Mountain fishing outing ends in fatal crash
A family outing near Above Cliff ended when a car tire blew out causing the vehicle to overturn three times. Mr. Wil Smith and others were injured or killed. Stockman, a passenger, suffered severe injuries and was taken to Silver City for care. The report notes stockman as Gale, daughter of Mr. and Gale.
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Wil- Smith
Willan
Billy
Robert Wallace
Ben
Mr. Wallace
Stockman
Silver City
Gale
St Joseph MSt Baptist Church Schedule Listed
Paul Elmore, pastor at MSt Baptist Church, announces Sunday school at 10 a m. morning worship at 11 a m. Union meeting at 7 p m. prayer service at 7 p m Wednesday night.
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Mst Baptist Church
Paul
Elmore
Methodist Church Welcomes Community at Services
Joe Emanuel, pastor, invites all to Methodist Church with worship at 9:45 a.m. and league and evening services at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Wednesday practice emphasized. Warm welcome extended to newcomers.
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Methodist Church
Joe Emanuel
P. m
Bridell Lacy Visits Hurley This Week
Bridell Lacy is touring Hurley this week with plans to meet local residents and discuss community projects. The visit highlights ongoing outreach by the public figure in the region.
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Bridell Lacy
Hurley
Albert Johnson Dead Ex-soldier found on Wells ranch near Rodeo
The body of Albert Johnson of Animas, a former soldier, was found on the Wells ranch north of Rodeo in a decomposed state after several days. Undertaker Jack Heather led military services and the burial was at Mountain View cemetery. Johnson enlisted in 1903 and was discharged in 1908. a coroner's jury gave an open verdict. He was sixty at death.
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Albert Johnson
Animas
Wells Ranch
Rodeo
Jack Heather
Mountainview Cemetery
United States Army
Sheriff's Office
Church of the Nazarene Service Schedule
Church notices list services led by H. Paul Simpson including Sunday worship at 9 45 a m and 11 a m Young People 6 30 p m Evangelistic service 7 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m Everyone welcome
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Church OF the Nazarene
H. Paul Simpson
N. Y
Assembly of God Church Services Announced
A cordial welcome is extended by Rev H P Hines for Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 a m Evening service at 7 30 p m Prayer service Tuesday at 7 30 p m C A service Friday at 7 30 p m
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Assembly OF God Church
H. P. Hines
Malone Family Outing and Visit to Douglas
Mrs. E. J. Malone and Misses Gladys Gene and Mary Frances Malone along with Mrs. Clara Kimbley traveled to Douglas Sunday. Mrs. Marvin Kimbley joined them and is visiting the Kimbley home.
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E. J. Malone
Gladys Gene
Mary Frances Malone
Clara Kimbley
Douglas
Marvin Kimbley
Kimbley
First Hidalgo County Pilot Receives Private License
Dr. H. J. Conder, with instructor, runs aviation schools at Deming and Lordsburg, earned a private pilot license after a year of work. He becomes Hidalgo county’s first licensed pilot, authorized to fly anywhere in the continental U S or abroad where reciprocity exists.
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H. J. Conder
Deming
Lordsburg
Conder
Hidalgo County
United States
Miss Mary Ladas Weds John A. Johnson in Phoenix
Informal rites at 7 tonight unite Miss Mary Ladas daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Ladas of Phoenix with John A Johnson of Lordsburg New Mexico. The bride wears a white marquisette gown with veil pearls and carries white garden flowers. A reception follows and a wedding trip is planned to San Diego Los Angeles and Catalina Island before settling in Lordsburg.
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The
Republic
North Fourth Street
Mies Mary Ladas
Charles Ladas
John A. Johnson
Lordaburg
N. M
Mies Ladas
T. J. Kateenses
Katsenexr
Mr. Johnson
Dks Duren
Gus Glitsos
J. P. — Luck
Ladas
Chris Pallas
San Diego
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Church of Christ Service Schedule and Camp Report
Carver Fifth and Pyramid Street ministers Percy W. F. Krewson announce a full day of worship. Sunday schedule lists 10 a.m. school, 11 a.m. sermon The Rock That Is Higher Than I, 7 p.m. young people, 8 p.m. evening service with camp report and Mountain Top Experiences talk. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8.
