Election of Trustees Held at High School Gym
A school board election was held Tuesday February 4 in the high school gymnasium. Three candidates were Bill Owen Bill Lindsey and Morris Mitchell. Morris Mitchell was elected replacing Homer Pender who did not seek reelection. The board now includes Roger Van Bramer D C Buffington and Morris Mitchell.
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Bill Owen
Bill Lindsey
Morris Mitchell
Homer Pender
Roger van Bramer
D. C. Buffington
Mid-term Honor Roll Listing By A and B Groups
Honor roll lists two groups A and B with students including Glenna Clary Lola Cody Wilbur Crenwelge Irvin Curry James Curtis Max Miller Anna Vee Johnson Jerry Lindsey Joan Phillips Horace Anderson Beverly Burke Harold G. Gillit LaDon Harris Lloyd Joiner Leck Jones Alfred Reid Wanda Stewart Ilenta J. Wilson Betty Kindrick Shirley Ramsey Mary Maxwell Nancy Oliphant.
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A Hewer Keli David Boyd
Glenna Clary
Wilbur Crenwelge
Irvin Curry
Harold Gene Gillit
Max Miller
Anna Vee Johnson
Betty Kendrick
Joan Flym
Or O
Horace Anderson
Beverly Jo Burke
Lola Cody
James Curtis
LaDon Harris
Barry Pender
Larry Poage
Wanda Stewart
Ileta Ilson
Frank L. Barken
Joe Crenwelge
Jerry Lindsey
Shirley Ramsey
Mary Maxwell
Nancy Olephant
Joan Phillips
Honor Bell
Beverly Burke
Harold G. Gillit
Lloyd Joiner
Leck Jones
Alfred Reid
Ilenta J. Wilson
Betty Kindrick
Nancy Oliphant
Senior Class Chooses Play For Final Rehearsals
The senior class selects Song Of My Heart by Austin Goetz for their senior play under sponsor Mrs. E J Marshall who will direct. She notes the script is advanced for a high school group but believes the class can pull it off well with proper performance and setting props. Some students boast they may stage the greatest high school play if lines are learned.
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E. J. Marshall
Marshall
Austin Goetz
The Greatest Day In History Mystery at School
In a February math class eighth graders struggle to answer why February 9 is the greatest day in history. Mrs. Smith reveals it is her birthday, leaving students stunned as they search for the historic significance.
Jal Postoffice opens two clerk positions in 1947 exam
The Jal New Mexico Post Office will fill two civil service positions through standard procedures. Open to war service veterans and the public, starting pay 1.04 dollars per hour for substitutes and 2100 dollars per year for regular employees. Applications due February 24, 1947 with details from Mrs. T J Maupin at Jal Post Office.
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Thirteenth Civil Service Region
Thirteenth
Civil Service Region
New Customhouse
Denver
Colorado
T. J. Maupin
Jal
Choral Club Sees Growth and Clinic Invitation
The choral department led by Mrs Recer reports a near doubling to 55 pupils with growing interest. On April 19 a clinic is planned with about 500 voices, inviting every county school. Earlier, February 18 the Eunice choral club of 75 members sang for Jal students.
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Recer
Ilinic
Eunice Choral Club
Eunice Club
Eastern Star Initiation At Regular Meeting
Mrs Opal Armstrong was initiated by the Eastern Stars at 7 00 p m Tuesday Feb 11. It marked the first initiation led by this year s officers. Mrs Dora Hart and Mrs Ora Chambers formerly Jal now Odessa attended. Refreshments of sandwiches chips and coffee were served.
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Eastern Star
Opal Armstrong
Clarence Armstrong
Eastern Stars
Dora Hart
Ora Chambers
Jal
Odessa
Texas
Grill Cafe Expands With New Club Room
Grill Cafe plans a club room addition from the former Cubanola Beauty Parlor. Antone says the space will likely be ready in sixty to ninety days and will host parties and banquets for about 60 people.
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Criss Antone
Grill Cafe
Pep Rally Boosts Spirit Before Three-Game Tour
A Thursday pep rally at the high school kicked off a three game tour for the lone basketball team with games set against Artesia Haggerman and Dexter. Cheerleaders led yells as students filled the front of the building and entered afterward chanting Your Pep.
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Aritesia
Haggerman
Dexter
Jon
Health Note Warns of Whooping Cough in New Mexico
Health note advises vigilance as whooping cough spreads before symptoms appear. It warns of high contagion, urges immediate medical visit for persistent cough in children, notes severe risk to ages one to five, and promotes early serum protection and isolation from coughing individuals.
