Livestock Fair Plan Approved by Lordsburg Businessmen
Resident G H Cureton leads a Lordsburg meeting with businessmen to adopt the 1941 Fair plan. A bid to donate prize money from calf and horse entries to various divisions is proposed, with emphasis on New Mexico bred stock and auction proceeds to support the fair. Walker Durham, superintendent, confirms entry of bull calves and horses for auction with prize money allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Grant
Arizona
Hillsboro
Walker
H. 8
Corralitos Ranch
Uces
Associa
Bissell
Las Cruces
New Mexico
George H. Cureton
Lordsburg
Car Lot
Walker Durham
Williams Wedding Brings Lordsburg Friends Together
Robbie Williams son of Mrs M Williams married Misa Earline, daughter of the late Rev of Silver City. Ceremony held at the Silver City church officiated by Rev reen. Bride wore navy with pink carnations. groom attended by family and friends. The couple will reside in Silver City after a brief honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Robbie” Williams
M. Williams
Misa
Mr. Bar
England
Bowers of
el Paso
Simmons University
J. C. Penney & Jest
Nazarene Church Service Schedule and Greeting
Paul Simpson pastor leads worship with services at 9 45 am and 11 00 am on Sunday and 7 30 pm Wednesday meeting. Sunday 8 26 30 pm prayer meeting. We welcome all.
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H OF
the Nazarene
Paul Simpson
Assembly of God Church Worship Schedule
H P Hines pastor invites worship at 9 45 morning Sunday school and 11 morning service with 7 30 p m services Tuesday and Friday. Welcome awaits you at this church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SLY OF God Church
H. P. Hines
Youssembly
Methodist Church Service Notice
Joe Emanuel pastor leads worship at 9:45 a m and 11:00 a m with evening activities and Wednesday practice. A warm welcome is extended to all seeking fellowship and spiritual guidance.
Ballroom of Love Unites Ball and Gardнер in Deming
John Ball former LHS alumnus and Jamie Gardner a former Deming school art instructor wed at the Methodist church in Deming on February 27. Rev. Bryan Hall officiated. The couple plans a brief El Paso and Cloudcroft honeymoon before Mrs Ball resumes teaching and Mr Ball reports March 17 for U S Army training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ball
LHS
George Wood
Community Public Service Company
Ian
Legion of Lordsburg
Benedict
Lordsburg School
Jamie Gardner
Deming
Methodist Church
Bryan Hall
Gust Wehmhoner
Jimmie Hensley
el Paso
Cloudcroft
Language Of Ashdod Sermon At Church Of Christ
Percy EF Krewson leads the Church of Christ at Fifth and Pyramid Streets with services at 11:00 a m followed by a sermon What Think Ye Of Christ 7 A young Endeavor group meets at 6 20 p m and a prayer service is held Wednesday at 7 30 p m A junior group for ages 8 to 12 meets Saturday 9 to 11 led by Mrs Krewson
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Percy Ef, Krewson
Fifth and
Pyramid Sts
Ible School
Ashdod
Krewson
Sheriff Bordges Returns With Young Burglars
Monterey county California Sheriff A Bordges with Deputy J L McCoy and two boy burglars charged with grand larceny. The boys were captured in McKinney Texas. Bordges also visited Frank Montague's cattle ranch near Bandera and met the boys who amazed the State Legion convention in Lordsburg.
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A. Bordges
Monterey County
California
J. L. McCoy
McKinney
Texas
Bordges
Frank Montague
Bandera
State Legion Convention
Lordsburg
Demoss Hospital patient improving after illness from cold
Alden Breiner of Indianapolis is recovering from a cold that developed into lung trouble at Demoss Hospital. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank G Breiner, prominent Indiana citizens with an interest in the southwest and New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Breiner
Indianapolis
Frank G. Breiner
Indiana
Southwest
New Mexico
Gone With the Wind at Palace Theatre March 16 and 17
Mrs S E Allen manager of the Palace Theatre announces Gone With the Wind the most talked of moving picture will show Sunday and Monday March 16 and 17 with matinees both days. Admission 40 cents for adults and 25 cents for children at matinees and 56 cents for all at the night shows. The film will be shown in full with no cuts.
