Loving ton appoints Creighton Brown as Director of Special Services
Creighton Brown is assigned as Director of Special Services in the Lovington Schools. He arrives from Vaughn New Mexico where he was superintendent for eight years and holds a master’s degree from Texas Tech. His duties include transportation cafeterias facilities health attendance and labor permit oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Vaughn
New Mexico
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Texas
House
Quay County
Post Receives Charter as VFW Sponsors Orphans Home
Metcalf spoke on the national VFW and its National Orphans Home, noting dues fund the effort. The local post closed its charter with 114 names, but membership remains open to qualified individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metcalf
National Organization
V.F.W _ sponsored
National Orphans Home
Regular School Bus Enrollment Sets Dates Here
Lovington school enrollment begins August 15 with grades 1 to 12 assigned to specific buildings. A regular bus run is scheduled for August 22 from 9 a.m. to noon for students who did not enroll earlier, with family groups allowed to enroll on any designated date. Dog complaints prompt city action but no changes to bus plans.
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Lovington
Artesia
Llano
Jefferson
Jefferson Avenue
Three Youths Fined for Gasoline Theft at Levington Site
Three youths from Oklahoma and Texas were fined 50 dollars each for stealing gasoline from Levington Sand and Gravel Co. Named defendants are John Lewis Collin, Albert Dale James, and J. O. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levington Sand and Gravel Co
John Lewis Collin
Albert Dale James
J. O. Lewis
Oklahoma
Texas
Driver Fails To Return Green 1949 Pontiac
Mrs. A. R. Dove reports to the sheriff that a green 1949 Pontiac loaned to Ray Rensor has not been returned. She conferred with the District Attorney on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Dove
Sheriff's Office
Ray Rensor
Clyde Lawson and wife visit Dallas on weekend business
Mr and Mrs Clyde Lawson traveled to Dallas for weekend business engagements. The trip centered on professional meetings and local errands in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Lawson
Dallas
Two Cited In Motorcycle Car Crash
Dexter Hopkins and Darleene Hilburn were involved in a collision at South 4th Avenue during a summer school cleanup period. Hopkins received a citation for failing to yield the right of way and minor injuries, while Hilburn, 16, was cited for driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Hopkins
Darleene Hilburn
Miss Hilburn
C. E. Hilburn
Hopkins
Water Department
South 4Th and
Avenue C
Lovington Maliamar Youths Win Honors At 4 H Conclave
Las Cruces hosts the 31st 4 H Club encampment awards banquet with Lovington contestants earning top honors. Winners receive trips to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago and the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association meeting in Albuquerque along with savings bonds trophies medals and other prizes. Local winners include Livestock Demonstration first Roy Woodward Lovington and tractor operators blue award recipients Mike Archuleta Las Cruces Charles Hammons Lovington and Donald Jones Artesia. Crops Judging second place finishers Joe Von Price Ronnie Clark Wayne Summerland Lovington.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
Chicago
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association
Albuquerque
Roy Woodward
Lovington
Tractor Operators
Mike Archuleta
Charles Hammons
Donald Jones
Artesia
Joe von Price
Ronnie Clark
Wayne Summerland
Lovington Players Named to North-South All Star Game
Several Lovington participants are listed for the North South all star game in Albuquerque this weekend. Included are L. C. Cozzens, Virgil Boteler, Jimmy Bevers, Jackie Bevers, Dora Trotz, Buzzy Howell, La Jean Fort, Patsy Buck, Tommy Black, Don Perry, Don Fedric, Jerry Burks, Mackie Robinson, and Eddie Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
L. C. Cozzens
Virgil Boteler
Jimmy Bevers
Jackie Bevers
Dora Trotz
Buzzy Howell
la Jean Fort
Patsy Buck
Tommy Black
Don Perry
Don Fedric
Jerry Burks
Mackie Robinson
Eddie Elliott
61 Enlisted Men Five Officers To Guard Encampment
A total of 61 enlisted men and five officers depart Hobbs at midnight Saturday for Battery D 697th AAA AW New Mexico National Guard summer encampment. They seek the Battalion trophy for top summer training and include Capt. Pavlich Hobbs and Lieutenants Sarver Eunice Shotton Jr Eunice Malouf Eunice Welch Jr Hobbs. Enlisted leaders include Master Sergeants Bell Dodson Hobbs and Lovington’s Harrell Wright. The group returns Sunday August 28 after two weeks away.
