First Air Tragedy At The Lordsburg Airport
Two fliers die in a crash as the Lordsburg airport tragedy sparks discussion of the Taylor Act and its implications for stockmen. The Ad Board at Deming reviews range affairs, leasing rules, and acreage limits while planning future applications and field examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburg
Ad- Board
Deming
Glock
Taylor
Mark Kennedy
Luna County
Felix R. Jones
Hidalgo County
Jones
Mark
Em- Hidalgo
Grant
Luna
Sierra
Dona Ana
R. W. Cureton
Hidalgo Minto
Prominent Navy Official Tours Lordsburg Air Field
Dr. Waite of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics visited Lordsburg with the Navy air fleet during a route from San Monica to Washington. He praised local hospitality from the Lions Club and residents, sharing a photo comparison of 1911 pusher aircraft and a modern 17 passenger plane. He urged safer air travel amid sensational aviation headlines and noted the high miles flown by airway carriers versus private auto travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vr. Waite
Navy
Bureau of Areonautics
Navy Marine
Lordsburg
San Monica
Wash
Chamber of Ree
Lions Club
Waite
Imat
Tring
Areef
Birthday Party for V A Arnold's Son
V A Arnold hosted a birthday afternoon with a treasure hunt and pirate cap games. Pink iced angel cake with eight candles and Jello drinks featured as refreshments. Guests included Jack Hall Tommie Dee Hall Henry Ellison Claudine de Ben Olney Norma Jean Helbig Frank Hindman Childers Barbara Mearns Lee Arnold Earle Chancel Billie Shoemaker Betty Rey Pearl Scott Virginia Ehr Tommy Ewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. A. Arnold
Angel Blake
Grange
Crawford Mearns
Jack
Tommie Dee Hall
Henry Ellison
Claudine de Ben Olney
Norma Jeane Helbig
Frank Hindman
Childers
Barbara Mearns
Lee Arnold
Earle Chancel
Billie Shoemaker
Betty Rey
Pearl Scott
Virginia Ehr
Tommy Ewan
Mrs Hallie Kennedy Improves at Ordsboro Hospital
Friends report the rapid improvement of Mrs Hallie Kennedy while she receives care at Ordsboro Hospital, with well wishers hoping for continued recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Kennedy
Ordsburo Hospital
Wayne Brazel Mystery Baffles New York Life Inspector
New York Life district inspector N. D. Peck visited Lordsburg to determine if Wayne Brazel, famed cattle figure tied to Pat Garrett case, is alive or dead. He interviewed old timers including L. A. Bradberry and Judge B. Ownby as to Brazel's fate and possible relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Lordsburg
N. D. Peck
New York Life Insurance Company
Wayne Brazel
Mr. Peck
Bob Gould
W. P. Birchfield, Jr
B. B. Ownby
Brazel Brothers
Ownby
Arizona
New Mexico
South America
Denver
Miss Cureton Honored As Hall Girls Elect Officers
Miss Elizabeth Blayer of Va nadium is elected president of the girls of Ritch hall. Other officers include Miss Irene Morehead as vice president Miss Marian Finkhausen as secretary and social chairman and Miss Florence Cureton as treasurer. Morehead from Hachita Finkhausen from Roswell Cureton from Lordsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Blayer
Vanadium
Girls of
Ritch Hall
Irene Morehead
Marian Finghausen
Florence Cureton
Miss Morehead
Hachita
Miss Finkhausen
Roswell
Miss Cureton
Lordsburg
Silver City
Fine road to Animas smooth for Lordsburg trip
Mrs. Viola Wright and her daughter Mrs. Felix Gauthier drove from Animas to Lordsburg without shifting gears for the first time reported to a Liberal representative. Wright presented a sample of peaches from her hotel yard to the chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Wright
Felix Gauthier
Animas
Liberal
Lordsburg
Wright
Chamber of Commerce
Hatfields And Dunagan Have Great Auto Trip
W B Hatfield council member and Mrs Hatfield with Benny Dunagan completed a 4691 mile motor journey returning home with one small puncture. They toured Amarillo Texas Chickasha Oklahoma Wichita Kansas City Joplin Van Buren Ark Joplin and Kansas City and met relatives in an 45 year reunion then traced through New Mexico and Arizona visiting Santa Fe Albuquerque Prescott Phoenix Tucson Tombstone Bisbee Douglas Cloverdale and the old home ranch of Herbert Strange and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hatfield
Lordsburg
Old Home Ranch
Herbert Strange and
Mr. Hatfield
Lions Club Hosts Dr Hollinger Guests and Plans Events