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Church OF Christ
Carver Fifth and Pyramid St
Percy WF. Krewson
Southwest Christian Service Camp
James Edgar Allen Takes Over Hatch Theatre Management
James Edgar Allen assumes management of the Mission Theatre in Hatch. His mother Mrs S E Allen is the new owner. The transfer occurred July 15 and the theatre is reportedly running well under his oversight.
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James Edgar Allen
Hatch
Mission Theatre
S. E. Allen
Rancheros de Hidalgo Rope Against Deming Sheriff's Posse
The Rancheros de Hidalgo accepted an invitation from the Deming Sheriff's Posse to rope calves last Sunday afternoon at Deming. Local boys were out of practice and not equal to the Deming team. participants included L. A. Bright, Leonard Been, Leo Corbett, Tom Clayton, Tommy Clayton, and Levion Kerr. Additional Rancheros attended to boost morale with plans to rope each Sunday at 2 p.m. at the A. L. Bright arena and to seek a return engagement in Lordsburg soon.
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Rancheros de
Deming Boys
Lordsburg
Local Defense Council Forms At Court House Meeting
Representatives from nineteen of twenty seven local organizations attended a Tuesday meeting chaired by Mayor K E Short, Postmaster Eugene Montague, and Mrs Mescecar. The council will pursue a 10 point program including cooperation with camps, watch service, first aid, ambulance driving, communication, publicity, air defense and anti sabotage. Reporting date set for August 15.
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Defense Council
Court House
KE. J. Short
Eugene Montague
Mra. Monelle Messecar
Council of National Defense
National Defense Council
Loordsburg
Messecar
Judge Marshall Holds Brief Court Session
Judge A. W. Marshall presided over a civil docket on Thursday with Jose M. Garcia pleading guilty to forgery and receiving one to three years in the state pen. Three grand larceny defendants Larkin A. Jones Mike Cardone Oliver Prewett faced one to ten, one to five, and one to three years respectively with suspended sentences and 90 days in jail. District Attorney Joseph W. Hodges Court Reporter Mary E. Steinberger and Attorney C. C. Royall traveled from Silver City. other civil lawyers L. P. McHaffey Hl. Vearle Payne and Alton Warren attended. August sittings set for the second and fourth Thursdays plus emergency hearings.
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A. W. Marshall
Jose M. Garcia
Larkin A. Jones
Mike Cardone
Oliver Prewett
Joseph W. Hodges
Mary E. Steinberger
Vernon Brock Upgrades Broadway Cafe Ahead of Sunday Opening
Vernon Brock is renovating the Broadway Cafe with a new floor linoleum and fresh paint and decor. He says the place will look completely different when it opens Sunday and patrons will not recognize it upon arrival.
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Vernon Brock
Mrs Nellie Holiday Heads To Hetch For Long Visit
Mrs Nellie Holiday travels to Hetch for an extended stay with her son G Holiday and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Holiday
Hetch
G. Holiday
Lordsburg Tops Gantz Jewelers In Silver City Softball Clash
The Lordsburg all star softball team edged the Gantz Jewelry squad in Silver City as the match swung through a tight seven innings to an 14 to 8 final. Lordsburg rallied with sixs in the eighth after trailing 8 8 entering the seventh, while Grant Bowman limited the late rally and fielders sealed the win. The series now stands one game apiece with a decisive showdown to come in Lordsburg. The Lordsburg lineup included Creighton Bowman Grant Bowman Ramon Alvarez Lalo Baron Martin Extrada Elmer Jones Ebb Bowman Phackie Williams Tex Maddox Billy Fisher and Marshall Faller.
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Lordsburg
Gantz Jewelry
Silver City
Lordsburg Boys
Lordeburg Boys
City Boys
Grant Bowman
Gantz Jewelers
Creighton Bowman
Ramon Alvarez
Lalo Baron
Martin Extrada
Elmer Jones
Ebb Bowman
Phackie Williams
Tex Maddox
Billy Fisher
Marshall Faller
Unknown man found dead east of Lordaburg after mangled body recovered
The severed body was found about 14 miles east of Lordaburg. It bore a split Social Security card with a number but no name. Sheriff Oscar Allen's office notified Washington for identification as fingerprints are not on file. Investigation will continue.
