County Scholastic Track Meet Scheduled Here April 12 13
Lea County directors plan a major scholastic track meet at Hobbs Recreation Park on April 12 and 13 with twelve teams already entering. Entries must reach manager T. C. Gallagher of Tatum by April 7. Athletics remain competitive while forensics are de-emphasized as entertainment.
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Lea Council
Hobbs New Recreation Park
T. C. Gallager
Tatum
W. D. Stafford
Hobbs
Fernl
Notice to sign Corn Hog and Cotton Contracts in 1935
Time to sign contracts before April 1. Committees will be in Lovington on March 23 and in Tatum on March 25 to complete Corn Hog and Cotton contracts. Bring production data from 1928 to 1934 for new signers and last year’s signers should provide records of hogs, cotton yields, and related figures. Rural Rehabilitation is operating in the county with projects planned. cattle testing is progressing.
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Lovington
Tatum
Major operation at sea ends with seven rescued
A fragment reports a major operation at sea last Saturday resulting in seven rescued. The text references Salat eperel and mentions a merchant end, but details are unclear and names or locations are not fully readable.
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Mas
Fama
The Editor Looks On Ad and Oddities From Time Clipped
A miscellany notes Prajadhipok as a thrifty ruler earning 40000 a year from insurers after losing his throne, a blind man misidentifies his clothes, a dump truck mishap lifts a house, and speed records spark awe. It recalls a 1856 Chicago store rule list demanding long hours, care, church dues, and weekly courting time.
Blackie Smalley Dies in Arkansas Jail
Blackie Smalley aged 45 died Saturday at the Mena jail after being brought there from Carlsbad to answer robbery charges. Sheriff W. E. Jones said he became ill soon after arrival on Wednesday. Smalley, wife, and a sister of Adam Richetti survive. He was arrested in Carlsbad by Officer Kerley and sought habeas corpus. Judge McGhee denied the plea. Graveside details tie him to a 1933 Cole Arkansas robbery of $2,000 from Mrs Sallie Graves.
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Blackie
Smalley
Carlsbad
Mena
Arkansas
W. E. Jones
Adam Richetti
Kerley
McGhee
School Honor Roll for Second Semester Six Weeks
High school announces A and B honor rolls for the first six weeks of the second semester. A students include Bobby Huston Tom Murray Byron Fletcher Clarabel Weir Myr Pearce Una Clay Ernestine Alsup Edna Tankersley. B roll lists Johnnie Pearl Mantooth Roy Sanders Roy Evans Marguerite Smith Earl Hedrick Ruby Granath James Gafford Alberta Schoulfield Helen Kelley Mary Louise Suddath Jack Roberts Myrtle Olson Paul Lankford Bertha Hedrick Letha Mae Johnson Virginia Harris Pauline Lamb Thelma Allen.
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Bobby Huston
Tom Murray
Byron Fletcher
Clarabel Weir
Myr Pearce
Una Clay
Ernestine Alsup
Edna Tankersley
Johnnie Pearl Mantooth
Roy, Sanders
Roy Evans
Marguerite Smith
Earl Hedrick
Ruby Granath
James Gafford
Alberta Schoulfield
Helen Kelley
Mary Louise Suddath
Jack Roberts
Myrtle Olson
Paul Lankford
Bertha Hedrick
Letha Mae Johnson
Virginia Harris
Pauline Lamb
Thelma Allen
Jackson-Horne Show Prize Hereford Steer
The prize Hereford steer purchased by the Jackson-Horne 4-H Club will be shown in front of their store on Saturday. A grocery award accompanies the event. The steer will be slaughtered and sold at the Jackson-Horne market next week.
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Jackson-Horne
Jackson- Horne
Mrs J D Still and Son Visit in Havana Arkansas
Mrs J D Still and her son James are guests visiting Havana in Arkansas.
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J. D. Still
James
Havana, Arkansas
Lovington Hobbs Debate on Federal Aid to Education
Lovington and Hobbs high teams clash Tuesday night March 26 at 8:00 p m in the Lovington High School auditorium. Each side presents its case on Federal Aid to Education with debaters drawn the night of the event. Hobbs six team members are Tom Murray Byron Fletcher Bill Hollis Charlotte Coch rane Ruby Granath and Virginia Harris.
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Lovington
Hobbs High
C. L.burke
Hobbs
Tom Murray
Byron Fletcher
Bill Hollis
Charlotee Cochrane
Ruby Granath
Virginia Harris
Townsite well to be acidized Saturday
Test will be made today of the Noble Bros. Townsite well, and the well will probably be acidized tomorrow, operators said last night. The Shell well drilling in Highland Park addition was shut down last night. The 9 1-2 inch casing has been cemented on top of the salt.
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Noble Bros
Shell
Highland Park Addition
Shooting Gallery to Open in Hobbs Next Week
Pon Rooney of Fort Stockton Texas and associates move equipment to Hobbs to establish a modern shooting gallery near Brooks Cafe. The proprietor promises a clean venue and the opening early next week with various moving targets for public use.
