PTA Meeting Reports Big Increases in School Enrollment
At a PTA bar session Hon. Jack H. Wamel and Tom Riddle outlined a decade of growth in New Mexico schooling with a 39.6 percent rise in elementary pupil numbers and 185 percent jump in secondary enrollments. They highlighted driver education, handicapped pupil services, and broader school transportation, noting public attendance despite a storm and praising community commitment.
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New Mexico
PTA Mt
Jack RR
H. Wamel
Our County
Tom Riddle
Board of Education
Our of Education
PTA
Funeral Services Held for Christina Estrada
Funeral services for Christina Estrada daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Estrada of Berg Air Force Base California were held at Heather Chapel and Joseph's Catholic Church. Born August 10 1959 she died November 12 at Vandenberg AFB Hospital. Survived by parents siblings and many relatives. Requiem Mass officiated.
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Via Estrada
Juan Estrada
Peace Corps Examinations Set in Silver City
The Peace Corps will hold examinations in Silver City on the 28th and 29th at 8 30 a m for area applicants. Postmaster McGhee was informed and posters with details will be displayed in the local post office bulletin boards.
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Silver City
McGhee
Obituary Notice for Arthur B. Halsey in Lordsburn Mountain View
Obituary notice for Arthur B. Halsey described as pioneer and resident of Lordsburg. Event notes include Mountain View Cemetery burial on Wednesday November 22. The obituary will appear in next week’s edition.
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Arthur B. Halsey
Mountain View
Cemet
Pereick Booster Club Meeting Announced
A meeting of the Pereick Booster Club is set for Monday November 27 at 7 00 p m at City Hall to discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
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Pereick Booster Club
Ember
City Hall
Commissioners Hold Meeting On Hospital Location
About twenty interested persons attended a Hidalgo County meeting with the Hospital Board in the district court room Tuesday afternoon to hear public sentiment on where the new county hospital should be built. Attendees debated west of the present hospital or east of 13th Street and Hardin, with some proposing converting the current building into a clinic to attract more doctors to Lordsburg. Sven Thygerson chaired the session and thanked participants for their input.
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Hidalgo County Commissioners
Hidalgo County Hospital Board
District Court Room
13Th St
Hardin
Hospitaluilding
Lordsburg
Sven Thygerson
Board of County Commissioners
Interior Sets New Charges For Public Land Rights-of-Way
Interior announces new fee schedules for rights of way reflecting fair market value. Minimum rental is $25 per five year period with charges set by Bureau of Land Management appraisals and subject to five year reappraisals. Applies to logging road rights of way outside C and C forest lands in western Oregon. Public comment ended. full rule text 43 CFR 244 to appear in Federal Register.
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Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Bureau of Land Management
C&c
Oregon
Federal Register
Town Meeting Time for State Farm Bureau Convention
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau holds its 41st annual town meeting November 26 to 29 in Albuquerque Western Skies Hotel. Delegates vote on hundreds of policy resolutions, shaping the 1961 program and the state federation’s stance at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago. B McAlister, Roosevelt County dairyman, presides as president.
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New England
New Mexico
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Albuquerqu’s
Western Skies
New Mexico FB
Farm Burneu
Albuquerque
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
B McAlister
Roosevelt County
Farm Bureau
Three Hospitalized As Two Cars Overturn
Three women were hospitalized after two one car accidents Friday November 17 near Lordsburg and Granite Gap Hidalgo County. Ruth S Brothers 65 San Antonio fractured leg transferred to Hotel Dieu El Paso with passenger J M Bassett 20 after emergency care. Dottie Louise MacCroskey 21 Carlsbad alone in overturned car checked at hospital and released next day. State Police Officer Joe Ruiland investigated both crashes.
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Ruth S. Brothers
San Antonio
Texas
Lordsburg
Brothers
Hotel Dieu
el Paso
J. M. Bassett
Dottie Louise MacCroskey
Carlsbad
Fifth Grade Girl Scout Cake Sale Near Hidalgo Hotel
The fifth grade Girl Scout Troop will hold a cake sale in front of the Hidalgo Hotel on Saturday November 25 from 9 to 11 a m. Proceeds support troop activities and projects.
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Hidalgo Hotel
New Directors Elected to Lordsburg Chamber Board
The Lordsburg Hidalpo County Chamber of Commerce names M. Kimbley Howard Ross and Alvin Parker to three year terms on the board. Kimbley and Ross led votes, Parker tied with C. V. Nunn for third. Parker drawn for full three year term. Nunn gets two years. Ed Hitton fills one year remaining after Leo Cohen resignation. Terms begin January 1962.
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Alvin Parker
Lordsburg-Hidalypo County
Ed Hitton
Local Man Sought For Assault On Border Patrolman
Albert Levario is wanted on a complaint for assaulting a Federal officer and resisting arrest. Border Patrol Inspector John Neal was cut near the mouth by a glass as he questioned Levario and a companion behind the Monte Rey Bar about 2 a.m. November 18. Levario, who has prior arrests and a state prison sentence, could not be located for warrant service as of Wednesday morning.
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Levario
U S. Border Patrol
John Neal
Neal
Monte Rey
Internal Revenue Again Offers Sales Tax Deduction Guide
U S Commissioner Mortimer Caplin announced that the Service will provide guidelines for taxpayers in states with general sales tax laws to estimate sales tax deductions for 1961. The tables show average spending and will aid itemizers on Form 1040. The sales tax tables will be available in the Albuquerque District Office around December 6 1961.
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Mortimer M. Caplin
U. S&s
Internal Revenue
Caplin
Albuquerque
Statewide honors for high school writing launched by NMSU
The English Department at New Mexico State University announced a statewide honors program to recognize creative writing by high school students. Details and rules have been mailed to area high school English teachers.
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English Department
New Mexico State University
Coast To Coast Rider Marks Pony Express Centennial
Chuck Horn of Florida rode into Lordsburg on a journey from Sarasota to Los Angeles to honor the Pony Express centennial. He travels 3,246 miles at about 28 miles daily, camping along the road with manager Clem Oeth and Mrs. Oeth, and carries nine letters from Florida officials to California. Sheriff Hugh Pace aided Horn by guiding him through Old Shakespeare and arranging transport for his relay horse to Willcox. Horn began June 1, faced Hurricane Carla winds in Texas, and aims to reach Los Angeles by December 20.
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Chuck Horn
Lordsburg
Sarasota
Fla
Los Angeles
St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Horn
Old Shakespeare
Hugh Pace
Pace
Willcox
Clem Oeth
Oeth
Florida
California
Carla
Texas
Albuquerque woman enters Democratic primary for Secretary of State
Mrs. Alber ta Miller of Albuquerque formally announces candidacy for Secretary of State in the 1962 Democratic primary. A former trainmaster clerk at Santa Fe Railway, she has been office manager for Harry L. Hussman Company and Llewellyn Advertising. She also served two years as assistant state purchasing agent, the first woman in New Mexico in that role.
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Albuquerque
Alberta M. Miller
Democraic
Miller
New Mexico
Santa Fe Railway
Harrry L. Hussman Company
Querque
Llewellyn Advert
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Fred Foster
Vin Wesley
Claude Nunn, Jr
Christina Estrada
State Farm Bureau
Hidalgo County Hospital
M. Kimbley
Howard Ross
Albert Levario
Secretary of State
Southern Pacific Railroad
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