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Oscar Allen
Lordaburg
Washington
Golfers invited to Las Cruces tournament
Lordsburg Golf Club received an invitation to send an eight man team to compete in an August 3 Las Cruces event. The eighteenth hole match includes a $1 entrance fee with lunch. Qualifying rounds of eighteen holes must be completed locally by Saturday night, with sign in at Eagle Drug Company.
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Lordsburg
Sleeping sickness flare in Hidalgo County horses warned
A health advisory urges vaccination of horses with chick embryo vaccine now to prevent encephalomyelitis. Reports of cases spread from Virden to Cloverdale with nationwide data showing over a thousand cases in 19 states. Officials warn the illness persists as season advances and spreads via flies and mosquitoes in the next 60 days.
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Hidalgo County
Harlan Black
Cason
Virden
Red Rock
Lordsburg
Cloverdale
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Florida
California
Midwest
Mississippi River
New Mexico
Wright Beby Wright of Red Rock Dies in New Mexico Heart Attack
Wright Beby Wright, of Red Rock New Mexico, died Thursday at Lordsburg Hospital from a heart attack. Funeral held Friday at Heather Mortuary with Rev Wheeler officiating. burial at Mountainview Cemetery. Survived by six sons and one daughter including Milburn, Stanley, Homer, Sherman, Chester, and Mrs. W R Parsons. Pallbearers named Conner Harper Bradberry Hinton Brown Fisher.
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Beby
Tt. Wright
Red Rock
New Mexico
Lordeburg Hospital
Heather
Mountainview
Rev. Wheeler
Church of Christ In
Deming
Percy FE. Krewsom
Mies Ruth Wood
H. Gass
J. D. Atkinson
Mra
Atkinson
Plano
Keby
Wright
San Diego
California
Lordsburg
Elizabeth Murphy
Milburn
DeMons Ranch
Stanley
Homer
Sherman
Chester
Silver City
W. R. Parsons
Miami
Arizona
Lewis Conner James Harper
Lon Bradberry
Mr. Hinton
A. V. Hroun
B. M. Fisher
Dr Conder 18 to Take Extended Trip in Private Plane
Dr H H Conder, an aviator with proper credentials, leaves August 8 on a two week air journey in a private plane starting for Albuquerque then Littlefield Texas to visit his sister Mrs Weatherman. He plans to fly through Oklahoma Tennessee and possibly Pennsylvania.
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H. H. Conder
Albuquerque
Littlefield
Texas
W. ¥. Weathman
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Arkansas Visitors Bring News From Little Rock and Lordsburg
Mr and Mrs Leo Cohen hosted Mrs Cohen s son Raymon Castle and family from Silver City plus Raymon s grandparents Mr and Mrs John T Castle of Little Rock Arkansas They named Raymon s son Johnny for his great grandfather John Thomas Castle II The Castles complained they could not find good water after leaving Little Rock until reaching Lordsburg and regretted not having a way to carry water.
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Leo Cohen
Cohen
Raymoond Castle
Silver City
Raymon
John T. Castle
Little Rock
Arkansas
Raymons
Johnny
John Thomas Castle II
Eye injury at work sends Lacy to hospital then home
Howard Lacy received a quantity of acid in one eye while working under his car last Tuesday. He remained at DeMoss Hospital until Sunday before being moved to his home. Dr. E C DeMoss believes the eye will eventually be all right. The Lacys moved from their Van Meter home to the Rouse home on West 4th.
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Howard Lacy
DeMoss
E. C. DeMoss
Mrs. Lacy
van Meter
Rouse
West 4Th
Rancheros de Hidalgo to Furnish Entertainment
A joint meeting of Southwestern New Mexico Livestock Show and Pair directors and Rancheros de Hidalgo was held in Hidalgo County Court. President George H Cureton urged a balanced show with no extra deficits for entertainment. Director John D Crowell urged business support and noted Bank of Douglas would donate 26 dollars to a rodeo. The directors assigned entertainment authority to Rancheros de Hidalgo and formed a committee of Walter McGrath Jack Hoggett and Gerald Faller to seek business cooperation.
