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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
8
The pastor expresses wishes for joy in service fellowship and health in 1940. The Methodist Church offers welcome worship and a place to serve and commune with the Savior. G. L. Keever, Pastor invites readers to attend.
The piece recalls a council meeting where Stu art Street was abolished amid talk of new residents and budding local newspaper plans. It shifts to holiday reflection, recalling past Christmas days with family, distance, and the longing to return home, dedicating gratitude to Mr and Mrs G. M. Whitead of Alamosa, Colorado.
Principal K. B. Walker announced mid term exams will be held January 18 and 19 with students earning B grades exempt from exams and not required to attend school on those days. All work must be finished by the seventeenth.
Local notes recount Charlie McCarthy in Charles McCarthy, Detective at the Rex showing on Sunday and Monday. Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen hamper his sleuthing. New York reviewers praised the program as packed with wisecracks. Also mentions New Year visits to Wink and relatives, and church activities with a junior class weiner roast.
A. W. Adams chief quartermaster from the Navy Recruiting Station El Paso will visit Jal during the week of January 22 to interview young men seeking information on enlistment in the U S Navy. The postmaster will be notified of the exact time and date.
Mr and Mrs Wilter Pendleton returned Friday from Artesia where they visited relatives. Mrs Della Beckett plans to accompany them to California on January 18. California visitors include Mrs Nancy Whitehead and Mrs Walter Pendleton with Miss Norman. Bowman of Eunice visited Mire Helen Bowman over New Year’s. Lonnie B. Davis, manager of the Davis Garage, was burned by acid and solder in an accident this week.
Miss Marguerite Henry wed W D Malone at six p.m. Friday at the Baptist parsonage in Seminole. Attendant was Earl Caulkins, Malone’s friend and coworker. They plan to live in Levelland and Mrs Malone has long served as assistant postmaster in the local office.
Monument hosts January 16 with Kermit visits on January 25 26 27 and a February 2 game with Ta tum. House of David plays February 6 at 2 30 pm and February 12 against Kermit. Valley trip includes Dexter February 23 and Artesia February 24 with March 1 tentative. Mr and Mrs J J Vanzandt visit Amarillo. Dinwiddies plan Abilene trip to fetch Mrs Petty returning home after two weeks.
Elton Blackwell spent the holiday period in San Angelo visiting friends and enjoying local scenes. He traveled from nearby areas to the West Texas city for a seasonal break and returned home after the holidays.
Mr and Mrs H. N. Johnson returned from Ardmore Oklahoma where they attended the funeral of his father J. F. Johnson who died Christmas Eve and was buried in Wilson Oklahoma They visited his mother Mrs M J Faires of Ardmore and other relatives They returned home Saturday The Methodist W M S met Monday afternoon and prepared a report for quarterly conference later in the week
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