Army Personal Affairs column answers war time money and mail questions
Readers ask about power of attorney to collect debts for soldiers, changing address for allowances, Red Cross updates on a missing son in a Japanese camp, and replacing lost war bonds. Instructions advise issuing a POA, notifying the War Department, contacting the Red Cross, and reporting bond numbers to the Army War Bond Office and Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Texas
War Department
Office of Dependency Benefits
Newark
New Jersey
Red Cross
American Red Crows
Washington, D. C
Army War Bond Office
West Adams Street
Chicago
Ill
Treasury Department
Washington, DC
Culling Poultry Prices Rise as May Boosts Returns
Extension poultry specialist E. E. Anderson notes May offers potential profit as the CPA allows markets to pay 26.8 cents per pound for old hens and 80.8 cents for broilers and fryers. He warns on ceiling price effects while advising culling non laying hens and selling birds in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPA
E. E. Anderson
Attite
OPA
Anderson
Seniors Depart Lordsburg High in Poignant Farewell
The 1944 seniors prepare to leave Lordsburg High School as years of memories and hard knocks fade. A reflective editorial laments the wide future separation but honors enduring ties, urging attendance at the upcoming concert and recalling quirky anecdotes from school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg High School
LHS
Old Lordsburg High
Senior ladies outline bright futures for the future
Verna B Susie McWhorter and Louise Mc Daniela Fuller plan to marry and be housewives. Henry Ellison and Gerald Mose ley will study engineering after Navy service. Marshall Goughlin aims for railroad work before Army duty. Violet Gilmore enters commercial work and Rachel Noce studies dietetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna B
Susie McWhorter
Louise McDaniela Fuller
Dimp
Henry Ellison
Gerald Moseley
Navy
Marshall Goughlin
Violet Gilmore
Rachel Noce
Remember the con cert date Wednesday
A brief reminder notes that the con concert is on a Wednesday, signaling the midweek event.
War Bond Message From Servicemen Abroad
Manuel Guerra from Florida hopes to spend the summer studying to be an interpreter. Glenn Webb in North Ireland reports hospital laboratory work and questions about Irish girls. Pat Comacho safely in Italy sends regards and his APO address. Antonio Alvarez writes from the USS Rochambeau Fleet Post Office San Francisco with best regards to the history class. High school concert ticket price listed as 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Guerra
Florida
Manuel
Glenn Webb
Ireland
Glenn
Pat Comacho
Italy
Pat
Pat Comach
Co. A
New ‘York
N. Y
Antonio Alverez
Antonio M. Alveez
U. S. S. Rochanbeau
Fleet Pot Office
San Francisco
California
LHS Honored by Two Assemblies
The article reports two school assemblies at LHS. On Tuesday guest speaker H Vearle Payne discussed education’s challenges with humor and anecdotes. On Thursday a brass quartet from Silver City Teachers College performed, including a solo by the car vet player and a trombonist encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Vearle Payne
Payne
Wayne
Silver City Teachers College
Carvet
Concert at High School Auditorium Seeks Audience
Don t schedule a date for next Wednesday night unless it is for the concert. It begins at P.M. in the High School auditorium with admission 85 cents for adults 25 cents for high school students and 16 cents for grade school pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. m
Prom day gossip and summer plans at LHS
A colorful, circulating column sketches the high school social scene with questions about who will attend summer school, prom and banquet memories, letters for press, romances, crushes, and summer jobs on the railroad. It hints at cliques and local happenings, naming names and teasing future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LHS
Messecar
Leon
Captain Midnight
Betty R
Charles Steven
Gerald
Jimmie
Helen
Betty Sue
Pat
Marshal
Marshline
Gerry
Joe Balch
Doris
Archie
la Verne
Jane Warren
Jane
Joe Fedrick
Rand
Snewman
Ruthie Mae
Monica
Mary Louise
el Paso
Charlie Stevens
Ralph
Ruthie
Miss Barnett
Homer
Queenie
Mary
Lea Rae
Seniors Last Day Reflections at LHS
On the last day of school Henry Ellison pleads with Mr. Melugin to stop graduation while Glen Ross bids farewell to Mr. Bonar. Charlie Crouch trains Henry Hall in band leadership as Gerald Moseley and Queenie Richins rehearse scenes. Mary Broun joins married women, Pearl Walter struggles with speed tests, and Henry Fuller sobs at his desk amid final day nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ellison
Melugin
Glen Ross
Mr. Bonar
Charlie Crouch
Henry Hall
LHS
Gerald Moseley
Queenie Richins
Mary Broun
Miss Rector
Pearl Walter
Pearl
Henry Fuller
Henry
Miss Lewis
Jonly Joy Fuller
Hom
Cadets and crowd greet a spirited hall scene
A lively hall-full of students includes Marshal the lone male chain gang, Pearl Mc Cants nearby with Ed waiting to return to the valley and start a victory garden, Demp bidding farewell to family, and cadet nurses Mary and Leanae dreaming of sailors. The piece closes with best wishes for the class.
