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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
2
The author recalls how small towns revive trades days with milk calves mules and swapping stories. He recounts a memory of his father trading hens for a bay mule and a plow, the lively crowds a bee swarm and a wagons tied under a live oak near the courthouse square, and runaway hitches interrupting the fun.
A light local column recalls a July 8 rope event with riders Marc Humphreys George Smith and Fowler Hair missing, Jewel Owens upset over a crippled horse and a joking feud about identity and wife nicknames. The editor’s detective faith is teased as readers joke about mistaken identities and reporters doing their own sleuthing.
Cortez Klepper a longtime resident of Jal who moved to Silver Peak Nevada a year ago returned this week for a two week visit. He was accompanied by Fred Grice of Silver Peak.
A church bulletin notes lower attendance on a vacation period but reports good turnout at both worship services. It urges members to attend every service and influence others, citing John 14 15 and stressing duty, courage, and living rightly. It lists weekly activities and reports several congregants traveling to Ruidosa for the weekend.
The Cub Scouts hosted a lively event after losing to the Girl Scouts last week. Monday night at the Community the Scouts enjoyed games readings and singing plus refreshments. Mrs Hal Smith left for Sayre Oklahoma to visit her mother.
Governor Miles will broadcast a statewide radio appeal from Santa Fe on Thursday night July 27 to promote highway safety focusing on drunken driving. The program will feature Indian chants and music, Anglo and Spanish acts, comedy and novels with no advertising talk, and will run one hour from 8 p m.
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