The Lions Club held a noon meeting with Dr E C Hollinger of State College as guest speaker. Lordsburg grads to State College, guests from federal and employment bureaus spoke, and plans emerged for Woman's Club piano use, Ladies' night, and Mavericks vs Willcox entertainment. Membership elected H Vearle Payne and S H Buchanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
E. C. Hollinger
State College
Lion Paul Brown
Lion
Palm
Hollinger
Lordsburg
Lion Tom McCabe
Marcus Neely
Federal Immigration Service
M. F P. Bouts
James White
Reemployment Bureau
Lion Austin
Woman's Club
Lion Hubert Jeffus
Lordsburg Mavericks
Willcox High School
Lion Jeffus
Lion Holt
Red Rock
Alr
Col. Davis
H. Vearle Payne
8. H. Buchanan
El Paso Social Weekend Guests At Kipp Home
Mrs Ewald Kipp and Gayler Mc Gruder of the State National Bank of El Paso visited Rex Kipp and family over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Muir were in El Paso at the Kipp home for the same weekend by coincidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewald Kipp
Gayler McGruder
State National Bank of
el Paso
Wogstad Hosts Bone-Gird Dinner At Speer Home
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Wogstad were honored guests at a bone-gird dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Speer on Main Street Thursday evening. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Short and Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Wogstad
C. E. Speer
Main Street
E. J. Short
R. M. Clark
Lu cille Emily Brown Birthday Party Attended by 22 Guests
Mrs. Paul Brown hosted Lu cille Emily Brown's eleventh birthday on Monday afternoon. After opening gifts, guests played games on the lawn. A white birthday cake with pink trimmings and blue candles was served with milk, nickels, and lemonade at five o'clock to twenty two attendees: Marcia and Mary Jane Egan, Verna B McWhorter, Mary Jo McWhorter, Anna Beth Ewing, Lois Ewing, Barbara Leonard, Ernestine Bonar, Opal Wright, Barbara Wright, Dorothy Cureton, Dorothy Singer, Dorothy McInnis, Billy Shoemaker, Bobby Reynolds, Betty Reynolds, James Allen, and Dickie Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Brown
Lucille Emily
Marcia
Mary Jane Egan
Verna B
Mary Jo McWhorter
Anna Beth
Lois Ewing
Barbara Leonard
Ernestine Bonar
Opal Wright
Barbara Wright
Dorothy Cureton
Dorothy Singer
Dorothy McInnis
Billy Shoemaker
Bobby
Betty Reynolds
James
Dickie Allen
Mohair Buyers Pay Record Prices in Lordsburg Shipment
Abe Meyer Jr and Milton Cohen, mohair buyers, shipped 41 248 pounds from Lordsburg last week. Producers earned 42 cents per pound for goat hair and 52 cents for kid hair, the highest prices paid so far this year. Clippers largely from Virden and Hachita areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Meyer, Jr
Milton Cohen
Lordsburg
Virden
Hachita
WwW M U Elects Officers At Wednesday Meeting
The W M U met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs J M Jones as hostess. The fifth chapter of Adta led by Mrs B Corbell provided an interesting study. Officers were elected: press L C Henslee, vice president Amy Pence, secretary treasurer and personal service chairman B F Corbell and H Gass. Refreshments were served to members and guests including Amy Pence and Tommie Jones. Felix Winslow will host next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Jones
Adta
F. Corbell
L. C. Henslee
Amy Pence
H. Gass
Ts C. Henslee
M. ©. Moore
Will Marlar
Marvin Pierce
Pankey
Tommie Jones
Felix Winslow
CCC officers visit Animas to discuss local cooperation
Captain Clay Preston of the UBA and Lt. C. Adams of the USN with Lt. Meyers of the Virden CCC sub district temporarily in Animas on Wednesday. They met with the Chamber of Commerce Mayor E. C. DeMoss and Dr. C. B. Austin to plan collaboration with surrounding CCC camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Preston
U.B.A
C. 8. Adams
Us.n
Silver City
CCC
Meyers
Virden
Animas
Chamber of Commerce
E. C. DeMoss
C. B. Austin
Wogatads Report Heavy Air Traffic At Local Airport
Mr and Mrs FE O Wogatad from Dryden say sixty ships visited their airport area last month including Kelly Field students. They live in a steam heated electric home near the office at the airport noting modern conveniences few roads away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. O. Wogatad
Dryden
Kelly Field
Lordsbury Party Attends USC College Game
