Lightening wins Cub Scout Pushmobile Derby at Lovington speedway
About 300 attend the youth center opening as Den 2 entry Lightening driven by Mickey Witherspoon and pushers Bo Bridgforth Douglas Cone Jerry Smith and Charles Carney capture the championship heat in 50 seconds. Junket Den 7 takes second with Joe David Peters and crew, while Den 9 finishes third led by Larry Wolfrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout den
Speedway
Mickey Witherspoon
Bo Bridgforth
Douglas Cone
Jerry Smith
Charles Carney
Den 7
Den 4
Darnell Tatum
Jackie Power
Bobby Shirley
Wayne Clay
Billy Golden
Den 9
Den’s
Speedy
Wayne Coe
Ronnie McMahan
Billy oJnes
George Beal
Morris Pruitt
Den 2
Den 1
Kenneth Maddox
Johnny Burt
Ellis Burt
Bill Gunn
Donald Black
Cotton crop off to a good start in West Texas
Texas seed labs report seed germination well below ideal for a full cotton stand this season. With 1950 freezes and machine harvesting, many seeds are immature or failed, risking a partial stand unless growers test germination and adjust planted per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Tex
Texas
West Texas
Texas Tech
State Seed Testing Division
Lubbock Grain Exchange
Texas Technological College
Lubbock Grain Exchange Laboratory
Publisher Paul Meyer Hobbles On After Broken Ankle
Paul Meyer publisher of the Eu nice Interprise is hobbling with a broken ankle but says it is improving. He initially thought it was a bad sprain and kept working to publish a 10 page edition. He notes he is still paying for the mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Meyer
Eunice Interprise
Posey Miller from Tatum Reported Killed in Korea
Posey Miller a Tatum High School graduate is reported killed in action in Korea. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Miller now of California, with Aunt Mrs. W H Anderson in Tatum and Uncle Pete Smith noted. No further details are available at this time.
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Posey Miller
Tatum
Tatum High School
Young Miller
Ewing Miller
California
W. H. Anderson
Pete Smith
Groom's Delimina: Wrong Name On Marriage License
In pioneer Oklahoma a Texas groom marries the sister not named on the license. Alta Webb came to Lovington to wed Mary and Bertie. The preacher notes the wrong name and the couple proceeds with Bertie for the bride. Mary remains unmarried, later living as a derelict amid cans and rags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Alta Webb
Lovington
Bertie
Mary
John
Self Employed Will Make S S Returns Jan 3 1952
Roswell Social Security manager J Hassler Strickland warns self employed individuals should not file quarterly Social Security tax returns for employees. Net income must reach 400 annually to qualify. reporting occurs once yearly with IRS income tax forms. Credits are given for 1951 even if quarterly reports are not filed.
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J. Hassler Strickland
Roswell
Internal Revenue Algon
Strickland
Guyon Music Students Recital Promises Young Talent
Music students of Mrs. Kathryn Guyon in Tatum present a Sunday recital on April 29 featuring a range of performers from first-year to senior level. Program includes violin duets, vocal solos, and piano works by Hibbs, Bach, Kreisler, Massenet, and others with Mrs. Guyon at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyon Music
Tatum
Kathryn Guyon
Guyon
Stevie Ann Brecken
By Hibbs
Betty McClish
Aaron Joan Cox
Twenty Girl Cadets Attend Hobbs CAP Meeting
Twenty girl cadets attended the Civil Air Patrol meeting at Hobbs Air Base Tuesday night. CAP public information officer Patric Evans said the group would like mothers and fathers to attend. The interest may be linked to last Sunday’s air show, where eight Hobbs squadron members demonstrated flour-bag bombing and Ribbon cutting, spot landing and free plane rides for children. Participants included 1st Lt Joe W Brown 2nd Lt Bill Clifton 2nd Lt Patrick Evans 2nd Lt Charles Justice Capt James McMahon 1st Lt J H Buchannon 1st Lt J A Fenner Jr and senior member C D Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Hobbs Air Base
Patric Evans
Terest
Hobbs Squadron
Joe W. Brown
Bill Clifton
Patrick Evans
Charles Justice
James McMahon
J. H. Buchannon
J. A. Fenner, Jr
C.D. Long
Plans Progress For Local Town Hall Association
A preliminary Lovington meeting at the Court House, led by F. G. Stapp, organized a Town Hall Association. A second gathering is planned in two weeks to complete the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Court House
F. G. Stapp
Alvon Smith Named Candidate for Exchange Program
Alvon Smith Jr of Hobbs has been chosen to represent the Hobbs Civil Air Patrol squadron as a candidate for exchange to one of 150 foreign countries after a competitive examination.
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Alvon Smith, Jr
Hobbs
Hobbs Civil Air Patrol Squadron
First oil fired boilers at 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair hosted the first large installation of oil fired boilers to heat buildings. Fifty four boilers powered the exhibits, marking the forerunner of today’s vast oil heat industry.
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Chicago
Tatum Man Killed in Car Crash
Archie Tilman Hopkins 50 of Tatum died Monday afternoon when his car rolled four times on U S 380 west of Tatum. He was a Noble Drilling tool pusher en route to a well 20 miles north. Survivors include his widow Opal and several siblings. The body was sent to Elmore City Oklahoma for funeral services.
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Archie Tilman Hopkins
Tatum
Hopkins
U. S
Noble Drilling Co
Jake Ramsey
Noble Company
A. A
Doc) Kemnitz
Hobbs
Green Chapel
Elmore City
Oklahoma
Opal Hopkins
J. F. Hopkins
Wynn
Oil Belt League Expands to Five Teams
Eunice adds a team to the Oil Belt League bringing total to five with six needed for a full schedule. A Thursday night meeting in Hobbs Chamber of Commerce rooms will draw up the permanent season schedule. Teams listed include Eunice Hobbs Jal Lovington and Seagraves Texas. All games slated for Sunday daytime afternoons.
