Record Lease Prices Surge at New Mexico Sale
Lea County oil activity draws global attention at the August 10 state lease sale in Santa Fe. Champlin Refining Co. paid $100,201.60 per 160 acre tract, a record per acre price of $626.26, near the Texaco well. Shell Oil led with a 480 acre spread at $205,061.90, while Gulf Oil and R. W. Fair also made significant bids. The total receipts reached $722,150.43, with sealed bids dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lea County
Lea County
United States
Santa Fe
Champlin Refining Co
Enid
Okla
Texaco
McAlester Fuel
Shell Oil of
Midland
Miie
State Land Office
Sec
Saunders Field
Gulf Oil Co
Ft. Worth
Texas
R. W. Fair
Tyler
H. D. Schenck
Lovington
New Lovington Credit Bureau Passes to Mrs Arnold
Mrs Genieve Arnold buys the Lovington Credit Bureau from Mrs Mary Payne who becomes advertising manager for the Lovington Leader. Office on Main Street in the old Mesa Theater Building. Sue Lawkis named office manager. Bureau will publish transactions from the Courthouse as soon as available. Telephone 3301.
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Genieve Arnold
Lovington Credit Bureau
Mary Payne
Lovington Leader
Arnold
Main Street
State Highway Department
Sue Lawkis
Lea County State Bank
Mesa Theater
Cracee Baby Born at Lovington General Hospital
Mr and Mrs Talasfar Cracee welcomed a baby boy at Lovington General Hospital on August 23. The birth adds a new member to the Cracee family.
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Talasfar Cracee
Lovington General Hospital
Biggest Reunion Promised For Open Range Cowboys
The Open Range Cowboys Reunion is set as the biggest in the association’s history says President Henry Record. Record, recently released from Lea County Hospital, will host the event with assistants Jim Beverly Bill Musick and Bill Anderson handling secretarial duties while Bob Beverly is out of state. He invites members to contact the trio for association business and hopes the reunion becomes a memorable day of good times.
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Open Range Cowboys
Association
Henry Record
Mr. Record
Lea County
Jim Beverly
Bill Musick
Bill Anderson
Bob Beverly
Lovington
Record
Henry Barr
Odessa
Jal Ranch
Hattie Cooper
Records
Buell Price Heads to Denver for Ferguson Tractor Meet
Buell Price of the New Mexico Implement Co. leaves Lovington for Denver to attend a Ferguson Tractor Co. meeting. He plans to view the new four row Ferguson tractor, the first model released, and hopes to display one on his return. He will travel with other area dealers.
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Buell Price
New Mexico Implement Co
Denver
Ferguson Tractor Co
Ferguson
Price
Lovington
Roswell youths escape injury in gunfight
United Press reports two Roswell youths and a third from Coos, Ore, escaped injury after a running gun battle with a 50 man posse in the Laramie Mountains following an alarm for their arrest. The three—Ralph Beck 17 and T. V. Vaughnan 24 of Roswell, and Raymond L. Kox 20 of Coos—were jailed in Laramie. A car was reportedly stolen from Warren Air Force Base soldiers at gunpoint.
