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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
6
Jocal?m items show residents from Weed El Paso and Alamogordo visiting relatives and holiday travel. Notable moves include H G Hart back to Alamogordo from Arizona and the Haynes family moving from Tularosa to town.
At a Tuesday night meeting Mrs. E. E. Benson was elected Worthy Matron for the coming year with S. Strickland as Worthy Patron. Other officers named include Mrs. L. O. Piersol as Associate Matron and Mrs. Robert Salton as Conductress. A banquet and special Carrizozo chapter meeting followed with attendees including Mrs. J. R. Dowdle and others. they were hosted for dining in Tularosa by Mesdames Peppard Spence and Kirk.
The Parent-Teachers Association meets Tuesday December 22 at Maryland Avenue School. Mrs. J. W. Palmer is president and Mrs. J. R. Gilbert secretary. A short program by Mrs. Dudley Miss Baldonado and pupils precedes the discussion of parent teachers problems. All interested are urged to attend.
The Alamogordo Rotary club welcomed Henry Fletcher of Alpine Texas, governor of the 42nd district, for a luncheon today. Fletcher urged boys work as Rotary’s major activity and noted the Denver convention keynote on international peace. He said Rotary now spans 33 nations with over 22 000 members, and Charley Wilhelm responded with a brief toast.
R G Herron reports 11 months ending Oct 30 with eight to twelve members, 16 450 dozen high class eggs sold for 9450 and total receipts near 12000 dollars. He urges Commercial Club support for poultry industry and notes eggs fetch 84 cents a dozen in El Paso, with cheaper options via E Stevens, costing about 5 cents to market.
An aged Mescalero Indian was found near a plate with a bullet wound last week. Dickley, an Indian, reported the body and is now jailed in Otero county as a potential killer. Mescalero interpreter Marian Simms arrived to seek a confession but Dickley maintains he only found the man.
Miss Allie Parker an employee at the Waite House used a 410 shotgun when a large man attempted to enter her Miles Williams cottage home. Sheriff Denney arrested a stranger he believed to be the intruder who spent a night in jail and then left town. Also notes Share details Myron Sands left for Oklahoma City and Belle McNatt injured in a Dodge roadster accident near Alamogordo.
Robert Haynes, visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Haynes, left Friday for Leesville Texas where he resides. This marks his first home visit in ten years and the note mentions an eighteen year gap since he last returned.
E. H. Wayland departed for California with his sister Miss Daisy while another sister Mrs. Gouly has already moved there and bought a home. He plans to be away several months as he pursues new fortunes, leaving his Texas base as a farmer at Leesville.
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