Banquet Highlighted Big Horn Game Protectors Evening
The Big Horn Game Protective Association held a memorable banquet at Hotel Hidalgo on Friday. State officials and local sportsmen attended including Elliott S. Barker and Gordon O White, with remarks stressing wildlife protection and opposition to federal game reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn G. P. Association
Big Horn Game Protective Association
Hotel Hidalgo
Sporsmen
Elliott S. Barker
Gordon O White
Las Cruces
State Game Protective Association
Homer Pickens
Homer Rainey
G. E. Valentine
Albuquerque
Frank Weldon, Jr
South Carolina Teachers Enjoy Night In Lordsburg
Twenty two teachers from South Carolina led by E. H. Poole visited Lordsburg on a U S tour of high spots in the west. The group toured in a large bus and planned stops at Albuquerque Santa Fe Grand Canyon San Diego exposition and Yosemite in the itinerary. Photographs of the party hang in the local hall of fame.
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South Carolina
E. H. Poole
Orangeburg
Lordsburg
United States
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon
San Diego Exposition
Yosemite
Death of Pioneer Hale Chenowth Quietly Passes at 51
The region loses a famed cattleman Hale Chenowth died after a two week illness on July 5. Born on the Chenowth ranch fifty one years ago he married Emma Washburn on August 10 1914. Survivors include daughters Mary Louise and Olive Hale. Funeral services were held July 6 at Heather funeral home with Rev. M. C. Moore officiating. interment followed at Mountainview cemetery.
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C. Hale Chenowth
Southwest
Chenowth
Emma Washburn
Mary Louise
Olive Hale
Hale
Heather Funeral Home
M. C. Moore
The
Baptist Church
Mountainview Cemetery
Smiths Move to Albuquerque for Work Assignment
Jesse T. Smith and his family relocate from Lordsburg to Albuquerque temporarily while he works for the State Bureau of Revenue. Lordsburg remains their home and legal residence, with a planned return after the assignment. Smith pledges to serve Hidalgo County interests during the state post. The Smith Insurance Agency will be cared for, with further notice on arrangements to come.
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Jesse T. Smith
Lordsburg
Albuquerque
Mr. Smith
State Bureau of Revenue
Demooe Organization
Hidalgo Couny
Betty Ray Elms Wins Deming Bathing Beauty Prize
Betty Ray Elms daughter of Ray E Films manager of the Hidalgo Grill won first prize in the children under six bathing beauty contest on July 4 at Deming. She led Lila Louise Daniel by fifteen points with Westa Alice Spain third. Nine children entered and the judges rated form poise and personality.
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Betty Ray Elms
Ray E. Films
Hidalgo Grill
Deming
Betty Ray
Lila Louise Daniel
Westa Alice Spain
Nadine Craig
Lordsburg
Superintendent Palm Attends Chico State Summer Conference
Superintendent R. A Palm left Wednesday for Mount Shasta California to attend a superintendent conference and seminar at Chico State Teacher's College. He will meet leading educators of the country to discuss current educational problems and will be hosted by Dr Floyd F Caldwell head of physiology. Caldwell formerly taught at Silver City State Teacher College.
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R. A Palm
Chico State Teacher's
Mount Shasta
California
Chico State Teacher's College
Palm
Floyd F. Caldwell
Chico
Caldwell
Silver City
Lordsburg Boys Enroll in Fort Bliss Training Course
Refugio S Hernandez and Felix M Cordova from Lordsburg attend a four month program at Fort Bliss covering physical training hygiene first aid and citizenship. They enrolled on July 2.
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Refugio S. Hernandez
Felix M. Cordova
Fort Bliss
Boy Loses Legs In Freight Yard Accident
William Wedig, 18, of Denver Colorado, lost both legs below the knee while attempting to board a moving freight car at DeMoss Hospital. He fell beneath the car after failing to catch a rung while carrying a grip on his back. Dr. DeMoss reports he is getting along very nicely.
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DeMoss Hospital
William Wedig
Denver
Colorado
DeMoss
Gee Family Visits in Tampasa Texas
Mrs and Mrs Tom Gee and family left yesterday for Tampasa Texas to visit Mr Gee’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Gee
Tampasa
Texas
Mr. Gee
Farewell Dinner For Lt. Thomas E. Northrop At Red Rock Camp
Lt. Thomas E. Northrop, five months second in command at the Red Rock CCC camp, received a farewell dinner from fellow officers their wives and local friends. Lt Shattenberg praised Northrop for his work and fellowship, and gifts were given for his newborn daughter in Denver.
