamogordo high school coach and athletic director, is named successor to Rolla Buck as Alamogordo High School head coach. Buck resigns after five years to join Investors Diversified Services in southeastern New Mexico. Buck will direct money management education for the IDS division in El Paso while AHS welcomes Clement, who played football and coached multiple sports. Buck credits strong school support and cites IDS offer as family need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis J. Clement
Alamogordo High School
Rolla Buck
Buck
Investors Diversified Services, Inc
Southeastern New Mexico
Wellington High School
Wellington
Texas
Clement
West Texas State College
Canyon
Highlands University
Las Vegas
Ft. Sumner
United States Navy
Naval Training School
San Diego
Espanola
Hornets
Capitan
AHS
Fort Worth
Clements
Ohio Avenue
Carol Yvonne
Curtis Royce
White Sands
New Mexico
Southwest
Investors Diversified Services
Board of Education
AHL
Alamogordo
United States
el Paso
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Veteran Adviser Here August 7 Visit Alamogordo
Don L. Martinez of the Veterans Administration will visit Alamogordo. He will meet veterans and dependents at the Post Office Building Room 202 on Thursday August 7 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for information or assistance with veterans benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don L. Martinez
Veterans Administration
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Veterans of
Holloman Little Theatre Returns to Air on KALG
The Holloman Little Theatre Group resumes broadcasts on KALG Monday August 18 after months of material shortage. A radio committee led by Bob Bielecki Lynn Doty and Rupert Huntington will handle future shows. Planned presentations include The Monkey's Paw Shake Hands with a Ghost The Undecided Molecule and works by Corwin Poe and Jacobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloman Little Theatre Group
Kalg
Bob Bielecki
Lynn Doty
Rupert Huntington
Molecule
James M. Corwan
Edgar Allen Poe
W. W. Jacobs
County Leaders To Study ARC Here August 13
Fifty civic, industrial, agricultural, economic and educational leaders of Otero county meet here August 13 with County Agricultural Mobilization Committee led by Jack Hobson. Sessions at Alamogordo community center begin 10:00 a.m. to form an agricultural resources conservation program for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Jack Hobson
Alamogordo Community Center
State Agricultural Mobilization Committee
USDA
Antelope Season Open In 3 Areas
Three areas for antelope hunting are defined by the State Game Department Santa Fe. Area 1 lies north of Highway 66 and west of the Rio Grande Area 2 lies west of the San Andres Oscuro and Chupadero Mountains and east of Highway 66 Area 3 lies east of the mountains and south of Highway 60. Applications to choose area are due by September 2 at 10 am with license purchase deadlines September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Highway 60
San Andres, Oscuro and
Chupadero Mountains
San Andres
Oscuro
Santa Fe
Game Department
Game Commission
Buck Antelope Is Road Victim
A buck antelope was the road victim Tuesday night after colliding with Dick Gililland’s pickup on the range highway west of Mockingbird Gap. Gililland, from Hawaii Ave., found the animal dying and cut its throat to dress it on the scene. He notified district game warden Orville Luttrell who approved disposal and the meat for orphans at the House of Providence in Tularosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Gililland
Range Highway
Mockingbird Gap
Gililland
Hawaii Ave
Alamogordo
Orville Luttrell
House of Providence
Tularosa
Guests at Sid West Ranch in the Sacramentos
Mrs. E. D. McKinley Mrs. C. A. McNatt and Mrs. Tot Dean were guests of Mrs. Sid West at the West ranch in the Sacramentos for several days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid West
E. D. McKinley
C. A. McNatt
Tot Dean
West Ranch
Sacramentos
Sawmill Workers Open Talks on Wage Scale in Southwest
