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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
4
The Woman's Society for Christian Service of the Jal Methodist Church met in the church parlor with a week of prayer program. Mrs. Fowler Hair led and Mrs. Fred O’Bannon chaired the program. Talks and poems followed including Scarritt College topics and an offering for a new Clara Tucker Perry Chair.
A church note reflects on election day and civic duty urging unity and prayer for state and national leaders. Pastor G. L. Keever welcomes nonmembers to church services and school, calling for nation serving in daily life.
Gary Cooper headlines The Westerner at The Rex for Sunday and Monday showings. Walter Brennan Doris Davenport Fred Stone Lilian Bond and Forrest Tucker co star as a rugged frontier tale with gunplay romance and a clash between cattlemen and homesteaders set in Vinegarroon during the 1880s.
Mrs A H Adams is remodeling her small dwelling across the street from the Davis Hotel into a three room modern house.
Baptist WMU circles met this week and will gather at the church Monday for a business session. Reports from each circle will be read and next week’s schedule set. The Lockett Circle met with four members forming and quilting a top to send to Portales orphan’s home after Bible study.
The Jal school completed typhoid vaccination for 350 students and teachers after borrowing serum from Winkler County Health Unit in Kermit. Principal K B Walker reported illness at the school, while health nurse and Dr. D H Roberts administered the shots and thanked the lending unit.
Odd Fellows met Monday night and conferred the third degree on E. M. Bankston. Dr. W. T. Kibbee grand master of New Mexico from Elida will meet the lodge on November 18 and hold a joint session November 19 with the Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs, an lodge officer said.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Lassiter went hunting and bought back a deer. Mrs. Pat Shannon of Seagraves was a visitor here Saturday.
The article describes a suspect referred to as Shorty, seen in a barber shop, and notes Republican supporters reacting to an election. It mentions Casey Cabool, a recent citizen and Democrat active in community life, and hints at future political ambitions amid local gossip.
Clarence Brown 37 of Royalty is jailed in Reeves County Pecos after failing to post 5000 bond in an examining trial. His brother Omer 42 was killed Sunday on Main Street Royalty, throat cut. Clarence, a tractor driver, allegedly fought with Omer after a dispute and used a knife. Omer died within minutes and funeral was held in Monahans.
Weldon Baird advanced to second class while Corky Shepherd W C Filler and Joe Abbott earned tenderfoot badges Clifford Boyd rose from tenderfoot to second class K B Walker H F Steen Jimmy Gammill Johnny Scoutmaster and Sam Henry led the court of honor The crowd filled the school auditorium for the ceremony
R. L. Meyers spent the weekend in his residence in Lamesa, staying at his house during the fri to sun period.
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