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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
2
Odessa school yearbook Corrall will be produced this year by the Photography Club a new student organization. Club members use school property high speed cameras and study exposure development and printing in a laboratory course. Mrs Adams returned to Jal from San Francisco this week.
Hobbs Rebekah Lodge No 3 members Mrs John Kennedy and Mrs Sim Riley attended an initiation for Mrs D H Roberts. Mrs Oakley Dinwiddie did not attend but is involved in plans to establish a Rebekah lodge locally. Rev C Y Butler visited Cub Scouts, noting the trip's charm. Pete Arpin and wife visited Wink. Abilene High School student underpass use study finds only 36 percent use it, 64 percent cross highways and tracks.
Rev W H Norris announced the Baptist Church interior work will restart after months of standstill. All materials are ordered and the church will move into the new building by Easter after borrowing funds to finish the interior.
Van Ray Brown who attends Portales college spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs W R Brown in town. A contract bridge club will meet Monday at the home of Mrs Clarence Roach.
Commander J M Haid of the American Legion Post announces a Monday night meeting at the Monterrey Hotel to reorganize and awaken lagging members who owe dues and have not attended regularly. Adjutant Fowler Hair notes dues must be kept paid.
Jal Speakers Club will meet Thursday night with Johnnie Connell as toastmaster. George Davis and J. V. Cowan are scheduled as speakers at the Recreational Hall of the Methodist Church. New members welcome. McAllen High School opens a new 100000 dollar building for 450 students with a candy concession and soft drink machine profits supporting school activities.
Women and preachers from the WMS attend a district missionary conference in Hobbs. Rev C. Y. Butler led the devotional and George W Shearer of the Clovis district presided. An all day event included a noon luncheon with attendees named including Rev C. Y. Butler and several local pastors and parishioners.
Bobby La Rous, a San Jacinto High senior, keeps 30 snakes in small cages at his Houston home. The snakes include rattlesnakes, copperheads, king snakes, hognosed rat snakes, and a hoop snake. He says they are interesting and make good pets. he has suffered ten bites, all from non poisonous varieties.
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