Notable 1899 Western Liberal items on Parker Gates and local buzz
Alice A Parker retires from five lines of work as she travels westward from Separ to California. Thomas Gates, longtime Yuma penitentiary superintendent, ends his life after chronic pain from a past injury. Governor Hughes and wife visit, promoting woman suffrage with Mrs Laura Johns. Indians suspected in horse theft from Lord Beresford and subsequent trail to the Double Adobes. Local mining activity includes Composition Mine development and Buckhorn Basin moves. Events include weddings, new business fronts, and frontier notices around Lordsburg and Solomonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Muir
Alice A. Parker
Separ
California
Misa Parker
Tom Clayton
Ths
Thomas Gates
Yuma
Cates
Gates
Penitentiary
Gov. Hughes
Arizona
Clifton
Laura Johns
Grey Ranch
W. B. Twitchell
B. F. Maurer
el Paso
Composition
Twitchell
James Sterling
Messrs Maurer
Lordsburg Loses to Safford 11 to 4 in Sunday Game
Lordsburg fell to a strong Safford team 11 to 4. Safford pitcher Lee struck out 11. Alvarez and Sanchez each had three hits for Lordsburg while Powell made 3 putouts and 7 assists. Miss Betty Reynolds visits El Paso this week with Mrs Claudean Olney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Safford
Lee
Alvarez
Sanchez
Powell
Betty Reynolds
el Paso
Claudean Olney
Muir Lake Reported as Regional Water Body Formed by Floods
Rex Kipp shares a tale of Muir Lake forming on the ranch during recent floods. The new lake was large and deep enough to boat on, fed by the Silver City draw when floods arrive and water is plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Kipp
Muir Lake
Silver City
Library Hours Change Notice
Beginning Monday August 28 library hours are Monday to Friday 1 30 to 5 80 p m Saturday 10 to 12 a m Adjustments reflect new schedule for public access and services
Wartime suspension blocks Albuquerque meat market sales
OPA hearings in New Mexico target ration abuses. Ralph Tafoya of Ralph's Market faces beef sale without points. Gulf Service Center owners Melton and Schulick accused of counterfeit coupons. E C Casey of Bridge Street W**ker allegedly failed to register and post point value charts. Lloyd Cherry at Cherry Service Station suspended for accepting counterfeit coupons. Fe Moore had gasoline coupon rights revoked for cross car use. Jewell Turner and Woody W Whitis charged in District Court on R coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Frank A. Bruno
Denver
OPA
Ralph Tafoya
Ralph's Market
Gulf Service Center
Charles S. Melton
Mack Schulick
E. C. Casey
Bridge Street
Brono
Jewell Turner
Socorro
Woody W. Whitis
California
U. S. District Court
U. S
Jethro “Vaught
Tire inspection station approvals urged to speed up
District OPA Office urges tire inspection stations to hasten applications to War Price and Rationing Boards. All current authorizations expired August 15 and boards will accept inspections only from stations with District Office approved applications. Delays hinder finding authorized dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Stamp validity list includes multiple stamps extended
The notice lists various stamps including Red Stampa A8 through 28 and Ab Bb C5 D4, Blue Stampa Ab through 28 and Ab through FS, G5 H5 Jb KS L5 becoming valid September 1, Sugar Stamps No 81 32 23 indef five pounds sugar, No 40 valid six pounds canning sugar through Feb 28 1945, Gasoline Stamps A-12 through Sept 21, and Shoe Stamps Airplane No 1 2 Book Three remain valid.
Food price trends shown by Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau figures indicate food prices rose 48 percent since September 1929 over 57 months, compared with 78 percent in the last war. Since May 1942 controls, prices up 14 percent, and overall food prices about 3.6 percent lower than April 1943. Officials note people focus on bills, not prices, but most families spend more than a year ago despite lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Methodist Church Welcomes New Teachers to Worship
The church extends a welcome to new teachers to join worship and invites all denominations to attend, promising worship free from doctrinal complexities. Sermon subject is Can You Teach, with Church School at 10 a.m.