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City OF
Hobbs
Pon Rooney
Fort Stockton
Texas
Brooks Cafe
Mot zenbocker couple visit Lubbock on Thursday
Mr and Mrs Smokey Mot zenbocker traveled to Lubbock as business visitors on Thursday and met with local contacts.
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Mrs
Smokey Motzenbocker
Lubbock
Better Roads for Hobbs Rally Urges Unity and County Help
A Hobbs readers’ letter praises Lea County Commissioners led by Mr. Sweatt and Governor Tingle for pledging road improvements. It argues county leaders serve the whole county but stresses Hobbs must receive surfaced roads without political squabbles, underscoring roads as vital to local economic life.
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Sweatt
Tingle
Lea County
Hobbs
Wise shoppers compare local ads in Hobbs for value
The News urges readers to build shopping lists from column ads. It highlights home owned Hobbs stores as the best source of quality, price, and tax support for the community, urging readers to choose locally run merchants over chain outlets.
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C 'Ecoming
Adain
Hobbs
Trustees Seek Block On City Election In Hobbs
Trustees Collie Parks Caylor Sabelman and Ask Injunction To Block City Election March 26. Regular practice of the Hobbs Phillips baseball team will commence Monday afternoon at the old diamond Phillips Camp under G L Stanfield manager. Prospects for the 1935 season are bright with most of last year’s lineup returning, and the 1934 squad had notable victories and a Clovis tournament win. Citizens urged to join workouts as new talent is welcomed. The financial drive is complete and equipment ordered. Mr and Mrs Bob Childress, newcomers from East Texas, opened an office on North Turner Street and are among Hobbs’ early postwar arrivals.
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Hobbs-Phillips
Phillips Camp
G. L. Stanfield
Stanfield
Fern
Bob Childress
Fast Texas
Hobbs
Turner Street
Childress
Lea County Sand & Gravel Company
Return of Coney Island founder draws local buzz
The phrase the bost in town resurfaced as Coney Island Nick returned for a brief visit. He established the Coney Island restaurant in town and is briefly back among familiar streets, reigniting memories of the early days.
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Bost
Coney Isand
Nick
Coney Island
Stafford takes critic teacher post at New Mexico Normal
W D Stafford, superintendent of schools, accepts a critic teacher position at the New Mexico Normal University in Las Vegas for the upcoming term. The move places him in a university role connected with teacher training and education.
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W. D. Stafford
New Mexico Normal University
Las Vegas
Hobbs special election injunction sought over mayor actions
A complaint filed Wednesday at Carlsbad asks Judge James B. McGhee to order Hobbs election judges and clerks, appointed by Mayor Gay, to show cause why an injunction should not bar them from holding the Hobbs special election on the commission form of government. Town Trustees Collie, Parks, Mrs. Caylor, and Sabelman signaled the suit alleging invalid proclamation, improper clerk attestation, and fraud in petition drives.
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Carlsbad
James, B. McGhee
Gay
H.L. Patton
Lovington
J. T. Collie
H. J. Parks
H. J. Parks, Mrs. A. Caylor and W. A. Sabelman
Hobbs
Ayor Gay
Shell Stations Open For Business In Wes-Tex Area
The Wes-Tex Oil Company, Shell Produc tion Corporation jobbers, opened their wholesale station Monday morning with Groble Bros of McCamey operating. A Shell service station handling all Shell products will be opened soon, to be operated by Johnnie Roe, on the highway to the Production plant. The wholesale house sits in the Shell Production yard.
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Wes-Tex Oil Company
Shell Production Corporation
Groble Bros
McCamey
Shell
Johnnie Roe
Palace Bar and Cafe Reopens Under New Management
The Palace Bar reopened this week under J. F. Davis and Martin Hughes with remodeling and redecorating. The Palace Cafe in the same building is also remodeled and now directed by George Bernard, a Dallas experienced operator.
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J. F. Davis
Martin Hughes
Palace Cafe
George Nard
Tuer
Dallas
Mrs McGonNigle Dies Near Lovington in Family Plot Funeral
Mrs McGonnigle aged years died at her home near Lovington Missouri. The funeral took place in Hobbs. She was mother of Gonnigie, a famous radio performer killed in Arizona years ago. Body laid in family plot at the county seat cemetery.
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Grandma McGonnigie
Lovington -Monight
Hobbs
Diesen Lovington
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Canada
William
Torchy) Peden
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Chicago
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Lovington-Hobbs
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Jackson Horne
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Jim Walker
Aldridge Motor Co
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Wayne Belle
Mecca Cafe
Roosevelt Theatre
Hollywood Shop
Dashko’s
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L Emerson
R. H. Piggott
Charles Scott
Midwest Drug
Little Liquor Shop
Jobe-Rollins Chevrolet Co
N. M. Electric Service
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