Fire damages reach quarter million in Ruidoso
A Sunday afternoon fire in Ruidoso destroyed four businesses in a tourist area and damaged homes, threatening Lincoln National Forest. Fire crews from multiple towns and bases fought the blaze, with one third of a business block and several cabins burned before 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruidoso
Lincoln National Forest
Central Bar and Grill
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Holloman Air Force Base
Walker Air Force Base
Mint Bar
Star Liquor Store
W. C. Ethridge
Pat Farrar
Alamogordo Chosen for U S Rent Control Main Office
C L Firestone rents director announces Alamogordo as the main U S Rent Control office in New Mexico replacing Albuquerque. Mary Weaver remains as local aide while Firestone visits. State branch offices close or merge due to federal funding cuts with May 31 Albuquerque closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
U. S. Rent Control
New Mexico
C. L. Firestone
Albuquerque
Mary Weaver
Firestone
William A. Cansler Dies in El Paso Hospital
William A. Cansler of Mescalero dies after five months illness in Providence Hospital El Paso He will be buried in Tularosa cemetery with services at 10 a m in Mescalero Dutch Reform church Rev Wendell Chino officiating Mullins Hamilton funeral home in charge Born Bowie Texas September 27 1889 he leaves a large family including his wife daughter and several sons and daughters residing in New Mexico and Arizona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Cansler
Mescalero
Providence Hospital
el Paso
Tularosa
Wendell Chino
Mullins-Hamilton Funeral Home
Cansler
Otero County
Bowie
Texas
L. J. Summercar
Amarillo
Sam Gililland
William W
Robert
Glen D
Yuma
Arizona
Delmar O
Green Valley
California
Helen
Pansy
Claudia
Ruthena
Petition Checks Grow On Dry Vote In Otero County
Signature verification for a liquor ban referendum in Otero County proceeds with 832 names reviewed over two days. Only 267 matched exact voter records, per County Clerk Lucille Alexander, with work paused until June 10 and 475 names remaining to reach the 1,200 signature minimum for a 25 percent governor vote threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Lucille Alexander
C. C. Chase
Alexander
M. M. Ward
County fireworks plan shows growth for Alamogordo display
Fireworks sets including a specially ordered New Mexico shaped piece for Alamogordo and a nine to eighteen inch shell program are ordered for the White Sands National Monument Fourth of July show. Organizers Llewellyn and Hightower expect solid attendance, print souvenir programs are being mailed, and a fireworks expert will assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
White Sands National Monument
F. P
Tony) Lllewellyn
Chamber of Commerce
Llewellyn
Harold Hightower
Park Service
Eleven Students Leaving For Girls Boys State Saturday
Five girls and six boys from Otero county high schools depart Saturday for Girls' State and Boys' State. Boys go to Socorro June 7 to 14 at NM Tech. girls to UNM Albuquerque. Delegates are chosen for leadership, character, and service, with alternates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
A. P. Genta
American Legion Auxiliary
Local Man's Mother Dies In Santa Rita
Mrs Octaviano Llamas mother of Joe Llamas of 510 Delaware Avenue died Wednesday morning June 3 at 5 o clock in Santa Rita New Mexico hospital. Funeral services pending. Survived by husband and six children Maria Andrea Juana Octaviano Jr Hilario and Joe. Mrs Joe Llamas traveled to Santa Rita for services. Llamas employed in Alamogordo by Land Air Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octaviano Llamas
Joe Llamas
Delaware Avenue
Santa Rita
N. M
Llamas
Octaviano, Jr
Hilario
Joe
Alamogordo
Land-Air, Inc
Stores to Try Evening Hours For Summer
Alamogordo merchants will trial evening hours one day weekly with Thursday closing and Friday nights open until 9. Conley Chappell of the Chamber of Commerce announced the plan, effective June 11, following a business survey. Participating firms include White Auto, Safeway, Food Mart, Wells Jewelers, Home Furniture, The Fair Store, and Hoffmans Radio Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Conley Chappell
The
Chamber of Commerce
White Auto
Homex
Safeway
Food Mart
Peoples Electric
CRT Electric
Wee Moderns
Sorenson's Jewelry
Stevenson’s Hardware
Chappell’s
New Market
Wells Jewelers
Nelson- Garner
Home Furniture
Men's
Hillburn’s
the Fair
Brunell’s
Melody Shop
the Vogue
Alta Smith Fabric Shop
Callaway
Firestone
Hoffman's
Sewer Work Begins At Tularosa
