Local Chamber Efforts Report on Factory Deal
The chamber of commerce works to secure a local pranch factory as Liberal notes ongoing efforts and a possible agreement. Highway projects between Lordsburg and Deming progress toward completion with 4 divided highways planned from the Arizona line to Deming. The Silver City Enterprise notes a historical book sale and offers purchase details.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
E Charro
Gga
Lordsburg
Deming
Lordebus
Anzona State Line
WLAC Grants Senior Scholarships at Commencement
Avalos and Pena Jr. received LULAC Council No. awards at Lordsburg High School 1965 graduation exercises. Avalos will attend Tex Western College in El Paso and Pena will enter New Mexico State University Las Cruces.
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Todoe Avalos
Pete Pena
Lordsburg High School
Wnior
Lulac Council
Avalos
Tex@ Western College
el Paso
Texas
Peng Wi
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
LULAC
Oral Council
Herbert
Short
Tis
Golf Course Project To Continue Sunday
The city plans to plant Tif Green grass this Sunday as five weeks of growth failed. The new grass uses less water and will be planted deeper, growing in runners that must be cut into small sections. Four days prior packing will occur and volunteers are urged to assist for at least one hour.
V F W Installs Officers at Post 2099 Meeting
At the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2099 gathering Past Commander Gene Noce installed the 1963 64 officers led by new Commander Arnold D Payne. Mrs J R Poindexter was installing officer for the Ladies Auxiliary. A chicken dinner followed for seventy comrades and auxiliaries. Memorial Day flag displays urged for Lordsburg businesses.
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Gene Noce
Arnold D. Payne
Fausto Noce
Pin
P. C Frank Chaives
J. R. Poindexter
Ladies Auxiliary
Ralph Clifford
Charles Walters
Joe Esquivel
Troy Jones
Chaplin
Pete Medina
Daniel Mendoza
Shakespeare
Mt. View
New County Hospital
Payne
Lordsburg
City Pool Opens With Powell as Manager
The city swimming pool opened Thursday May 30 at 1 pm with Anron Powell as manager John Dallies assistant manager and Steven Speer in charge of the concession stand. From Thursday June 6 the pool will be open to adults for swimming from 7 30 to 9 30 pm.
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Anron Powell
John Dallies
Steven Speer
Currier Appointed Yuma Trainmaster
Ralph V. Currier named trainmaster at Yuma Arizona effective June 1 by Southern Pacific. Previously four years in Portland he joined SP in Tucson in 1936 and served as Army captain in World War II. He attended the University of Arizona before and after the war.
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Ralph V. Currier
Lordsburg
Southern Pacific
Yuma
Ariz
Currier
Portland
Ore
Tucson
University of Arizona
Three Lordsburg Boys to Represent at Legion Boys State
Three junior boys from Lordsburg were chosen to represent the town at the Legion Boys State program at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. Delegates are Don Black Ronald Stiles and Joe Martinez with Ernest Gay Richard Lindsey and Ronald Bivens as alternates. Sponsoring groups are the Lions Club Elks Lodge and the Moctezuma Club. The event runs June 8 to 15 with about 400 participants statewide. A D Black commander of Robert Swan Post No 30 praised cooperative support for the selections and sponsorship.
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Lordsburg
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
Don Black
Ronald Stiles
Joe Martinez
Ernest Gay
Richard Lindsey
Ronald Bivens
The
Lions Club
Elks Lodge
Moctezuma Club
Ameriian Legion
A D. Black
Robert Swan
Wyle Bros Low Bidder on Highway 70 Construction
Wyle Bros Construction Co of Albuquerque was the apparent low bidder for eight miles of new highway on U S 70 west of Lordsburg with a bid of 755000 dollars. The engineer's estimate was 786000 dollars. Second low bidder Brown Construction Co bid 784496 dollars. Universal Grading Co led the field with 830061 dollars. The project includes two lanes with cement treated base and asphalt surface.
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Lordsburg
Wylie Bros. Construction Co
Albuquerque
Brown Construction Co
Universal Grading Co
Stone Named New Sixth District Attorney
Leland A. Stone, age 54, named assistant district attorney in the Sixth Judicial District. He and his wife will reside in Silver City with their three children. Stone studied at Boston University, practiced law in Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1933 to 1959, served as special assistant attorney general, worked in the State Highway Department legal section, and later became assistant city attorney in Albuquerque.
