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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
2
Entry details show second class matter status dated November 15 1939 at Jal New Mexico post office under the 1879 act. The notice records official mailing classifications for a period prior to wartime distribution.
Rowena Hulse is in Pawhuska Oklahoma with her relatives after traveling there last week for the death of an aunt. She stayed through the Thanksgiving holidays and has not yet returned.
Burl Howell, captain at the highway port of welcome, returned Friday from a vacation spent on an unsuccessful deer hunt in the mountains near Las Vegas. While he was away, G. G. Gonzales of Las Cruces filled in at the port.
Jal school faculty made use of the Thanksgiving weekend for travel. Jimmie Gammill and spouse visited Lubbock. K B Walker and wife visited Fort Sumner to be with family. John Eddy led several Boy Scouts to Houston for weekend sightseeing, with Billy Floyd Humphries Bobby Dyer Clarence Boyd and Bob Art Pender among them.
Members of the Rebekah Lodge met briefly Thursday night then adjourned for the holiday. They planned to elect officers next Thursday and urged all members to attend and take part in the coming year’s leadership.
About 60 guests gathered at the Old Sanders RanchThursday night to celebrate the birthdays of Mrs. Walter Pendleton and Earl Goedecke as part of a Thanksgiving ranch party. The annual event draws parties from Lovington Jal Junice Kermit Pecos and Hobbs for a large turkey and chicken dinner and dancing.
Two Masonic officials from Hobbs and one from Texas spoke at a Jal Tuscan Club dinner held Wednesday at the Methodist Church. A sizable Mason crowd attended the event.
Mrs. Bill Hollis and Mrs. I D Hoke visited in Ker mit Sunday, sharing time with local acquaintances and calling on friends during a weekend call.
Dr C T Kibbe of El ida New Mexico grand master of IOOF spoke at Jal Odd Fellows and Rebekahs banquet held Tuesday night for the first joint gathering. Kibbe, known locally for prior visits as deputy grand master in 1939, attended both events and the crowd was large.
Jimmy Grimmill George Kee ver Jr and Tom ODonnell attended the Texas Tech versus Wake Forest game in Lubbock on Saturday.
The Ladies of the Methodist Women’s Missionary Society finished a migrant study course at their church meeting. Members on the program included Mrs. J. M. Haid Mrs. C. L. Boyd and Mrs. Fowler Hair. Charlotte Baker, ill for several weeks, was hospitalized in Hobbs this week.
The Jal Lodge No 20 of the I O O F holds weekly meetings at the lodge hall every Monday at 7 30 p m. Noble Grand D H Roberts and Secretary Sim R Riley announce the schedule.
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