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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
4
A vivid character study profiles a tall, lively senior known for discipline, cheerfulness, and athletic prowess in basketball and football. He captains a boy scout troop, loves country life, hunting, and riding, and is famed for his sharp humor, practical jokes, and strong schoolwork though cautioned about heart matters.
The coming tournament will crown school champions with both girls and boys divisions at a new gym. Senior high leaders include Tom Bleauvelt and A. L Conner. junior high managers are Paul Wilkerson and George Jones. Eighty players across six boys and six girls teams compete. The class with the most wins in both genders earns a banner, last won by the juniors of 1930, with no clear favorite this year.
Central School reports sixth grade perfect attendance names including Carol Conner and Raymond Castle with multiple students on honor roll. Fourth grade perfect attendance lists Ruth Bradberry James Gurerton and Mildred Howe among others. A note mentions a Christmas program in each homeroom and several stray sentences reference absences, grade promotions, and visitors from Alamogordo and Los Angeles.
The regular Boy Scout meeting was held last Monday with Dave in charge. A new plan of was introduced to the menu. The regular business meeting followed. Plans for a Christmas banquet were discussed by the 12 scouts present.
A muddled OCR fragment lists staff positions including Editor in Chief Associate Editor sport reporter general reporter and names a series of staffers such as Tom Bleauvelt Louise Bali Florence Johnson and Nard Paye Schiefelbeln, suggesting a masthead draft.
We extend birthday greetings to Manuela Gamboa Vera Hillman and Emmett Lovett whose birthdays fall between November 20 and December.
An operetta titled Jerry of Jerico Broad will be staged in two acts by L. H. & with Mr. Mearns in charge. Students are learning new dancing steps for the production and all cast members are committed to delivering one of the finest entertainments yet staged by L. H. &.
Wilson school lists students who were neither tardy nor absent in the past six weeks. Names are given by grade level from Beginners to Sixth Grade, including Pauline Sauceda Jose Chavez Maria Sanches Irene Morales Kather Soto and others.
The home economics group begins individual project work with many girls choosing bedroom makeovers. Supervised by Miss Dahl, the effort ties classroom discussions to real home needs. Plans include adding a new room for clothing construction and expanding the department once curtains and articles arrive.
A long catalog of paired nicknames and real names appears, listing many aliases with corresponding individuals such as Soupy A L Conner, Billy Marion Fisher, Sally Marshall Fuller, and Basil Fuller among others. The fragment resembles a social roster or character index from a bygone era.
Vivian Leon re entered the seventh grade. Iie Gruwell left Lordsburg High and enrolled in Virden School.
Lordsburg fans learn that seven 1940s Lordsburg High School football lettermen will graduate this spring. John Ball, Tom Bleauvelt, Marion Fisher captain, Emmett Lovett, Fausto Noche, Alton Warren, and David Wright earned multiple letters, led by Fisher and Fausto Noche as stalwarts.
The kindergarten class shared a Thanksgiving lunch prepared by Mrs. C. Walter and Mrs. Dee Hall after singing a Thanksgiving song. Peggy Hore performed two songs, and guests included numerous ladies. The meal featured roast chicken, salad dressing, and milk.
An optimistic view argues that there is no excuse for not trying and that admitting uncertainty can lead to wisdom. The passage frames doubt as a chance for growth and contrasts laziness with a hopeful, proactive mindset.
Coach Ehrhardt and his Mavericks greet Coach Rockne and his Notre Dame players as the train stops in Lordsburg on the way to California. A few players stepped off to exchange greetings with the locals.
Arbor Day now observed worldwide with tree planting ceremonies in the United States and Canada and in several other nations. The Forest Service notes 48 states plus District of Columbia and Hawaii celebrate, with dates chosen for best planting times. Nebraska and Rhode Island have public holidays for Arbor Day. Forest Week and American Forest Week are observed in various states.
Mrs. Charlotte Whale of Rochester England says she is the only woman entitled to wear the Mercantile Marine medal after being wounded by shrapnel in a Zeppelin raid and passing barge-mate tests during the war.
District Home Demonstration Agent Olive B. Cause presents a brief note or statement likely advocating for a program or position within the district. The text appears fragmentary, indicating a local community or organizational update. No clear dates or locations are provided in readable form.
Fragmentary recipe list includes pork fat chop and spiced bake with cloves nutmeg cinnamon molasses brown sugar currants and soda. Instructions show mixing and baking typical of a bake, but many words are garbled. Likely a kitchen note or clipping with scribbled measurements and oven guidance.
Ingredients listed include butter sugar brown sugar raisins currants and spices. Instructions say mix as for butter cakes and bake in a moderate oven.
