Tragic Burglary Shock Hits Separ as Woman Is Wounded
In Separ New Mexico a burglar shot Mrs Rose Warren during a home invasion at the D D Warren residence. The assailant was beaten by Warren and his son after a struggle. Mrs Warren received multiple birdshot wounds and is recovering with hospital care. The attacker, identified as Al Jenson, is hospitalized in Silver City in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Separ
Lordsburg
al Jesson
D. D. Warren
Warren
Lordsburg High
Rose Drysdale
Unity
Alton Warren
Mr. Warren
Alton Io
David Warren Junior
A. Conner
John Cavin
Grant County
Tils
DeMoss
Rose
Liberal
de Moss
Eva Warren Cox
Alton
al Jenson
Jensen
Silver City
Cueto Moves Grocery To The Small Building
A. Cueto moves stock of Boceries to the Small Building while retaining lease on former site. Cueto and Company will operate the fancy grocery and liquor sales, with Maddie handling wholesale trade. The change occurs during the days, and the retail establishment will offer an more elaborate sale than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cueto
Serjeants Drenseck Return From San Antonio Visit
Sergeant and Mrs. Drenseck and Jers have returned from San Antonio where they went a few days ago to attend the illness of Drenseck's sister who was much better when they left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergeant
Miss Lola Graham Sets Off for Salem Oregon
Miss Lola Jane Graham leaves Wednesday for Salem Oregon to visit her father W. H. Graham and will stay away until school resumes on September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Jane Graham
Salem
Oregon
W. H. Graham
Garretts Move to El Paso and Barber Shop Change
Mr and Mrs Joe Garrett departed this week for El Paso to make their home L Sullivan takes over the former Garrett position at the city barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Garrett
el Paso
L. Sullivan
Mr. Garrett
Pythian Sisters to Sponsor Informal Pre-Summer Dance
The Pythian Sisters sponsor an informal pre-summer dance at K. of P. Hall this Saturday at 8 45. Music will be by popular fans and refreshments served at intermission. Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters urged to attend with a guest. Committee members are Mrs Howard Deaton chairman Mrs Willis Brown and Marvin Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Knight of Pythias
Howard Deaton
Irman
Willis Brown
Marvin Pierce
Cincinnati man Joe Hollen hospital recovery report
Joe Hollen, recovering from a serious illness, arrived last week in Cincinnati and shows fragile improvement. He is quartered with Alderman Sullivan at the Ollen Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hollen
P Indford
Alderman Sullivan
Ollen Hotel
Lordsburg Visit Noted for Marlen Hoggett of Animas
Marlen Hoggett of Animas visited Lordsburg on Tuesday in what local notes describe as a routine civic or social excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlen Hoggett
Animas
Lordsburg
Mrs E F J Casey Honored By Mrs W C Downey
Mrs W C Downey entertained six tables of contract bridge at a luncheon honoring her sister Mrs E J Casey of San Francisco as summer guest at The Woman's club. The event featured sweet peas and carminations with a parade of attendees from Lordsburg and El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Downey
E. J. Casey
San Francisco
Woman's Club
Jolly Wedding Bells in Lordsburg Unites Salt Lake Pair
Miss Martha Babel of Salt Lake City wed Joseph Frankcom, also from Salt Lake City, in a Wednesday ceremony at the Coakley residence in Lordsburg. Bishop J. E. Payne officiated. witnesses included Mrs Shrader and Mr Mrs Dan W Coakley plus Mr and Mrs Joe Engberg. a dinner followed at Hidalgo Coffee Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Babel
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lordsburg
Joseph Frankcom
Dan Coakley
Banner Mine
Coakley
J. E. Payne
Virden
Hidalgo
Shrader
Silver City
Dan W. Coakley
Joe Engberg
Banner Mine Highway Under WPA Work For County
