Fourth candidate joins county assessor race and local election chatter
Angela E. Martinez enters the assessor contest alongside Cassie Martinez and others as petitions move toward a primary. Hatch exits a county commissioner bid from District 3. City council delays filing deadline action while streets and pavement work proceed ahead of elections. Ex Police Chief Lalo Sanchez aids a sheriff candidate with appointive promises, while LULAS cancel Bandstone sage show and Smith Bros. circus at the high school venue.
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Cassie Martinez
Roba Kerr
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Lalo Sanchez
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State Liquor Control Board
Smith Bros. Circus
State of New Mexico Observes Fifty Years of Statehood Dance
A Golden Anniversary dance in Hidalgo kicks off fifty years of statehood observances for New Mexico. The American Legion sponsors the event at Legion Hall with the New Mexico Playboys providing Western dance music. public invited. A door prize will be awarded at intermission. Legion Hall capacity has doubled, with ample adjacent parking on Legion property.
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Legion
Attendees at Sunland Races Near El Paso Weekend
Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith R W Allen and Mr and Mrs Dick Stokes attended the races near El Paso over the weekend. The group then continued on to their home in Duncan.
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Ralph Smith
R. W. Allen
Dick Stokes
el Pasover
Mrs
Touir
Duncan
Eisenhower Urges Citizens to Fight Heart Disease
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower backs voluntary action to combat heart and vascular disease calling it the nation’s top health problem. He urges Americans to join the American Heart Association during Heart Fund month. A door to door canvass begins the local drive, led by Russell Smith.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Heart Association
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Eisenhower
Heart Fund
Association
Russell Smith
Hidalgo County Farm Bureau fights administration farm plan
Virgil Jones president of Hidalgo County Farm and Livestock Bureau denounces Secretary Freeman for hypocrisy as he urges farmers to oppose the Kennedy Administration proposal. The plan demands stricter production controls marketing quotas and price supports with limited choices for farmers. He calls for immediate letters to Congress in protest.
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Hidalgo County
Virgil Jones
Hidalgo County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Jones
Kennedy
Lordsburg Mavericks to Host District 4B Basketball Tourney
Lordsburg High School hosts the District 4B basketball tournament with eight teams in the field. Lordsburg, 12-8, led by Art Estrada and Bobby Camacho, face injuries as they open play at 2 PM. Other squads include Hachita Rams Cliff Cowboys Animas Panthers Hot Springs Tigers Hatch Bears Reserve Mountaineers Weed Bulldogs and Tularosa Wildcats. Officials are Knight Beckley Marrufo and Cooper.
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Lordsburg High School Mavericks
Mavericks
Art Estrada
Bobby Camacho
Aaron Powell
Lordsburg
Hachita Rams
Ray Isaacs
Cliff Cowboys
Dale Shock
Frank Goble
Animas Panthers
Gerald T. Lee
Hot Springs Tigers
Mack Pace
Dave Emmons
Hatch Bears
Jerry Rose
Bob Sisk
Reserve
Mountaineers
Donald F. Vickers
Weed Bulldogs
Dwyane Stewart
Leon Smith
Tularosa Wildcats
Michael Dorami
Cliff Cowboys Edge Animas 59 57 In Season Finale
Cliff Cowboys defeated the Animas Panthers 59 to 57 in a tight finish to the regular season. Jim Richards led Animas with 28 points, while Tom Gutierrez scored 20 for Cliff.
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Cliff
Animas
Cliff Cowboys
Animas Panthers
Panthers
Jim Richards
Tom Gutierrez
Lions Serve Pancake Supper At Local High School
The Lordsburg Lions Club will host a pancake supper at the high school cafeteria on Saturday from 5 to 8 p m. Tickets are sold by members and merchants. Pancakes with bacon or sausage offered. smaller portions for children. Proceeds fund community projects.
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Lordsburg Lions Club
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Animal Postmaster Explains Regulations
Animas Postmaster Felix Gauthier Jr explains 1950 changes in mail handling including abolishing directory service for ordinary mail and restricting it to special categories. He urges complete accurate addressing and use of return addresses to avoid returns, and to include postal zone and box numbers where applicable.
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Felix Gauthier, Jr
Animas
Post Office Department
Benjamin Franklin
Gauthier
Armed Services
Pendleton Elected Columbus Electric Co op President
At the January 27 annual meeting in Columbus 100 members attended. George Pendleton of Animas was chosen president for 1962 replacing ill Charlie Waldrop. Pendleton also serves as vice president with Claude Irwin as vice president and Robert Hemley as secretary treasurer. Trustees elected for two year terms include Robert Hemley Claude Bowlin Deming R H Warner Animas and John Smith Hachita.
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Columbus Electric Cooperative, Inc
Columbus School
George Pendleton
Animas
Charlie Waldrop
Helen Edwards
Ray Hughes
Robert Hemley
Buford Slover
Les Dumond
Chama
New Mexico
Norton Davis
Albuquerque
Carl Turner
Santa Fe
Ladies of Columbus
Columus
Claude Bowlin
Deming
Board of Trustees
Claude Irwin
Church And Community Services in Lordsburg
The church and community services program in Lordsburg coordinates aid for needy transients and families through police referrals and ministerial investigations. Recipients must work physical labor and donations support a self-help, trust-based aid effort inviting other congregations to join.
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Church and Communities Services
Lordsburg
Police Department
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