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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1952
Page
7
A mixed item lists a fruit cake recipe with pecans dates raisins butter sugar and spices and notes oven time. It also catalogs marriage and engagement notices from Odessa area including multiple couples with ages and hometowns dated December 3 to December 8 1951 and a 1951 farmers pest control expenditure figure over 300 million dollars.
List of marriage licenses includes Hazel Jean Smith and Leonard L. W. Whitaker both of Andrews Texas issued December 4. December 5 couples include Betty Hammons and Gebe Holloway in Crosbyton and Wanda Barcherding with Alfred Morelli in Snyder, plus others in Jal Kermit Lovington Las Cruces and Odessa. December 2 shows Mary B. Wood of Andrews with Glen E. Burns.
Barbara LeBlanc, a Lovington High School 1952 graduate, was selected to join the Eastern New Mexico University Concert Band for the year. The Christmas concert, conducted by Floren Thompson, features Handel Messiah overture, Frank Bania Angeli cus, Adams The Bells of St Marys, and a narrated piece Twas The Night Before Christmas with Joe Carroll. Lea County students Johnny Burgess Eunice Geraldine Earhart Glenn Elliot Bruce Evans Darrell Hall Dana Kelling and Jimmy Sikes also joined the band.
The Women’s Council met at Mrs. Fred Cox’s home to elect 1953 officers. Mrs. Dan Berry was chosen president with Mrs. W. H. Wilder as vice president, Don Parsons as secretary treasurer, and Mrs. John Connell as reporter. A Christmas needy box was approved. The next meeting will be December 16 at Mrs. Dan Berry’s home.
The statement notes that each year more people die accidentally in agriculture than in any other industry, highlighting the sector’s higher risk level and need for safety awareness and preventive measures.
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