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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1982
Page
2
Mayor Hill invites comments or questions about city issues for a new weekly column. City responses may be printed, as the paper offers space for officials to address reader concerns. A nostalgia note ends with a weather quip and a farewell.
A NM State University student team will arrive in Lordsburg on Thursday July 22 to interview local merchants about buying and trading habits of Mexican nationals doing business there. Mexican customers will be interviewed at their homes later. The Border Commission has gathered this data after Texas and Arizona. Both nations anticipate tourism and business sales in coming years. The study aims to map the economic impact of Mexican trade in Southern New Mexico.
At a Hatch Board of Education special session Santiago Jimmy Arredondo was hired as principal of Hatch Elementary. A Hatch native, he joined the district in 1974 75 as a bilingual teacher and later became Title I coordinator. He is 1965 Lordsburg graduate with BA and masters in Elementary School Administration from Western New Mexico University and has studied at the University of Arizona. He serves in the New Mexico National Guard in Lordsburg where many relatives live. he and his wife Barbara and their son Jimmy reside in Hatch and visit family and Guard meetings nearby.
The Culberson family announced the formation of a Farmers and Ranchers Organization in Las Cruces to elect John Irick as governor. State co chairs include Jim and Diana Culberson of Lordsburg Brad and Elaine Houston of Array Keller and Ana Fay Davis of Bernalillo and others from Los Lunas Las Cruces La Plata Dexter and Texaco.
Charles S Wood son of Ralph R Wood living at 1804 Ocotillo enlisted in the U S Air Force and left Thursday morning for basic training at Lackland AFB for six weeks. After basic he will go to Lowry AFB for integrated avionics CTS and component specialist training. Woods is a 1982 Lordsburg High School graduate and has worked for the City of Lordsburg as a mechanics helper.
Omega Alpha of Epsilon Sigma Alpha keeps a full summer schedule with a picnic banquet Fourth of July booth and planning for a Bowl-A-Thon in August Proceeds fund Girls and Boys State scholarships and a local high school scholarship The group hosted a spaghetti dinner for 94 bowlers at Playas Bowling Association Awards Banquet and the Animas Cheerleaders served the meals Karen Alexander president invites members to join the Bowl-A-Thon set for August 13 and 14 at Copper Pins Recreation Center Playas Proceeds support St Jude Children's Research Hospital and sponsor sheets will be available locally for more information contact 436-2395
A reader contests stereotypes of police and argues citizens burden police with blame while opposing crime. The piece ends with a local notice from the Hidalgo County Association for the Handicapped seeking funds, noting budget cuts and needing materials and educational supplies, signed Ruth Bishop.
Omega Alpha Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International sponsors a Bowl-A-Thon on August 13 and 14 at Copper Pins Recreation Center Playas NM to raise funds for Neuroblastoma research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Participants and sponsors from Lordsburg Animas Playas Deming are invited. contact Karen Alexander at 436-2395 or Box 232 Playas NM 88009 for details. St Jude researchers Drs Ann Hayes and Alexander Green join the effort to improve survivals for children.
Edward L. Altuna 66 died Monday July 12 in El Paso. A Lordsburg native and WWII veteran, he served 1949 56 in the National Guard and retired as Chief Warrant Officer in 1972. He later worked for SSA in Los Angeles until 1978 and moved to El Paso in 1980. Rosary July 14 and funeral Mass July 15 with Father Maraya. Burial Shakespeare Cemetery. Pallbearers include Arthur Ala Altauna and family. Survived by wife Damiana. children Diana Olivia and Edward Jr.. six grandchildren. brothers and sistersMostly Lordsburg and nearby cities.
A five day intensive workshop titled Women In Art will run August 9 to 13 at Western New Mexico University. May Stevens, a New York painter and feminist, directs the program, announced by the university Art Department Associate Professor Cecil Howard.
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