Sheriff Trimble Discusses Scientific Law Enforcement Impacts
Sheriff Charlie O. Trimble spoke at the Rotary Club on how scientific procedures protect citizens and prove innocence in Lea County. The club announced Dave Livingston will headline Rotary Ladies Night February 14 at the High School Library. Livingston, an Iowa native, is a stock speaker and former businessman who now spends most of his time on speaking engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie O. Trimble
Rotary Club
Trimble
Lea County
Dave Livingston
Livingston
Iowa
Well Child Clinic Held Saturdays at Courthouse
Miss Beryl Kaigler Lea County Public Health nurse states a well child clinic operates each Saturday morning in the Courthouse Lovington for children up to school age and expectant mothers for health checks and guidance. A second well child clinic exists at Lea County Community Hospital Hobbs on Thursday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Kaigler
Lea County
Lovington
Kaigler
Hobbs
Over Two-Thirds County Taxes Paid in Lea County
Lea County taxes for the first half of 1951 show 63 percent collected. Treasurer Osbourne Fisher reported total levies of $1,130,438.14 with $709,777.78 paid by January 1, leaving $20,660.36 unpaid. Tax receipts continued to accrue at a similar pace in early February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Osborne Fisher
Osborne
Eunice Election Protest Prompts Possible New Vote
Eunice residents allege last Tuesday’s school board election was irregular and unfair. D A Yornen County official Max Edwards reviews complaints from Dr Ben Barzune Hazel Turner and others and may order another election after a written report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunice School Board
D.A
Eunice
Lovington
Paul Wallach
Lea County
Edwards
Ben Barzune
Hazel Turner
Democratic Party
John Terry
D. Wayne Key
Alfred Mitchell
Sally Moss
Key
Lovington 4-H Pins Given to Fourteen Members in County Office
Fourteen Lovington 4-H club members received pins Saturday during a meeting in the county extension agent's basement office. With thirty six in attendance, the club has sixty members, and plans include selling metal plaques to raise funds for summer camp costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Lovington Club
Bobby Dean
Marshall Griffin
Dave Lee
Bobby Love
Jimmy Love
Jack Power
Gail Power
Dudley Pruitt
James Sumruld
Wayne Sumruld
K. B. Terry
Alvin Teas
Jimmy Youngblood
Bobby Lee Trucker
J. C. York
Sacramento Mountains
Farm Bureau
Lovington School Board Panel Explains First Grade Work
Lovington Board of Education heard a detailed session on first grade problems and procedures led by Sept. H. C. Pannell. Teachers Barbara Black, Josie Shackelford, Jenny Dendy, Ethel Yadon, Joyce Johnson shared insights. principals and board members attended. A March advisory council meeting was announced alongside debt garnishment cases for $12 and $130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington Board of Education
H. C. Pannell
Lee Burt
Barbara Black
Josie Shackelford
Jenny Dendy
Ethel Yadon
Joyce Johnson
John Easly
Hobby Gann
R. D. Lee
Kyle Taylor
J. L. Yarbro
January Filing Fees At County Clerk Office Report
Miss Eva Tatum, County Clerk, reports January receipts of 2067.77 dollars in filing fees and 861 instruments filed. The total fee ingreso reflects the monthly activity of the clerk's office.
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Eva Tatum
Shriver Heirs Petition for Administratrix in Probate Court
Myrtis O. Shriver petitions the Probate Court to be appointed administratrix of the estates of J. A. Shriver Loyd Earl Shriver and Arthur Dean Shriver, the three sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtis O. Shriver
Probate
J. A. Shriver
Loyd Earl Shriver
Arthur Dean Shriver
Feeding Prisoners Bill Run Afoul Of State Law In Lea County
Lea County officials face a clash over jail feeding costs cited at $1.00 per day per person. District Attorney Max Edwards warns commissioners to itemize and verify bills, with Sheriff Charlie Trimble told to present invoices. The dispute centers on payment practices for prisoners and guards and a civil suit filed by the Leader publisher.