Work on the town sewer system and water extension starts in Tularosa as part of a 290000 project financed partly by a gasolene tax and a 225000 contract with Western Construction of Hobbs Ashley Claussen of El Paso will be resident engineer Fifteen men are employed on the modernization of Otero county s oldest permanent settlement Tularosa was settled in 1862 for water and climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tularosa
Western Construction Company
Hobbs
Ashley Claussen
el Paso
Otero County
Girl Hurt In Fall From Moving Car
The three year old Diane Shepperd, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Shepperd of Fifteenth Street, fell from a moving automobile about 12 miles north of Tularosa while her mother and grandmother rode in the front. She is hospitalized at Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital with injuries to the head arms and hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shepperd
Fifteenth Street
Tularosa
Diane
Gerald Champion Memorial Hospital
Carrizoto
Alamogordo
Binder Ranks Tenth In State Chem Test
Gordon Binder son of Mr and Mrs Charles Binder ranked 10th among 229 students in a state wide chemistry exam at the University of New Mexico. Binder scored 74 with Eric Johnson of Santa Fe first and McMillen and Atkinson tied for second. Local students Faris and Lafferty posted 58 and others scored lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Binder
Charles Binder
University of New Mexico
J. L. Riebsomer
Department of Chemistry
Binder
Eric Johnson
E. G. Johnson
Santa Fe
J. T. McMillen
Silver City
Bill Atkinson
Albuquerque
Keith Richards
Tucumcari
Harrison Schmitt
Walter S. Gray
Gallup
Vincent Chavez
Belen
Joe Everette
Portales
John O. Stevens
James C. Faris
Walter Lafferty
Charlie Roberts
Phillip DeBusschere
Edward McAlpine
Chris Gallegos
Carolyn Hagaman
Services Held For Charley Williams
Funeral services for Charley Williams who died at 66 in Gerald Champion Memorial hospital May 20 were held at Mullins Hamilton funeral chapel at 4 PM Thursday May 21. Interment was in Monte Vista cemetery. Williams is survived by his wife Becola Foster Williams of 513 Florida Avenue. He had lived in Alamogordo for 24 years and was last keeper of the Alamogordo city ball park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Williams
Gerald Champion
Mullins-Hamilton
Monte Vista Cemetery
Williams
Becola Foster Williams
Florida Avenue
Alamogordo
Bank Opens New Otero County Building With Raised Teller Stand
Otero County State Bank unveiled a 103000 building at 1115 New York avenue with a raised teller stand and 498 safe deposit boxes. The June 7 open house from 1 to 4 p.m. showcased panoramic private offices, a vault work room for 10 bookkeepers, and plans to widen Twelfth street and add rear parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County State Bank
R. D. Champion
Keller
New York Avenue
Kern Smith
Carlsbad
Sumner and
Nona Champion
Dorsey Bonnell
Gentry Milne
Kenneth Bonnell
John Hawks
Howerton-Collins
Champion
Laurette Batchelor
Jack Hobson
Ed Price
Ted Bonnell
Ethel Ortega
Cecelia Ortega
General Ledger
Katherine Ortega
IBM
Dorothy Jane Cooper
Betty Ramsey
Marian Crawford
Nannette Bookout
Marie Molinar
Melvina Smith
Neil Bodeman
Jackie Davis
Bryan Wofford
P. S. Kirk
White Mountain
Fort Stanton Mesa
Peter Hurd
Tularosa
Frances Fajack
White Sands Proving Ground
James Goforth
Margaret Johns
Selective Service Vacation Office Hours Announced
The local draft board will have four days for registration and help during a two week vacation period. Mrs. Gladys S. Williams will be away and Mrs. Edna Laramie will cover June 9 12 17 and 19 at the Post Office building. Those needing registration outside those days should contact Uel Lane at the Sacramento Gas office across from the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys S. Williams
Williams
Edna Laramie
Carrizozo
Uel Lane
Sacramento Gas Company
May Weather Summary At Alamogordo Highlights Dusty Dry Month
U S Weather Bureau records at the KALG station show May was hot and dry despite 0.06 inch more rain than last year. Notable days include May 3 with 0.12 inch, May 4 with 0.01 inch, and May 15 with 0.04 inch, totaling 2.35 inches year to date. High reached 99 degrees on May 31. low 33 on May 3 and 4. Dust storms hit Alamogordo on the 2nd and 9th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kalg
Alamogordo
Local Dairy Buys Refrigerated Trucks
The City Dairy added two refrigerated delivery trucks last week to support door to door milk service at Holloman Air Force Base and Alamogordo. Trucks maintain 38 to 40 degrees all day and cost about 4000 dollars each. George McMurry and Paul Blazer flew to St Louis on May 25 and drove the vehicles back arriving Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Dairy
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
