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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
2
Nell fears a looming tragedy as Cricket the bull grows dangerous. She pleads with Rodney to sell or kill the temperamental bull after a day of milking and farm tension. Rob resists citing proven calves and butterfat gains. Nell senses fate closing in.
Thunderhead and seventeen head of horses found west of the ranch near Westgate Colorado. Rob, Penny, Nell, and Carey engage in a calm after the discovery while Ken remains distant and Pearl recovers from a party hangover. Penny is baptized Penelope Margaret with Howard and Ken as godparents.
Nell threads a fine nainsock and sews near a shallow creek while Penny, a baby, sits in a clump of flame colored Indian paint. Nell alerts herself to the risk as Penny plays nearby.
In a rocky pasture Nell clings to a shelf of rock to shield Penny from the charging bull Cricket. Pilgrim the dog grapples the bull by the nose, while Nell tears at barbed wire and climbs for safety as Penny cries.
Nell clings to a baby as Cricket the dog fights to protect them from a raging bull. Pilgrim the dog endures a bite and is knocked aside while Cricket eludes the bull and drags Nell from danger. Penny wails as Rob’s absence and anger heighten the family's peril at the ranch.
Morning Worship at 9 45 a m Sunday School at 11 a m M Y F Sunday evening service at 6 p m Junior Choir Wednesday at 5 10 p m Senior Choir Practice to follow
The Presbyterian Church outlines services and meetings including Evening Worship at 7 30 p m Prayer Meeting on Wednesday and Christ Practice on Thursday Albert Fairweather named Sunday School Superintendent with additional afternoon programs.
Christian Church lists Sunday School at 3:45 AM and Evening Service at 6:30 PM with a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 PM Kenneth Chambers oversees Sunday School. Hugh Harris is the pastor. Church of Christ holds Bible Study at 9:45 AM and worship at 10:40 AM with a Young People's Class at 6:15 PM and Bible Study at Buckeye Tuesday 7 PM and Ladies Study 9:30 AM Wednesday with evening services at 7 PM.
Sunday Mass at 11 A M at St Thomas Catholic Church located two and a half blocks west of the H and C Gulf Station. Sunday School at 10:15 A M with Father Hugh Rochkes and Assistant Father Venatius Putoski. Evening service schedule shows 6 30 P M and 7 30 P M sessions with prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 P M led by Pastor W Hardcastle and Howard Grandon.
About 25 members of the senior basketball squad reported to coach L. C. Cozzens for intensive practice over the weekend. The program runs through the first ten days to prepare for the December 8 game at Tatum.
The annual high school football banquet will be held Saturday evening December 2 in the library of the high school building. The Pep Club sponsors the event to honor the boys who played football this past season. Miss Inez Dykstra and home economics girls will serve the banquet.
Donnie Patteson flew home from San Antonio Texas and became a Junior Pilot with Wings and a Junior Pilot certificate presented by the plane’s captain. Tony Fallin visited Lubbock with parents while Margie Hallman traveled to Lorra ine Texas with family. Bobby Towns Family enjoyed Franklin Texas. Linda Kay Freeman’s birthday included Santa apples and refreshments as Mrs. Freeman filmed the Tiny Tots group.
First Methodist Church reports 130 in Sunday School on November 26. First Baptist Church notes 267 in attendance the same day under Superintendent Howard Grandon. Reverend Milton Harrington records 58 at the Church of the Nazarene on November 26. Christian Church logs 56 in Sunday School for November 26.
Lovington school district faculty gathered Tuesday night November 28 in the high school library for one of six annual night meetings. Supt Panner discussed revenue sources, fund expenditure laws, and tax levy rules with a detailed budget procedure and analysis of sale tax, income tax, mineral land leasing, current school fund income, federal forest fees, motor vehicle revenue, and other revenues.
Mr and Mrs Fred Cox returned from a three week vacation touring Texas Arkansas and Missouri They bought a farm near Springfield Missouri Their son John S and S Cox of Carlsbad will move there in the new year to take over the farm
Mr and Mrs Jones Holley of Edmonton Canada have moved to Lovington. Holley is associated with the Amerada Petroleum Co in Lovington.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Love and their children spent Sunday in Roswell visiting with Mr and Mrs Bob Walton.
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