Signups Underway for Primary Voter Registration
Voter registration for the upcoming primary closes April 22, 1980 at 5 00 p.m. Residents may register by contacting registration officers in Hidalgo County. Lordsburg and animal-rodoeo list numerous officers with phone numbers and addresses for registration assistance in multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County
Lordsburg
Ali Salinas, Jr
Pablo O. Sanchez, Jr
Jesus C. Martinez
Rogers Alley
Francisco
Ki-Ki-'' H. Chaires, Jr
Cecilia Bejarano
Lordsburg Moves Recreation Center Site to Short Park
Lordsburg city councilors vote in a special session to relocate the $50,000 recreation center from the south edge of town to the Short Park complex. The action comes after an injunction by the new council delayed construction at the original site near the maintenance yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Short Park
Alan A. Koff
Koff
Troversy
Sixth District Court
Gene Noce
Noce
E.M. Fischer
Lordsburg Council OKs Santa Fe trip on utility takeover
Lordsburg officials approve a Friday special session trip for Maura Rice and Herb Collins to Santa Fe to discuss transferring local gas and water utilities to the State Public Service Commission. Mayor Alan A. Koff endorses the plan, noting PSC review within nine months and possible three month extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg City
Maura Rice
Herb Collins
Santa Fe
State Public Service Commission
Alan A
Koff
County crime stoppers group forms in Hidalgo County
Local citizens and law enforcement organized a county wide crime stoppers program meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. A four member preliminary executive committee was elected with bylaws adopted and plans for countywide participation and a rapid telephone link. Public donations exceed one thousand dollars, with Dan Harris coordinating for the New Mexico State Police. The Lordsburg School board meeting was rescheduled from April 1 to April 8 at 7:00 p.m. in the board room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robertson
Robertson
Crime Stoppers
John
Dan Harris
N.M
Hidalgo County
Lordsburg
Board of Education of
The
Lordsburg Municipal Schools
Board Room
Fourth Street
Phelps Dodge Plans El Paso Expansion
Phelps Dodge announces expansion in El Paso adding a continuous cast copper rod mill to its existing hot rolled rod facilities. The company, a major copper producer, also runs three other rod mills in El Paso Fort Wayne and Bayonne and is installing a fourth in Norwich Connecticut. Copper from Tyrone is smelted at Playas then refined in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Corp
el Paso
Texas
Phelps Dodge
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bay, N. J
Norwich
Conn
Tyrone
Playas
Association Forms to Promote Lordsburg Downtown Business District
A Wednesday meeting at the American Restaurant formed an association to improve Lordsburg. Local business leaders discussed forming a downtown Business Association. Spokesman Bill Collins urged residents to submit lists of needed improvements and participate. Contact Collins or Bart Bejarano to join. Next meeting set for Wednesday April 2 at El Zarape, noon, officers to be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Bill Collins
Collins
Bart Bejarano
el Zarape
Democrats Name Delegates for Pre-Primary Convention
Hidalgo County Democrats named eight delegates for the pre primary convention in Las Cruces. Maura Rico, Robert Rodriguez, Joe Morales, Ruby Warren, Felipe Alvarez, Victor Samoza, Joe D. Croom and Netta Farran will represent the local party at the New Mexico State University Pan Am Center. Governor Bruce King will deliver the keynote address as the session aims to determine who appears on the ballot in congressional districts one and two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County
Las Cruces
Maura Rico
Robert Rodriguez
Joe Morales
Ruby Warren
Felipe Alvarez
Victor Samoza
Joe D. Croom
Netta Farran
New Mexico
New Mexico State University Pan Am Center
Bruce King
Funeral Services Held For Councilor Dick Allen
Lordsburg honors councilor Richard Weldon Allen age 54 who died March 23 after a long illness. He chaired the Lordsburg City Council for 12 years and acted as mayor pro tem. He owned the Coronado Theatre and built Chaparral Trailer Park. Survived by wife Opal and children Carolyn Marjorie and Alice, plus mother Valeria, siblings, and grandchildren. Services were March 26 at Heather Chapel with Elks officiating and burial at Mountain View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Richard Weldon
Dick) Allen
Hillcrest Hospital
Silver City
Mr. Allen
Brownwood
Texas
Ralph Smith
Eddie Allen
Allen
Hatch
Coronado Theatre
Cha
B.P.O.E. Elks Lodge No
Opal Marjorie Downing
Carolyn
Marjorie
Alice
Opal
Carolyn Corbell
Marjorie Sokolnicki
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Alice Allen
San Diego
California
Valeria Allen Smith
James Allen
Valerie Allen McBee
Las Cruces
Deborah Renae
Richard Allen Sokolnicki
Heather
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary C. Merrell
Debbie Englebrecht
Robert A. Ramos
Virden
Jackie R. Moore
Margaret Livingston
Stephen Hill
Council
Southside
Central
PSC
Rice
Fischer
Association To
Dick Allen
Elks
Jim Culberson
Geng, Noce
Fausto Noce
Bobby Reynolds
Cassie Martinez
Alan Koff
Ted Paulos
Gilbert Buvens
Billy Fisher
Junior
L.A.) Jones
George Amin
John Schimmell
Marvin Kimbley
Bill Oliver
Martin Arambula
Mountain View Cemetery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!