Joe Engberg says the Banner mine highway is being improved with nine WPA workers. County highway superintendent R. R. Gale notes heavy travel on the route and warns that work must continue to place it in first class condition as Hidalgo County’s Banner mine becomes its chief industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Engberg
Banner Mine
WPA
R. R. Gale
Hidalgo County
Judge Ownby Recalls Early Southern Pacific Trip to El Paso
Lordsburg judge recounts riding the first Southern Pacific train to cross the El Paso bridge in May 1881. The two flat cars and engine carried about sixty men including bridge and steel crews under conductor Blackie Martin. He helped drive the last pile for the Rio Grande bridge as work on the Lordsburg to El Paso route continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso
B. B. Ownby
Lordsburg
Southern Pacific
Strawbridge
Stein
Black Jack
Judge Ownby
FE Paso
Santa Fe Railroad
Old Ft. Bliss
Rio Grande
PAX COLLECTIONS Set May tax receipts break records
May tax collections rise amid centralized agencies. The sales tax division reports a May total of 216 579 the gasoline tax division 300 026 the second largest May figure in bureau history. Only September 1935 surpasses this May. Growth credited to new revenue rules limiting bootlegging and tightening vehicle port clearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Tingley
Bureau of Revenue
Mrs Harry Day Hosts Bridge Luncheon at Ranch
Mrs Harry Day entertained at a love ly contract bridge luncheon Tuesday afternoon. Honorees included her mother Mrs W W Wilkey of El Paso and Mrs E J Casey along with Mesdames Nat Gammon W C Downey R E Bu vens Myron Fowler and Miss Dorothy Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
R. E. Buvens
M. E. Fowler
Harry Day
Jack Heather
Lewis
Luella
Clark
Inez Boswell
J. E
Dorothy Walker
Lordsburg
Sam P. Fulton
el Paso
W. W. Wilkey
E. J. Casey
Nat Gammon
W. C. Downey
Myron Fowler
Lordsburg Woman's Club June Luncheon Set
The Lordsburg Woman's Club will hold their annual June Luncheon on Monday June 15 at Hidalgo Grill at 1 PM All members wishing to attend should make reservations for themselves and guests by Sunday through Mrs Harold Rolfe or Mrs Jack Heather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg Woman’s Club
Hidalgo Grill
Harold Rolfe
Jack Heather
Mrs Frank Johnson Completes Home Interior Repairs
Mrs Frank Johnson undertook extensive interior repairs with contractor Jack Heather supervising the work. The project details show Heather directing renovations within the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnson
Jack Heather
Lordsburg Jumps Ahead Of Other Towns In Centennial Exhibit
Dr Moore of Clovis praises Lordsburg for its New Mexico building display at the Centennial Exposition. He notes the exhibit is unique and already attracting pre centennial visitors to Lordsburg, claiming the town has a clear lead over others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Moore
Clovis
Lordsburg
New Mexico
New Conner Home Rush Underway for I G C Conner
The fine new home of Mr and Mrs I G Conner is being rushed as fast as possible by contractor Jack Heather. When completed it will be very attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. GC. Conner
Jack Heather
Local beauty operators attend Paris Beauty Show
Mrs Mildred Townsend owner of the Cottage Beauty Shop and operator Miss Addie Louise Conner attended the annual Beauty Show of the Paris Beauty Parlor supply company branch office. The event at Hotel Paso Del Norte featured new permanent wave and scalp treatment methods. The local team returned with new cliques to offer patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Townsend
Cottage Beauty Shop
Addie Louise Conner
Paris
Beauty Parlor Supply Company
Hotel Paso del Norte
FE Paso
Health dept urges diphtheria vaccination for preschoolers
