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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
8
Classified note lists tens Private Bath Living Kitchen and Large Closets with paved streets across town. Rates given 20.00 and 27.50, indicating rental or advertising prices.
Balance wheel of your watch revolves 18 000 times per hour, 157 680 times a year. If this gear rolls in one direction it would travel nearly 4 000 miles. Why not have your watch cleaned and oiled once a year. Moore's Watch Repair offers sale cheap with front and outbuildings at southwest school grounds. A. A. Hall. 3tpd.
A political message urges voters to support Mechem Larra zolo citing honesty against machine politics. The ad claims women favor honesty and decency. A separate line promotes radio repairs with guaranteed satisfaction from Radio Center at Lawson Auto Supply.
For sale 325 bales of alfalfa hay at 16.00 per ton. Two subjects to register. throc male hogs ages 8 and 15 months. Contact M R Jones Rt 1 Box 55 Lovington 6? miles north on Tatum highway and a half mile east. Date 7-11-4.
Property listing with Windsor Courts near Tatum detailing five furnished apartments, one 20 by 20 store building, twelve lots, priced at 16000 with terms. Also notes a furnished four room house near Lovington High School with shade trees and lawn. Contact numbers Lovington 4146 or 2341.
Amerada Petroleum reports a second possible producer in Lea County near Lovington flowing 138.78 barrels of oil in a four hour and fourteen minute test along with mud and water. other wells from Gulf, Sinclair, Continental, and Stanolind in Lea and Chaves counties are described with depths, test results, and locations. An oil development shows production from the Pennsylvanian and Wolfcamp limestones with multiple wildcats and field expansions ongoing in the Denton and Saunders areas.
Marriage licenses issued August 19 to Aug 23 include pairs from Texas New Mexico and California with Odessa Hobbs Graham Denver City Lubbock Midland Wichita Falls and Seguin among listed cities. Notable entries include David E Smith and Etta Ann McCrackin Charles R Butler and Billie Kathryn Lancaster and more. Oil drilling details describe two wells in Eddy Lea counties with depths and locations.
County officers spotted a blue 1936 model car parked across the street after a radio report of theft. They directed the owner to retrieve the vehicle, who had to read the alarm himself moments earlier.
John Miller of Artesia visited here last week for an informal gathering and to meet local residents.
Mrs. E. C. Good of Ft Worth and Mrs. W. N. McGee of McAllen Texas were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacques J Dailey on Thursday.
Lubbock visitors Mr. and Mrs. Lester Alston were guests on Thursday, staying briefly in the city and touring local sights.
R. B. Moore came back Thursday night after a lengthy business trip visiting several locations across New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs J S Lister and Linda spent the weekend in Cloudcroft enjoying a brief getaway.
Ella Mae Neyman of Oklahoma City is visiting with her parents Mr. and Mrs Roy Neyman and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Neyman and her brother.
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller traveled to Roswell last week where Mr Miller has been working. They stayed in the city as he continued assignments connected to his job.
A sequence of marriage figures lists engagements and pairings with names and ages across Alamogordo Big Springs San Angelo and Odessa. Entries include Paul L Gregory and Annie Bibb. D D Phipps and Mary Sue Turner. and Harvey Strawn Jr with Georgia Sharp among others.
Mr and Mrs Joe Freeman took their son Joe to Lubbock last week for his tonsil removal procedure.
Andy Swarthout traveled to Dallas on Friday to attend funeral services for his grandmother.
In Roswell Mrs. I F Hood is in Roswell receiving medical attention. Mrs. Ludie Lyons of Midland Texas visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L S Webber of Buckeye recently.
Mrs. Lavieta Carlson of Tucson visited last week with her father Frank Teague, sharing time with family and noting the close mother and daughter ties during the trip.
Lea County Public Health Nurse Miss Beryl Kaigler will assist in Hobbs to teach a class on caring for polio victims.
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