Bids Increase for Hidalgo County First Cotton Bale Award
The Hidalgo County Chamber of Commerce raises prizes for the first bale of cotton delivered outside the district. Virden District adds 30 dollars, Pew Cotton Company adds 25, Walker Cotton 15, raising totals toward 140 dollars. Western Cotton will gin and bale the first bale free. Delivery at Lordsburg National Bank with supporting papers.
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Sommerce
Duncan
Lat Cruces
New Mexico
de Virden
Hidal County
Pew Cottono Company
Hidalgo County
Walker Cotton
Western Cotton Company
Telephone Directory Delivery Sparks Customer Reactions
AEW Telephone Directory has delivered 888 new directories to the offices. EB Bryant, manager for States Telephone and Company, says the new gray directory replaces the old green book and helps customers locate listings more easily.
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Aew
Aimately
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EB Bryant
The
States Telephone and Company
Greenelephone
Compulsory School Attendance Law Reminder
Superintendent Wesley Freeburg provides parents with an excerpt from New Mexico school laws on compulsory attendance. Children who have passed their sixth birthday must attend school until age specified. Continued on page 6.
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Wesley Freeburg
New Mexico
Freeburg
John Ritter Dies in Auto Accident at 43
John Ritter prominent Southwestern businessman and sportsman died in an Alamogordo New Mexico hospital after an automobile crash on State Road 83 ten miles east of Alamogordo. He lived in Lordsburg as a child, later moved to El Paso and was resident of Mesilla Park at his death. Ritter owned J B Ritter Company of Las Cruces and had other Southwest interests including a redecorated Lodge at Cloudcroft.
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John Ritter
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Mr. Ritter
Lordsburg
el Paso
W. F. Ritter
John
Mr Ritter
Mesilla Park
J. B. Ritter
Lordsburg History Texas celebrates a drought era rise
The verse narrates Lordsburg Texas pride amid dust and thirst, noting Armours departures and the arrival of rainfall in 1954. It likens the Ranch House to a ship and proclaims Lordsburg a port with ships waiting to sail, praising the region’s resilience and better times ahead. Dr. F G Behmlander is cited.
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Texas
Lordsburg
F. G. Behmlander
Armstrong declines plea in Ruby Cardenas murder case
Armstrong told investigators he killed Ruby Cardenas in self defense after a late night quarrel in his Lordsburg area house trailer. He said she attacked him with a butcher knife and he buried her body at Cureton ranch near White Signal before a formal arraignment.
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Foy
Armstrong
Lordsburg
Silver City
Cardenas
Cureton Ranch
White Signal
Justice of the Peace
C. L. Brown
Richards
Oscar Allen
Three Die in Highway Collision East of Lordsburg
A two car wreck on Highways 70 and 60 near Lordsburg at 5:30 a.m. left three dead and six injured. The Plymouth driven by Willie Busby crossed the center line after hitting a bump, colliding with the Ferguson Chevrolet. Dead is Louis Bishop Boston. others injured include Fay Ferguson with severe leg fractures.
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Lordsburg
Dick Richards
H. J. Mathes
Houston
Willie Busby
James E. Ferguson
Stevensville
Texas
Busby
Ferguson
Eara Mae
Billy Jean
Louis Bishop Boston
Crockett
Mr. Ferguson
Fay
Phillip
Bishop
Heavy rains cause extensive damage in Lordsburg New Mexico
Flooding and high winds struck Lordsburg after a week of heavy rains. The Westerner Motel and Ranch House cafe were buried in six inches of mud, Smith Ford’s roof and back portion were demolished, and a power line and pole collapsed. Damage was estimated at 4500 dollars as crews cleared debris and resumed normal operations by midweek.
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New Mexico
Lordsburg
Southern Pacific
Westerner
Ranch House
Smith Ford Company
Smith Ford
Madera
Deckum
Duncan
Silver City
CPS
Local Resident Dies In Auto Wreck West Of Lordsburg
Claudio Mata Bejarano aged 36 of Lordsburg died at Hidalgo County Hospital after noon Sunday from head injuries sustained in an automobile crash eight miles west of Lordsburg on US 70. His 1950 Chevrolet, driven by Bejarano, attempted to pass a 1954 Plymouth driven by Mrs Lulu Henderson of Greenville North Carolina. Bejarano swerved left into mud in a bar pit, the car rolled one and a half times before stopping.
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Claudio Mata Bejarano
Lordsburg
Hidalgo County
Belarano
Lulu Henderson
Greenville
N. C
Bejarano
School Motorist Safety Proclamation in New Mexico 1954
Governor Edwin L Mechem declares August 30 1954 as a week urging motorists to take maximum care near schools and obey school bus stop laws amid high highway fatality concerns. The proclamation is signed at the executive office on August 18 1954 with secretary Beatrice Roack attesting.
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New Mexico
Edwin L. Mechem
State OF
County Fair And Sheriff's Posse Plans Progress
Hidalgo County fair and sheriff posse rodeo return with an Old Timers Celebration. A 9 30 a m Old Timer parade opens Friday September 17 with the theme The Future. An Old Times supper is set for 7 p m that evening at the American Legion Hall. The fair runs two days September 17 and 18 with a three day rodeo each afternoon. Premium lists are printed and ready.
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Hidalgo County
Sheriff's Posse
American Legion Hall
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Lordsburg History
Pytten
C. C. Wack) Armstrong
Ruby Cardenas
Globe
Arizona
Thomas P. Poy
C, C. Jack Armstrong
Santa Fe
Beatrice B. Roack
Cena Pacific Railroad
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