Elks Provide Christmas Baskets for Lordsburg Needy
Lordsburg Elks club members staged a Santa's workshop event filling nine Christmas baskets for local families. Each basket included potatoes beans carrots cabbage oranges grapefruit and about 15 pounds of meat. The baskets were delivered to needy residents as a charitable effort tied to the season.
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Lordsburg
Elk’s Club
Santa Claus
Order of Elks
Friend
The
Elks Club
Chuuch Rooms
Robert Harwood
H. S. Cohen
J. R. Simpkins
Bill Prine
F. G. Bebmlander
R P Smith Home Wins First Prize in Christmas Decor
The Chamber of Commerce awards Sunday night honors for outdoor home decorations. Ralph P. Smith's residence takes first prize with a $10 award as lights blaze, trees glow, and Santa features light the scene. Other winners include Alvin Parker, Ben Cochran, and Cassie Martinez with prize money ranging from $7.50 to $2.50.
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Chamber of Commerce
E. P. Wohl
San Diego
Calif
W. ‘C. Moening
el Paso
Ralph P. Smith
Alvin Parker
Ben Cochran
Cassie Martinez
Smith
Gilly
Santa
Parker
Regional Basketball Playoffs Approved for Eight Teams
The New Mexico High School Athletic Assn. approves regional tournaments to reduce the state field to eight. The events will occur March 3 between district meets on Feb 24 and the state tournament on March 10. Executive secretary Morris W Ward notes the referendum passed 85 to 23 and five more districts were added.
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New Mexico High School Athletic Assn
Morris W. Ward
Association
Children of City Ciren Celebrate Christmas Theatre Party
City children from pre school to high school attended a Coronado theatre Christmas party hosted by First National Bank and Mrs S E Allen. Four hours of free entertainment included Tim Holt film Bandit Ranger and several others from major studios with snacks like popcorn and apples provided. Roy Melugin Jr of Clovis stayed with Wilbur Gene Simpson at the Newsome home over Christmas holidays.
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Ajte
Coronado Theatre
First National Bank
S. E. Allen
Coronado and
Palace Theatres
Moving Picture
Tim Holt
Tim Holt and “Home Defense” Compliments of the R. K. O. Company
Warner Brothers
Columbia Pictures
Roy Melugin, Jr
Clovis
Wilbur Gene Simpson
Newsome
Snow White and Seven Dwarfs to Appear Here
The New York company presents a musical stage version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the High School Auditorium in Lordsburg on Wednesday January 17 at 8 p m. The production features costumes scenery and singing designed for families and promises laughs and romance.
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Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs
High School
Lordsburg
Excelent New York Company
Snow White
Prince Charming
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Seattle
Manyathers
March of Dimes Campaign Opens Jan 15
The 1951 March of Dimes with slogan Lend Me A Hand will start January 15 in Lordsburg and nationwide. Larry McKenzie, 12, crippled by polio, represents the effort aiding about 4 000 people last year as polio struck over 100 000 in three years and cost the foundation about 58 million pounds.
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Lordsburg
Larry McKenzie
United States
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Mechem Inaugurated as New Mexico Governor in Santa Fe
Edwin L. Mechem, first Republican governor in twenty years, to be sworn in at noon by Chief Justice Eugene D. Lujan in the New Mexico House of Representatives. An overflow crowd expected, with public viewing outside and statewide radio broadcast of the ceremony.
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Santa Fe, N. M
State of New Mexico
Morthay
Edwin L .Mechem
Eugene D. Lujan
House of Representatives
Capitol
Lordsburg Youths Enlist In Armed Services
Lordsburg youths respond to the world situation by enlisting in the U S Armed Services. John Kipp joins the Navy, Bennie Frias enters the Air Force, and Raymond George also joins the Navy. Frias will be inducted immediately, while Kipp and George have a 30 day extension.
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Lordsburg
U. S
John Kipp
Raymond George
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Elks
Walter Dunasan
Chip” Pierce
Freeman McWhorter
James Kinkema
Slick” Houser
Robert Clark
Andrew Fallat
Sherwood Culberson
Elmer Jones
Junior Altuna
Neilurke, Inc
Spencer and
Fausto Noce
R. P. Smith
Grom
Children of City
Ciren Christmas Theatre Party
Lordsburg P. T. A
Lions Club
Edwin L. Mechem
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific Railroad
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