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Rancheros de Hidalgo
New Mexico
Hidalgo County Court House
George H. Cureton
John DB. Crowell
Douglas
Bank of Douglas
Walter McGrath
Jack Hoggett
Gerald Faller
American Legion Defense Meeting Held in Silver City
The American Legion gathered in Silver City on Saturday to discuss ways and means for an accurate defense of the area. Attendees included Department Commander Don Hoover Department Adjutant Jim Neely and other senior officers along with a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Local Legionnaires named were Roy D Kerr Jack Heather Eugene Montague General White and Claude F Sanders.
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American Legion
Silver City
Department
Don Hoover
Jim Neely
Federal Bureau of Inveativation
Roy D Kerr
Jack Heather
Eugene Montague
General White
Peterson
Claude F. Sandersa
Young Church of Christ Youth Attend Southwest Conference
Eight young people from Lordsburg attended the Southwest Christian Service camp at Sandia Conference grounds near Albuquerque from July 22 to July 30. They were Missen Naomi Wood, Mary Frances Brown, Anna Beth Ewing, Pauline Wright, Dorothy Jane Harper, Amalia Madero, Beatrice Madero, and Fred Ewing, with Mrs. Kelen Dorrance and Pastor Percy E. Krewson. Teachers included D D. F. Tyndall, J. Jordan, W. R. Coatney, Charles Hrets, C. A. Lorta, Mia A. A. Shull, Roy King, Roy Davie, BE. J. Tolin, H. W. Dabney, and Mia. Benjamin Allison. Claude Wood and families of Santa Fe visited. a motorboat ride on Elephant Butte Lake was also enjoyed.
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Church of Christ
Southwest Christian Service
Sandia
Albuquerque
Lordsburg
Missen Naomi Wood
Mary Frances Brown
Anna Beth Ewing
Pauline Wright
Dorothy Jane Harper
Amalia Madero
Beatrice Madero
Fred Ewing
Mis. Kelen Dorrance
Percy E. Krewson
DD. F. Tyndall
Dodge City
Kansas
J. ©. Jordan
Dalhart
Texas
W. R. Coatney
Charles Hrets
Kenean
C. A. Lorta
Clovia
New Mexico
Mia
A. A. Shull
Roy King
Portales
Roy Davie
Hobbs
BE. J. Tolin
H. W. Dabney
Savanah
Georgia
Benjamin Allison
Philippines
Claude Wood
Santa Fe
BE. J. Wood
Mise Olive Harper
Elephant Butte Lake
Legion conference in Silver City maps anti subversion effort
More than two hundred Legionnaires from southern New Mexico met at the Murray Hotel in Silver City. Area Commander Col W C Porterfield presided as Donovan Hoover and H W Neely urged unity in national defense and coordinated anti subversive activities. Attendees hailed from Grant Hidalgo Dona Ana Luna Sierra Catron and Bocerra with Hidalgo reps including Eugene Montague and others.
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New Mewies
Murray Hotel
Silver City
W. C. Porterfield
State Department
Donovan Hoover
H. W. Neely
Grant
Hidalgo
Dona Ana
Luna
Sierra
Catron
Bocerra
Hidalgo County
Eugene Montague
Thobert Swan Pont
Jack Heather
May Kerr
L. White
William Oakes
Claude Sunderg
EB. EB. Peterson
Montague
Robert Swan Ne
Bron Family Visit From Safford to Ronald’s Sister
I A Bron and daughters Marcia and Mary Jane visited Ronald’s sister Mrs J J Arbelbide in town this week. Mrs Arbelbide has been staying with her parents Dr and Mrs J G Egon. Legal Blanks at Liberal Office.
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I. A. Bron
Marcia
Mary Jane
Safford
Ronald
J. J. Arbelbide
J. G. Egon
Card of Thanks for Lee Wright Family Bereavement
Card of thanks from Lee Wright and family and Mrs. W RB Parsons and family and Bill Wright and other Wright relatives for kind deeds and floral offerings during a recent bereavement.
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Lee Wright
W. RB. Parsons
Bill Wright
Stanley Wright
Chester Wright
Holman Wright
Sherman Wright
Picnic chaperoned by Rev Joe Emanuel on Silver City highway
Reverend Joe Emanuel escorted about twenty members of the People's Sunday School class on a picnic along the Silver City highway last Tuesday evening around five o clock. They report a grand time.
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Joe Emanuel
Silver City
People’s
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