Justice Finn Honored With 38 Smith & Wesson Gift
Hobbs Justice Tom Finn of Precinct 18 was feted at a county officers party honoring outgoing Sheriff Burl Owens and Assistant District Attorney Mack Easley. He received a 38 Smith & Wesson revolver inscribed The Officer's Friend Tom Finn Christmas 1950.
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Justice Finn
Smith & Wesson
Hobbs
Burl Owens
Mack Easley
J. D. Boren
Charlie Trimble
Ivan Reed
Max Edwards
Lea County
Judge Finn
Tom Finn
Staff Sgt Power to Spend Holidays at Barksdale AFB
Staff Sgt Richard H. Power, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Power, is stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport Louisiana and will spend the holidays there.
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Richard H. Power
Dick Power
Barksdale A. F. B
Shreveport
Local Shooters Bring Home The Turkeys
Hobbs marksmen traveled to the Airbase for an elimination event in clay pigeon shooting. Judges awarded several shooters two turkeys each with names including Jim Clemons Bill Hudson B H Hudson Harry Rodgers J E Snead D Yarbro Ben Lewis and Roy Keller receiving prizes.
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Hobbs
Jim Clemons
Bill Hudson
B. H. Hudson
Harry Rodgers
J. E. Snead
D. Yarbro
Lovington
Ben Lewis
Roy Keller
Pvt Bil Harper Begins Training At Keesler Air Base
Pvt Bil Harper aged 20 reports to Keesler AFB to begin training in the Communications School of the Air Training Command. The program covers radio telephone teletype facsimile and control tower operator training with varied duration. The school was moved from Scott Air Force Base Illinois to Keesler to qualify personnel to operate and maintain Air Force communications gear.
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Bill Harper
W. R. Harper
Box
Buckeye
N. M
Keesler
Air Force
Air Training Command
Armed Forces
Harper
Scott Air Force
Illinois
Kessler
Mechem plans police reform after taking office
Governor elect Mechem says no immediate changes in state police but will seek a three to five member independent police board with staggered terms to remove the governor from chairmanship. He will retain current chief Joe Roach until a new board acts, then give full control over retention or replacement.
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United Press
Edwin L. Mechem
Mechem
Las Cruces
Police
Joe Roach
General Assembly
State Highway Commission
Roach
Hubert Beasley
Tobacco Growers Loan Rates Set for Wisconsin Crop
The Commodity Credit Corporation will loan Wisconsin tobacco growers about 24.1 cents per pound for the 1951 crop with northern Wisconsin at 30 cents. The 1949 crop averaged 19.8 cents for type 54 and 25.7 cents for type 55.
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The
Commodity Credit Corporation
Wisconsin
Lea County Bus Drivers Hold Christmas Party in Hobbs
The Lea County Bus Drivers Association hosted its first Christmas party at St. Helena's Auditorium last Saturday night. President Gene Roach of Tatum led a festive event with a tree, mistletoe, holly, and bells. A Christmas film was shown by A C Pruitt and gifts exchanged among attendees from Hobbs Lovington and Eunice.
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St. Helena’s
Lea County Bus Drivers Association
Earl Kornegay
H. L. Wilks
Lovington
Gene Roach
Tatum
A. C. Pruitt
Charles Mills
Henry Lindley
James Weldon
B. P. Hamlin
Alvin Clifton
E. D. Bennett
Rex Murdock
Charlie Griffin
Riley Meyers
Lorena Johnson
Iola Henry
Hobbs
Local couples named in Lovington and nearby towns
A list of residents and couples from Lovington and surrounding areas including Mr. and Mrs. Barbie Maxwell Speicher Moore Wilks Camp Hughes Evans Rogers and Bracken of Tatum.
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W. L. Barbie
W. A. Maxwell
George Speicher
Paul Moore
H. W. Wilks
Lovington
Mack Camp
B. E. Hughes
Lewis Evans
Monument
H. W. Rogers
Bracken
Tatum
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Kelly Scott
New Mexico
IN Hobbs
Wake
Justice of Peace
Sheriff
Horace Burl Owens
Ernest Gilman
James Robinson
Bruce McCollum
C. O. Trimble
Eunice
Alex Trimble
Elmer Turner
Jal
Nn Ec
Neithercutt
Pvt
Bil Harper
Keesler Base
Winslow Cafe
Eahbe
Ypiathaa
Han
Davis Office Supply CO
LEA County State Bank
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