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Thomas E. Northrop
Red Rock
CCC
Louisburg
Northrop
Denver
Gus A. Shattenberg
Albert HH. Buehman
Thomas P. Northrop
Verna EK. Hancock
R. A. Wright
Mida Holloway
Ruth Shattenberg
Nampalee Fowler
Lieut. A. Fowler
Dorothy Shaw
J. Gilbert Shaw
Willard B. Holt
Allen Pipey
Neely Receives Florida Mangos for Immigra Station
M T Neely of the U S Immigration service headquartered in Lordsburg received a crate of mangos from his father in Miami Florida. Neely has been distributing them to friends who enjoyed the fruit. TP Love leads the station and both have served here since early in the year.
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M. T. Neely
U. S
Ranchers Cooperate With Soil Conservation Service
Nearly one hundred ranchers on the upper Gila watershed in Arizona and New Mexico signed agreements to cooperate with the erosion control program. They will provide equipment supplies and labor and maintain structures, while the Soil Conservation Service conducts an ongoing erosion control plan across public and private lands to protect range and farm resources. Major Burton P. Fleming, regional director, praised the cooperative attitude along the upper Gila.
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Gila
Arizona
New Mexico
Erosion Centrol
Soil Conservation Service
Upper
Burton P. Fleming
Recruiting Party to Visit Lordsburg Next Week
A unit from the 82nd Field Artillery accompanied by Armored Car Squadron personnel will stay overnight in Lordsburg on Wednesday and Thursday next week. Staff Sergeant Aaron V. Hursey heads a crew of six sergeants, three corporals and two privates as they recruit unemployed young white men in Hidalgo County at the Lordsburg Airport area. The group aims to enlist a thousand men during this tour.
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82Nd Field Artillery
Lordsburg
Armored Car
Aaron V. Hursey
M. H. Tomlinson
Hidalgo County
United States
Detective Work by W. J. Smith in El Paso
W. J. Smith of the Transient Relief Office did effective detective work in El Paso last Friday. He traced a transient camp member who had stolen relief beneficiary papers, chased the thief into a store, recovered the documents, and allowed the culprit to go since the papers held no real value to others.
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W. J. Smith
Transient Relief Office
el Paso
Ruth Chase Weds Robert Wheeler in Yuma
Miss Ruth Chase daughter of Mr and Mrs M. Chase with sister Mrs Sylvia Bell spent a brief Texas visit before driving to Yuma where Ruth married Robert Wheeler a Los Angeles real estate man. Chase’s teaching career in California continues but may shrink to one pupil as Wheeler becomes her life partner.
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Ruth Chase
California
N. and T. Club Hosts Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. G. P. Jeffus acted as hostess for the N. and T. club Tuesday afternoon. Members present included Mesdames H. L. Scofield W. H. Small J. E. Allen Geo. Trimble and the hostess. Delicious refreshments were served.
Clark Transfers to Clovis Post
Van D. Clark, formerly supervisor of the local transient bureau, has been reassigned to the transient bureau at Clovis. His Lordsburg friends extend best wishes as he takes the new post.
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van D. Clark
Clovis
Lordsburg
Lordsburg Honors At Deming Fourth of July Celebration
Lordsburg supplied many chief attractions for Deming's Fourth of July. A polo team of Wittenburg Culberson Collins and Conner defeated Deming rivals 6 to 5 after an 8-0 match and the team expects to shine in the southern polo tournament. The softball team lost 8 to 20 in the morning but allowed Deming a softer finish in the evening. Belly Ray Kime won the bathing beauty contest for little girls and Lordsburg contributed a large share of the holiday crowd, making the day enjoyable.
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Lordsburg
Deming
Wittenburg
Culberson
Collins
Conner
Uren
Belly Ray Kime
Weir Plans Six Camps Across Region
Contractor Weir has six COC camps to build in this region Virden Animas Buckhorn Deming Clifton and Hermanas Hie. One camp at Virden is in good shape with work expected soon at Animas while the remaining camps will follow as soon as possible, creating business for many people.
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Pred Weir
Virden
Animas
Buckhorn
Deming
Clifton
Hermanas Hie
Bull
Local Boy to Attend Scout Jamboree
Heather Harber will represent Lordsburg at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington from August 20. The trip includes a Camp Zach White program near Paso, a special train to Washington, ten days of camping and sightseeing, and a visit to New York City, Niagara Falls, and Chicago. Capt. W. F. Jackson, C. A. Jacques, and Minor Huffman lead the party with forty nine Beoute enrolled. applications due July 2. about 36,000 Scouts expected to attend with President Roosevelt on the program.