Mr and Mrs Claude Olney Mrs Farle Kerr and Howard Deaton visited Los Angeles as guests of USC to watch the Trojans defeat the College of the Pacific. Olney attended a Dodge and Plymouth dealers meeting while Kerr visited her son Jack. Mesdames Cavin and Baxter dined with Mr and Mrs Hill at their ranch home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Olney
Farle Kerr
Howard Deaton
Los Angeles
Jack Kerr
University of Southern California
University
Trojans
College of the Pacific
Olney
Dodge
Plymouth
Kerr
Jack
Lordsburg
Mesdames
John Cavin
W. E. Baxter
Mrs. W. P. Hill
First Anniversary Of Red Rock CCC Celebration
A fall social marked Red Rock CCC camp’s first anniversary with a banquet at Hidalgo Hotel lounge and a ball at the Woman’s Club. Guests included district supervisors, camp staff, and Las Cruces and Safford officials. music by the Red Rock CCC orchestra and piano solos by Mrs. Fowler complemented speeches on efficiency and cooperation with the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rock CCC
Hidalgo Hotel
C. Shields
Red Rock Camp
Stewart H. Robeson
Safford
Red Rock
L. G. Griffith
Virden Camp
Virden
D. Martin
H. F P. Hudson
Holt
Glad
Schattenberg
Nat. Gammon
Ada C. Robeson
Ruth Schattenberg
Gus A. Schattenberg
Stella Egon
R. A. Egan
Mrs. H. Hudson
H. P. Hudson
W. 8. Ward
Roger E. Mayfield
Louise FE. Lyster
B. L. Clark
Gage Martin
C. D. Martin
Jean Griffith
Nampalee Fowler
A. Fowler
Virgie Shields
O. C. Shields
Verna E. Hancock
Willard E. Holt
New District Officer Appointed for CCC Camp
Captain F P A Taylor announces Lt Adams as the new district officer for CCC camps. He notes Adams from the Naval Reserve will inspect the Animas camp, previously led by Adams, who enjoyed visiting Lordsburg and Hidalgo County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
CCC
F P. A. Taylor
Animas
Mirage
White Water
Beaverhead
Little Walnut
Bio
Adama
Ue Naval Reserve
Taylor
Lordsburg
Hidalgo County
Wedding in Methodist Church unites Harold Beafield and Emma Carola
A happy ceremony was held in Lordsburg Deming at the Methodist Church on Sunday October 6 Rev H M Markel officiated uniting Harold F E Beafield and Miss Emma Carola in matrimony. The couple will reside in Lordsburg after a brief wedding trip to Douglas and Bisbee and then return to Deming before moving to Lordsburg next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civer City
H. M. Markel
Lordsburg and
Deming
Harold FE. Beafield
Emma Carola
B.C. @ hens
Hanover
Manhattan
J. L. Scofield
Bertha
Lordsburg
Reuben Harpham
Staley
Richards
GC. M. Clayton
Robert Harpham
Maxine Moran Clayton
Douglas and Bisbee
Death of Mrs Cecelia Randall Visits Lordsburg Ties to Robson Family
Mrs Cecelia Randall of Los Angeles arrived Tuesday to visit Mr and Mrs Marry Wallace and friends. She stopped in Tucson for the funeral of Mrs Mary Robson wife of John Robson longtime Lordsburg residents. Robson family had moved to Tucson years ago and all ten children attended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Randall
Los Angeles
Marry Wallace
Tucson
Mary Robson
John Robson
Lordsburg
Robsons
Santa Fe Welfare Official Visits County Clinics
Mrs Zoe Beaton from the Child's Welfare Department in Santa Fe spends the week touring the county with Miss Verna Hancock the county nurse visiting all sections of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Zoe Beaton
The
Child's Welfare Department
Santa Fe
Verna Hancock
Power and Light Plant Chief Engineer Visits Parents
Pat Schlessinger chief engineer of Ponca City Oklahoma Power and Light Plant visits his parents Mr and Mrs Rudolf Schles singer. The note says he has made a great success in his chosen profession and everyone is proud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Schlessinger
Ponca City
Oklo
Schlessinger
Rudolf Schlessinger
Pat
Bowen elected president of Community Public Service firm
RK L Bowen was elevated to the presidency of Community Public Service company at a Chicago board meeting on October 2. A Van Alstyne Texas native, Bowen has been with the company and its predecessors since 1921 and began as a line walker in Graham Texas. The board also named N KR Parsons treasurer Bennett L Smith secretary and W Z Leatherwood assistant secretary as experienced utility officers continue in management. The firm serves incity gas water and ice in over 200 towns across Texas New Mexico Louisiana and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RK. L. Bowen
