Animas School Set to Open for Fall Term
Animas Public Schools will begin classes Monday August 24 with 94 students registering Friday August 21. HR Overholt announced summer improvements include renovated apartments for staff, updated lunchroom facilities, new audio visual gear, a larger capacity bus for the Animas route, and a new district Ac bus for activities. The 1964-65 faculty is complete with new elementary teacher and a dedicated sixth grade teacher. district calendars note dismissals for county fair and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter holidays.
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Animas
Rodeo
Wil Register
Annas
M Overholt
Gerald T. Lee
Ned L Merrell
P. E
Wai Bookkeeping
Joseph E. Smart
Joel Sissom
Homer M Swart
Mor Feerite Strange
Troy Webb
Wis
Clair Dabney
Velma Gregson
Bruce Legg
Gay Johnson
Ruth Strickland
Evelyn Sinclair
Merris Borgman
Behool
Hidaro County Fair
Maurice Davis Named C P S Vice President
Maurice W. Davis of Silver City, longtime manager of New Mexico properties for Community Public Service, was elected a vice president of the utility at its August 4 Fort Worth board meeting. He will remain New Mexico Division manager with offices in Silver City and continues his service to local groups such as the Rotary Club and the Knife and Fork Club.
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Maurice W. Davis
Silver City
New Mexico
Community Public Service Company
Power Company
Fort Worth
Davis
University of Kentucky
Community
Vanceburg
Kentucky
Pecos
Nocona
Texas
Northeast Texas
Whitewright
George Johnson
Margaret Wyant
Lexington
Allan Barrett
Santa Monica
California
John Edward
Silver High School
Methodist Church
Knife and Fork Club
New Mexico Ciety
Guard Unit Called For Maneuvers Near Ft North Carolina
Battery C of Lordsburg commanded by Capt Jesus Estrada joins with the New Mexico National Guard Automatic Weapons Battalion for maneuvers starting Oct 12 near Ft North Carolina The 2nd Battalion under Lt Col Edward Hooten includes units in Lordsburg Deming Silver City Cruces and Truth or Consequences Estrada said Battery C will convoy to Biggs Oct 11 then be air lifted to South Carolina for the two week exercise with the 82nd Airborne facing the 11th Air Assault at Ft Benning Ga.
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Lordsburg
Jesus Estrada
New Mexico
Deming
Silver City
Cruces
Truth
Estrada
Biggs Air Force
South Carolina
Ellison Funeral Services Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Henry James Ellison will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Heather Chapel with Rev. R. O. Tomlinson officiating. Graveside Masonic services will follow. Ellison died in Silver City on Wednesday August 13. A complete obituary will be published next week.
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Henry James Ellison
Heather Chapel
R. O. Tomlinson
Ellison
Silver City
Temperature Readings by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Temperature readings were recorded by the Southern Pacific Railroad at a local location. The brief notes list measured values and timestamps from the day, noting atmospheric conditions as reported by the railway observers.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
California Youth Killed In Crash
A 15 year old boy from Costa Mesa California named Dennis Usher was killed in a crash on N M Highway 90 about 5 15 am 11 7 miles northeast of Lordsburg He died at Hidalgo General Hospital while four family members including father Mary Frances Usher 35 Robert Earl Usher 16 and siblings Tony 12 Mary Elizabeth 8 were treated for injuries The driver said he dozed off drove off the road and the car rolled 1 5 times The family returning from Tennessee had taken a wrong turn near Deming and ended up in Silver City en route to Lordsburg This was Hidalgo County s first fatal highway accident this year
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California
Lordsburg
N. M. Highway 90
Hidalgo General Hospital
Dennis Usher
Costa Mesa
Calif
Mary Frances Usher
Robert Earl Usher
Tony
Mary Elizabeth
Joe Rutland
Rutland
Tennessee
Deming
Silver City
Hidalgo County
Pank President Morrison Resigns from Lordsburg Bank
The First National Bank of Lordsburg accepted N M Morrison's resignation as bank president on Tuesday. Ralph Burton 32 will become president, taking over August 26. Burton is currently VP at the Alamogordo bank. The Morrisons plan future arrangements not yet announced.