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Roswell
Laramie
Wye
Warren Air Force Base
Ralph Beck
T. V. Vaughnan
Raymond L. Kox
Coos, Ore
Three suits filed to collect debts in Hobbs district court
John Hutton of Prescription Shop in Hobbs sues to recover 252.85 from J. P. Scoggins. H E B Construction Co sues Ira F Landrum for 508.98 and Granville Lassiter of La Miradora for 1 208.23 for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hutton Delta
Hobbs
J. P
Scoggins
H-E-B Construction Co
Ira F. Landrum
Granville Lassiter
la Miradora
Mobilization Committee Meeting Planned in Roswell August 19 1951
The Lea County Agricultural Mobilization Committee and local leaders meet in Roswell on August 19 to review agricultural programs offered by federal agencies. They plan county wide meetings to gather farmers ranchers and others views on ways to improve service through agencies including the Production and Marketing Administration Extension Service Soil Conservation Service Farm Home Administration Farm Credit Administration and Rural Electrification Administration. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan has ordered a nationwide survey per committee chairman Mr. Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Roswell
Ers
Production and Marketing Administration
Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Home Administration
Farm Credit Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F
Brannan
United States
Mr. Robinson
Lea County Mobilization Committee
Lease Grab Sets Record at Lea County State Sale
Lea County oil lease auction draws record buyers and bids as Texas Company strikes fuel volume. Wells No. 1 AS State and No. 1 AW State report Wolfcamp oil flows with substantial test yields. No. 1 AR State Devonian oil and early gas shows. Caprock and Crossroads area wells near Gladiola field impress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfcamp
Lea County
Texas
AR State
No. 1
Caprock
Lea
Chavez
Gladiola
Lea County Airport to get high intensity lighting and landscaping
Lea County Commission advances high intensity lighting and landscaping for Lea County Airport. A resolution backs plans by Wilson and Co. of Albuquerque to prepare specs and supervise work under the 1951-52 program for a 6 percent fee, 90 percent due on CAA contract acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Scearce
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Jal
County Commission
CAA
Jack Maddux
Lea County Airport Board
Lea County
Wilson and Co
Albuquerque
Burness Neal Appeals Extension After New Evidence
Judge Roy C. Anderson postponed Burness Neal's scheduled September 14 execution to allow investigation of new evidence. Neal, sentenced to death for the 1940 murder of Carlsbad taxi driver Mrs. Clare Beatrice Gallemore, was transferred to death row on June 20. His lawyers requested a 90 day extension for the state Supreme Court appeal amid a claimed deathbed confession by Neal’s wife that her brother Johnny King killed the victim. King, said to be on the west coast, supposedly wore Neal's clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burness
Neal
Roy C. Anderson
Lea County
Lovington
Clare Beatrice Gallemore
Carlsbad
State Penitentiary
Morton Rutherford
J. S. McCall
Anderson
State Supreme Court
Johnny King
Carlsbad Argus
King
Gallemore
Barber Hearing Set in Hobbs for Alton Barber
Justice of the Peace Tom Finn will hear evidence in the preliminary hearing for Alton Barber on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of James Brown. The hearing is Wednesday at 10 in Hobbs municipal courtroom following a Lovington Lion's Ball Park death after an argument. Evidence from the coroner's inquest suggests Barber acted in self defense.
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Justice of Peace
Tom Finn
Alton Barber
James Brown
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Brown
Lion’s Ball Park
Lovington
Commonwealth trade grew 1947 to 1949 exports up 49 percent
Between 1947 and 1949 exports from Commonwealth countries rose by 49 percent while imports increased by 31 percent, reflecting a strong postwar expansion in trade flows among member nations.
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British Commonwealth
Lions Hear County Agent On Growing Cotton
The Lions Club met at the Lea Room of the Liano Hotel on Friday August 24 at noon. County Agent Perkins spoke after dinner about growing cotton in Lea County. Twenty five Lions attended with President Andy Swarthout presiding.
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Lions Club
Lea
Liano Hotel
Perkins
Lea County
Lions
Andy Swarthout
Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court List
Martha M Baggett sues Webster O Baggett Charline Harris sues McCoy Harris Mary Jeff Hooper sues Foster H Hooper Ruth Gilliams sues Bunyan Alexander Gilliams forming a batch of divorce actions in the county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha M. Baggett
Webstero
Baggett
Charline Harris
McCoy Harris
Mary Jeff Hooper
Foster H. Hooper
Ruth Gilliams
Bunyan
Alexexander Gilliams
Hobbs Liquor Barons Charged In Assault Case
Cecil Thompson, owner of the Ramona Club and the Bank Bar, is free on a $1,000 bond on charges of assault with a deadly weapon following an incident at the Belvedere apartments. Johnnie Manning remains jailed awaiting bond. A preliminary hearing is set in Hobbs Municipal Courtroom Thursday at 10 A.M. with Justice Bob Bensing presiding.
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Cecil Thompson
Hobbs
Ramona Club
Bank
Belvedere
Thompson
Johnnie Manning
Justice of Peace
Bob Bensing
Labor Meeting Scheduled For Hagerman
Milton Fox announces a regional meeting of the United States Employment Service to discuss the Mexican National Agreement for 1951 and the new contract with Eastern New Mexico growers. The session is Thursday night August 30 at 7 30 in Hagerman High School Auditorium. Farmers employing Mexican Nationals are urged to attend and learn the requirements. copies of the Agreement and Work Contract are at the Hobbs Employment Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Fox
United States Employment Service
New Mexico
Hagerman High School
Fox
Tatum Seeks Water Co-Op With City Led In Effort
Citizens of Tatum met in a mass meeting to plan a cooperative water system. Mayor E D Holt was elected chairman and P D Caudle acting secretary. A five member survey committee was named: A G Green, Raymond Patterson, Cecil Nickell, Beatrice Green, Ruth Patterson. They to work with the chair and secretary. Estimated cost for a system adequate for present and future needs is about 135000 dollars.