Community Public Service Company
Chicago
Bowen
van Alatyne
Texas
Graham
Incity
New Mexico
Louisiana
Kentucky
Judge Hay Holds Court In Clean-Up Session
Judge Gorge W. Hay presided briefly to clear the docket. he bound the few minor cases over until the next term in April 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorge W. Hay
Tragic Lordsboro Airport Crash Kills Col Davis and Co Pilot
A crash at Lordsboro Airport on a Monday afternoon during a takeoff attempt killed Col Davis and his co pilot Sergeant Owens. The aircraft struck a fence and burned. Davis died of burns, Owens later died at Lordsboro Hospital. A San Diego Board of Inquiry investigated, with funeral arrangements held in San Diego before burial in Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marine Corps
J. B. Davis
San Diego
Q. M. Owens
Marine Corps
Marine Aviation
North Island
California
Colie Grab
Bergean Oo
Col. Davis
Owens
Lordsburg
EP & SW
Hin
Brall Gergeant
Rodriguez
Joe Botsko
W. A. Short
Ben
Lordaburg Hospital
Col
David Sheriff Chas
A. Connor
Glaude Wood
Gene Montague
R. R. Gale
Farle Kerr
J. J. Eilison
Shelley Hayes
Marsalia
Burns
Davenport Johnson
Matt
Washington
J. ¥. Davin
Naval Air Station
Ls New Mexicn
Ben Davis
Pugene Montague
Lordshoro Fire Department
Ll. A. Hradberry
Trouble Board
P.O. Cowles
WO. Manley
J. Keldon
L . Merritt
VAMC
San Diego Naval Air Station
Col Davis
Q M. Owens
Hurley JD Jones
Heather Mortuary
Chamber of Commerce
Naval Air Service
Washington, D.C
Arlington Cemetery
Chaplin MH
Dyer
Davis
Amherst County
Devie Jr
Sergeant Owens
Baldwyn
Miss
Merritt
Culepper
Chas. A. Burley
Southwestern Airways
Major Merritt
Tactical School
Langley Field
Hurley J. Jones
N.C. O
Homecoming Day Observed at Baptist Church
Homecoming day was observed at the church with Sunday School certificates issued to twenty pupils by the superintendent. The Lord's supper occurred at the eleven o'clock service followed by a short sermon from Pastor M C Moore. A pile dinner and old fashioned songs filled the day. Eight o'clock evening sermon titled Crowing The Dead Line. Two new members added to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaptis
M. ©. Moore
The
Baptist Church
M. C. Moore
Ethiopia
Sinclair Oil men meet regional representatives in conference
Sloan Blair of Sinclair Oil Legal Department and 4. G. Mayfield of Bales Department both of Pt Worth and C. T. Ming of Albuquerque representing Bales Department New Mexico, joined by W. C. Barnes Southern Pacific General Freight Agent and attorney Del Harrington of El Paso for a Wednesday conference with Jack Heather, Sinclair regional agent.
Clifton Visit Highlights Ewan Family Trip
Mr. and Mrs. George Ewan and family spent several days in Clifton visiting relatives last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ewan
Clifton
Notable New Mexico cattleman visits Lordsburg en route
Harry Braidfoot a prominent cattleman from Afton New Mexico stopped in Lordsburg Thursday during a trip to the Pred Braidfoot ranch at Steins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Braidfoot
Afton
N. M
Lordsburg
Braidfoot
Steins
Project Engineer Arrives for WPA Work in Dona Ana Area
Winston Shillife, project engineer of the WPA, arrived from Dona Ana county and will work under Division Superintendent W. A. McAndries. It is expected that many projects will be approved for Hidalgo county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Shillife
Dona Ana County
W. A. McAndries
Hidalgo County
Lordsburg Polo Team Triumphs Over Fifth Cavalry
Lordsburg poloists Dick Whittenberg D W Collins Sherwood Culberson and Maurice Connor defeated the crack Fifth U S Cavalry team at Ft Bliss with Collins scoring two goals and Connor Whittenberg one each after a handicap. Silver City also beat the Seventh Cavalry the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lordsburgy
DeMoss
Ehrhardt
Lordsburg
Dick Whittenberg
D. W. Collins
Sherwood Culberson
Maurice Connor
U. S. Cavalry
Ft. Bliss
Silver City
Seventh Cavalry
Cavalry
Collins
Connor
Whittenberg
Amy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cureton
Mr Cureton
Holmes Maddox
P. M. Ewing
Marlin Hoggett
State of New Mexico
Hallie
New York Life Hunts
Hatfields and
Dunagan
Www
M. U
Wogstads
Hay
Chas. A. Lindbergh
Lordsboro
Sinclair Oil
5Th Cavalry
Bliss
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