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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
1
Bo Duran district supervisor reports Lordsburg city count grew from 3101 in 1940 to 3643 in 1950, a little over 14 percent rise. Hidalgo County climbs from 4821 to 5110, about 6 percent. Official totals will be announced on KSI Silver City with ten siren blasts to cue radio listeners.
Three forest fires started by a storm were brought under control near the Cave Creek area in the Chiricahua Mountains Wednesday night. Firefighters from Douglas aided in fighting the larger blaze that stretched into early Thursday, with volunteers and local crews conducting an all night effort.
Five Local Scouts travel to El Paso from Lords ity to join the national jamboree. The group includes Chan dler Davison Billy Short Ray Mi jr Rich ard Weldon and others from Santa Rita La Tuna Deming and Silver City. They attend June 14 to 17 with a dress rehearsal at Valley Forge and a full physical check up before entering the troops.
Patrol unit Butterc Bluebird schedules a meeting at Mary’s home next Wednesday evening. All members urged to attend for an expected interesting program and discussions.
Standing from left to right are Douglas Strain Arnold Nard Page Wilder Bill Oliver Leonard Nard Virgil Craddock. A light note lists local residents posing for a group photo after a fishing day.
Slim Holder and his three piece orchestra provided music for a June 17 dance at the American Legion hall sponsored by the Knights of Pythias Lodge. About forty couples attended and proceeds support the Fourth of July K P picnic and lodge delegates to the Supreme Assembly. A lamp auction by the Pythian Sisters raised about seventy five dollars. E M Fisher Jr won and donated it back for reauction.
On Monday June 26 Hidalgo county residents may meet the Republican contenders for governor lieutenant governor land commissioner and Congress at the Hidalgo Hotel from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Ed Mecham Paul Larrazalo General Corlett Steiner Mason will attend accompanied by Mrs FE L Moutton federation women leader No speeches planned just a social call to acquaint voters with the candidates.
Mr and Mrs Edward Petri who ran the Rail a pate cafe for three and a half years sold the establishment to GG ve Kavuthas and son of Tiss. The Petri family and their nephew Maartin Kulen are natives of The Hague. They came to the US in 1922 and ran a New York restaurant before moving to Lordsburg. Kavathas formerly operated the White House cafe in Tuc son and is known among railroad workers. Elbert Coursey is recovering from severe burns in hospital.
The first outdoor concert of summer will be held on the courthouse lawn Saturday at 7:45 PM. The thirty piece band will perform a varied program of American Turkish and Mexican melodies including Festival Overture Russian Choral and Overture and Star Spangled Banner.
Present tobacco permits expire June 30 and starting July 1 a twenty five cents per day fine applies to any sales of cigarettes without a retail tobacco permit. Applications have been mailed to current vendors and new vendors may obtain one from Jack Morgan.
Donald A. Duff announces the appointment of Robert C. Heyda as director of public relations for Frontier Airlines. Heyda will start in July as the airline expands after its June 1 launch merging three feeder lines.
Leola Rae Payne and Virginia Recht represented Lordsburg at Girls State in Portales last week. More than 106 girls attended, housed in college dorms and eating at the cafeteria, with elections and four city groups Organ Tru chas Sandia Jemez.
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