Week of Hospitality Ends with Second Guest
The report notes the second guest in a sequence of hospitality events proved as successful as the first. The vic tims were Mr. and Mrs. Kirk of Monroe Georgia and Lt. Gene Kirk from California, on a months visit after a war assignment.
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Suint
Sher- Dick Richard
Vic
CC Kirk
Monroe George
Gene Kirk
California
Georgia
Lise
Mito Thermy
Highway Speed Check Snags 200 Vehicles
State and sheriff conducted radar speed enforcement on a highway section. About 200 cars were checked with speeds between 50 and unknown limits. The effort will continue as part of a broader program to address fatal highway incidents.
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Tve Pee
Arizona
Old Timers Plan Debut Parade At County Fair
Hidalgo County Old Timers group finalizes plans for their annual meet tied to the County Fair and Rodeo. A dinner at the American Legion hall is scheduled for September 18 with Judge A W Marshall as speaker, a parade September 19, and displays of Old Timers pictures under Leo Cohen.
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Hidalgo County
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American Legion Hall
A. W. Marshall
Deming
N. M
Sam Gass
G. L. Hatch
Homer Brooks
Harold Scofield
Scofield
Lordsburg
Railroad Ave
Leo Cohen
Local Boy Scout Plan Court Of Honor
Local Scouts Troops 120 and 123 plan a joint Court of Honor and Parents Night at the LDS church. The event is set for September 24 with several members to receive awards and merit badges. Demonstrations include scouting skills and a fire starting contest between Troop 123 and Troop 120 led by Lloyd Payne.
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LDS& Church
District Court of Honor
Lloyd Payne
Lordsburg Unit National Guard Makes Record
The Lordsburg New Mexico National Guard Battery C 716 AAA Gun Battalion returned from Fort Bliss Texas after a two week summer camp with a historic firing test win. They achieved the highest unit score in the battalion and claim top status in the United States. Officers and enlisted named include Captain Bennie R. Everett and many sergeants and privates.
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New Mexico National Guard
716 AAA
Fort Bliss
Texas
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Ft. Bliss
National Guard
United States
Lordsburg
Bennie R. Everett
WOJG
Edward Altuna
Msg
Jesus J. Estrada
Msergeant Wilder
Jim Ewing
Juan N. Lopez
Pearce
Ernest C
Durban
Arizona
Raymundo C. Saucedo
Refugio C. Vargas
Clemente Baisa
Ramon B. Bejarano
Azimuth
Donald Clement
New Building At Fairgrounds Nears Completion
Edwin Brown oversees two crews at Hidalgo County Fair Grounds as a 32 by 90 foot steel exhibit building nears completion for the September 19 and 20 fair and rodeo. The new structure will provide ample exhibitor space and boost event quality, funded by bonds voted last spring.
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Hidalgo County Fair
Edwin Brown
Gar Kitchen
Hotet
Local Prisoner To Communists Released
Gene Scott a Lordsburg service member and former high school student in Lordsburg was freed from a Communist camp on August 26 after three years behind the bamboo curtain. He was wounded in Korea, hid two days in a forest, then captured July 12, 1950, during a forced march. prisoners faced abuse and boos for Allen Wimmington’s visit. Scott expected to return to the United States aboard ship soon.
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Gene Scott
Lordsburg
Scott
Lordsburg High School
Korea
Allen Wimmington
Gene
United States
First Hidalgo County Farmer Wins $275 Cotton Prize
The Lordsburg Chamber of Commerce offers $250 to the first Hidalgo County farmer who proclaims at the chamber office that he produced the first bale of cotton this year and ginned and baled it in Hidalgo County. Verification occurs at the gin and the award is presented at the Hidalgo County Fair on September 19 and 20, with an extra $25 from Lawrence Walker of Walker Cotttery Company.
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Lordsburg
Lawrence Walker
Walker Cottery Company
Las Cruces
Notice All Stores and Schools Will Be Chamber of Commerce
Public notice indicates that all local stores and schools are to align with the Chamber of Commerce. Details about requirements or actions are not specified in the available text.
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Chamber of Commerce
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