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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
4
Lt Charles Jeffus left Saturday to attend the graduation ceremonies at the New Mexico Military Institute. Jeffus, a former graduate of the institute, returned to Lordeburg yesterday.
Mrs Mildred Townsend was a business visitor in El Paso while Mrs Dorothy Dixon visits her daughter. The item notes Mrs Knowles and family are mentioned in the nearby society notes.
Attendees call the carnival dance a grand success. June events include the first budget dance in Duncan on June 9. Local residents travel to Albuquerque and Silver City for summer sessions, with quilting gatherings hinting at a forthcoming wedding.
Mrs. T. B. Williams led a 4-H orchestra to a strong ovation at the Deming flower show in the Methodiot church undercroft. The group, noted as a top local entertainer, previously won first prize at a Las Cruces meet and has performed in Virden Animas and other towns with an Albuquerque broadcast invitation in August.
T. B. Williams returns home this week to recuperate after a serious appendectomy in Deming. He has been a successful WPA project engineer in Deming.
The Welfare Committee met Monday at the Welfare office with attendees Mire. Ena Walter Mr Willis Lacy Mrs Felix Gauthier Mrs H I Scofield Minstertha Scofield Mrs Glenn Moses Mr Claude Sanders Tom J Mayfield and J Cloyd Miller. Walter reported on family welfare with April and May expenditures for Old Age assistance and direct relief totaling LRI6.27 and 1 737.46 respectively. Ten CCC boys were transferred from the county to CCC camps providing each family 22. Officers for the Hidalgo County Infantile Paralysis Chapter were elected including Mrs Prank Winters chairman Mrs Willi Lacy vice chairman Mrs Kay Edington treasurer and Merc FP Sanders secretary Dr J Fortrest Stultz. A lecture on infantile paralysis symptoms and treatment was given. The meeting adjourned for the summer with the next gathering in September.
Mrs. B. Uhl of Lone Star Camp announces the Uhl contract has been dissolved and all outstanding bills should be presented by Saturday or Monday.
Ira Richards of Rodeo earned his B A from the University of Arizona in a class of over four hundred. He stood among the top juniors, receiving a scholarship and character award. His sister Mina Katherine Richards and several relatives attended the graduation at the University Stadium on a Wednesday evening in May.
A noon train delay led thirty Pollen passengers to pause at the Dulgo Coffee Shop for an early meal. The conductor reported a broken axle caused the hold up, tallying a twenty five minute delay before resuming the journey.
The N. and T. Club met at the home of Mrs J H Clark on Tuesday. Present were Mesdames H H Scofield Nellie Holiday TP McMelnnis G W Trimble A L Greene B T Jones and B F I. Refreshments of ice cream cake and iced tea were served.
The Thursday Bridge Club gathered at My Dow McCabe's home with Moesdames Robinson, Johnson, McNutt, Clayton, Glass, and Poindexter present. Guest My. W. Downey attended. cantaloupe a la mode was served for refreshments. Lordshore visitors James and Robert Cureton and daughter Dorothy visited from their ranch north of town.
Mr and Mrs B C Werschles hosted guests for several days The party visited Douglas Carlsbad Caverns El Paso and Juarez Before returning Mr and Mrs Maleey departed for New York and Boston to continue their trip
Dr Fret Moir and a Kingman Arizona party traveled Saturday to Deming to visit Dr Moir senior and wife. The group recalls Dr Moir a former leading Louderhu re physician and their daughter Anita recently graduated from the University of New Mexico while greeting Lordsburg friends midweek.
Misses Sarna and Lucy Gass return home from Hardin Baylor College for summer vacation. Sara will be a senior next year and Lacey a sophomore. Both girls are a credit to the LHS and to the community.
The Wednesday Bridge Club met at Mrs. Robert Poindexter's home for a pleasant afternoon of bridge with members including Meadames S. BE. Allen, Bo Au tin, R. B. Buvens, J. H W. Clark, W. C. Downey, Nat Gammon, Harold Rolfe and EF Short. They will travel to Los Angeles Monday to visit relatives. Mrs. Thelma Ross hosted a dinner Friday night for Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Austin and Mr. and Mrs. Nat Gammon.
The U S Army establishes a recruiting station in room 214 of the Post Office building Douglas to serve Nogales Tucson Safford Duncan Lordsburg and surrounding territory The station aims to inform the public about army activities and enlistment prospects and to assist civilian to military transition Eligible men 18 to 35 single with no dependents must be physically sound and of good character Applicants should be at least five feet four inches tall and weigh not less than 115 pounds For more information visit or write to the Douglas Recruiting Station Room 214 Post Office Building Douglas Arizona
Maindraggers lead the league with 4 wins and 1 loss, followed by Miners at 3 and 2, Barflies at 2 and unknown, and McNutt Oilers 4 and 0. A social visit includes Mr Thomas R Taggart and his brother and wife Mr and Mrs H J Kent Jr, UT Austin instructor en route to California for Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego. Other locals: FE Embrey travels to Nash Will Tennessee to bring Mr Embrey back. Mrs Embrey visiting in Tennessee. Mrs Lela Mae Walters and Mrs Felix Gauthier visit Lordsburg. Mrs R I Jarvis attends library board meeting in Rodeo. George Pendleton visits from Cloverdale. Homer Farney from Las Cruces. and ladies Faye Clayton Don McCabe and T M Glass visit El Paso.
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