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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
4
Mrs Rachel Atkinson and daughter Carolyn Ruth Mrs Dora Kerr Miss Claude Fuller Mrs Joe Wood and J D Atkinson were visitors in El Paso Friday.
Mr and Mrs Freeman McWhorter hosted a buffet dinner at their ranch north of Lordsburg for Mrs J R Poindexter on her birthday. The ranch reception featured a rose and sweet pea decorated horse and a two tier white cake with a single candle. Guests included Mr and Mrs J R Culberson Mr and Mrs J R Bradford Mr and Mrs Paul Hudson Mr and Mrs J Te Poindexter Mr and Mrs Henry Ellison Mrs Monty Crown Mrs Clara Kimbley and Lun Susie McWhorter.
The Monday Night Bridge Club gathered with host Mrs Bertha Koff. Members present included Mrs Emma Scofield, Mrs Floy Hudson, Mrs Myrl Pierce, Mrs Hazel Chase, and Vilas Nancy Chase. Guests were Mrs J R Bradford and Mrs H J Bryant.
Mrs. Anna Ownby preserves a colonial belt buckle once worn at the nation’s founding. Capt. and Mrs. W R Poindexter announce the birth of William Ranstead Poindexter Jr. in Memphis on June 14, 1944. Various local visits and travel plans involve the Drysdales, Warrens, Bryant family, and Sehlefeldt family with naval training upcoming.
Lt Earl Turpin on leave from Pearl Harbor greeted old friends in Lordsburg with his wife. He recalls a 1916 Pershing expedition sighting while a student at Hachita. Mrs D D Warren Jr arrived from Philadelphia for her father C A Fish funeral and will stay with her mother before returning to work in Philly with Sgt David Warren in Italy.
July Charles Steele of the U S Border Patrol came back this week from a two week vacation with friends and relatives in Illinois. Mrs Joe Wood left Saturday for Redlands California to visit Mr and Mrs Roy Smith. Mrs Smith is the former Ruth Wood Ensign and Mrs Harry Chase left Monday for California Ensign Chase heads to San Francisco to report for duty and Mrs Chase to visit in Los Angeles with Mrs J S Bell and Mrs R B Wheeler sisters of Ensign Chase.
The editor urges buying War Bonds to fund planes and guns for the Axis defeat, noting current goods shortages and future civil needs. It argues bonds curb inflation, stabilize money, offer business opportunities later, and present a safe investment in the United States.
Community notices describe the Red Cross Sewing Room hours 9 20 to 12 absent in El Paso and local visits by residents. Classifieds list sale items furniture stoves and equipment, a lost belt, job ads for food delivery profits, rent and motor details, plus local business addresses and names.
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