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Stone
Silver City
Boston, University
Springfield
Mass
New Mexico
State Highway Department
Albuquerque
Calcutta Roping Contest Winners at Local Fairgrounds
A large crowd attended the Calcutta Roping contest at the fairgrounds. In team roping two steer averages Otho Woodrow and Gene Ward of Silver City won first at 99.0 seconds, Buck Bradford and Jack Branham of Tucson second at 29.2, Fred Darnell and Billie Darnell of Rodeo third at 31.1. In three calf average Jim Spurgeon of Lordsburg won with 53.4 seconds, Hugh Rideout Mimbers Valley second at 54.0, Bill James Alpine Texas third at 54.2. The Roping Club plans another roping contest soon.
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Calcutta
Otho Woodrow
Gene Ward
Silver City
Buck Bradford
Jack Branham
Tucson
Fred Darnell
Billie Darnell
Rodeo
Jim Spurgeon
Lordsburg
Hugh Rideout
Mimbers Valley
Bill James
Alpine
Texas
Farm Bureau Past President Urges Moral Economic Military Strength
Allan B Kline former American Farm Bureau leader spoke to over 50 young farmers and ranchers in Deming urging the U S defend freedom at home and abroad. He emphasized farmers' commitment to individual responsibility and the need for organized citizen action through Farm Bureaus to influence state and national issues.
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Allan B Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hidalgo
Lana
Grant Counties
la Fonda
Deming East
Kline
Two Morning Services At Methodist Church
The Rev. W. C. Strickland announces two morning worship services at the First Methodist Church starting Sunday June 2. Service times are 8:45 and 10:45 with Church School at 9:45, identical services for local members and tourist families. ENMU Portales students Mr. and Mrs. Jim Culberson will join the choir and assist youth groups this summer after returning to Lordsburg in June.
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W. C. Strickland
First Methodist Church
Strickland
Lordsburg
Jim Culberson
ENMU
Portales
Lords Burg
June
Teenagers To Present Living Rosary Tonight
Father Edward Alderette of Fl Paso Texas will be guest speaker at the Living Rosary presented by St Joseph's Teenagers at 8:00 p.m. in Central Gymnasium. Miss Norma Rivera directs the program honoring the Blessed Mother as Queen of Heaven with girls as Hail Marys and boys as Our Fathers.
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Edward Aldeette
Fl Paso
Texas
Daniel Alderette
St Joseph's
Norma Rivera
Mother of God
Louanne Morgan
Alderette
Lordsburg
Public Officials Tour Highway Projects Tour
Public officials and newsmen toured state highway facilities and district construction sites during National Highway Week. Attendees included Lordsburg officials, Silver City and Deming representatives, and luncheon remarks criticized federal involvement and noted $110000 spent on maintenance to date.
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State Highway Department
Lordsburgz
Harber J. Heather Alderman Ble
M. Kimbley
Ted White
R. B Rice
Deming Highway Department
Silver City
Frank Tatseh
Vincent Vesely
Bill Mullane
Enterprise
Robert Holcomb
Deming
J. M. Smalley
Fletcher Bowman, Jr
Robert Beckett
Lodgburg
Pat McClernon
Gave
Associated General Contractors
Robert F. Miller
Tatech
U. S Bureau of Public Roads
Lordaburg
Tatach
Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
BPR
Lordsburg Summer Band Registration and Schedule
The Lordsburg summer band starts Monday June with registration at 9 00 am for Beginning Band 10 99 am for Junior Band Summer Senior Band opens at 10 00 am Beginning Band is for fifth to eighth graders Junior Band requires one or two years of previous band work Senior Band is for three or more years. Reed brass and percussion sections will be scheduled and a chorus class may be offered for interested high school students. For questions call Mr Brandt on Friday May 31.
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Lordsburg
Bny
Brandt
Correction: Auxiliary of American Legion Sponsors Girls State
Correction to last week's item noting the American Legion sponsors for Girls State. the sponsor is the Auxiliary of the American Legion rather than the main organization.
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American Legion
The
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Tirectrom
WLAC
Southern Pacific Railroad
V.F. W
Legion Boys State
Wyle Bros
Leland Stone
Leland A. Stone
Sixth Judicial District
E. C
Dave) Serna
Farm Bureau Federation
America
Paresu
Stenathen
Methodist Church
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