Sawmill workers of New Mexico and Arizona began wage negotiations in Albuquerque with the Arizona and New Mexico Pine Association for a 1 24 2 cent hourly increase under a two year contract dating from May 1951. Meetings resume in Flagstaff and Alamogordo with no agreed wage scale yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Arizona
Albuquerque
Arizona and
Flagstaff
Prestridge
Alamogordo
Abe Muir
Santa Barbara
Calif
Earl McDonald
el Paso
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
A. F
Otero County Fair Committee Updates 1952 Plans
At a Saturday meeting, Otero County Fair Committee representatives from Alamogordo Tularosa Mescalero La Luz Mayhill Sacramento Pinon Weed and Orogrande reviewed the fair program for the September 19 1952 fair. They reported leveling of the new grounds north of town flood dike work and building site staking while a metal building has shipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Mescalero
la Luz
Mayhill
Sacramento
Pinon
Weed
Orogrande
Walter Wade
Missile cut power line near White Sands Proving Ground
A missile fired at White Sands Proving Ground severed a power line from Elephant Butte Dam to the Alamo Gordo area. Electricity failed across Holloman AFB and the mountain region for several hours while Alamogordo’s plant restored service promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Holloman Air Force Base
White Sands Proving Ground
Elephant Butte Dam
WSPG
Former Tularosa Resident Dies in Lincoln Arkansas
R L Shaw longtime Tularosa resident before moving to Lincoln Arkansas in 1946 died in Lincoln on Monday July 21 after a long illness Funeral rites were held July 23 He was born December 25 1875 in Carbon Hill Alabama He survived by his wife four sons and two daughters including Buster Shaw Jack Shaw Ted Shaw Lester Shaw Florence Pearce and Hattie Marie Hoff Burial followed at Prairie Grove Cemetery Prairie Grove Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Shaw
Tularosa
Lincoln
Arkansas
Mr. Shaw
Carbon Hill
Alabama
Buster Shaw
Jack Shaw
Ted Shaw
Siloam Springs
Lester Shaw
Konawa
Oklahoma
Florence Pearce
Prescott
Arizona
Hattie Marie Hoff
Norman
Prairie Grove Cemetery
Prairie Grove
Mrs. Ignacia Aguillon Dies in Alamogordo
Mrs. Ignacia Guerra Aguillon of 208 Maryland avenue died July 31. Rosary was held August 1 at Mullins O'Dell chapel. Mass followed August 2 at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Survived by husband Secundino Aguillon. Born December 13, 1901 in Mexico. Funeral arrangements by Mullins O'Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullins- O’dell Chapel
Ignacia Guerra Aguillon
Maryland Avenue
James B. Hay
Immaculate Conception Church
Mullins- O’dell Funeral Home
Mexico
Lieutenant Selleck Visits Grandparents on Leave
Lieutenant Richard Selleck on a 20 day leave visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs Richard Wilford and spends time with his parents Mr and Mrs Ollie Davis of El Paso. The Air Force pilot is on a fishing trip near Durango Colorado and will report back to Mobile Alabama at end of his twenty day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Selleck
Richard Wilford
Ollie Davis
el Paso
Durango
Colorado
Selleck
Mobile
Alapero
Summer Tour to Mon Jean in Ruidoso Area Planned
An August 17 guided tour to Mon Jean in the Ruidoso area is announced by Mrs. Lillian Bagwell Chamber of Commerce manager. The group will depart Alamagordo at 9:00 a.m. reach Ruidoso at 10:30 and Mon Jean at 11:30 then lunch at Bonita Lake before a return via Capitan Ft. Stanton Nogal Carrizozo or Ruidoso and Highway 70. Dave Stephens Forest Service leads. Forest Supervisor C. E. Moore co operates. Mrs. Tom Charles chairs the sponsoring committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mon Jean
Ruidoso
Lillian Bagwell
Chamber of Commerce
Alamogordo
Bonita Lake
Capitan
Ft. Stanton
Nogal
Carrizozo
Highway 70
Dave Stephens
Forest Service
C. E. Moore
Tom Charles
Chief’s Grandson And Companions Injured In Wreck
