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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
2
A readable timetable lists local groups meeting across the week. Groups include Boy Scout Troop 123 Tuesday Bridge Rainbow Girls Woman's Missionary Service Liong Club Wednesday Sewing Club and various clubs meeting Thursday through Tuesday at multiple venues.
A man in a car with Connecticut plates stopped at a Miami Christmas tree lot and asked 15 year old Bob Desselle if he was in the Boys' club. The stranger claimed to be Peter from the Bible and pressed $67 into the boy's hand before driving off.
Lordsburg Elks Club 1813 officers packed and distributed the largest basket drive in the city to needy families. A local TV dealer reported from Ft. Collins that Adley Electronics will visit Lordsburg after New Year to discuss a TV Translator and Hotel Hidalgo lobby tree draws praise. Lonnie Hale, the bandit who held up the Lordsburg Woman's Club, tried the same in Las Cruces but was captured after a gunpoint theft at a small grocery. he confessed to the Lordsburg robbery.
Ten years ago on December 28 1951 the residential district glowed with Christmas lights as judges chose prize winners Mr and Mrs Leo Cohen earned first prize while Mr and Mrs Harold Scofield took second. Richard V Traylor was elected worshipful master of Lordsburg Lodge No 30 AF&AM. Margarete Richards daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Richards named Lordsburg Sun Princess for the Southwest Sun Carnival in El Paso.
Myriads of Christmas lights flashed from the white front of a building as time marked the holidays amid the war year 1941.
The New Mexico Department of Public Welfare changes office hours effective January 1 1962 Tuesday and Friday mornings from 9 a m to 12 noon. The office remains at 401 S High.
The Court of Hidalgo County New Mexico sets January 19 1962 at 16 o clock for hearing objections to the Executor J W Bivens final report and account in the estate of Alva James Bivens deceased. Attorney Norman Hodges Silver City NM represents the executor with Emma J Scofield as Clerk of the Probate Court.
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