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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1941
Page
1
Claude Wood reports oil and gas land sales on the state acreage have risen sharply, with October income the biggest since the land's inception, while government timber areas see savings under new administration. Probate Judge Pleasant W. Wilson of Hidalgo County dies at age 83.
The notice lists church services and schedules for several denominations in Morenci. It mentions visitors Mrs Burcher and sisters Mrs Kerr and Mrs Ed Wright visiting this week, and provides service times for Methodist, Baptist, Nazarene, and Church of God churches with pastors named F R Poage Paul H Elmore H Paul Simpson and Hines. Location notes reference a Siix blocks south 9 Hotel.
To friends and neighbors who offered aid and sympathy after the death of Frank Weldon we express sincere thanks. Gratitude for flowers and comforting words from Pastor Rev. F. H. Poage. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weldon Jr and sons, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Sander, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilman.
Mrs Merle Horzmann celebrated her birthday with a dinner Monday evening. Guests included Mr Cecil Noel of Las Vegas and Mr and Mrs Jeff S Moore of Road Forks.
The Church of Christ at Corner Fifth and Pyramid Sts announces Bible School at 10:00 a.m. and church services at 11:00 a.m. Sermon “The Living World.” Evening service at 7:30 p.m. Sermon “The Power Of God s Word.” Young people meet at 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Governor Miles urged Mayor Short to form a committee for Bill of Rights Day December 15 with a nationwide broadcast by the President. Local Defense Council will cooperate in New Mexico. The committee includes Tom Mayfield Eugene Montague Donald Johnson Claude Sanders and Willard Holt.
The Lions Club met Tuesday with strong attendance and President Johnson presiding. The program focused on December 15 Bill of Rights Day with a quiz on the U S Constitution offering a prize to the Lion answering most questions. Lion Helt won a miniature United States Flag prize for the top score of about thirty questions.
A meeting at the high school drew business leaders as Claude Sanders was chosen District Boy Scout chairman Tom J Mayfield became vice chairman and nine others named at large including George P Jeffus L B Robinson Donald Johnson Harold Scofield Jack Heather Eugene Montague E C Payne Dr J H Baxter Willard E Holt Annual memberships are being sold and the Yucca Council planning a two day FEI Paso gathering with Lordsburg officers attending Boy Scouting grows in Lordsburg.
The library has received Birds of America and The Tide Of Fortune along with Saratoga Trunk Captain Horatio Horn Blower in three volumes and The Sun Is My Undoing for circulation.
Central School held an ambitious patriotic pageant titled America the Beautiful featuring hundreds of intermediate students led by Mrs Thelma Ross and Miss Bertha McCafferty Thelma Fuller and Vondalee Page in six episodes celebrating Pilgrims Thanksgiving spirit 1776 frontier south songs and iconic American scenes with extensive student costume work and music by Mrs Ross and Prof W C Mearns The event drew praise from Superintendent Tom J Mayfield and parent volunteers pushing for a larger stage facility in the future.
The Post Office Department renews a 10 year lease and adds 20 feet to the office to ease growing business. Mrs. B B Ownby, who arrived with her husband as a bride, celebrated her 82nd birthday on Friday November 28, recalling Lordsburg’s transformation from a railroad hamlet to a thriving city.
Mr and Mrs H C Magoon of Daytona Beach Florida spent Monday in Lordsburg with two guests H Tounanholz of Battle Creek Michigan and St Johns of Cleveland Ohio. Mrs Curry plans more eastern guests. The Magoons praise Mrs Currys cooking and frying of turkey and chicken. Mr and Mrs B R Coil and daughter Shirley of Miami Arizona visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs J A LaSalle. Coils and LaSalle are cousins.
Mrs Ted Kennedy improved after an accident and was brought home from Deming Hospital last Saturday to her mother Mrs Emma Turney's home but cannot receive visitors yet. Mr Kennedy was taken to Southwestern General Hospital in El Paso last Thursday and is improving. Mrs Bud Walters visited from Tucson for her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Clayton, and Sunday was Mrs Clayton's birthday with a family dinner at the Clayton ranch.
The Philatelic truck from the Post Office Department toured Lordsburg on a May 15 1999 visit led by Ralph A Davin. About 500000 people across 35 states viewed proofs and stamps from 1847 to 1958 including a $100 newspaper stamp. Mr Davis sought images of James A Farley and Smith W Purdum from a New Mexico trip.
The Board of County Commissioners selected Pct. Fairly to fill the vacancy left by the late Judge Pleasant W. Wilson. Fairly will file his bond and take charge of the probate office once approved by the board.
Miss Mary Dee Hindman and David Cave Estes were married on Saturday evening November 22 at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. McAllister officiating. Witnesses were Mrs. Dave Kates Miss Cledon Kates and Robert Rhoads. The couple have begun housekeeping in Lordsburg.
Mrs J H Clark joined fifteen El Paso women including Mrs Claude Olney for the District No 4 Pythian Sisters Convention in Pecos Texas on Saturday. The trip and meeting were very successful and enjoyable. The next convention will be held in El Paso probably in late September.
Local drop letter sealed rates at 1 cent per ounce and sealed local and outside Christmas cards priced per ounce. Unsealed ecards also charged per ounce. Postmaster Eugene Montague urges box holders to learn their box combinations as clerks cannot assist. Womans Club and American Legion Auxiliary members met at the Red Cross cutting room. attendees listed. Legal Blanks at Liberal Office.
A surprise luncheon marked Mra Scofield’s birthday with a turkey dinner and decorated tables. The column notes the Cullen sisters seeking info on their brother Edward H. Cullen, a 1897 casualty, and pays respects to Judge Pleasant W. Wilson and pioneer Frank Weldon. It also reports births, a funeral for Frank Weldon Sr., and geese sightings near Lordsburg.
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