Soldiers Visit Lincoln Brothers of Stoneking Family
Soldiers Sgt H D Stoneking and Sgt Trust T Stoneking have visited in the C M Williams home. H D Stoneking served almost two years here, now with the 20th Armored Division at Camp Campbell Kentucky. Trust T Stoneking served nearly three years with the 19th Bombardment Squadron in Australia New Guinea New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands, now back in Lincoln Nebraska for replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Stoneking
Truet T. Stoneking
C. M. Williams
20Th Armed Division
Camp Campbell
Kentucky
Set
T. Stoneking
Australia
New Guinea
New Caledonia
Fiji Islands
Lincoln
Nebraska
Assembly of God Church Services Open to All
The Assembly of God Church invites all to Sunday services led by Rev. Orville W. Gilbert with morning worship at 11 o clock and Sunday School at 9 45. Additional activities include Children's Service, Young People C A, and midweek prayer and services. The building is six blocks south of Hidalgo Garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly OF God Church
Hidalgo Garage
Orville W. Gilbert
Sunday Church Schedule With Services
A local church lists Sunday schedule including Sunday School at 10 am and preaching at 11 am. Training Union at 6 30 pm precedes an evening sermon at 7 30 pm. Midweek service is on Wednesday at 7 30 pm and invitation to attend is extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Training Union
St Joseph Catholic Church Weekly Schedule
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning services at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Rev F M Grive pastor. Sunday Masses 9 a.m. English speakers and 10 a.m. Spanish speakers. Confessions Saturday evening. Cathedral study grades 1 2 Thursday after school 3rd grade Friday 4th grade plus Saturday 4 90 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Church Service Times At Local Congregations
The Church of Christ at Fifth and Pyramid holds Bible School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Evening service at 8 p.m. Prayer meetings Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. The Church of the Nazarene, led by Mrs Julule Rambo, offers Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 6:50 p.m. Everyone welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Nazarene
Julule Rambo
Church OF Christ
Pyramid
Prominent New Mexico Woman Faces Flood Night Drug
Mrs. George T. Meyers wife of the Hi postmaster escaped a flash flood seven miles west of Lordsburg while driving toward California. Her car stalled in rising water and she walked knee deep to summon help as a neighbor and a courteous soldier aided her partner. A wrecker brought Lehman to safety near midnight. Hillsboro residents continued to California Friday. Mayor Nat Gammon and Meyers were former NM Military Institute classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Meyers
Meyers
Lordsbur
David Lehman
California
Lordsburg
Ap Jat
Mrs. Meyers
Mr. Lehman
Lehman
Hillsboro
Nat Gammon
New Mexico Military Institut
Breakfast Honors Opal Downing Bride Elect Of Richard
Mrs 8 Bk Allen hosted a breakfast Sunday in Hidalgo Hotel honoring Opal Downing, bride elect of Richard. Guests included Misses June Hatch and Katherine Frazier, Barbara Wright, Jeanette Williams, Dorothy Gale and others with a centerpiece of mixed flowers and decorative place cards. The event featured a menu of cantaloupe, bacon and eggs and a bridge game with prizes awarded to Miss Opal Downing and Miss Katherine Frazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo Hotel
Bk. Allen
Misa Opel Downing
Richard
Opal and
Mins Jeanette Miiami
Mra
Dorothy Gale
Opal Downing
Katherine Frazier
June Hatch
Jeanette Williams
Haibara
Pauline Wright
Mary Ruth Jones
Ellen Williams
Lucille Hradberry
Dorothy King
Betsy Smith
Desdames Alyne Clayton
Katherine Lowman
Opal Hunt
Dorothy Cale
Clarence Downing
Patrolman John Bradford Attended to Business in Deming
Deming report notes Patrolman John Bradford attended to duties Tuesday. The brief item records routine police activity in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradford
Deming
Vanishing Jobs and the Postwar Labor Outlook
A Chicago outskirts incident shows a delivery car injuring a child as adults debate job loss and the free enterprise system. The piece argues that destroying jobs harms workers and outlines a plan to restore employment, noting many Americans rely on small business. Next week the author promises to outline concrete steps.
Corporal Ferrada Leaves for Camp Geiger After Brief Furlough
Corporal Martin Ferrada departed yesterday for Camp Geiger Washington following a two percent day furlough spent with his wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Ferrada
Camp Geiger
Washington
Letter from Capt James F Redford on Normandy invasion injury
The letter to Mrs. June Redford recounts Capt James F. Redford being wounded during the Normandy invasion and evacuated from the front. He details shelling, a ditch near German lines, pulling a rear guard, running after running out of ammunition, and eventual transport to an evacuation hospital in England aboard an LST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Redford
James F. Redford
Normandy
England
Oren
Reichelt
Col
Grand Chief Pythian Sisters Leader Irene Thomas Dies
Mrs. Irene Thomas Grand Chief of the New Mexico Pythian Sisters died at her Estancia home on August 20 A recent Lordsburg gathering extended an invitation but she could not attend due to illness this proved to be her final absence from duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Thomas
New Mexico
Conder Entertains Benson Guests at Lordaburg Dinner
