Virden Graduates and Awards Highlight Local Students
Duncan High School and Eight Grade Graduation exercises feature six Virden seniors receiving diplomas and tributes. Local students Marilyn Jones Grant Nelson and Michael Payne among 1968 Duncan High graduates. Various Virden winners earned letters in tennis football track and music with DAR and Homemaker awards noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Public Schools
Virden
Deanna Lee Kennedy
Melanie Clouse
Marla Payne
Geralyn Jones
Debra Thygerson
Michael Roger Pearce
Duncan High School
Marilyn Jones
Donald Grant Nelson
Michael Wayne Payne
Roger Johns
Eloise Jones
John Payne
Randy Thygerson
Pat Anderson
DAR
Homemaker of Tomorrow
Grant Nelson
Sandy Pace
Duncan
Marion Mortensen
Provo
Utah
Kay
Brigham Young University
Richard
Hyrum Pace
Las Cruces
Hyrum Kent
New Mexico State University
Beehive
Boy Scouts
Mesa
Spencer Jones
Joyce Elizabeth Nicoll
James E. Mathews
Mr. Jones
Godfreys Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Godfrey marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a June 1 reception at Lordsburg Woman's Club drawing 300 to 400 guests who enjoyed punch cake conversation and a dance at the Elks Club. The pair married June 1 1918 and have a son four grandchildren and one great grandchild. George a noted Hereford cattleman and past president of the New Mexico Cattlemen's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Godfrey
Lordsburg Woman's Club
Godfrey
Elks Club
Thelma
George
Animal Mountains
Mr. Godfrey
New Mexico
Hospital Births and Medical Updates
Mr and Mrs Rodolfo Corral welcomed a girl born June 3. Anna Marie Uresti arrived May 29. Hospital notes list Mary Pennington Alberto Hernandez Jose Aquino Gloria Smith Bruno Ruiz Souht De Villiciss and Melinda Diaz in medical cases. Eleven others remain confined including Sallie Ownby Josefina Robles Frances Spurgeon Wong F Get and Angel Gomez. Thirteen emergency outpatients and ten premarital serologies were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodolfo Corral
Anna Marie Uresti
Mary Pennington
Alberto Hernandez
Jose Aquino
Gloria Smith
Bruno Ruiz
Souht de Villiciss
Melinda Diaz
Sallie Ownby
Josefina Robles
Frances Spurgeon
Wong F. Get
Angel Gomez
Local Graduation Notes and Social Visits Reach Across States
Lordsburg residents report Lance Williams’s graduation at NMSU Las Cruces on June 1. Basil Fuller and family from Newport Beach visit Mrs. Claude C. Fuller, with a commercial coffee on Tuesday. Olla Joplin returns from a three week vacation in California visiting granddaughter Dayigward’s family. Calls from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Imlay and others are noted along with OTA MYF camp at Hagerman United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kimbley
Connie
Lance Williams
NMSU
Basil Fuller
Newport Beach
California
Claude C. Fuller
Dayig Ward
W. Hills
Calif
Joplin
Lin Dong
Dong
Lor
Frank Imlay
Claude Fuller
Paulette Huna
Knute
Russell Elgare
United Methodist
Chur G Hagerman
New Mexico
Governors' Race Receives Less Attention Than Presidential Contest
The article notes Senator Horn urging focus on education and an end to shifting responsibility. It explains no Democratic governor candidate leads and that the Democratic and Republican presidential races dominate headlines, diminishing gubernatorial interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horn
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Virden News
Geneva Richardson
Godfreys
Klaren Donaldson
Wendell Jones
Richard Mortensen
Buddy Jensen
Norman Adams
State University
Linda Payne
Bethlene Jones
Pat Johns
EAJC
Thatcher
Pat
Bethlene
Sil
Ver City
Colorado
Triple K
Payne
LeRoss Jones
Donald Nelson
Ella P. Jones
Edward Payne
Merlin Payne
Parley P. Jones
Cactus Thorn
City of
Lordsburg
Lordsburg Police Dept
Herbert C. Straus
Deming
Columbus
Hospital News
Olla Joplin
Miller Chevrolet
GMC
L. W. B. Stepside
Willys Jeep
SPD
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