The County Health Department advises parents of pre school children never immunized for diphtheria to consult their family doctors about vaccination during the summer. Immunity requires six to eight weeks after inoculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Health Department
MGM Special Presents Rose Marie With 3D Illusion
MGM introduces a three dimensional novelty shown with Rose Marie this Sunday and Monday. The film uses colored glasses to create double exposure illusions where objects appear to reach into the audience such as a baseball, a pistol, a trombone, water from a bottle, and a trapeze girl. Courtesy of H. H. Conder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
H. H. Conder
Martin Family Reunion Held At Duncan Homeplace
Mr and Mrs Charles Fuller and others attended a Martin family reunion at the Martin homeplace near Duncan. About thirty five family members gathered for a noon dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fuller
B. T. Cochrane
Jackie
Marshall Fuller
Gerald Fuller
Martin
Duncan
Hi Dalgo Coffee Shop Cuts Temperature By Sixteen Degrees
Elms, manager of the Hi dalgo Coffee Shop, hires J H Clark to install a device designed to lower shop temperatures by sixteen to eighteen degrees daily. The insulated box with excusious material and a 22 inch fan draws outside air through the cooling medium, requiring operation only while the shop is open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiy F. Elms
Hidalgo
J. H. Clark
Kime
de Hate
Kimo
Kim
Softball Season Opens in Brush League Schedule Released
The Brush League opens Monday at 6 PM with Lions led by H H Conder Soreheads led by Myles Cohen Kids led by Leo Cohen and K P led by Earle Kerr. A published lineup and full schedule follows in the Liberal with dates from June 1 through August 21 detailing matchups among Lions Kids K P and Soreheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush League
Lions
H. H. Conder
Soreheads
Myles Cohen
Kids
Leo Cohen
K. of P
Earle Kerr
The
Liberal
Eastern Star officials visit Lordsburg for banquet and work
Mrs M Mulkey Worthy Grand Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star visits Lordsburg with officials from Albuquerque Silver City and Hurley. A banquet at the Hotel patio precedes meetings at the Masonic Temple where remarks are given by the visiting leaders and local officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olla Williams
Olivia Wells
May Hanner
Luella 8 Clark
Gracie BE. Conner
Myrtle Augustine
Maud R. Green
Sadie Small
Martha Puller
Mamonic Temple
Mulkey
Mra Cox
Rowden
Mra Oda Wilama
Hidalgo Patio
Della Cureton
Mre
Fred Prevost
Jewel Puller
Alice Barrie
Tyrone
G. J H
Local Th. 8. Graduate Vera Higule Earns College Degree
Vera Bea Higule, Lordsburg High School class of 1932, completed four years of college and earned an A. B. degree with a double major in Spanish and English from Southwest State Teachers College in San Marcos Texas on May 26 1946. She was elected twice to Alpha Chi Scholarship society, ranking in the top ten percent of the class. She was one of twenty students qualifying for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Bea Higule
Lordsburg High School
Southwest State Teachers’ College
San Marcos
Texas
Alpha Chi
College of the South
Riggle
Miss Cora Moody Comper Hosts Picnic Farewell
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brown hosted a Friday evening picnic about seventeen miles out on the Silver City highway. Guest of honor Miss Cora Moody Comper, leaving for California, attended with a group including Mr. and Mrs. John Cavin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Brown
Cora Moody Comper
California
Weiner
Silver City
John Cavin
O. K Leonard
Barbara
Lilian
Wayne Baxter
Kay
Arlene Deaton
Shirley Mae
Dixie Adams
Navy man Karl Turpin returns home on leave
Karl Turpin, machinists mate second, US Navy, arrived home Tuesday from Long Beach for a fifte en day leave. His good naval record earns him pride from family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Turpin
Pennsylvania
Long Beach
Mr. Turpin
Pai
Last crippled children clinic to be held in Alamogordo