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Tatum
E. D. Holt
P. D. Caudle
A. G. Green
Raymond Patterson
Cecil Nickell
Beatrice Green
Ruth Patterson
Rotarians Hear Cotton Talk By Perkins
Rotary Club members met at the Methodist Church for a noon meeting. Thurman Perkins the county agent gave an engaging talk on cotton production in Lea County. Visiting Rotarians included Frank Whitney and others from Hobbs Tatum and Portales. Non Rotarian visitors came from Amarillo Roswell Lovington Crane and Portales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Methodist Church
Thurman Perkins
Lea County
Rotary
Frank Whitney
Supt
W. D. Castor
Arvil Morley
Emmett Green
W. S. Clary
Tatum
Jack Gomez
Frank Bateman
W. K. Aldridge
Hobbs
Howard McDonald
Portales
W. E. Steer
Amarillo
J. E. Patterson
Roswell
Robert Tomlinson
Crane
John Anderson
Pete Felfe
Lovington
Keep Off Signs Erected on Courthouse Lawn
Keep off signs have been erected on the courthouse lawn to prevent loitering and walking on the grass.
Communists press new demands after Ridgway rebuff
Peiping radio quotes Kim Il Sung and Peng Dehuai denouncing Ridgway and demanding a new UN probe into the Kaesong bombing. They accuse Joy of slander and hint the attack may have been a South Korean move, while stressing they do not seek to end armistice talks. UN air losses and heavy Yalu supply traffic hint a possible future offensive.
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Matthew Ridgway
Peiping Radio
Kim Il Sung
Peng
Kaesong
Red
C. Turner Joy
Ridgway
Peiping
Korea
Washington
Yalu River
Two Injured In Wreck On Roswell Road
Mr and Mrs Carroll McGlas son Jr were injured in a car wreck on the Roswell highway at 11 10 Thursday night about 22 miles east. The couple may have fallen asleep or been blinded by lights. Mr and Mrs G T Hanners of Lovington found them and transported the injured to Roswell hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll McGlasson, Jr
Roswell
G. T. Hanners
Lovington
Santa Fe
Woodward Sprains Ankle After Wrench Incident
Jimmy Woodward of Woodwards Auto Supply sprained his ankle stepping from a pickup onto a wrench. Doctors found no broken bones. He will miss work until midweek and rest for several days.
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Jimmy Woodward
Woodwards Auto Supply
Woodward
No Leader For September 3
The Lovington Leader will not publish on September 3 to allow staff a short vacation. The September 3 issue will be combined with the September 7 edition.
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Lovington Leader
Parking Rules Issued for Lovington New Mexico
Lovington NM issues traffic curb rules on Main Street guiding parallel parking and designated spaces within town limits. Truck parking restricted to pickups of 3 quarters ton or less near courthouse square and Monroe to Avenue E. Stop at signals, pedestrians cross at specified intersections, and violations carry penalties per Ordinance 91.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Monroe Avenue
Avenue E
Courthouse Square
Main Street
Adams Avenue
Avenue A
Washington Avenue
Central Ave
First St
Love St
Hobbs Firm Low Bidder To Paint Airport
Armstrong and Thompson of Hobbs won the interior painting contract for the Lea County Airport Administration building. The low bid was 785.00, out of seven bidders. Other bids ranged up to 1,768.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobbs
Armstrong and Thompson
Lea County
Armstrong
Thompson
Speck and Baker
Fox Rig and Lumber Co
Luther Jones
Tulsa Rig and Reel
C. D. Drummond
Clovis
N. M. Paint Co
Preston Dallas Appointed Assistant Road Superintendent
Preston Dallas has been employed as assistant road superintendent at Floyd New Mexico with a monthly salary of 350 dollars. His appointment follows the recommendation of road superintendent Raymond Dalmont and identifies his mother as Mrs Cora Dallas of Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Dallas
Dallas
Cora Dallas
Floyd, N. M
Raymond Dalmont
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Cracees
Ferguson Meet
United Press
Texas Company
Northwest Lea Co
Texas Co
State
Burness Neal
Jume
Barber
Hagerman
Cotton
Roswell Road
Jimmy Woodard
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