The text provides a detailed method for mixed fruit cake using dried fruits nuts and spices. It lists ingredients such as flour molasses butter eggs coffee rind and citrus plus baking powder soda and nutmeg. The procedure covers dusting fruit with flour creaming butter with molasses beating yolks folding in whites and baking in pans then steaming in a pressure cooker and finishing in a slow oven.
Cream butter and sugar then beat in eggs separate yolks and whites. Stir in milk fruit nuts flour mace cinnamon and soda. Fold in whites. Spoon into buttered pans and steam three hours then bake one and a half hours or four hours slowly. High fruit cake improves with steaming completion.
Walter F. Brown urges Liberal readers to mail Christmas parcels cards and letters early. Mail volume doubles during holidays, making timely delivery by Christmas difficult, so plan and send gifts greetings and letters a week to ten days early to ensure arrival and support postal workers and families.
Lorain Ohio patrolmen resigned from dumping confiscated liquor into Lake Erie after learning fishermen had recovered 2000 bottles of beer in a single day.
John E Raburn of Duncan Arizona files notice of intention to prove up a three year homestead claim on a large parcel described by multiple sections in New Mexico. The hearing before U S Commissioner Willard Holt at Lordsburg is set for December 1990 with witnesses Wilmer McKelvey Marshall Hetes Charles Martin and J W Parks Jr all of Duncan Arizona. The notice appears in the Las Cruces New Mexico land office with publication dates November 24 and December 19.
The Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company filed land selections under the 1900 act in Las Cruces New Mexico for parcels in Section 32 Township 23 South Range 17 West. The notice invites adverse claimants or those who view land as mineral to protest before final approval. First publication November 21 1930. Last publication December 19 1930.
Department of the Interior public notice from Las Cruces NM dated October 27 1940 announces William Rehols of Cloverdale NM intends to prove up forest homestead entries number 681810 and 0890363 for multiple sections in Township 33 and Range 24 W and Township 33 5 Range 19 W before U S Commissioner J N Sanford Cloverdale NM on December 12 1930. Witnesses listed: M V Fulbright Sim Smith H N Awtrey Wesley Garcia all of Cloverdale NM. First publication November 7 last publication December 5.
Public auction for a mineral land tract in New Mexico under serial No 040579 to Winfield F Ritter of El Paso Texas. Sale at 14 00 hours on December 20 at the office with minimum 83 per acre bidding. tract in Sec 29 30 T28S R19W NM P M includes mountainous terrain. adverse claimants must file by sale time. payment required immediately to Receiver. First pub December 14 1930.
Land Office at Las Cruces New Mexico announces Earl S Sandmeyer's intent to prove up a homestead claim filed December 6 1929 for multiple land parcels in Sections 10 15 Township 29 8 Range 21 W NM Meridian. Hearing before U S Commissioner December 20 1990 at Lordsburg with witnesses Hoggett Dunagan Walter Hoggett.
U.S. Land Office Las Crues NM directs sale under Section 2455 to Bartley B McDonald for tract W NE Section 12 Township 22 S Range 15 W New Mexico P M at 11 am December 22 at the office. Bidders must pay not less than 2 50 per acre. Claims or objections due by sale time. First pub Nov 21 1930 Last pub Dec 19 1930
Commissioner of Public Lands announces a public sale at 10:00 A M on January 14 1951 at the Lordsburg courthouse for Sale No 2447 WYMW in Sec 28 T 22 S R 18 W N M P M comprising 8 acres. Minimum bid 5 per acre and 5 earnest payment with a 30 year balance at 4 percent interest. state reserves minerals and may reject bids.
Public notice cites all interested parties to appear before the Hidalgo County Probate Court in New Mexico on January 6 at 10 a.m. for probate of the last will and testament of Richard Bass deceased. The notice is issued by County Clerk Lovett and Deputy Lovett with seal and court date set by the court.
Department of the Interior land office in Las Cruces announces Frank Miller of Rodeo New Mexico filed a notice of intention to make entry for multiple parcels with the U S Commissioner at Rodeo The listing includes a set of detailed survey descriptions and witness names D Atkinson J D Atkison A S Gobble and J P Gavin from Animas and Rodeo New Mexico First publication December 5 1990 Last publication January 3 1934
U. S Mexico Department of the Interior reports Walter H. of Animas New Mexico filed a notice of intention to take the register at the Las Cruces Land Office on December 27 1930 for original and additional homestead entries Nos 030673 and 032771 covering sections in Township 20 South Range 20 21 West New Mexico Principal Meridian. Witnesses named E C White Henry Adams William Adams John D Curry all of Animas NM.
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