The final summer clinic for crippled children will take place in Alamogordo on Wednesday June 17 starting at 9 a.m. The event offers medical services and care for local youths, with organizers coordinating through the city health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamogordo
Verna Hancock Plans Vacation and Conference Trip
Hidalgo County Health nurse Miss Verna Hancock will leave Saturday for Los Angeles. She will attend the American Nurse Association Biennial Convention from June 21 to June 26, returning via Winslow, Arizona to visit her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Hancock
Hidalgo County
Los Angeles
American Nurse Association
Hancock
Winslow
Arizona
Tuesday Sewing Club Sees New Member Join
Mrs. R. A. Palm hosted the Tuesday sewing club and welcomed Mrs. Anna Tiehle as a new member. The next gathering is planned at Mrs. Elbert Jones's home at the Box M ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Palm
Anna Tiehle
Elbert Jones
Box M Ranch
Colson Family Vacation Fishing at Hot Springs
Mr and Mrs D H Colson and family enjoy a vacation at Hot Springs with reports of a grand time. Jimmie Colson is the fisherman who landed a 11 4 pound blue channel cat fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colson
Hot Springs
Jimmie
Grand Chief Pythian Sisters Visit Lordsburg
Grand Chief Ona Berry of New Mexico Pythian Sisters visited Western Star Temple No 11 in Lordsburg with family and Deming Temple officers. A banquet at the Hidalgo Grill preceded temple ceremonies and initiation work led by Mrs Williams, with speeches from local leaders. The Berry family, including four daughters, one son, and six nephews in Pythian ranks, impressed the gathering as Knights of Pythias members and Pythian sisters grow in strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Ona Berry
Deming
Western Star Temple No. 11
Dora
Berry Mateon
Emil Berry
Mra I GC
Craig
Deming Temple
Mra
Tom Clark
W. J. Berry
Orand
Chand
Bethel Vernon Puller
Grand
Luella S. Clark
Oma Olney
Grand Press
Elizabeth Gammon
Maud Hill
Dora Maraon
Emily Kerry
He. Craig
Maud Green
W. J Kerry
Pythian Temple
Mra. Williams
Lovraine Trewer
Williamsa
Feremonios
Tethel Puller
Crand
Herry
Desert
Desert Beene
Nelles
Berry Winters
Luella
Clark
Slater” Holt
Berry
PyUnalam
Pythian Sisters
P. C
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Lodge
Lordyburg
Gymvia Kerr
Hoth
Secretary A Visitor Seeks Tuberculosis Survey Support
Ruth Connely of the New Mexico Tuberculosis Association spent the weekend in Lordsburg to advance a state led case finding survey with Maytag Laboratory and the Southwestern Presbyterian Sanatorium. The effort targets Hidalgo County students and funds from the Tuberculosis Seal Sale to curb rising deaths among college age residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mins Ruth Connely
New Mexico Tuberculosis Association
Lordsburg
Maytag
Southwestern Presbyterian Sanatorium
Albuquerque
State Bureau of Public Health
C. B. Austin
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County School Teachers Elected
The Hidalgo County Board of Education elected teachers for the 1936 37 term. Appointments include Mrs Alice Casper Steins School Mrs Katherine Richards and Mrs Mary Lee Pairly Rodeo W L Hammerand principal Animas High School Winnifred Lahm assistant principal Animas William T Stamps seventh and eighth grade Animas Gladys Bivens intermediate Animas Kathleen Snyder El Cert primary Effie Bass Neblett Cloverdale Miss Pamelia Nicholson Cloverdale and Miss Beth Ball Valley View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County
Animas
Gladys Bivens
Kathleen Snyder
el Cert
Effie Bass
Neblett
Pamelia Nicholson
Cloverdale
Beth Ball
Valley View School
June Gives Farewell Party For Lola Jane