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S. E. Allen
Palace Theatre
the Palace
Lions Club Hosts Draftee Then Plans Deming Trip
The Lions Club met Tuesday with President Tom J. Mayfield presiding. Special guest Draftee Myles Milton Cohen spoke before leaving for Santa Fe to join the Army. The club celebrated his service and thanked him for promoting athletics. A six-draftee roll was read. Members next gather in Deming for a Ladies Night, with no luncheon next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Tom J. Mayfield
Myles Milton Cohen
Santa Fe
Myles
Lion Holt
Lion Melugin
Lion
Emanuel
W. C. Mearns
Malcolm Boswell
Milton Malone
Margaret Bradberry
Terry Williams
Ann Beth Ewing
Deming
Scofield
First Baptist Church Sunday Services and Study Times
The First Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. on the Lord's Day with the sermon Remember the Lord's Day. Training Union at 6:29 p.m. and evening service at 7:50 p.m. on Where Are the Nine. Wednesday prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Paul H. Elmore leads the gatherings.
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First Baptist Church
Paul HH. Elmore
Jesus
Death of J. H Farrar a Rodeo Pioneer
J H Farrar longtime Rodeo resident dies in Santa Barbara on March 5. His body will be brought home by four o clock train for funeral at the Baptist church with Rev Benson officiating and a male quartet providing music. He will be buried beside his son Gordon in Los Angeles history. Survived by widow and three daughters Vivian Agnes Louise with Agnes Edington former County Superintendent of Schools ill but recovering in Warren Arizona and notified funeral plans.
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J. H Farrar
Rodeo
Santa Barbara
California
Sam Gass
Paul H. Elmore
Tom J. Mayfield
H. H. Conder
Gass
Gordon
Los Angeles
Vivian
Agnes
Louise
Agnes Edington
Warren
Arizona
James Cureton Featured With the Aggie Cagers
Lordsburg observers read that El Paso Herald-Post highlighted the New Mexico Aggies in the Fourth Annual Southwestern Basketball Tournament with pictures of the Aggie squad appearing in the paper Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
el Paso Herald-Post
New Mexico ‘Aggies
Aggie
Food Map Shows Europe On Short Rations Across Continent
A wartime map depicts Europe facing widespread food shortages with only Portugal retaining normal supplies. Famine looms in Belgium and Poland while Spain France and the Nordic countries hover near shortages. Relief hinges on U S aid and a neutral agency to distribute food to civilians through the blockade.
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New York
Portugal
Morever
European
British Isles
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Belgium
Poland
Spain
France
Holland
Way
Finland
Europe
United States
City Council Grants Second Ten Percent Water Rate Cut
Lordsburg officials announce a second ten percent reduction in water rates effective May Day after a prior July 6, 1938 cut. The plan also adds a 5,000 gallon seasonal increase without charge and accelerates retirement of water bonds. A two-block playground improvements for children and a smaller playground near the water tower are planned.
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Lordsburg
Library News Recap of Meeting and New Books
Last Monday the Library held its regular meeting led by president Mrs Bethel Fuller. The book of the month is H M Pulnam Esquire and a gift book Translations from the Chinese. Other new titles include Wave of the Future Way o the West The Law s Outlaw Other Gods Foundation Stone Out Of the Fog Fame Is the Spur And So To Bath. Attendees were Mesdames Bethel Fuller Lola Jones Mathilde Johnson Hazel Ewing Elizabeth Bates Pearl Gauthier Sallye Jarvis and Myrtle Tenney.
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Bethel Fuller
H. M. Pulnam
Esquire
Foundation Stone
Bath
Mesdames Bethel Fuller
Lola Jones
Mathilde Johnson
Hazel Ewing
Elizabeth Bates
Pearl Gauthier
Sallye Jarvis
Myrtle Tenney
Colored volunteers sought for Army draft call
The local draft board requests qualified colored men to join the Army. Interested individuals should visit the draft board office at City Hall at their earliest convenience to enlist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Draft Board
City Hall
New Ben Franklin Store Names George H Halton Manager
Lordsburg welcomes George H Halton of Las Cruces to lead the Ben Franklin store with 1% years of experience in managing variety stores in Texas and New Mexico. He is accompanied by his wife and they reside in Wright apartments. The existing clerks Mra. Tommie Dikeman Mra. Irene Malone and Miss Ann Rade stay on under T. B. Hall who continues general supervision.
