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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
2
The editorial urges a broad spring clean up for farms and towns. It compares pruning, manure, and cleaning to shedding bad habits and gossip. It calls for renewing friendships, improving speech, and embracing fresh thoughts to foster growth and livability.
The article reports high excitement at Red Hill six miles southwest of town with picture rock still being dug and multiple claims staked. Assays run around 45 dollars per ton, with talk of higher prices. Smokey Joe locates El Toro Grande in the Lost Mountains. local characters Joe Croom Ed Bellah Buddy Felix and the goat men appear amid frontier mining banter and frontier life notes.
Western star Ken Maynard and Mrs. Maynard greeted Lordsburg friends Saturday as they traveled to Fort Worth for the fat stock show. He praised Lordsburg as the home of courtesy and noted the kids cheerfully flock to see him.
The Mavericks of Las Cruces announce the death and year long training draft of Nathan Boyd McNeilly, an assistant coach for two years and a school teacher. Cruces also notes former head coach Apodaca’s departure to the National Guard and Ritchey’s draft listing.
Mrs Harris complains of a promotion for Donald after a sergeant hit. The line hints at a court martial while a friend declines to reveal the Colt’s results. A nameless coach and references to Tiger Trax and Water Log appear in a fragmented collage.
L. H. 8 students chatted about the district event with lively notes on Jamie and his late nights. Gilbert Ravens earned a joking title for his pajamas while James Rodgers drew Hurley girls’ attention and Dickie Allen was praised for snoring. Lordsburg students enjoyed Las Cruces hospitality.
Town chatter notes tired students returning from Cruces and a late meal at 12 50. Mentions tagging a Deming girl and thanks to a friend for bending an aerial. Seniors plan a play and spring football starts Monday.
Last Tuesday at noon Terry Williams and Margaret Bradberry led the Forest Prince perfor mance in the Hidalgo Hotel lounge. The clarinet trio of Milton Malone Malcolm Boswell and Mr Mearns plus Anna Beth Ewing accompanied the singers.
In the fourth six weeks two boys and ten girls in our room had perfect attendance. Gabriel Guerrero joined from Separ First Grade. Second Grade Bluejays report Cuco Vargas visiting in Phoenix and Refugio Hernandez re entering after illness. 11 boys and 11 girls in that room had perfect records last period. Second Grade Busy Bees note Hilberto Quintana re entered after Morenci stay and 13 in room were neither absent nor tardy. Viviana Guerra re entered after Clifton visit. Third Grade Renny Vargas returned from Phoenix visit. all but six pupils had perfect attendance, 27 students never missed or were tardy. Fourth Grade counts nine boys and seven girls with perfect attendance. Wilson School begins spring practice and a Mother Goose Pageant set for Central School in early April.
Carlos explains a school of fish as a place under the sea where fish meet to tell fish stories. Joe adds the idea as a playful definition.
A playful exchange features Miss Shannon and Mary Estrada debating verbs and action. A punchline suggests a cowboy and his horse as a joke about verbs. The group also discusses the origin of the word history from the British phrase hi story.
Virden Public Schools announce seventh and eighth grade assembly Friday with pupil participants chosen by class officers. The dramatics class, guided by Mr Field, presents three one act plays in Virden High School gym Thursday before traveling to Animas. Janet Anderson, a standout student, traces northern roots and holds multiple school roles including senior class secretary, annual editor, and saxophonist in the dance orchestra.
The text notes tough luck but persistent effort after the Junior High tournament. It mentions upcoming Career Conference at Silver City and plans to prepare strong athletes for competition. It closes with hopeful remarks for next year and continued practice.
A collection of questions about basketball team training tournament losses, Verne Watson’s appearance, Mr Field’s remarks to players, a blocked gaze in a theatre piece, lead choices in an operetta, and Tommy’s blush in literature class.
The Junior Benefit announces a top comedy with Kay Kyser and Ginny Simms plus Harry Babbitt and Ish Kabible. The program blends music and laughs as Kay Kyser’s College of Musical Knowledge headlines a night of entertainment to aid the Juniors.
A collection of humorous maxims presents paradoxes and practical precepts. It mixes reversal ethics with folksy wisdom such as acting preemptively and planning ahead, paired with absurd comparisons and rural wit.
