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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1937
Page
2
A reflective Christmas column discusses varied meanings of the season from children to merchants. It also comments on Rio Grande valley farmers facing tax foreclosures, rabbi Krohn's social role, and political angles, followed by local holiday arrivals and visits in Paris and Obregon, Mexico.
Mrs Chas. Conner and her daughter Mrs Sam Dobbs spent Tuesday in Las Cruces for a short visit and local errands.
Editor lists staff at Teachers College with Mary Francis Boclety and Jenin Richards. Majorie plans Christmas visit to Bowie Arizona relatives.
Duncan High School beat the LHS Mavericks 36 to 22 as Guzman fouled out in the third quarter. Mavericks struggled against Duncan defense and relied on long shots from center court on unfamiliar floor amid a triple loss for the local teams.
A senior boy trudging through snow sports wet shoes in history class. He removes them to dry, but his feet swell or shoes shrink making one shoe fit while the other won’t budge. An impatient teacher urges him to the front.
The Home Economics T class hosted a Christmas tea on December 21 from 3 30 to 6 30. The room featured mistletoe spruce branches and a fireplace with red and green decorations. Guests included the girls mothers board wives faculty and IT girls, with fruit cake open faced sandwiches mints and tea prepared by the girls.
Oscar Cueto returns to Lordsburg for Christmas with parents after graduating last year. Jimmy, now at Woodbury College in Los Angeles, is LHS’s top activity leader. Hannah Mae and Erwin Hwan, graduates, visit from Flagstaff Arizona, with Hannah Mae pursuing music and teaching, Erwin coaching. Harbor Heather travels from Nashville to hometown in a Studebaker, while Majorie Potter, a last year grad, appears in a black Ford coupe arriving from Arizona.
The Junior class expresses gratitude to all for cooperation in the play's success. Sterling Brown and James Cureton organized the stage decor. Appreciation goes to Mr. Sullivan Mrs. Corbell Mrs Ynown Mrs Lumderfelt and Mr Gammon for furniture loans. Thanks to Walter Mullins for the pickup and to Mrs Shipe for makeup of the characters.
Central and Wilson faculty plan vacations across several states and towns. Names include Miss Barton Miss Brown Miss Carmichael Minas Atkinson Miss Johnston Miss Helen Chase Mrs Messacar Miss Shipe Mr Smith Miss Riggle Mrs Ross Supt Miller Miss Kent Miss Connell Mr Mearns Ima Fairly Dora Kerr Olive Harper Olivia Wells Nancy Chase Margaret Fuller. Mrs Wells remains home as son visits.
A nostalgic verse recalls Christmas holidays, school bells, and end of term joys. Students cheer, dances and new friendships bloom, then memories fade as time marches toward May 20 with work resuming.
A poetic line describing the skill of rounding up cattle in snow, hinting at instruction or guidance. It evokes imagery of cows, winter weather, and a practiced handler leading livestock through harsh conditions. The speaker implies a method or wisdom passed to offspring as a rite of ranch life.
A snowbound scene shows Old Paint starving in a corral as a lone cowboy rides to herd cattle across a blizzard. After twelve hours of search four strays are found dead in the north west valley and on a crest, prompting the vow that cattle will not roam again without a guiding cowboy. The verse credits a famed poet and the creator of the column Poems that Live.
A collection of handwritten holiday notes from youths and a grandmother. Requests span simple gifts like a haircut razor or blades to toys and affection. One letter asks Santa to help a young man find companionship. another seeks privacy and a wish to be forgotten.
The 7 Y group presented a program on Christmas reasons and early shopping reminders. Participants included Mary Jones Alice Saucedo Cal Hill, Alvis Bergen May McDaniel June Clegg and Eloisa Rodriguez Teddy Holmes Charies with communal encouragement for early gift purchases.
Names Walters Celestina Diaz Carlos Hernandez Melvin Baker Joe Noche Mary Ferrada Erlinda Ruiz appear. Ana Beth Ewing and Jesus Rivas attend. At program end Jesus Rivas son of Banta dispensed gifts from the tree.
The fourth grade sends a merry Christmas and a happy new year message. They hope Santa finds Miss Beth Ball’s chimney and fills her stocking with toys.
The five year olds held a Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon. Theresa Holtz and Dorothy Nash were in El Pago last week.
Second grade held a Wednesday afternoon tree ceremony at one o clock with rhythm band numbers and recitations. Eighth grade Christmas party on Thursday night included games songs and a solo by Delphine Balderama. First grade Red planned a Wednesday morning program and tree setup with Santa sleigh deer project.
The note questions why Carl missed school and why Mr. Moses left the eighth grade party. It asks why Evelyn Pennington stayed indoors, and whether Dorothy Cureton’s new name “Cauliflower” is liked. It also ponders movie scouts meeting Mr. Smith in California and Mr. White’s party experience Wednesday night.
Two elderly Martian experimenters trigger a beam from a cosmic wave machine. The Martin with the beard proclaims the device ready to tune Earth, and a listener hears speech from the apparatus. The fragment ends with a slew of insults and epithets.
The report catalogs a long string of epithets and slurs followed by a sci fi vignette about a machine going silent and a bearded figure claiming strongest words from a speech on earth. EM Embery visits Albuquerque while Jack Hoggett and a Rodeo couple visit Lordsburg.
Commissioner E. 8. Thygerson of Virden was a Lordsburg business visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Walter La Fleur and her son returned Friday from a visit with relatives in Alpine. Mrs. W. F. Winters is spending a few days in Los Angeles.
Miss Hanna Mae Ewan and brother Erwin attend a loge in Flagstaff Arizona over the holidays. Mr and Mrs Frank Steneelear Harvey plan Christmas visits in Ysleta Texas. Prank J is now stationed at the military post.
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