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Lordsburg
George H. Halton
Las Cruces
Texas
New Mexico
Ben Franklin
Wright Apartments
Tommie Dikeman
Irene Malone
Ann Rade
T. B. Hall
Conder Flying Schools Granted Permit for Lordsburg Deming
Dr H H Conder received a flying permit from the State Corporation Commission to operate between Lordsburg and Deming. He purchased a 65 hp Taylorcraft deluxe ship and hired Wesley L Stoddard as flying instructor. A class of sixteen students is signed in Deming with Las Cruces and Alamogordo classes planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Conder
Lordsburg
Deming
State Corporation Commission
Wesley L. Stoddard
Conder
Nelruth Roughton
Las Cruces
Alamogordo
Volunteers Sought for New Mexico's First Negro Contingent
Adjutant General Russell C. Charlton and State Director of Selective Service called for volunteers to fill New Mexico's first all black unit of 25 men for March. Colored registrants who want to join should apply to their local board at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell C. Charlton
Selective Service
New Mexico
Charlton
Six More Draftees Leave for Santa Fe to Join Army
Six draftees from Lordaburg named Myles Milton Cohen Hammond Way Rowland Wayne Preston My era Wirt Mance Benjamin Oliver Thompson and William Silas Thompson left Wednesday at 7 46 AM via Silver City and Hot Springs for Santa Fe to be inducted into the U S Army and assigned to training stations for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Milton Cohen
Hammond Way Rowland
Wayne Preston Myera
Wirt Mance
Benjamin Oliver Thompson
William Silas Thompson
Lordaburg
Silver City
Hot Springs
Santa Fe
U. S. Army
Lordsburg Sunday Wolf Tournament Opens at Local Course
The first wolf golf tournament of the new season starts Sunday at the local course with thirty or more entries expected. Entry costs one dollar and participants must contact opponents after the Saturday drawing. The course features a new road and improvements with refreshments available all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Neason
Eagle Drug Store
Pete Chase
Lordaburg
Lordsburg
Scout Training School Teaches Introduction To Scouting
The first Scouters Training School will be held March 11 12 and 13 in the Methodist church basement. Peter Krewson of the Church of Christ will chair the leadership training committee and Hugo Olsen Scout Executive will teach the classes on Introduction To Scouting. Meetings start at 7 40 p m for two hours each evening with four Patrol Leaders Bennie Everett Omar Masters Harold Scofield and Rev Joe Emanuel promoting attendance. The program aims to boost local Boy Scout growth through wide participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Peter Krewson
Church of Christ
Hugo Olsen
Bennie Everett
Omar Masters
Harold Scofield
Joe Emanuel
Boy Scout Movement
Bank Ladies Visit Silver for Banquet Planning
A group of First National Bank wives led by FE M Brickley and J T Muir drove to Silver City Monday to confer with local ladies arranging a Bear Mountain Lodge banquet for wives of bankers attending the State Bankers Convention in April. The party included Rex Kipp George P Jeffus C C Martin and P M Mellinnis and met with Mesdames Light Haston and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Silver City
Bear Mountain Lodge
Mesdames FE
M. Brickley
John T. Muir
Rex Kipp
George P. Jeffus
C. C. Martin
P. M. Mellnnis
Omar Masters Visits Albuquerque Parents Over Weekend
Omar Masters spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Masters in Albuquerque, returning after the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Masters
Mrs
W. A. Masters
Albuquerque
Hidalgo County Stores Ready For Stamp Plan
The Hidalgo county plan authorizes orange and blue stamps for eligible buyers certified by the Department of Public Welfare. Eligible buyers include WPA workers, old age assistance recipients, aid to dependent children, the needy blind, and general relief recipients, with stamps usable in any county or state. Stores handling food will supply information and benefit producers by enabling cash sales of surplus products.
