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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1939
Page
2
A letter notes Russia and Finland restrict newsprint exports to the United States driving up costs. The Flare will keep a 50 cent yearly rate for two more weeks through December 9, then likely rise to about $1. A future downtown project and a Retail Merchants Association discussion in Jal are anticipated.
The first mile of the El Paso Natural Gas Company camp road was paved before cold weather paused operations on a State project. Asphalt surfacing cannot be laid in cold weather due to cracking when temperatures rise, and work will resume when sunny conditions return.
H. K. Watson of Jal and Miss Helen Brinks of Clarksville Arkansas were issued a marriage license in the office of County Clerk Floyd M. Ellis in Kermit this week. Also noted is a brief remark about a minor operation performed at a Kermit hospital Saturday.
Jal high school fans anticipate a pivotal matchup as Jal Panthers host Hot Springs Bulldogs Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the season’s final schedule game. Coaches J J Unith and Tom O'Donnell report the squad ready. school dismissals and early closures accompany the event drawing fans from Hobbs Eunice Kermit and Wink.
Jal teachers schedule trips for the Thanksgiving break starting Wednesday. Miss Rowena Hulse heads to Brownfield, Mrs Lula Doran to Hobbs, and Mrs Dwight Vinson visits Ardmore to see her husband. Zanelle Post travels to College Station for the Texas A and M game and to visit Charles. Jimmie Gammill and spouse head to Roswell for a schoolmen meeting on the Duarto Centennial. Others travel home to Eunice El Paso and Lovington.
The City Council enacted a code of twenty two ordinances covering stray dogs Sunday liquor sales traffic vagrancy and fines. It set posting in three public places and outlines include official powers vagrancy misdemeanors pool hall taxes dog tax curfew and Sunday alcohol ban.
Jal's campaign team led by Mrs Anna Bish reports $113 collected toward the local Red Cross fund. The group notes surplus goes to a local charity fund with over 60 cents of each membership remaining locally while the rest supports the national Red Cross.
Jor schools will close Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holidays with five days off for the Thanksgiving proclaimed by Governor Miles. Regular classroom work will be resumed Monday.
Miss Elsie Cook announces Speers 5c and 5 store will open Friday morning next door to Pettie Beauty Shop. A complete line of variety merchandise and Christmas gifts will be stocked. Mr and Mrs Frank Butler and Frances spent the weekend in Fort Worth. note appears on another page.
The Christmas season begins as strings of lights brighten Main Street. The P T A sponsors a home decoration contest with prizes of 10 dollars and 5 dollars in merchandise from New Mexico Electric Service Company. E C Brown leads the contest with rules to be announced next week. Hobbs visitor W E Weir advised on program details. Downtown lights were installed by local merchants.
Lea County singers meet Saturday night and Sunday for the Lea County Singing Convention at the school. An all day Sunday program includes a box lunch and sessions open to singers from the county Texas and nearby New Mexico counties.
Construction on a Phillips 66 service station on the highway beside Strateway Bar began this week. Ralph Baird is contractor for W. H. Justis. The station will be leased to Phillips and operated as a company station. Completion is expected within a month. Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company of Kermit was the low bidder for materials.
Former Jal residents Mr and Mrs Jim Gordon plan a return from Portales as friends learned this week. The move marks a relocation back to their longtime home in Jal.
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