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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1955
Page
4
Progress reports inform parents every nine weeks with grade level cards. Primary grades use detailed cards with teacher and parent comments, while upper grades have reduced comment space. All basic subjects use A B C D F scales and each card notes progress and attendance.
Mr and Mrs Richard Anderson and Jerry Clayton were guests at the W A Anderson home Thursday Their steak fry on the terrace was enjoyed by the visitors The Andersons were en route to the Jerry Clayton ranch at Santa Rosa from Texas
The law requires children aged six to sixteen to attend public schools. Parents and guardians are responsible for attendance and may face fines from five to one hundred dollars, jail time, and possible writs. Justice of the Peace courts also prosecute violations.
Lovington High School will use a four door Buick for driver education in 1955 56. Myers Motor Company provides the car for free for the school year, returning it to Myers after training ends. Howard will teach his third year in Lovington Schools under the American Automobile Association program.
School officials Boteler and Willoughby note shower facilities may not be ready for the 1955 football season and no wall work has begun. The field is grassy and in good condition with the fence due soon. Parking will be graded, and the stadium will seat 4500 with a press box, rest rooms, storage under the bleachers, concessions, and lighting on 100 foot towers.
August 23 showcase features BPW Shorts facing Bloomer Girls in a soft pitch match. Nuff Sed promotes a lively community game with local teams and a playful rivalry in the newspaper notice.
Lovington school bus drivers operate twenty buses with extra transport capacity as needed. The fleet is owned by Paul B. Moore and W. A. Max, with S. W. Townsend running four lines and M. C. Sweatt and H. W. Wilks each operating one line. Most Lea County drivers attended the annual institute in Silver City the week of August 16. Transportation serves children outside city limits who live at least one and a half miles from schools. city residents are ineligible. Drivers hold monthly meetings to discuss safety and operations.
A Lovington meeting at the Ward & Carrell Building formed a promotional group to create a Building and Loan Association serving Lovington and nearby areas within 50 miles. Shares will be sold on escrow pending Federal Home Loan Savings System approval. J. B. Selman was elected chairman of the promotional committee.
Lovington Schools will operate three cafeterias this term. The Jefferson Avenue campus serves Junior High and two elementary schools under Mrs. Dale Phillips and team. Llano Elementary and the new High School Cafeteria will be supervised by Mrs. Fay Steele and Mrs. Eunice Jackson respectively. Meals cost 30 cents, with two week menus planned and posted for public inspection.
Students at S. H. S. will again use outdoor spaces for physical education as a gymnasium project aims to be let on September 8. Until a new high school gym is built, the program will be constrained though P. E. classes will continue with activities like touch ball soccer softball track badminton tennis table tennis shuffleboard tumbling and rhythmic games. Lovington Junior High uses the Jefferson Campus gym for most P. E. and all basketball workouts and games.
A sequence of personal names includes Carlile Woodrow Coe W H Bennett J P Morgan A L Hahn Clyde Lawson Hammel Carrell Clay Lawton and Joyca Welch listed in an unnamed context. The fragment lacks event or role details and reads like a roster or notice line from a historical page.
Lovington leads in forming the states first school Lay Committee to aid in addressing local education issues. The group of about 15 includes chairs and members from diverse community sectors and has organized ongoing participation across outlying areas. They hosted 100 citizens for the White House Conference on Education at the new high school and subsequent district and state meetings in Artesia and Santa Fe.
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