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Hidalgo County
Robertson
Lunt
Department of Public Welfare
Pure Seed Area Established in Virden Section
At a Virden Crop Improvement Association meeting the community was set to become a pure seed area for cotton. The College Acala No. 1617 variety will be grown to produce certified seed for Rio Grande valley farmers. New officers were elected: F. F. Merrell president, board members Robert Mortensen Parley Jones, secretary Lynn Hatch. Extension agronomist Clayborn Wayne and county agent Harlan Black assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virden Crop Improvement Association
Virden
Rio Grande Valley
Crop Improveyement Association
F. F. Merrell
Robert Mortensen
Parley Jones
Lynn Hatch
Clayborn Wayne
Extension Agronomiat
State College
Harlan Black
Hollen House Bar Set to Open This Saturday
Workmen finish the Hollen House bar in a newly equipped room behind the hotel lobby. Carpenter work by Bill Burke and J T Stegman. The rear cocktail room features red leather furniture, chrome frames, and vari colored fluorescent lighting. Plumbing by A L Green and Son and plastering by Robert Prugle.
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Hollen House
Carpenter
Bill Burke
J. T. Stegman
A. L. Green and Son
Robert Prugle
District Tournament Attendees From Local Area Cited
Miss Mary Louise Noce Ruthe Fisher Gladys Gene Malone Nellie Joe Swaggart Betty Been Pat Hall Dorothy McInnis Dorothy Singer Dorothy Cureton Claudeen Olney Betty Reynolds Mary and Katherine Messecar Mary Jo Verna Bea McWhorter Mildred Truitt Opal Downing Bertha McCafferty Mrs Moselle Messecar Mrs Thelma Ross Mr and Mrs Jr Jones Mr and Mrs Robert Ritter Mr and Mrs Geo Cureton Mrs P M Melnnis Mr and Mrs Leon Brock Mrs C B Olney yles Cohen Dickie Fed erich Gilbert Buvens Jamie and Dickie Allen Roy Jones Robert Burch L P and Garland McHalfey Jim Bounds Bobby and Charlie Ben Olney attended the district tournament in Las Cruces last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Noce
Ruthe Fisher
Gladys Gene Malone
Nellie Joe Swaggart
Betty Been
Pat Hall
Dorothy McInnis
Dorothy Singer
Dorothy Cureton
Claudeen Olney
Betty Reynolds
Mary
Katherine Messecar
Mary Jo
Verna Bea McWhorter
Mildred Truitt
Opal Downing
Bertha McCafferty
Moselle Messecar
Thelma Ross
Jr. Jones
Robert Ritter
District basketball tournament attendance in Las Cruces
Misses Gretchen Smith Bess Johnston Exa Barton and Lela Mae Atkinson were among attendees at the district basketball tournament in Las Cruces last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Smith
Bess Johnston
Exa Barton
Lela Mae Atkinson
Las Cruces
Dr Conder Attends Southwestern Optometry Congress
Port Worth Star Telegram reports Dr Conder at the Southwestern Congress of Optometry with about 400 prominent professionals and educators from New Mexico Texas Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Oklahoma. He and others presented lectures and demonstrations on improved eye disability corrections. Lordsburg Deming doctors use some instruments shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Worth
Optometry
New Mexico
Conder
Lordsaburg-Deming
Medal of Honor Story From Belleau Wood
A World War I history note recounts Gunnery Sergeant Fred W. Stockman who sacrificed his gas mask to a wounded Marine during a gas attack at Belleau Wood. He directed evacuations under shelling until death from gas exposure, later posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt.
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War Department
U. S
Belleau Wood
France
Fred W. Stockman
Stockman
Steckman
Roosevelt
Note of thanks for flowers and messages
Mrs. Agnes Edington expresses appreciation for flowers cards and messages received during illness noting their helpfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Edington
Santa Fe Tax Chief Visits State Capitol
Earle Kerr chief of the income tax department of the State Bureau of Revenue and Mrs Kerr were in Santa Fe on official business over Sunday. The department is growing in prominence at the state house and they left for Silver City Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle Kerr
State Bureau of Revenue
Kerr
State House
Silver City
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. H. Cureton
George H. Eton
Southwestern New Mexico Liveock and Fair Association
Hate
Gar Williams
J. H. Parkar
James Cureton
Aggie” Cagers
Liberal
Dxisting
Library News
Conder Flying Schools
Lordsburg and Deming
THE
ARMY
Scouters Training School
Dudley Robertson
Howard Lunt
County Surplus Food Administration
DR. Conder
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