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New Mexico
New science equipment arrives for school department
Mr Rejna received on January 30 an order of science room items including preserved specimens for dissection such as hydra planaria and starfish, plus four dozen beakers, 15 boiling flasks, bell jar covers, a telegraph relay and an oil stone. Mr Requa expects soon to have one of the best equipped science departments in the state.
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Rejna
Requa
Senior play casting notice highlights Eurella Sapp and Joan Phillips
Eurella Sapp and Joan Phillips have been chosen to participate in the Senior play. The eighth grade student and other cast members were announced in school notices, marking the start of rehearsals for the upcoming production.
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Eurella Sapp
Ats
Joan Phillips
Ype Partici
Seniors Choose Panther Themed Graduation Announcements
Mr. John Wilson of Star Engraving Co. visited Jal High School on Wednesday February 5 to present graduation announcements. Seniors used elimination to pick a design featuring the school mascot, the panther, and Wilson collected junior ring orders during the visit.
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John Wilson
The
Star Engraving Co
Jal High School
Seniors Present Milk Shake to Principal
The high school seniors gave Mr. K. B. Walker a milk shake on Monday February 10 to thank him for canceling a first period English test. He joked about a possible partnership with Mrs. Marshall if such favors continued.
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K. B. Walker
Rival Ranch Drives Raise 461 For Boy Scouts
Two ranch groups in Jal competed to raise 461 dollars for the Eastern New Mexico Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America on February 14. Jean Hearne led B Square Ranch under Ranch Boss Mrs. Tommie Knight, while Bar Nothing Ranch ran under Bosses Dave Foreman and Butch Boyd. The B Square team collected more, and Mrs. Knight earned the grand prize of a Boy Scout hatchet.
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Jal
Eastern
New Mexico
Trees Set Out for El Paso Natural Gas Camps
El Paso Natural Gas Co. recently purchased 400 trees for Camp No. 2 and Camp No. 3. N. J. Hadley hauled the trees from Brownfield Nursery in Brownfield, Texas. Roger Vanbramer did the landscaping and supervised the tree placement.
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el Paso Natural Gas Co
Camp No
N. J. Hadley
Brownfield
Texas
Roger Vanbramer
Funeral services held for Maida Jeanne Stroup
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 30 p m in Cooper Cemetery for Maida Jeanne Stroup infant daughter of Rev and Mrs Miller Stroup born Monday Feb 10 in Fenner Price Memorial Hospital Hobbs. Rev Albert Tucker pastor of Hobbs Methodist Church officiated.
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Cooper Cemetery
Maida Jeanne
Miller Stroup
Fenner Price Memorial Hospital
Hobbs
Albert Tucker
Methodist Church of
Home Economics I Girls Start Sewing Year
Naomi Robinson notes the first year sewing students tackle machines and pattern work while aiming to put on a style show. Students include Betty Kindricks in an evening dress Merry Lindsey in pedal pushers and jacket Betty Perkins in a suit and others in slack suits blouses dresses and a sun dress.
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Naomi Robinson
Ec. I
Betty Kindricks
Merry Lindsey
Betty Perkins
Vonna June Lindsey
Shirley Ramsey
Louise Wade
Olga Bit‘tis
Joy Justis
Anna Vee Johnson
Eunice Clinches County Tourney After Finals Win
Eunice Cardinals defeated Jal Panthers 44 to 22 in the county championship final after beating Monument Indians and Tatum Coyotes in earlier rounds. Key players included M Closky with 19 and Hicks with 11 for Eunice, Harris with 10 for Jal, and Joiner delivering the decisive field goal for Jal in the semi.
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Jet Panthers
Lea County
Eunice
Monument Indians
Tatum Coyotes
Eunice Cardinals
Panthers
Joiner
Harris
Betty
Jal
Jal Panthers
M«Closky
Hicks
Two-way Radio Speeds Construction for El Paso Gas
The El Paso Natural Gas Company uses a two-way short-wave radio system with 50 watt fixed and 80 watt mobile units to hasten construction of its feeder and 26 inch California pipeline. FCC assigned 39.54 megacycles for 30 mile coverage with fixed Jal station and mobile links to Odessa Pyote Carlsbad Eunice Hobbs and beyond. Supervisors Lon Wainman and Larry Duthie oversee Jal site with T. E. Fay advising on equipment questions.
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Jal
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Caliornia
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
el Paso Natural Gas Empany
California
Westeward
Odessa
Pyote
Carlsbad
Eunice
Hobbs
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Dave Boyd
Donald iGillit
Jimmie Curtis
United States Civil Service Commission
N. M. Post
Mr. Wilson
Stroup Baby
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