Lordsburg Sun Princess Named For New Year Carnival
Miss Betty Reynolds chosen as Lordsburg Sun Princess for the Sun Carnival in El Paso on New Year's Day. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R M Reynolds, a Lordsburg High School senior, and former Past Worthy Advisor of the Lordsburg Assembly Rainbow for Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Reynolds
Lordsburg
Paso
Miss Reynolds
R. M Reynolds
Lordsburg High School
Lordsburg Assembly Rainbow
Lordsburg Gets Major Postwar Gift For Airport
Ranchers and city leaders announce three quarters of a million dollars to Lordsburg Airport from the Chambers Commerce as the postwar gift, noting it as the only Government Airport in the state. J D Hall of Shell Oil adds four thousand dollar War Bonds to the city quota. Local families and residents are mentioned in social notes including Ownby, Fetterly, and Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Hall
Shell Oil Company
Chambers Commerce
Lordsburg
Lost Pontine Side Wheel Cover Blue Reward Five Dollars
Blue Pontine side wheel cover missing from Up To Date Cafe. Reward offered by Tom Shoon for return. Contact Up To Date Cafe with information leading to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontine
Tom Shoon
Basketball at Pow Camp Opens Season and Dance
A game between Ft. Bliss and the Camp team kicks off the season at the prisoner of War Camp recreation hall Friday at 8 p.m. A name for the basketball team will be chosen from entries by military and civilian personnel with a $25 War Bond awarded to the winner. Entries judged by Col. Willard E. Holt Jack Heather Capt. Millard Weisberg and Lt. Peter Mayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Bliss
Recreation Hall
Willard E. Holt
Thanksgiving Camp Meal Delights Troops With Huge Pumpkin
A Thanksgiving dinner at the Army Camp featured a 100 pound pie pumpkin grown on the Barney Wood ranch in Hidalgo county. Col. I. N. Rainbolt and officers hosted civilians from Lordsburg and Silver City as War Camp tradition stood out with this extraordinary harvest. Mrs. Rainbolt was absent due to convalescence at Fort Bliss hospital. The piece notes the unique feast among U.S. camps and describes the gathering with local spectators viewing the pumpkin at the Chamber of Commerce prior to delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
I. N. Rainbolt
Lordsburg
Silver City
Barney Wood
Hidalgo County
Barney
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Col. Rainbolt
N and T Club Meeting Minutes
The N and T Club met Tuesday with Mrs W P Hill. Present were Mrs H L Seofield, Mrs A L Green, Mrs R B Ownby, Mrs F R Poage, Mrs G W Trimble, Mrs Luella Clark, Mrs Ralph Spann, and guests Christine Chaulk and Patsy Crouch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N and T Club
W. P. Hill
Mra
H. L. Seofield
A. L. Green
R. B
Ownby
F. R. Poage
Luella Clark
Ralph Spann
Mes
Christine Chaulk
Patsy Crouch
War Bond Drive and local notices span El Paso era
The page lists open house for war loan quota and a Bond Drive dance at La Fiesta with free admission. It also notes travels to El Paso for visits, hospital stays, and family visits. A probate notice in Hidalgo County New Mexico appointments Ruth Brickley Bishop as executrix for Ernest M. Brickley with claims due by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Brickley
Fridaleo County
New Mexico
Ruth Brickley
Dee
Nora Ann Jones Elected Secretary at Teachers College Club
Miex Nora Ann Jones of Virden was elected secretary of the Graduate Club at Teachers College Columbia University in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miex
Nora Ann Jones
Virden
Graduate Club
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York City
Bridge Club Hosts Evening Of Cards
Miss Bess Johnston was hostess to the Monday Night Bridge Club. Members present included Miss Johnston, Miss Helen Chase, Mrs. Helen Robertson, Mrs. Myrl Pierce, Mrs. Helen Green, Mrs. Emma Scofield, Mrs. Bertha Koff, Mrs. Floy Hudson and Mrs. Hazel Chase. Guests were Mrs. Jane Stiles, Mrs. White and Mrs. Mildred Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Elsie Lee
Billy Kimbley
Elizabeth Gammon
Mary Louise Noce
Gladys Whisnant
Lucy Gass
Ellen Williams
June Hatch
Meedemes Emma Scofield
Susie Kimbley
Sibyl Kerr
Evelyn Willis
Hannah May Heather
Dora Mullins
Floy Hudson
Opal Hunt
Bess Johnston
Miss Johnston
Helen Chase
Helen Robertson
Myrl Pierce
Helen Green
Emma Scofield
Bertha Koff
Hazel Chase
Jane Stiles
White
Mildred Johnson
Community notices and hospitalities from Lordsburg
A group of Lordsburg residents spent Saturday in Silver City with a listed roster of attendees. A free basketball game and dance at the Prisoner of War Camp Recreation Hall is planned for Friday at 7 30 p m with a 6 45 p m bus departure. Obituaries mention C Thompson of California and Alfonso Beltri killed in action near Munich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso Beltri
Alfonso
Munich
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Smiley Burnette
Sunset Carson
Holden
Susan Hayward
Dung
Willing
Lost and Foundling
Joel McCrea
Maureen O'iara
Buffalo Bill
Laurie Darnell
Thomas Mitchell
Tuesaday
Jon Haall
Alan Curtis
Evelyn Ankers
The
Leon Errol
John Carradine
Marvel
Fred MacMurray
Barbar Stanwyck
G. Robinson
Porter Hall
Double Featusee
Wild Bill Elliot
Bobby Blake
Chreyene Widcat
Brad Taylor
Ruth Terry
Sun Princess
Shell Oil
Nick Holiday
B. Ownby
Tucson
Ralph Fetterly
Fetterly
Madge Ownby
Zena
C. B. Austin
R. BE. Buvens
N. A. Gammon
W. F. Wittera
el Paso
Carol Jean Clark
Tomer Rountree
Homer Gray
Ben Cochran
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Rex Kipp
Rachel Atkinson
Beta Sigma Phi
Iieareneau
U. S
H. L Scofield
Patay Croweh
Mathilde Johnson
William Beaumont Hospital
G. W. Trimble
W. P
Deming
A. Johnston
Snyder
Texas
America
Set
E. C. Gerard
Chauncey
H. E. Scofield
Sgt
Hotel Hidalgo
Tel
Chee
Jarman
Aovers Mn
Lordsburg’s Department Store
J. 8. Weitz
Katherine Weitz
Alice Richins
McKenna
Meyer
Simard
Roddy Poindexter
A. L. Tjveen
May Hanner
Hattie Martin
Mary Culberson
Roy Melugin
Roy and
John
P. M. MeInnis
Ima Fairly
Marilynn Fairly
Orran Fairly
Farmer
Recreatio
Col Rainbolt
Charles Fuller
C., Thompson
California
Thompson
Fullers
Santa Rita
Mary Ellen Austin
Los Angeles
J. A. Gary
Margaret Austin
Mary Ellen
Roswell
Yuma
S. H. Gass
Edwin Brown
Childre
Gloria Gass
Yleta
Gass
S. K. Gass
Luc Gass
Agnes Foster, Dickey
Puyallup, Washington
J. B. Foster
Foster
Posith U Snell
Japan
Tokyo
Electric Service and
Appliance Company
J. H. Clark
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