Lordsburg National Guard Members Deploy to Fort Bliss
Twenty members of the Lordsburg Post of the National Guard left Sunday for Fort Bliss Texas for a two week training period under regular army rules. Enlisted men train 8 am to 5 pm with officers holding nightly sessions. the article notes a photo of the group before departure with several named members.
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Lordsburg National Guard
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Lordsburg
National Guard
Milk Fund Drive Planned by American Legion Auxili ary
Moselle Messecar chairs October milk fund drive for the American Legion Auxiliary. Last year the community contributed about 400 dollars. free milk was served daily in public schools under Principal Taylor for children from disadvantaged families. About 10 dollars remains. milk distribution starts in September after list revision by the County Nurse and Welfare Department. Watch local paper for Oct drive updates.
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Moselle Messecar
American Legion Auxiliary
Traylor
Mrs Carmen Padilla dies in Lordsburg age 54
Carmen Apodaca Padilla 54 died Tuesday in County Hospital born June 16 1894 in Asencion Mexico a 40 year Lordsburg resident Funeral services Thursday at 4 pm Rev Father F Grivo. interment Shakespeare Cemetery survived by husband Melchair Padilla and five sons Chrisostoma Jesus Panfilo Joe and Tony from Lordsburg Morenci El Paso Long Beach
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Carmen Apodaca Padilla
Asencion
Mexico
Lordsburg
F. M. Grive
Shakespeare Cemetery
Heather
Melchair Padilla
Chrisostoma
Jesus
Panfilo
Morenci
Joe
el Paso
Tony
Long Beach
Challenge of the Cross play set for Sunday evening
Presented Sunday the play Challenge of the Cross will be shown Sunday evening at 7 30 in the First Baptist Church located on Sunday August 22 in the church hall.
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First Baptist Church
Dusting Cotton Fields At Animas Valley To Fight Stink Bugs
Department of Agriculture planes dust cotton on the Herbert Strange farm near Animas to exterminate the stink bug. Entomologist Jim O Neal of the New Mexico Extension Service and County Agent E Hitson report the insect, not a worm, flies and is hard to control. Dust, 10 percent DDT, 2 percent HBC and 50 percent sulfur, covers 35 to 40 acres per load, killing over 80 percent on first application. Over 2,000 acres treated. planes fly about 3 feet high to keep dust on plants. one plane damaged on takeoff but landed safely.
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Department of Agriculture
Herbert Strange
Animas
Animas Valley
Jim O’neal
New Mexico Extension Service
E. 4
Hitson
Rio Grande Valley
Bill Veck
Athimas Valley
Richins Brothers Ship First Car Of Produce
The Richins Brothers sent a carload of produce from Animas to Central Produce Co in Nashville Tennessee. About 600 sacks of white Bermuda onions sold FOB Animas at 2.75 per 60 lb sack and netted roughly 2.10 per sack. Thomas B. Barr of Barr Co Phoenix states the first lot shows strong prices and a 6 1 2 acre patch promises a solid return as they ship the rest via Lordsburg for better transport.
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Richins Brothers
Animas
Central Produce Co
Nashville
Tenn
F.O.B. Animas
Thomas B. Barr
Barr Co
Phoenix
Liberal
Bermuda
Lordsburg
Town Council Holds Special Meeting on Lighting and Bonds
Town Council met Tuesday evening with Mine and Smelter Company reps offering lighting options for the Highway 70 underpass at Main and Railroad Streets. Bond firm reps discussed selling water and sewer bonds, with revenue bonds likely if sewer expansion proceeds.
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Highway 70
B. and P. W. Club Opens New Year Activities
The B. and P. W. club met at Westerner Cafe on Thursday August 12. Mrs. Mertice Brooks, president, led the business session. Six new members were elected: Frieda Cohen Flo Blakey Estelle Holt Hazel Robbs Ruth Schmidt and Maureen Leistikow. Ruth Schmidt County Health Nurse outlined a future series of Mother's classes. Moselle Messecar proposed adult Guidance classes with university instructors and college credit.
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Westerner Cafe
Mertice Brooks
Margaret Bradford
Frieda Cohen
Flo Blakey
Estelle Holt
Hazel Robbs
Ruth Schmidt
Maureen Leistikow
Moselle Messecar
Brake and Light Stickers Due September 1st
Patrolman John Bradford announced that brake and light stickers are due by September 1. He said drivers will be checked for valid licenses at that time.
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John Bradford
Temperature water facilities decision postponed
The meeting adjourned with the matter taken under advisement for further discussion and no immediate action.
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Henry Beall
Bennie Everett
George Eddy
Tee Moore
Anding
Yarvey Martin
Jimmie Burras
C. E. “Pee-Wee" Stucke
Smoky
Manuel Martinez
Marcus Cookson
Bernard Rawson
Roy
Carmen Padilla
Valley
Southern Pacific Railroad
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