Dr and Mrs WH Conder hosted a Friday dinner party for Mr and Mrs A W Benson new arrivals to Lordaburg. Attendees included Creighton Bowman Allan Bowman Paul Hudson and John Radford with plans for Benson to manage Conder Jewelry Store and the Conder couple to move to Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WH. H. Conder
A. W. Benson
Lordaburg
Creighton Bowman
Allan Bowman
Paul Hudson
John Radford
Benson
Conder
Albuquerque
Ons
Cpl Orval V Chap pell Killed in Action in India
Word reached Red Rock and Lordsburg that Corporal Orval Victor Chap pell was killed in action in India. The date July 10 is noted and his son Charles Bruce lives with his grandparents Mr and Mrs L B Hatfield in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Orval Victor Chappell
Red Rock
Lordsburg
India
Charles Bruce
L. B. Hatfield
Tucson
Beavers Boy Receives Highest Navy Commendation
Virden couple announce their 20 year old son C. Beavers earned a Navy Commendation Ribbon for meritorious duty delivering ammunition to a Solomon Islands target in 1943. He served 19 months in combat zones and is hailed as a hero by state and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Beavers
Virden
Washington State
Chamber of Commerce
C. BE. Beavers
Peel Fleet
W. Nimite
Pacific
Young Beavers
Tely 1
U. S
Beavers
National Legion Commander Atherton to visit Albuquerque
Warren H. Atherton national commander of the American Legion will arrive by private plane in Albuquerque for about a full day. He just completed a 30 day goodwill tour of 10 Latin American nations with 17 stops and reports on the Pacific war. He met Latin American leaders, spoke via radio in Portuguese and Spanish, and invited Mexico’s president to address the Chicago Legion convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Atherton
The
American Legion
Albuquerque
Atherton
Latin America
Pacific
Commander Atherton
Brach
Natal
Recife
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Uruguay
Santiago
Chili
Lima
Peru
Bo«gota
Colombia
Balboa
Panama
Sanmala
Republic
Mexico City
Avila Camacho
National American Legion
Chicago
Mra. Atherton
Olmedo Alfaro
Albuqierque
Immigrant P. Diaz Reports Health From Philippine Camp
Pál O Diaz, interned at a Philippine military prison, writes home his health is excellent and sends regards to relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pablo A. Diaz
Philippine Islands
Chavez Says Senate Panel Backs Prisoner of War Promotion Bill
In a letter to the Chamber of Commerce secretary, Senator Dennis Chavez reports the Senate Committee on Military Affairs has voted to report favorably Bill No. 1474 to promote certain American prisoners of war in Guam Wake and the Philippine Islands. Chavez is a member of the Ways and Means Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Dennis Chavez
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Guam
Wake
Philippine Islands
Chavez
Ways and Means
Miss Downing to Wed Richard W. Allen in Lordsburg
Miss Downing and Richard W. Allen plan a August 20 wedding at the First Church with Rev. Franklin Poage officiating. The wedding party includes Opal Hunt as matron of honor Joan Simmons maid of honor Ellen Williams bridesmaid Betty Smith flower girl James Allen best man and several ushers. The couple will reside in Hatch New Mexico where Mr Allen will manage the Mission Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Richard W. Allen
Ki. Allen
Sp. m
Franklin RB. Poage
Opal Hunt
Miss Downing
Maid of
Joan Simmons
Ellen Williams
Betty Smith
James Allen
Bobby Downing
Frank Bowman
Bobby Reynolds
Wehors
Thelma Rows
Anna Beth Ewing
Lordsburg
Lordsburg High School
Allen
Lordeburg
Bury
Allens
Hatch
New Mexico
Mission Theatre
Hidalgo Hotel
Scrap Paper Drive Planned for Lordsburg War Effort
The American Legion and Boy Scouts organize a scrap paper drive in Lordsburg to collect two million tons. Start saving now and deliver to City Hall or call 69 for pickup. The drive begins September 1, 1944, with emphasis on wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lordsburg
Boy Scouts
Exiled Prince Turned French Ruler Decorated Old Kentucky Inn Walls
A historic Kentucky tavern once known as Old Stone Inn reveals paintings by the exiled prince who later ruled France from 1830 to 1848. The inn hosted figures like Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay since 1779, with Judge John Rowan and Stephen Foster linked to its famed songs. The building remains standing after 165 years of hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Kentucky Inn
France
Louis
Ught
Kentucky
Old Stone Inn
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
Judge John Rowan
Judge Rowan
Stephen Collinge Foster
Talbott
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J. McFerland
Buckhorn Basin Mining Company
Mercules
Shakespeare
Bucklery Basin
Fort Bowie
Solomonville
A. T
Los Angeles
Ah Lee
H. W. Childs
London
Handcock Lacy
P. B. Smith
Stein's Pass
Arlington Hotel
Col. Casey
Duncan
J. R. Ownby
W. H. Small
Eagle Drug Store
T. R. Brandt
San Simon
P. H. Snyder
Lee’s Peak
Messrs. McCaw
McFarland
Hercules
Buckhorn Basin
Pyramid Company
Jas. Dolan
Gold Hill
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Price Simpson
APAS
Naples
Ficers
U.S
OC Mtaly
Pal DA
Christ Church
George Wood
Saas Cruces
New
B. H. Keyes
Woman's Club
Sgt. Keyes
Young People’s C. A
Aall
the Methodist Church
Franklin R. Poage
Bible School
Yale
Forell
America
Hegelenss
Bey
James FP
Redford
Pythian Sisters
Conders Entertain
Virden Boy
Legionnaires
PALO
Michard Allen
Kearney
Louis Philippe
Duke of Orleans
Talbott Tavern
Bardstown
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