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First National Bank of Lordsburg
N M. Morrison
Robert Martin
Ralph Burton
First National Bank of Alamogordo
Burton
Church of Christ
Morrison
Lordsburg Bank
Pecos
Texas
J. A
Pete” Foster
San Diego
Calif
Morrisons
City Enacts Immediate Dog Control Law Enforcement
City Council on August 6 authorized immediate enforcement of the leash ordinance for dog control. Supt. Ted White said facilities will handle dogs caught running loose, with requirements for vaccination registration quarantine and destruction in some cases. A four dog pound will restrain roaming dogs and penalties apply. The ordinance text appeared in the June 19 Liberal.
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Ted White
The
Liberal
Hidalgo County 4-H Competes At State Conference
Three Hidalgo County boys and eight girls participated in the 4-H State Conference at New Mexico State University. Members received red and blue ribbons for clothing talks and livestock judging while new Home Economics Achievement activities trained county representatives. The group enjoyed plays, picnics, a hootenanny, an Indian dance, a Hawaiian luau, and social events before returning home Friday morning.
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Hidalgo County
New Mexico State University
Sherrill Hatch
Virden
Linda Payne
Jeanette Hitson
Lordsburg
Roy Vaughn
Jimmy Walter
Allan Kerr
Cotton City
Animas
Wendy Richins
Patricia Johns
Sherrill Mortensen
Jean Nelson
Bethleen Jones
L. M. Hatch
Ned Merrill
Sponers
Eva M. Thomas
Ed H. Hitson
Chuckie Craig Receives Serious Injuries in El Paso
Nine year old Chuckie Craig son of Mr and Mrs Will Craig suffered a broken left arm severed intestines a fractured pelvis and cuts when his horse fell on him in El Paso on a visit to his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs WW Jones He is slightly improved and recovering at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso.
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el Paso
Chuckie Craig
Will Craig
Chuckie
Ww. C. Jones
Providence Memorial Hospital
Animas Weather Data Collected for U S Weather Bureau
Animas weather observations recorded by the Post Office for the United States Weather Bureau. Data collection focused on daily measurements and meteorological factors across Animas.
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Animas Weather Data
Animas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Robber of Local Bank Sentenced To Eight Year Term
James Edward France, 24, was sentenced to eight years by U.S. District Judge Howard C. Bratton in Albuquerque after pleading guilty to robbing the bank last January 15. France, an ex convict from Bisbee Arizona, was captured within ten minutes, most of $12 505 recovered, and a toy pistol found discarded from his hotel room.
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James Edward France
U. S. Dist
Howard C. Bratton
Albuquerque
First National Bank of Lordsburg
France
Bratton
Gerald Goodman
Bisbee
Ariz
Hollen
Simon L. Anderson
Wne Foot
Virginia Dunkerson
Second St
Anderson
George Replaces Gonzales In SWCD
Ernest Gonzales the Engineer ing Technician resisting the Animas and Virden Valley Soil and Water Conservation Districts is transferred to Roswell New Mexico. Tom George from Hatch New Mexico replaces him bringing land leveling irrigation design pipelines and concrete ditch lining expertise. George and his wife plan to move to Lords burg before August 31. No children.
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Ernest Gonzales
Animas
Virden Valley
Roswell
New Mexico
Gonzales
Tom George
Hatch
George
Hood
Lordsburg
Bishop Metzger Grants Dispensation in El Paso Diocese
The Most Rev. S. M. Metzger, Bishop of El Paso, grants Catholics in the diocese permission to eat meat on Friday August 14. Saturday August 15 is a holy day of obligation. The Manse will conduct services at 7:15 and 8 a.m. and 6:15 p.m.
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S. M. Metzger
el Paso
Band students urged to return uniforms and order shoes
Band Director Gene Rogers appeals for all band uniforms to be turned in promptly as only about half have been returned. He reminds members to order white shoes by next week at Lehman's and to ensure identical footwear. The marching band has a Monday night rehearsal at 4 39.
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Gene Rogers
Rogers
Lehman's
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Animas School
Maurice Davis
C. P.S
Pank
Metzger
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