A farewell party hosted by June honored Lola Jane at her aunt Mrs Jonmne wakinson home. Guests included Naomi Wood Gladys Malone Hannah Ewan Lilly McClay Sybil Williams Shirley Wenslee Mary Noche and others. Mariah May Ewan won first prize. Lola Jane then boarded the ten o clock train to Salem Oregon to spend part of the summer with her father W HM Chaham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Jane
Jonmne Wakinson
Naomi Wood
Gladys Jean Malone
Hannah May Ewan
Lilly McClay
Sybil Williams
Shirley Wenslee
Mary Louise Noche
Memrs
Don Kerr
Gene Palm
Leo Eims
Fimner Jones
Hugh Sullivan
Ervin Ewan
Robert Adame
Bennie Everett
David Warren
Raymond Cunatie
George Jones
Jesse Palm
Homer
Mariah May Ewan
Salem
Oregon
W. HM. Chaham
Woman Hurt After Fall At Rit ter Walker Office
Mrs Viola Wright of Animas suffered a leg fracture when she mis stepped leaving the Rit ter Walker Company office. She was taken to DeMons hospital where the fracture was set and she rested easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Wright
Animas
Ritter-Walker Company
Felix Chauthier
DeMons Hospital
Mrs A L Green Hosts Past Matrons Picnic at Cave Creek
Mrs A L Green entertained a group of Past Matrons of the O K and including Mrs W J Mall Mrs M Chase Mrs George Trimble and house guest Mrs Bustle Rich of El Paso Mrs J L Augustine Mrs Luella S Clark Mrs Inex Boswell and Mr Ralph Clark with Boswell’s children Mildred and Malcolm joining as aides at Cave Creek Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Green
Cave Creek
O. K
W. J
Mall
8. M. Chase
George Trimble
Bustle Rich
el Paso
J. L. Augustine
Luella
Clark
Inex Boswell
Ralph Clark
Green
Wise
Shirley Henslee To Resume School After Clinic Visit
Miss Verna Hancock county health nurse took Ming Shirley Henslee to the Socorro Clinic. Doctors determined the spine curvature was not tuberculosis but due to wedge shaped vertebrae. Dr. Goodwin of El Paso said a simple operation would correct the defects and Shirley could begin high school and music studies again after recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Hancock
Ming Shirley Henslee
Socorro
Goodwin
Fl Paso
Shirley
New Methodist Preacher Heats Lordsburg Members with First Sermon
The Reverend Bryan Hall preached his first sermon in Lordsburg replacing ill Reverend C. Walker. Hall, a Southern Methodist University graduate, and wife Mrs Hall, a Texas Woman's College graduate, are described as vigorous community builders. They have three young children, Jack Helen Ann and Clifford Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Hall
C. 8. Walker
Halli
Southern Methodist University At
Dallas
Hall
Texas Woman's College At
Fort Worth
Jack
Helen Ann
Clifford Ray
Lordsburg
Ross family plans new posting after Lordsburg move
G L Ross informs Mr and Mrs Nat Gammon from Pacific Beach California that the Ross family will soon be stationed elsewhere. They left Lordsburg recently with a new Wade B Smith trailer described as a fully equipped housekeeping apartment with all modern living amenities. The message notes the family’s move and hopes for a favorable community when they relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Gammon
Pacific Beach
California
G. L. Ross
Lordsburg
Oba
Wade B. Smith
Ross
Ford Sales The Reliable Motor Reports V eight lineup
Ford dealer Reliable Motor lists models including a Ford V-8 for a Forder touring sedan and a pickup. Mentioned buyers or observers include Dr E M Parham and Jack Heather with other vehicles like a one and a half ton truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliable Motor
Dr. E. M. Parham
Jack Heather
Ira Bright
Curetons Visit Town From Walking X Ranch
Mr and Mrs Fr W Cureton and Misses Florence and Mary Cureton of the Walking X ranch were in town on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. W. Cureton
Florence and Mary Cureton
Walking X Ranch
Also Mentioned on This Page
David D. Warren
David, Jr
Matthews
U. S
Washington
D.C
Peiping
China
Philadelphia
Cueto
San Antonio
Cincinnati
FE. J. Casey
PAX
Mrs
New Conner Home
MGM
Boreheads
K. of
P.’s
K. P
Mrs. M. Mulkey
W.G.M. O.es
WINK
M. Cobper
Hroke Lapt
Shirley Hensler
FORD
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