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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1952
Page
3
The New Mexico Industrial School for boys at Springer reports a 12 percent drop in repeaters this year versus 1951 per a state tax bulletin. Superintendent Jaffa Miller says progress is made but more work remains. Separately, the U S used about 22 to 23 million bushels of potatoes monthly.
Mrs Violet Clisbee moves back to Lovington from Eagle New Mexico where she previously lived and plans to enter business in Lovington.
Mr and Mrs Wilber Fite and family of San Antonio visited the Beauchamp home last week. Margaret Graham joined the trip to the Great Lakes and will return early in August.
Jimmy Green came home from a visit to the Moore Ranch near Keerville Texas on Wednesday.
Miss Evelyn Bevans owner of the Fashion Shop came from Bonham Texas where her mother lives. She is a Bonham High School and Texas State College for Women graduate with a BS in business advertising and minors in government and economics. She moved to Lovington in 1949 and renamed Lucy Lee Shop the Fashion Shop adding new lines. She lives at 22 West Monroe and is active in the Lovington BPW Club serving as program coordinator in 1950 51. Melba Womack assists in the store and BPW members promote Betty Rose Princess Youth Craft rings and other lines.
Doc Womack entered Lea County General Hospital last Wednesday and was sent to El Paso. He returned home Saturday and is reported to be slightly improved.
L. C. Tomlinson and daughter Mrs Arnon Clardy visit in Grand Rapids Michigan with Tom Tomlinson and family. John Kerns and wife and children depart for a Kansas vacation. Kerns works for Amerada Geophysics Co. Rev Thomas Murphy of Odessa will preach at the Lovington Presbyterian Church during Rev Moore’s absence. Billy Ogletree of Ellisville Mississippi W W Ferrer of El Paso F W Carter and Rudy Owens of Lovington attend Rotary lunch. F O Shroader spoke on experiences as a newspaper man.
Mrs. Paul Moore left the PMA office Thursday and Miss Camille Buck has taken her place as treasurer. Mrs. Pat Little and Ken, Jr. of Corona, California visited Mrs. Groves this week. Mrs. Little is Mrs. Groves' daughter.
The Wagon Wheel Dance Club gathered Saturday at the Bull Barn hosted by Dr and Mrs Wayne Smith Mr and Mrs W H Wilder and Mr and Mrs Chad Wiley. Rev and Mrs Davis Moore left Monday for Louisiana to visit relatives and attend a Presbyterian Church conference in Montreal NC.
Santa Fe Railway System offers 190 toward the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago for top New Mexico 4-H members and two 250 college scholarships. Eligible youths must be 14 through 20 on Jan 1, 1952 and have completed at least three years of 4-H club work. The program is run with the Cooperative Extension Service and spans several states.
July marriage licenses list couples in Lamesa Kermit Plains Lubbock and Hobbs with ages from sixteen to thirty-eight. A separate note reports New Mexico farm mortgage debt rising five percent in 1951 totaling 3.0 million on Jan 1 1952, with regional growth in Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma and farm real estate values up 7 percent in 1951 lifting New Mexico index to 129 in 1952.
Junior Simpson left New Mexico for Missouri in June after living near Tatum and Gladiola. He bought a 679 acre cattle farm at Salem, Missouri, and will move cattle and household goods with help from his brother in law Troy Julian. The Simpsons have two sons Royce Lee and Dan Milton.
Evelyn Pauline McAlister sues Elvin Wilson McAlister in a divorce matter while Claire E. McNew sues T. E. McNew in a separate action. Residential addresses and court filing details appear in notice.
Mrs Garnie Atkisson came home from the hospital last week and is reported to be improved.
Mr and Mrs Jimmy Woodward and their family arrived home Sunday night after a vacation that included the Grand Canyon Yellow Stone National Park and other western states and Canadian destinations.
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