Copycat Katie Causes Classroom Fuss In Hallway Gossip
A grade school scene mocks a girl named Katie for peering at others papers during exams and tattling to her mother. The narrator notes Katie’s curious habit of eyeing classmates and her family’s reactions to teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Pauline
Diwn
Hidalgo County Officials Seek Democratic Primary Nominations
Political notices announce candidacies for Probate Judge Hidalgo County County Clerk Treasurer Sheriff in New Mexico Subject to Democratic Primary June 6. Names include Rachel Atkinson Mertice Brooks Roy Kerr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County
New Mexico
Rachel Atkinson
Mertice Brooks
Hidalgo County Democratic Primary Announcements 1944
Public notices list candidates in Hidalgo County New Mexico for June 6 1944 Democratic primary races. Percy Brown seeks re election as Tax Assessor in Hidalgo County Third District. R H Wamel seeks Second District County Commissioner. L E Wilkinson seeks First District. Robert Mortensen runs for County Superintendent of Schools. Katherine Richards seeks reelection as Representative for the 22nd District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo County
New Mexico
Robert Mortensen
Katherine Richards
Pauline and Elmer: A Humble Teen Tale of Help and Hearts
Pauline faces parental rules and social scrutiny as she nears graduation. Her mother closely guards her dress and activities while relatives visit and a neighbor, Elmer, appears to assist with homework. The tale closes with a hopeful, if predictable, ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester
James
Grandma
Mani
Paul
Elmer
Pauline
New Mexicans Can Get More For PGGS
Telegram to State Dairy Commissioner J R Poe may yield higher earnings for New Mexico egg producers. Poultrymen shipping 600 case lots can sell eggs to the War Food Administration at 29 to 34 cents a dozen depending on grade. Poe, licensed as a federal inspector, can grade eggs in Carlsbad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Poe
State College
New Mexico
War Food Administration
Poe
Carlota
Notice of Civil Action and Hidalgo County Registration Meeting
The notice outlines Civil No. 1256 against Sarah A. Williamson et al in Hidalgo County New Mexico. defendants warned to answer by June 16, 1944, or judgment will be entered. Also records a 1942 Hidalgo County Board of Registration meeting appointing precinct clerks for five precincts in Lordsburg with listed clerks and alternates and May 8, 1944 election duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Williamson
Sarah A. Moore
New Mexico
Florence R. Swafford
Grace Tippets Wright
Cora Tippets Kerr
Nellie Burtcher
Roy Merrill
Harry Day
Courtland F. Day
Eleanor E. Day
Alice Day Mason
Bank of Duncan
Hidalgo County
Vearle Payne
Ordsburg
Board OF Registration
A. D
Lordsburg
Charles Conner
John L. Augustine
Rachel Atkinson
Virden
Hugh Pace
Parley Jones
Robert Mortensen
Leslie Payne
Steins
Ezra Warner
Rodeo Hotel
W. H. Walter
Gee
Godfrey
George Wright
Holmes Maddox
Animal Station
Precinct NO
Wamel
John Curry
Felix Gauth
Herbert Strange
American Legion Hall
Cienega
Doak
Harry Young
Sim Smith
Cienega Ranch House
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C. G. Sage
M. McInnis
Mgr
Alwys
Stampa
Roy Kerr
Percy Brown
R. H. Wamel
L. E. Wilkinson
Mr. Poe
Tom Nations
Margaret Fuller
Ier
Lee Henderson
Henry Eicks
All American Bus Lines
Jack Heather
Siveri
Hao
Rei
Lordsburg Lodge
A. F
A. M
P. M. Chase
W. M. Geo
Jeffus
E. Buvens
Lordsburg, New Mexico
Dd, Reynolds
Jfypice, Lordsburg Land and Investment Company
Texas-Arizona Motor Freight, Inc
Tucson
Arizona
Lusk Flower Shop
Silver City
Joseph L. Pyles
Penn
St. Phone
Sixth Judicial District
State OF
Hidalgo
W. B. Rallson
Tom Upshaw
Charles Conchattest
Deming Floris
Deming
Flagner
Deay M
Asbell
Montana Street
Wison
Sam
Uncle Sam
Production Credit Association
America
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