Robert Geronimo Jr. 19 grandson of Apache chief Geronimo Leroy Bigrope 21 and Richard Johanny Jr 21 of Mescalero were seriously injured when a cattle truck overturned during roundup work on the Indian Reservation. Geronimo and Bigrope were thrown free with Geronimo suffering a compound left leg fracture. Johanny pinned under the truck was taken to Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital in serious condition. Driver Merle Scott brake failure caused the rollover. Other cowboys endured no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Geronimo, Jr
Geronimo
Leroy Bigrope
Richard Johanny, Jr
Mescalero
Bigrope
Hotel Dieu
el Paso
Mullins-O’dell
Mescalero Agency
Johanny
Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital
Polio Patient Admitted at Hotel Dieu El Paso
Hotel Dieu in El Paso reports 18 month old Daniel Trujillo son of Mr and Mrs Antonio Trujillo of Alamogordo was admitted last week as a polio patient. Health officials could not be reached for confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Dieu
el Paso
Daniel Trujillo
Antonio Trujillo
Alamogordo
Blood Mobile to Visit Holloman Aug 11 for Donors
Alamogordo residents may donate血 on Monday afternoon August 11 from 3 to 5 at Holloman Air Force Base via a Fort Bliss mobile unit. Bus departures from the high school at 2:30 3:15 and 4:45 pm. Coordinated by Red Cross and five local groups with Lt. Marland L Whiting citing Korea conflict plasma needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Holloman Air Force Base
Fort Bliss
Texas
Robert E. Lovell
Marland L. Whiting
U. S. Army Blood Donor Center
Raymond Nelson
Red Cross
St. Louis
Bonnie Gillis
Margaret Ewers
Holloman
Air Base
Tenth Street
Gillis
Lovell
American Legion Auxiliary
Lylas Kinkle
Rebekahs and
Oddfellows
Conley Chappell
Lions Club
H. G. O'Dell
Rotary Club
John Rolland
4 H Girls Hear Charm and Skin Care Talk
Four H club girls and friends will hear tips on charm and skin care Tuesday afternoon August 12 at 2 o clock at the home of Mrs. William Hughen on Fifteenth Street. Mrs Myrtle Coyle of Alamo Drug Store will lead the program and Hughen urges any late joiners to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hughen
Fifteenth Street
Myrtle Coyle
Alamo Drug Store
Hughen
Alamogordo
Dan King to Lead Otero County Community Concert Drive
Dan King of Tularosa is named second vice president and general chairman for the membership drive of the Otero County Community Concert association. The team includes Duncan Campbell and others. kickoff dinner set for September 8 on the high school football field. Robert Stafford of Columbia Artists Management will assist. two new programs, Spanish dancers and harpists, join the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan King
Tularosa
Otero County
King
Duncan Campbell
Allister MacTavish
H. G. O'Dell
Lynn Stogsdill
W. W. Wallis
Sanguinet
Lions Club
Community Concerts
Robert Stafford
New York
Columbia Artists Management
Stafford
Services Held For Thurman O. Mock In Tularosa
Funeral rites conducted August 6 at the Tul arosa Methodist church for Thurman O. Mock of Tularosa who died July 31 at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque. The Masonic lodge led graveside services at Tularosa cemetery. Surviving include wife Eva Lettie Arnold, a son Lt. Ray Mock stationed in Germany, and Mock’s membership in the Methodist church and Masonic lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman O. Mock
Tularosa
Veterans’ Hospital
Albuquerque
Tularosa Methodist Church
F. E. Curry
Mack
Eva Lettie Arnold
Mocks
Ray Mock
Freising
Germany
Mock
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Alamogordo School Opens September 2 With 76 Teachers
Superintendent W. Barnie Caton announced the Alamogordo school term begins Tuesday September 2 listing a staff of 76 teachers eight administrative personnel ten maintenance and janitorial workers and four bus drivers for the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
W. Barnie Caton
DAV Officials To Speak At District Meeting In Alamogordo
Disabled American Veterans district meeting tonight features Don Martinez of Las Cruces and Kenneth Ferguson of the New Mexico Service Commission at the Legion Hall. Earl F. Youngren invites veterans from Alamogordo Las Cruces and Ruidoso areas to attend at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Martinez
Veterans Administration