George McMurry
Paul Blazer
St. Louis
Guided Tour Through Billy the Kid Country Set Sunday
The Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce plans a guided tour Sunday June 7 from Alameda Park at 9 30 a m to Old Lincoln and Fort Stanton. Ranger Dave Stevens leads the 160 mile trip with no admission charged and access to the Tunstall McSween store. The excursion, organized by the tourist development committee, will include a possible Fort Stanton picnic and visits to historic Lincoln County sites from 1870 80 with Spanish American settlers prominent in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territorial
Lincoln County
Billy the Kid
Alamogordo
Lillian Bagwell
C of C
Tunstall- McSween
Old
Lincoln County Commission
Frank Mahill
Tularosa
Otero County
de- Baca
Otero
Roosevelt
Socorro
Torrance
Lincoln
Sam , Beal
Stevens
Tom Charles
Dick Richards
Olin Hammack
Carroll Sorenson
Clayton Harris
Johnwill Faris
CAP Bivouacs Sunday at 2
Civil Air Patrol members and families will hold a picnic lunch at Ruidoso as CAP bivouacs at Cree Meadows airport Sunday afternoon, June 7 at 2. Unit operations officer Jack Katzenstein led arrangements with committee members W. K. Daunt, Carl Hickey, and Miles Harvey. The navigation course began Monday night, with two subjects covered and observers to qualify. Refreshments followed at the Plaza cafe after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Ruidoso
CAP
Cree Meadows
Jack Katzenstein
W. K. Daunt
Carl Hickey
Miles Harvey
Katzenstein
Plaza Cafe
Summer School Opens Monday At Indiana School
Eighty children from first to fourth grade are enrolled in a six week session that runs 8:00 to 12:00 noon from June 8 through July 17 at Indiana School. Principal R L Westfall announced teachers Grace Mason Dorothea Seamans and Idalena Daugherty will lead the classes. Eligibility required teacher recommendation for students who fell behind due to illness or other causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Westfall
Indiana School
Indiana Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Grace Mason
Dorothea Seamans
Idalena Daugherty
Association Names Fair Committees for 1953 Otero County Fair
The Otero County Fair association will name chairmen and committee members this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce building. Walter Wade is chairman. officers include G. B. Oliver as vice-chairman, Joseph Roessler secretary-treasurer, Lillian Bacwell recording secretary, James Joy building and grounds chair, and G. B. Oliver rodeo. Directors are Buster Shaw, Jimmy Mahill, and James G. Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Fair Association
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Wade
G. B. Oliver
Joseph Roessler
Lillian Bacwell
James Joy
Buster Shaw
Jimmy Mahill
James G. Wayne
Cancer Drive Doubles in Otero County 1953
Otero county doubled its donations in the April cancer drive, totaling 160.12 dollars. Mrs. Mabel Hutchens chaired the drive and was notified of the satisfactory results, aided by a benefit dance organized by the Oddfellows. Nan M. Giese of the New Mexico American Cancer Society commented on the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero County
Mabel Hutchens
Nan M. Giese
New Mexico
American Cancer Society
Hutchens
The
Oddfellows
Building Permits Push Alamogordo Year Total Past Half Million
May permits boost five month construction value to $691,935 with Central school addition and Presbyterian church leading large awards. Major items include Frank Tatsch Central school addition $149,750 and Ed Greenwood cabinet shop $15,000 and store $11,000. April dip preceded the May surge as overall activity centers on dwellings and commercial work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
B. E. Rutz
Frank Tatsch
Central School
Presbyterian Church
Ed Greenwood
Greenwood
Charles E. Stevens
Porto Rico
R. L. Schnoor
Ernest L. Ostic
Texas Avenue
Rk. H. Kilgore
Memory Lane
T. B. Clark
Lovers Lane
Diego Olivarez
Pennsylvania Avenue
Best
R. A. French
Sixteenth Street
E. H. Peavy
New York Avenue
Luz Carlos Granada
Elijah and
Rosie L. Johnson
Trust Smith
J.C. Reed
Cuba Avenue
Tenth Street
F. E. Hammett
Eleventh Street
Ohio Avenue
Lions Sponsor Broom Sale For Kid Fund
Lions club plans a broom sale to raise funds for visual aids and youth programs. Co chairs Mark Shoesmith and Bob Hoffman oversee a Friday 6 p.m. door to door sale of brooms mops and mats sourced from the New Mexico School for the Blind Adult Training Center on Pennsylvania avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Mark Shoesmith
Bob Hoffman
New Mexico School For the Blind
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tenth and
New York
Lionesses
Martyn Musch
Max Lane