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Hobbs
New Mexico National Guard
Joe P. Pavlich
Robert O. Sarver
Ernest A. Shotton Jr
Eunice
Mitchell J. Malouf
Jimmy Welch Jr
Leyton A. Bell
Roy C. Dodson
Harrell E. Wright
Lovington
Dalton Tankersley
Pedro Galaviz
J. W. Hunter
William C. Latham
Jimmy D. Owens
Billy J. Perkins
Joe Weatherman, Jr
Cleve E. Ales
James E. Roberts
Don K. Rash
Robert D. Rosell
Gordon Sides
Lawrence Taylor
Donald L. Clement
John A. McCaslin
Aud L. Weisner
James D. Barber
Donald B. Houge
Herszell E. Martin
Tommy C. Price
Robert L. Spinks
Henry L. Teague
Edwin L. Bryson
All of
Ralph M. Hirrill
Monument
Melvin E. Davis
John M. Huckabee
Laveron G
Now They'll Try To Kill Flies In Lovington
Lovington city officials seek an effective fly spray as Manager Harrison reports the chloradine mix attracted flies instead of killing them. He notes they have doubled strength, yet flies fattened on it, and says insecticide firms will supply an additive or the city will source a new spray while they pursue a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Harrison
Lovington
Vocational Agriculture
Russell Eshenbaugh
Jim Stewart
Harrison
North-South game attendees visit Glori ata church
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Grisham and their daughters attended the North-South football game Saturday. They traveled home via Glori ata and then joined Sunday services at the Baptist Assembly grounds.
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Allan Grisham
Gloriata
Baptist Assembly Grounds
Drive-in Owner Reports Receipts Stolen
L. M. Koeninger of 410 N. Morris St Hobbs reported theft of receipts from his Circle Drive-In. He left $50 in cash and $60 in checks locked in his car glove compartment while he briefly entered a bar. upon return the compartment appeared opened with a key and the money missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Koeninger
N. Morris St
Hobbs
Circle Drive-In
Koeninger
No Action Planned Against Woman Who Abandoned Infant
Hobbs prosecutors will not file charges against a 19 year old Seagraves woman who left her five day old son at a Hobbs ballpark. The infant will likely go to a foster home with adoption proceedings to be followed by the couple who found and now seek to adopt the child.
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Kermit Nash
Hobbs
Seagraves
Texas
Nash
Jake Fort
Frank Tenner
E. Humble
Bender Field
Tenner
Fort
Lea General Hospital
Sheriff’s Department
Lamesa Hospital
Cild
Ball Park
Lamesa
Don't Like Cops Just Cuss Em Out in Lovington
Jerry Randolph East a youth from East Variety Store Lovington resisted Hobbs Police after a illegal U turn on Broadway. He was arrested on three charges bond set at 75 dollars. parents posted bond and the mother cursed officers and was not charged.
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Jerry Randolph East
East Variety Store
Lovington
Hobbs
Broadway
Dal Paso
City Hall
Egg Inspector Files Charges For Illegal Eggs
W E Manning egg inspector for the State of New Mexico has filed charges against Jack West for selling undergrade eggs. Trial set for next week. Justice of Peace John W Green did not know the date.
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W. E. Manning
State of
New Mexico
Jack West
Justice of Peace
John W. Green
Tire Loss Report From Pauls Bar Incident
Leonard Leeper of Mud Control Laboratory reports a GMC wheel tire lost near Pauls Bar around 1 p m on August 12. The incident details are provided for record and investigation.
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Leonard Leeper
Mud Control Laboratory
GMC
Pauls Bar
Seek Hit Run Truck Strikes Man in Hobbs
Hobbs police and state police search for a hit and run truck tractor driver who struck G. H. Carr 39 of E Main St as he walked with his wife and friends from Al's State Line Bar to Club Morrice near State Line. Roadblocks failed to locate the vehicle. Carr was slightly injured and declined hospital care.
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Hobbs
State Line
Nolan Utz
G. H. Carr
E. Main St
Morrice
Carr
Abandoned Ford Found Near Harrison Street Front
Mrs H T Brown reported a green gray 1950 Ford abandoned in front of her home on August 11. The sheriff's department had the car stored at Woodwards Garage. License records show the vehicle belonged to J J Smith of Locg Hills New Mexico.
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H. T. Brown
W. Harrison
Sheriff's Department
Woodwards Garage
J. J. Smith
Hills
N. M
Also Mentioned on This Page
Creighton Brown
F. W. Post
V. F.W. Post
Miles Metcalf
Clem Clements
Maliamar
Lovingtonians
F.A
C. T. Grable
Old Central
Board of Education
Yarbro
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