20 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1938
Page
1
The American Legion post offers a series of dances at Jal City Hall starting Friday October 21 after the football game. The grockets will provide music and guests are promised a well conducted, enjoyable evening.
Mrs. Victor M. Spratt of the Phillips Camp at Jal entered her Boston terrier Happy Warrior in the Fort Worth Dog Show. The dog, with AKC number 186698, was handled by John Banks of St. Louis and judged by J. J. Duncan of Atlanta. Happy Warrior won a blue ribbon as best in its class among entries from across the nation.
The Jal P T A held its monthly meeting on Tuesday October 11 at 3 30 pm with few parents present and nearly all teachers in attendance. It urges all parents to attend the second Tuesday meetings to support worthwhile causes and back the president to advance the P T A.
Jal high school football player Billy Brooks was treated at Hobbs Hospital for a compound bruise from a Monday game. The injury was not serious but infection developed and he was later moved to hospital with expected recovery in a few days.
The Jal-Eunice Panthers and Eunice Cardinals played a scoreless tie Friday night with a balanced contest from end to end. Spectators praised standout plays by Cotton Clayton Bill Zahn Pansy Jeter Red Butler and R L Robinson though no team could break through the defenses. Jeters long broken field dash highlighted the best individual effort of the game.
Rex Theatre announces Cowboy From Brooklyn starring Dick Powell Pat OBrien and Priscilla Lane opens Sunday. The comedy follows a Brooklyn crooner who goes West to try for big success in the East with five new songs plus cowboy ballads in a light hearted romp. The piece is not a western and keeps a playful tone throughout. The text also notes U S president salary figures and Hawaii population as side items in the same write up.
The El Paso area column shares amusing local notes about residents. Frank Butler is humorously accused of doing manual labor while floors were clean, and O E Meadows welcomes a new daughter Patricia Dawn. Fatso Goodner loses his wallet. two El Paso camp gents are in exile. Jimmie Satterwhite is seen about town amid busi ness rumors. Nyla Ree Chitwood is linked to pink boats for playful inquiry.
The Rinky Dinks defeated the Eunice Juniors 7 to 6 in a close Saturday morning game. A late extra point credited to the Rinky Dinks pep squad amid a well fought match.
An oral reminiscence notes Mrs. A Q Cooper from Palo Pinto who visited Jal in the 1880s and 1890s. She describes settling by 1895, links to Jal founder W C Cochran, and a buffalo encounter with women at a ranch, plus early dugout homes and the Jal Draw name from the J A L brand.
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