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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
2
At the annual meeting in Deming changes were made to season ending tournaments. The plan will track each team’s win loss percentage to seed brackets with the strongest at the top of upper and lower brackets. A single elimination format will be used, ending a team's run after its first loss. New eligibility rules aim to raise athletic standards.
The selection committee met to assign roles for the operetta Bits O Blarney to be staged by the Glee Club. Names cover stage management properties and costumes, accompanists, and three choruses with numerous performers including Mary Beth Jeffus, Andres Hernandez, Marquis Smith, John Jeffus, and Beth Ball among others.
The notice extends birthday wishes to students Damon Dunagan Frank Slengele and George Foster as of January 11 in a school birthday segment.
Coach Ehrhardt announced the school will field a girls basketball team again with early practice planned. The program has been successful and will face state teams including Virden, one of the best in the state. Only one letterman was lost last year, signaling a strong upcoming season.
The fourth grade won this week’s checkerboard contest. Plans are set for individual Christmas trees in each room at Wilson School and a Christmas program on the evening of December 23. Further details will be announced later.
The fragment presents a series of mismatched names and terms replacing expected ones, creating a tangled list of alternatives such as Dog for Cat, John the Baptist for Jesus, Grape for Olive, and others. It ends with a general remark about a progression from soup to nuts and the term Soupy becoming Nutty.
The Honor Roll includes 14 Seniors 8 Juniors 41 Sophomores and 6 Freshmen with no grade below A and at least B in all courses and department grade at least B. Seniors named include Andres Hernandez Basil Fuller Marie Wright Vera Riggle Bella Nieceum Lelen Martinez Mary Emily Lewis Florence Johnson Mildred Halloway Marshallene Goodsell Nina Gee Mary Louise Foley Louise Fisher Addie Conner. Juniors Frank Stengele Marquis Smith Gracie Conner. Sophomores Manuel Salazar Amy Virginia Sawyer Pamelia Nichols Velma Harper Seth Fisher Ary Josephine DeMoss Edith Bartlett Beth Ball. Freshmen Donovan Singer Jones Goldie Wright Bessie Alice Jones Jesus Castillo.
The list names students on the six week Honor Roll including Vera Barraza Lupe Alvarez Robert Barrerasi Daniel Diaz Mary Estado Angel Gondara Amalia Reyes Blas Vereda Ernesto Franco Nicholosa Bareva Maurice Barreza Mary Ve ne Campos Edwarda Del Manuel Lopez Susanianna Maria Delgado Nick Bare cas Rubio Cruz Rubio Ro Muilla Weene Martinez San ite Gusect Lola Lapardo Cre Pi Rico y Rico Catarino Celestina Diaz Consula Carlos Hernandez.
A local publication lists staff positions including Waiter In Chief, Associate Editor Louise Ball, Myles Cohen, Paula Johnson, and a sport reporter role. The oddly phrased line appears to be a staffing roster with several misspellings and unclear titles.
Science department receives new balances alcohol burners volt meters ammeters and electrical gear to support experiments from McPherson Henderson and Milliken Gate texts. A larger storage cabinet was found necessary and janitors relocated the room to provide cabinet and shelf space for equipment storage. The department invites patrons to visit and view the updated facilities and ongoing work.
In Thursday action at Gentral School Glass A lost 87 to 20 to the Pansies of L. W. S. Tl. Lineups feature Kayola Wright and Jessie Castro for Glass A while the Pansies include Mita Bradberry and Goldie Wight. The Rosebuds beat the Hosebuds 57 to 20 and the finals saw the Rosebuds fall 23 to 26 to the Pansies with a candy prize awarded to the winner.
Plans outline a string of preseason games before district play. Opponents include Virden San Simon and Willcox with dates in January and February at Deming Hurley Hateh Silver and Hachila venues.
Miss Dahl supervises TH I students who are painting the cooking and sewing rooms and the rest room. Ivory enamel is used on work tables benches chairs and trimmings with green accents.
About fifteen Lordsburg faculty members attended a Virden PTA sponsored event. The program showcased PTA cooperation between Virden and Lordsburg as Miss Kelly asked Myles Cohen what he would say on radio, and Cohen quipped he would pray for a lot of static.
Miss Chase's room won the checkerboard contest as classes race to finish a 1.65 dollar total in less than a week. A 1:30 PM program is planned for Wednesday December 23 with Miss Seales leading art to manual training. Sixth graders make Christmas cards, seventh graders wooden toys from cigar boxes, and eighth graders purses with wooden handles to gift as presents. Nolice Myles Cohen and Paul Wilkerson were hanged Monday night. See Miss Kelly.
A historical list details perfect attendances and honor certificates across grades from first to eighth at Central School. Names like Charles Walters, Barbara Stokes, Fred Ewing, Myra Bays, Lola Graham, Oscar Cuello, Hugh Sullivan appear among multiple classes. An OCR error later omits Evelyn Killebrew from the first six weeks list.
A reader asks if a man vassal marries a woman vassal would their children be vasalines. The query blends etymology with humor while exploring medieval serviage terms.
A fragmented note imagines John Jeffus as a blonde and J A Jones towering by three feet with Nina appearing in a speculative scenario. The text reads as a casual, surreal aside lacking clear context or events.
A long OCR fragment details multiple bread recipes including plain bread sponge and raisin bread. It lists ingredients like flour water milk yeast and sugar, with steps for mixing kneading rising and baking, interspersed with garbled names and stray text.
The excerpt provides several bread recipes including Cocoa Bread, Plain Bread with candied orange peel, and Partial Wholewheat Bread. It lists ingredients such as flour, milk or water, sugar, shortening, and salt, with instructions to dissolve, mix, knead, let rise, shape, and bake, noting adjustments for extra flour and soft dough and suggesting rolls as an alternative.
A housewife uses potato peels dried in a warming oven to create a practical substitute for shavings. Spreading the peels on newspaper, they dry for 94 hours before being used to start fires.
The quote argues that knowledge alone yields no power until it is turned into action. It emphasizes that understanding must be applied to produce results and drive change.
Arkansas Gazette outlines a speculative idea about increasing fur supply by breeding animals with two pants wuita to double production. The humorous note questions feasibility and likens it to a whimsy of nature.
An advertisement explains liver bile flow affects digestion and overall mood. It claims Carter's Little Liver Pills use gentle vegetable extracts to stimulate bile and relieve heaviness, recommending the red labeled bottle and warning against substitutes. The retailer price is 25 cents, with publication in 1931.
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