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Harber Heather
Lordsburg
Washington
Zach White
Paso
New York City
Niagara Palla
Chicago
W. F. Jackson
C. A. Jacques
Minor Huffman
United States
Roosevelt
Crider Named Local Transient Supervisor in Lordsburg
R A Crider, former Bureau Supervisor of transient relief at Clovis, becomes the Lordsburg local transient relief supervisor taking over Monday. He moves with his wife and nine month old son who was seriously ill en route but is now recovering after two days at DeMoss Hospital.
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Hr. A. Crider
Transient Relief
Clovis
Lordaburg
Mr. Crider
Lordsburg
DeMoss Hospital
Silver City and Lordsburg All Stars Set for Saturday Night Tilt
Silver City's all star softball team will meet the Lordsburg all stars on the lighted field Saturday night at eight o'clock. The game is billed as one of the hottest of the season with a large crowd expected to attend.
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Silver City
Lordsburg
Tax valuation in New Mexico falls 2.63 percent on livestock loss
New Mexico total taxable property valued at 284,271,316 in 1936, down 7,616,342 from 291,480,658. Chief Tax Commissioner Bryon Beall cites livestock as a major factor with 4,499,059 lost by county assessors and 4,179,283 by the State Tax Commission. The China Copper Company saw a 2,000,000 reduction while bank stocks sold to the government cut 500,000.
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New Mexico
Bryon
Beall
Stateax Commission
Tax Commission
China Copper Company
Arizona
Chino Copper Company
North Carolina Artist Visits Lordsburg on Region Tour
Miss Hilda Lanier Ogburn of Greensboro with her sister Mrs. L L Gaskill and sons Joseph and Billy and Mrs Olive B Cruse demonstrations agent toured Lordsburg Sunday. The noted North Carolina artist expressed admiration for the western country and noted the region's interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Lanier Ogburn
Greenboro
North Carolina
L. L. Gaskill
Deming
Joseph
Billy
Olive B. Cruse
Lordsburg
Forced Landing Highlights Lordsburg Visit by Commerce Plane
A Department of Commerce plane forced to land near Lordsburg due to wing damage. pilot Joe Le Lacey landed safely and planned repairs. He and film industry sound engineer J. Magezolett and wife stayed overnight, with Magezolett returning to Lordsburg on the way to New Orleans. A new tri motor ship worth $65,000 will be exhibited in San Diego, and De Lucey, a Commerce official, has a long air service record.
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Lordsburg
Department of Commerce
Joe le Lacey
Department of Commerce Air Force
le Lacey
J. Magzolett
Phoenix
New Orleans
de Lucey
Fl Paso
Vaultese Manufacturing
Ular
Department of A
San Diego Exposition
Air Service
Lardaburg
Radio Department
Mr de Tracey
Alr
Tommie Angel
Hell's Angels
Ali
Mr. Mageolett
Co-Founder Of Boy Scouts Visits Lordsburg
Lordsburg honored Lieut. Col. O Seymour Bullock who helped organize the Boy Scouts of America in 1912 at Silver Bay New York. Bullock a friend of Baden Powell led the first American troops to England and France during World War I.
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Lordsburg
O. Seymour Bullock
Silver Bay
New York
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Bullock
Baden Powell
Boy Scouts
England
France
Stephens Tragedy Rocks Railroad Community
Hardy B. Stephens a 47 year old railroad man was shot and killed by Charles H. Hutton at El Paso. Fellow railroad worker BR. M. Gillespie was also wounded. Funeral services were held in El Paso and Stephens is laid to rest in the Southern Pacific plot. The child Charles Parl Stephens will remain with his grandmother Mrs. Rogers.
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Hardy B. Stephens
Charles H. Hutton
Silver City
Fl Paso
Lordsburg
Charles Parl Stephens
Mogers
Hutton
Stephens
BR. M. Gillespie
Hardy
Southern Pacific
Charles Karl
Honeymoon Tour Visitor L P McDonald with Bride
L P McDonald a popular Tombstone druggist and his bride sister of Mrs I C Conner stayed at the Conner home over Sunday en route to Carlsbad Hot Springs and Denver. The couple, who have been worried about three months, plan visits then Denver.
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L. P. McDonald
Tombstone
First Anniversary Celebrated by Veneill Couple in Silver City
Mr and Mrs Billy Veneill of Silver City spent Sunday en route from Douglas where they celebrated their first wedding anniversary. They were hosted at luncheon in Lordsburg by Mrs Veneill and her parents Dr and Mrs OS P Austin and Dr and Mrs C B Austin.
