W. E. Oxsheer Honored at Retirement Party in Lordsburg
A July 31 party at the F. H. Daniels home marked W. E. Oxsheer’s retirement after 50 years with the railroad. Over 250 friends attended as Oxsheer received gifts including a recliner chair and a vase. Festivities featured food, songs, and multiple local officials and dignitaries, with Oxsheer’s career spanning Houston East & West Texas, Southern Pacific, and years in Bisbee and Lordsburg.
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F. H. Daniels
W. E
Chester Hightower
Florence Stengle
Alvin Parker
Gucrease
Homer Brooks
Mildred Townsend
W. C. Johnson
Hightower
Katherine Burch
Lordsburg Shows Off Two Fine Airports
Lordsburg, the hub of aviation, touts two well kept airports in daily use. The Municipal Airport south of town has 834 acres with 384 in use and a $750,000 Congress appropriation for paving. The newer north of town, run by M N Kuykendall, spans 137 acres with all weather runways and night landing lights, hosting over 42 flight students.
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Lordsburg
Liberal
Charles A. Lindburg
Royal Air Force
Alan Koff
Congress
M. N. Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Temperature Readings by Southern Pacific Railroad
The following temperature readings were recorded for the U S Weather Bureau. Date Friday August 1 shows a high of 95 degrees with unspecified low.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
U. S Weather Bureau
James Sumner musician and writer dies in Lordsburg
James Stafford Sumner, born January 9 1881 in Canada, died August 4 at the Hidalgo hotel after a months long illness. A 1937 arrival in Lordsburg, he worked as pianist and later clerk at Hotel Hidalgo and published songs including Moon Over the Mongolians and the 12th Street Rag lyrics. Funeral August 6 at Heather Mortuary with a male quartet.
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James Stafford Sumner
Hidalgo Hotel
Canada
Mr. Sumner
Lordsburg
Blas Noce
Hotel Hidalgo
12Th Street
Masonnic Lodge
Knights of Pythias and the Elks
Heather Mortuary
Mountain View Cemetery
Sam Gass
C. B. Austin
Government to Get More Grazing Fees
The Federal Government will take a larger share of Taylor Grazing Act fees after a bill signed by President Truman. States will receive 12 percent, down from 50, with the rest to the Federal Treasury. A new separate range improvement fee will be added, both fees deemed reasonable.
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Truman
Federal
Treasury
Godfrey
The
Liberal
B P W Club to Hold Regular Meeting
A regular B P W Club meeting is scheduled for Thursday August 14 at the home of Mrs Ella Brown. All members are urged to attend.
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Ella Brown
Local figures named in community notice list
Chase, L. B. Robinson, Fausto Noce, E. M. Fisher Jr, Jimmy Houser and George Jeffus are identified in a community notice listing several individuals associated with the event or organization. Further context not provided in the fragment.
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W. E. Oxsheer
Bisbee
Ariz
Arizona
C. E. Houston
Tuscon
Oxsheer
Ownby
C. C. Fuller
Thelma Ross
Harry Rosenstein
Barbara Parker
C. Banks Austin
W. R. Adair
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Manes Pacific Company
N. A. Gammon
Ross Thomas
W. C. Downey
George Trimble
Rio Grande Division
C. B. Holt
L. E. Lyon
Harry Natioms
Read
W. J. Jenne
Carl Hogland
Kuykendall Airport
Karl Fife
Hubert Wellman
Ivan Kennett
Jay Larje
O. J. Richins
Albert Butler
Gail Sasseen
Mrs. W. E. Oxsheer
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