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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
4
Saucedo narrowly defeated Alvin Parker by seventeen votes. Joe Rutland moved to Lordsburg from Deming. On February 7 Cotton Day drew praise as a success. Registration recorded 125 farms with 70 farmers attending the Extension Program.
Rosario Nava formerly of Lordsburg and resident of El Centro California was killed in an explosion and fire that destroyed two hundred feet of gasoline storage tanks.
Barbara White Bruner formerly of Lordsburg completed a six day singing tour of 18 Northwest Texas cities with the McMurry College Chanters. The piece notes a hospital nursery addition in Hidalgo County and various local events including a Red Cross drive and a retirement reception for Mr. Frank Stengele of the Southern Pacific.
Plans were announced for Easter Sunrise services at the High School Stadium on Easter Sunday at 6 00 A M. James Weldon Gossett a Lordsburg resident for 20 years died on April 6. The Chief Drive In reopened Saturday April 9.
Dr Regional Fisher of the Museum of New Mexico will display the Fine Arts Exhibit at the Woman's Club in Oil Town U S A in Lordsburg on Monday April 18. Billy Graham evangelistic films premiere at the High School Auditorium the same day. Lordsburg's track team finished second at a recent meet.
On April 22 1955 the American Legion Convention of District No 7 opened at 9 AM. A Salk polio vaccine shot reached 350 people in Hidalgo County. George J Crossland aged 16 was accidentally shot by a discharged .32 caliber pistol but the wound was not serious.
Mary Yacomo Henry Vasquez Patsy Rockwell and David Schmidt entered the career conference Roodeo in Silver City. A blind ing dust storm around 430 last Friday forced George Davidson his wife and a California passenger to crash land on Sherwood Culberson ranch.
Portions of the fuselage have been removed to expose the ship’s engine flight controls and other intricate equipment, offering a detailed view of the craft’s inner workings and mechanisms.
Thirty seven seniors of the Lordsburg High School class of 1955 received diplomas during commencement exercises on May 19. Bobby Clark, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Clark, returned home Wednesday afternoon with his mother after being flown in by Beechcraft Bonanza from Hondo California. An exhibition of paintings by grade school children from Hiroshima Japan and Santa Fe was held May 30 at the Lordsburg Hidalgo County Library. Rev Arthur Shaw arrived May 19 to assume duties as pastor of the Methodist Church, replacing Rev L J Brunner. Shaw comes from Eunice New Mexico.
Your Home Agent presents citrus tips noting tangerines appease rich fare with early market windows from November to May. It details the Dancy variety, maturity signs, Florida production figures for 1955 56, kumquats availability through March, and grapefruit quality cues with year round availability and January to May peak.
A Navy T-28 crashed and exploded near the Monroe Dunagan residence about 9 miles south of Animas on Sunday at 1 30 p m. Both occupants escaped injury. Friends of Walter Ward held a May 10 party at Cotton City Community Hall honoring his sixty fifth birthday and serving as a farewell before his trip to England. The National Guard sponsored a showing of an F 86 Sabre Jet, the wingless cut away version of the North American jet.
The article blends citrus guidance with social notes. It covers lime and lemon uses in cooking, aging preferences, and origins, then lists local visitors and residents such as Mrs. C. B. Austin hosting Thelma Ross and Glen Ross of Albuquerque, Cora Glaze visiting Paso, and the Staub family holidaying in New Mexico.
Mrs. C. B. Austin hosted a Christmas dinner party with Las Cruces guests Mrs. Joe Rogers and her sons Joe and Jimmy Mrs. Carol Chittick Mrs. J. A. Austin and Mrs. Mary Austin in attendance.
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