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Billy Veneill
Silver City
Douglas
More men for airport station addition at Lordsburg airfield
Chief H D Jones announces two additional workers will join Lordsburg Airport. One to radio station and one to meteorological station, making the field a 24 hour operation. As the field expands, ships can land at any speed.
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Gergeant H. D. Jones
Lordsburg
Attorney Returns From Nashville Vacation
Porrest Sanders, attorney at law, returns to work after a month’s leave enjoying a pleasant vacation with his family in Nashville Tennessee. The popular lawyer was missed during his absence but is refreshed to begin another year.
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RE. Porrest Sanders
Nashville
Tennessee
Watkins Attend Business on Estate Matters in El Paso
Mr and Mrs Sam Watkins traveled from Deming on Wednesday to manage affairs of Mrs Watkins late father's estate. Her notable service in the El Paso Woman's Club last year is praised as historically influential.
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Sam Watkins
Deming
Mrs Robert Dunagan and Miss Agnes Dunagan Visit
Mrs Robert Dunagan and Miss Agnes Dunagan arrived from California this week for a brief visit.
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Robert Dunagan
Agnes Dunagan
California
Shields Named Red Rock Superintendent After Robeson Promotion
O C Shields, a nine month Red Rock foreman, is named superintendent succeeding Stuart H. Robeson. A veteran Texas fields foreman with Borger Pampa and Mexia experience, Shields will base in Lordsburg with his wife and child.
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Stuart H. Robeson
O C Shields
Red Rock
Shields
Texas
Borger
Pampa
Big Mexia
Bis
Shield
Lordsburg
Entertaining Luncheon Hosted by Mrs Egan at Hed Rock Camp
Mrs I A Egan entertained Hed Rock Camp ladies at a luncheon Tuesday at one o'clock. Attendees included Mrs Gham Shattenberg Mrs J Gilbert Haw Mrs Arthur Fowler Mrs Clarence Martin and the hostesses.
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I. A. Egan
Hed Rock Camp
Ghamshattenberg
J. Gilbert
Arthur Fowler
Clarence Martin
Picnic Honors Departing Jennie Billie Lee and Ouida Imih
Sapitet church members hosted a picnic for Jennie Billie Lee and Ouida Imih who soon move to Albuquerque. Guests enjoyed games and a variety of foods about seven miles from town.
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B. ¥. P. Apers
Sapitet Church
Jennie T. Billie Lee
Ouidaimih
Albuquerque
Wednesday Bridger Club Sees Mrs Downey Host Meeting
Mrs Downey hosted the Wednesday ridge club with Mesdames Banks Austin Buvens Clark Gammon Lewis Ross and guest Stella Egan in attendance. Mrs Banks Austin took high score as refreshments were served.
Card of Thanks for Bereavement
To the many friends and neighbors who proffered aid and sympathy on the untimely death of Hardy G. Stephens we desire to tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks, Mrs. Willie Rogers and family.
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Hardy G. Stephens
Willie Rogers
Dance at Palador on Saturday Night
Spanish American dance to be held at Palador Pavilion on Saturday night July 18 with good music secured for the event.
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Palador Pavilion
Deming Resident Visits Dorothy McInnis
Bara Allison of Deming spent Monday visiting with Dorothy McInnis, sharing conversation and community updates.
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Bara Allison
Deming
Dorothy McInnis
City Warns on Fire Hose and Police Vehicle Rules
Mayor De Moss and city officers remind residents to never run over a fire hose or interfere with fire department operations. The warning also covers police and state police vehicles, requiring immediate halt when sirens signal a stop, with strict enforcement to follow.
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de Moss
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State Game Department
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State Game Commission
Gordon ©. White
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Holt
Henry Raithel
Raithel
E. 8 Lewis
First National Bank
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Homer
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G .E. Valentine
Frank
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P. M. McInnis
W. A. McAndries
E. J
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Sergeant H. D. Jones
Donovan Singer
Bennie Dunagan
T. F Hall
A. V. Broun
Willard E. Holt
Hall of Fame
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Florida
Priday
Clark H. Sullivan Wood
Jones Donohue
Giants
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Raymond Warren Palma
Priday Athletics
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Chase Shelberg Noche
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Rambo
L. Moses
Patterson
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N. and
T. Club
Clark
Weir
R. A. Crider
N. C
Dept. of Commerce
Joe de Lucey
Duncan
C. ©. Shields
Untertaing
Bridger Club
Palador
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