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Newspaper
Jal Flare
Location
Jal, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
4
Coach Smith argues the track program enhances football by developing stamina speed and a competitive spirit in players. He asserts track gives benefits football cannot fully achieve though the gridiron remains essential.
Ten year old Robert Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs John Lee Cooper, fell from the top of a barn on the S. R. Cooper ranch during a relatives visit. He was examined and found to be bruised but all right, and very frightened. Also notes about football lineup and Marguerite Henry's trip.
Anderson cites Rotary as a defender of tolerance and democracy amid rising fascism. He notes Spain and Czechoslovakia as tests for democratic ideals. Delegates from Mona, Van Horn, Portales, Lovington, Artesia, Roswell, El Paso, Pecos, Carlsbad, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Jal attend as Jal Club gains charter with the district governor. Choral Club performances and Methodist Church ladies’ banquet wrap the event.
Mr and Mrs R L Petty returned last week from a trip to Corpus Christi and Arkansas points. They said they enjoyed the trip but were glad to be home. After returning they spent two days with Mrs Cooper's parents S R Cooper on a ranch near Jal.
Claud P. Anderson recounts meetings with President Benes who spoke kindly of Hitler as misguided. Rotary banquet draws clubs from New Mexico and West Texas. State politics loom with possible hot races as Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one.
Jal High School student council members from each class elect senior Aleta Large junior Jimmy Skipper sophomore David Jones freshman Teddy Rossler seventh grader James Jones and eighth grader Lula Ruth Warren. Friday the council will elect its president. Rev T W McClendon of Jal Church of God will leave next Sunday for a Tennessee missionary meeting and state work assignment.
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