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Eunice
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Hobbs
Jal
Lovington
Seagraves
Texas
Local Scouts Receive Awards at Court of Honor
Lovington scouts I. W. Brooks and Jimmy Bridgforth earned Life and Star awards respectively at the Oil Patch Scout District Court of Honor led by Scout Master Walter Hopkins. The event at Camp-O-Bee Easley’s Twin Lakes drew 250 Lea County scouts and an Artesia troop, running from Friday afternoon into Saturday.
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Lovington
I. W. Brooks
Jimmy Bridgforth
Walter Hopkins
Oil Patch
Easley
Twin Lakes
Brooks
Bridgtorth
Lea County
Artesia
Mrs Dick Lee Returns Home From Lubbock Clinic
Mrs W A Anderson brought her mother Mrs Dick Lee home from Lubbock Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Mrs Lee is recovering from a broken hip suffered a few weeks ago and is improving slowly.
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W. A. Anderson
Dick Lee
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Lee
Mrs. Crockett Informs Of Aunts Sudden Death
Mrs. Dora Crockett was summoned to Stamford Texas on Sunday afternoon by the sudden death of her aunt Mrs. E D Glenn.
Oilmen Dinner Features Warren and Fell Address
Jack Danglade presided as master of ceremonies at the Hobbs Country Club for the Independent Petroleum Association Oilmen’s Dinner. About 100 oil men from New Mexico and West Texas attended while Col. H. B. Fell and J. Ed Warren spoke on taxation and industry contributions to national progress. Warren praised independent operators for bold exploration and industry support from air power to homes, and Fell urged representatives to resist further taxes on oil.
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Jack Danglade
Hobbs Country Club
New Mexico
West Texas
Independent Petroleum Association
Col
H. B. Fell
J. Ed Warren
Col. Fell
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Mr. Warren
Warren
Felli
Group 40
Shop Students To Exhibit Work At Tatum May 1
The Tatum high school industrial arts class will hold an exhibit in the auditorium on May 1. Admission is free. Students will display corner shelves book cases chests and coffee tables plus other completed pieces. Teacher H Kay Preston says the students are proud and eager to show their work to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum High School
H. Kay Preston
Preston
Local People Attend Services For Roscoe Staubus
Mr and Mrs J F Anderson and family attended funeral services for their brother in law Roscoe Rock Staubus in Clovis Monday afternoon Staubus was a popular member of the Clovis school faculty He had been in Clovis since 1924 Others from Lovingtown attending were Mr and Mrs Ernest Simmons Mrs Lester Alston Mrs Bill Shelton Mr and Mrs W A Anderson H C Pannel Hobby Gann John Campbell Mr and Mrs Roy Lee Jones and Mr and Mrs Larry Crouse
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J. F. Anderson
Roscoe “Rock” Staubus
Clovis
Staubus
Clovis School
Lovingtown
Ernest Simmons
Lester Alston
Bill Shelton
W. A. Anderson
H. C. Pannel
Hobby Gann
John Campbell
Roy Lee Jones
Larry Crouse
Hobbs Officials Attend Santa Fe Oil Pact Hearing
Hobbs City Commissioner Bill Hollis Hobbs Pipe and Supply Jerry Jernigan Fullerton Oil Company and Mel Hugg of Fullerton Oil flew to Santa Fe on Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Oil Pact Commission.
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Hobbs
Bill Hollis
Jerry Jernigan
Mel Hugg
The
Fullerton Oil Company
Santa Fe
Oil Pact Commission
Hollis
Hobbs Pipe and Supply
Jernigan
Fullerton Company
Presbyterians Expand Sunday School Facilities
The First Presbyterian church opens its new Sunday school wing and Fellowship Hall next Sunday at 9 45 am announced by Rev. David T. Moore. The space will host classes formerly held in cars and homes with a registered nurse in charge of nursery services. The old hall becomes classrooms. construction began November 1950 with interior finish still in progress.
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First Presbyterian Church
David T. Moore
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Den
Fi Cemed
Den 5
Joe Price
Cub Scouts
Yorrell Harris
Tors
Ti Rotary Club
Centa
Ajor
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Southern Union Gas Company
Dale Ridenour
Mmes
J. E. Simmons
Gail Power
H. C. Parnell
Cliff Yearwood
Orel Burns
R. B. Burns
R. B. Moore
Roy Lee
Seth Alston
John Cowell
J. P. Morgan
Rotary Club
Interprise
STILT
National Dairy Council
Tampa
Fla
S.S
A. King McCord
Oliver Corporation
National Production Authority
Washington, D. C
McCord
NPA
United States
USDA
National Farm Organization
Ron
Rajene Townsend
Aaron
Wynonne Hight
Lind
Florence Little
Clair Nell Taff
Keterer
Kathi Guyon
Kuy
Awiak
Wieniawski
Shirley Harris
Iva Lee Baum
Geraldine Bass
Massenet
Jean Gibson
Mrs. Guyon
Joan Barnes
Bach
Patrick James
Buona Notte
Nevin
Mary Moorhouse
Canzione Amorosa
Laquita Fort
Liebesfreud
Kreisler
Coleta Ham
Scarlet Cape
Flederer
Borowsky
Warsaw
Hobb S Cap
CAP
Evans
Alvon Smith
Hobbs Cap
Tatum Man
Mrs
Clinic
Oilmen's Dinner
Roscoe Staubus
Presbyterians
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