The fragmentary notes ask why Mr Bonar chooses a car over a bike and why Sonny and Glenn were called from the football field last Wednesday. It questions which boy is Anna Beth's favorite and who will be elected class representative. It also asks if Manuel enjoys debate and why Dot H avoids school this year and wonders what would happen if Frank Varela tries spring football.
The Home Ee. girls prepare exhibits for the district meeting at Las Cruces on April 5. The Home Ee. Club sponsors a food sale Saturday March 8 at the Community Public Service Company to raise funds for the trip.
The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy last semester. Seventh grade: Gilberdo Renter sa, Rodolfo Rodriguez, Eloisa Ruiz, Arthur Talavera and Peter Wood. Eighth grade: Olivia Altuna, Richard Barela, Rebecca Bray, Manuel Gandara, Anna Mae Hammond, Pascuala Lujan, Betty Jean Mabe, Betty Reynolds and Gene Smith. Freshman: Mary F Broun, Martha Chavez, Titina Fierro, Pearl Hammond, Monica Jimenez, Eriedell Lacy, Lorene Mathews, Louise McDaniel, Estella Medina, Elisa Mejia, Jesus Morales, Manuel Morales, Rachel Noce, Colleen Pattison, Faye Patton and Glenn Ross. Sophomore: Pat Camacho, J H Enright, Carlos Hernandez, Mary Helen McDaniel, Joe Noce and Alice Saucedo. Junior: Estella Altuna and Dorothy Singer. Senior: Dorothy MelInnis and Bobby Reynolds.
The Kay Kyser band returns on screen in a grand Palace showing combining murder music romance horror and wit. Juniors promise a grand show and readers will enjoy the spectacle.
The operetta Forrest Prince will play two nights next week on the high school stage at popular prices. Curtain rises at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Thursday is School Night but parents are welcome. Proceeds aid expenses for the Music Festival in Las Cruces March 21 and 22.
All the boys who played football last fall and those planning to join next fall will form the Lordsburg spring football team. Spring football practice and track start Monday at the high school.
The S H S Glee Club presents a musical built on Tschaikowsky melodies with a full pit orchestra. Cast includes Anna Beth Ewing Martha Chavez Joe Chavez Fred Ewing Albert Lopez Claude Broun Malcolm Boswell Milton Malone and other performers in a tale of a Russian princess held for ransom by the Cossacks.
A lively comment notes a packed gym at the tournament and reflects on a good game. The speaker jokes about the space and asks why Pat Camacho interacts playfully with Consuelo, hinting at local personalities and banter.
Mrs. Finley Merrell returns from Utah while Mrs. Hans Anderson visits Mesa and Mrs. Mortensen hosts enchiladas for the T N T Club. Relief Society funds for a new building are raised with captains and patches. Roy, Albert Payne and Rowena Richardson attend Silver City Teachers College and win a trip to El Paso for El Toreador opera. Womans Club meets for a birthday and Gleamer Girls serve enchilada supper for the M Men’s basketball team, which places second in Mesa. A new baby girl arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Lunt.
A humorous exchange features Harvey selling a chicken soup recipe to stop roosters crowing at daylight. Mrs DeVorss questions the idea while playful banter continues with Truena and Mr Riddle about diapers and safety pins. A birthday cake gains a joke with a 40 candle power bulb.
The crowds from the east and west, including business groups from Arizona and Texas, increasingly converge on Lordsburg. Three converging highways make it a convenient meeting point for miners and factions to gather and discuss plans in the town’s hospitable atmosphere.
A playful glossary equates common words with humorous, paradoxical or literal definitions. Entries include Tangerine as a loose leaf orange and Banana peel as a weight loss food article while Zebra and Diplomat offer wordplay about appearance and memory.
Deputy F O Mangrum traveled from Graham County to arrest Phil Lee a Sheriff's boarder on a swindling charge for a 225 dollar check given for a horse in Denison Texas when the bank had no cash He had repeated the same scheme at the Hotel Hidalgo for fifteen dollars and left property to cover it.
Janet, a 5 foot 6 inch blue eyed blond, is Virden’s annual editor and a dependable student. Born in Utah and raised in Virden, she studied mostly in local schools with one Detroit semester away. Music inspires her and she has led a grade school operetta and participated in nearly every local musical event.
Mr and Mrs Amos W Pollard were seen traveling from Deming to Palm Springs on Tuesday en route from an outing.
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