John Tillotson
Harold Hightower
Lions Hallowe’en
Optimists Schedule Baseball Teams for Summer
The Optimist Little League announced a summer schedule of games beginning Wednesday. At Tiger Field two meetings were held, players aged for teams were assigned at North School Grounds, and Optimist baseball officials met at Baxley Motor Company. Morris Robertson leads the baseball commission with Jack Scott as vice-president and Tom Lynch Jr. as secretary treasurer. Richard Bunker joined the Optimist club at the Monday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Field
North School
Baseball Commission
Optimist Club
Baxley Motor Company
Morris Robertson
Jack Scott
Alamo Finance opens new loan office in Alamogordo
The Alamo Finance company branch of Valley Loan and Finance of Las Cruces will open at 914 New York avenue Monday June 8 under D. Trent Lindsey. Established in 1936, it serves Alamogordo and surrounding areas with refinances and loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Finance Company
Valley Loan and Finance Company of
Las Cruces
New York Avenue
D. Trent Lindsey
Alamogordo
E. L. Rawlings
Nationals For Farm Labor Request Seventy Seven Workers
Mrs. R. T. Mobley reports 77 foreign workers requested in Otero county to supplement local labor for the cotton crop. M. F. Miera cites a local labor shortage as cotton cultivation begins this month. Growers note rising cotton acreage and locals taking other jobs. To ease the shortage 4,000 foreign workers have been requested statewide to meet a 10,000 farm labor demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otero
R. T. Mobley
New Mexico
Red Cross Fund Short of Goal in Otero County 1953 Drive
The 1953 Otero county Red Cross campaign is slightly $350 short of the $3,600 target with complete contributions now in. Fund chairman Bob Hamilton thanks county organizations and individuals for their help while noting results are similar to other communities. Local and nearby chairmen across Alamogordo Holloman AFB Tularosa Cloudcroft Orogrande Three Rivers Weed Mayhill Mountain Park and Pinon assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Department of the American Legion
L. T. Bose
F. L. Simpkins
Mary Lou Stogden
Alamogordo
Pinon Extension Club
Nina Gutierrez
Tularosa
Lions Club
Mickey McCulloch
American Legion
Bill Harding
Optimist Club
James Faris
Rotary Club
Bobby Earl
Jerry Foster
Bobby West
Weed
New Mexico
Jim Chappell
Jimmy Goss
Beth Daugherty
Dorothy Jack Armijo
Mary Edna Stevens
Otero County
W. A. Gage
Pinon
E. E. Cadwallader
Mountain Park
Allow Suspension Of Stage Line In Sacramento
An opinion to allow suspension of the Sacramento Stage Lines was expressed by James Lamb of the State Corporation Commission at a Monday hearing. Clyde G. Sharer, current franchise holder, may continue to operate until the route is deemed profitable. State law grants transportation franchises for public convenience and necessity and allows suspension if unprofitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
James Lamb
State Corporation Commission
Clyde G. Sharer
Funeral for Raymond Chico Held at Mescalero Church
Funeral services for Raymond Chico age 60 were held Tuesday in the Mescalero Catholic church with Rev Sylvester officiating. Interment followed at Mescalero cemetery. He died May 30 in Mescalero hospital and is survived by wife Harriet daughter Marjorie Yahnahki and two sons Murphy Walter and Rayburn of Mescalero. Mullins Hamilton Funeral Home supervised arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Chico
Mescalero Catholic Church
Sylvester
Mescalero
Chico
Mescalero Hospital
Harriet
Marjorie Yahnahki
Murphy Walter
Rayburn
Mullins-Hamilton
Vacation in Mexico City Couple Headed South
Miss Elena Baldonado and her sister and brother-in-law James and Mrs. Romero departed Saturday by car for a two week motor trip to Mexico City. Elena Baldonado attends St. Joseph's College in Albuquerque and Juanita Romero works as a nurse at Los Alamos New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Elena Baldonado
James Romero
R. T. Baldonado
Elena
St. Joseph’s College
Albuquerque
Romero
Juanita
Los Alamos
N. M
Federal tax collections in New Mexico reach 102 million
Federal tax collections in New Mexico last year totaled 102 million dollars. The Taxpayers Association of New Mexico reports that this equates to about 3.00 per week for every man woman and child in the state. Federal income taxes in 1939 were 424 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Taxpayers Association of New
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pick
Wm. A. Cansler
Bank
Selective Service
Association
Lions
Red Cross Fund
Bury R. Chico
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