Las Cruces
Kenneth Ferguson
New Mexico Service Commission
Legion
Local Rent Board Retains Powers Across Housing Program
The rent advisory board retains power to recommend changes in the federal rent program and individual rentals. Board members represent public interest, labor, and local communities with appointments by Tighe Woods after governor nomination. Wade Maupin chairs the board, including R L Walton, Walter S Ray, William Harris, and Homer Olive from Holloman AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rent Advisory Board
George Maurer
Area Rent Director
Advisory Board
Area Rent Office
Tighe Woods
Wade L. Maupin
R. L. Walton
Walter S. Ray
Tularosa
William F. Harris
Homer S. Olive
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo Man David Harbour Dies in Texas
David Frank Harbour 57, longtime Alamogordo resident, died August 1 in Coleman Texas after a three week illness from a paralytic stroke. He worked five years as a radio engineer with Holloman AFB Electronics and Atmospheric unit and lived at Coronado Lodge. Survived by wife Ala and three sons Lieutenant Colonel David Harbour Albuquerque Bob Albuquerque and Jerry at Officers Candidate School San Antonio. Services held August 3 in Coleman with local officers Major Lawrent Dyvad and Master Sergeant Denton Pickering attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Frank Harbour
Alamogordo
Coleman
Texas
Harbour
Holloman Air Force Base
Coronado Lodge
Gerald Champion Memorial
New Mexico
Capitan Mountain
Pine Lodge
Ala
David Harbour
Albuquerque
Bob
Jerry
San Antonio
Lawrent Dyvad
Denton Pickering
Joe McNatt Arrives in Japan for Korean Theatre Duties
Joe McNatt serving aboard the USS Brown arrived in Japan on July 28 and will take part in operations in the Korean area, according to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McNatt. He left San Diego in mid June after a 10 day visit with his wife and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McNatt
Brown
Japan
Douglas McNatt
San Diego
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Edwards Leave
Portales
Keller
Little Theatre
Box 461
Buck Antelope
Fair Committee
Lieutenant Selleck
Merle Scott
Blood Mobile
Erica Od
Aan
Central
Sam Tanner
Eva Abbott
Maryland Ave
DAV
Hawaii Avenue
Twelfth and
Thirteenth Streets
Caton
W. Barnie
Robbins
R. H
Westfall
Raymond L
Nelson
George
Jordan
Elvin
Hoffman
Peachey
Sue
Smith
Josephine
Baird
Irene Rhodes
Binder
Charles
Ruth
P. E
Curtis
Cosgrove
Vesta
Damon
Edward
Franks
Grace A
Hall
Huffman
Danna L
Layton
Elizabeth
Lindsey
Alice Sue
Meyer
Miriam
Miller
Clyde
Pigford
Pigford, Mr. Lawrence
Rhoads
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Sell
Frederick
Sippel
Virginia
Stratton
Sam
Tuttle
Lillian
Wceoden
Daniel
Copenhaver
Melendrez
J. J
Kirkland
L. A
Eldridge
Ivor E
Macias
Jesus
Luevano
Pablo
Garcia
Eutimia
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Walker
E. K
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Janes
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Gutierrez
Blevins
Grace
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Burks
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Cadenhead
Lee
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Cantelou
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Carr
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Clark
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Dale
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Ives
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Gomez
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Hamilton
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Bonnie F
Indiana
Keyworth
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Knotts
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Lapesarte
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Lauderdale
Roscoe
Mason
Menger
Anita
Barbara
McDonald
Newton
McMahon
Mary
Norton
Raysor
Roach
Idalena
Scarbrough
Seamans
Dorothea
Sheffer
John
Smithey
Steele
Winnie
Stuart
Allaire
Taylor
Myrtie
Thompson
Gertrude
Wade
Katie B
Reva D
Local Rent Board
David F. Harbour
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