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Hobbs
Max Edwards
Lea County
Alex Woode
Board of County Commissioners
Woodel
Carl Denson
Ed Holt
Tatum
Leader
Edwards
Filipi Rios
E. E Dassett
G. R. Maxwell
A. M. Tennyson
J. B. Megee
Herbert Hill
Robert Horne
Richard Olson
Apolonia Zapata
Opal May Nichols
W. T. Osborne
Leon Barkier
Harold Bevins
Eunice
George Hanks
Justy Meneatia
James Williams
B. L. Latty
E. L. Shelly
M. L. Ainsworth
Grant Edwards
al Cadenhead
Jack Bundick
L. D. Cates
A. J. White
Abie Labite
Paul Hoover
Herbert Boyd
J. B. Spears
Carlsbad
Lovington
R. C. Monk
Ray Bennett
Henry Jewell Hilliard
Ed Carter
Geo. J. Liles
Lyman de Ford
L. C. Powell
J. W. Phillips
D. H. Skelton
James Baden
H. Herndon
J. T. Ashley
W. T. Rodrigue
Pat Manley
Robert Davis
Charles Whitesell
Homer Threasher
Melvin Schoover
Kansas
Don Glover
J. E. Farler
Harry Jones
Wallace Olen Bouser
E. C. Straham
Mort Property
Butch Hudgins
Tom Gregory Way
Mex Sanchez
Border Patrol
John
General County
Charlie
Mona Belle Spears Enrolls at ENMU for Spring Term
Mona Belle Spears of Lovington enrolls for the spring semester at Eastern New Mexico University. Spears had earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from ENMU in spring 1948.
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Mona Belle Spears
ENMU
Lovington
Eastern New Mexico University
Miss Spears
Owens Licked a Lot of Stamps While Sheriff of Lea County
A historical note details Sheriff Horace Burl Owens stamp purchases from 1947 to 1950 totaling 726.75 dollars for more than 24 000 stamps. Read like a local curiosity, the report lists monthly stamp amounts and years, with a final remark on the surprising scale of the licking.
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Owens
Lea County
Horace Burl Owens
Leader
Charlie O. Trimble
Lick
The Employee and The Employer discussed by Garnie Atkisson
Garnie Atkisson, minister of the Church of Christ, led the Women’s Bible Class lesson on The Employee and The Employer. He urged employees to work willingly and well and urged employers to treat workers with respect and fairness. Thirty members attended the Wednesday morning session.
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Garnie Atkisson
Church of Christ
Atkisson
Mines
Tommy Choate
Robert Dean
Roscoe Caldwell
Fred York
Hobby Gann
Eli Jones
Otto Wegner
Hubert Gill
Jack Jackson
Jewell Beeman
Alton Chenault
L. B. Gill
Jack Miller
Jerry Cook
Jewell Smith
J. D. Smith
J. L. Kidd
George Johnston
Bill Fleming
Royce Burns
Randy Ballard
Joe Clifton Floyd Ayres
Floyd Creek
Troy Cocke, Sr
Jack Witherspoon
Bill Bailey
Archie Nowell
Mancill to Replace Cozzens as PE Teacher
James Mancill, a Sul Ross State College graduate from Alpine, Texas, will replace L. C. Cozzens who has been called to active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. Mancill resides in Menard, Texas, with his wife and baby daughter in the Beauchamp Apartments.
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James Mancill
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Texas
L. C. Cozzens
U.S. Marine Corps
Mancil
Menard
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Sheriff Trimble
Rotary
Leevington
First Presbyterian Church
South Second Street
L. F. Carr
Llano Addition
Shorty
Superette
P. H. Gamble
G. A. Fisher
Clyde Linter
Lester Alston
Elliot and Waldron
E. L. Hall
Church of God
Annie B. Oglesby
South Love Street
Woodrow Coe
Drayton Wasson
Llano
F. R. Stapp
W. W. Carter
Carter
A. & Y. Lumber Co
E. N. Miller
Belvedere Court
West Central
Ray D. Pieper
Tim Wood
Ray D. Peiper
W. H. Townsend
Bath
Carter Addition
R. A. Grisham
Bridgeforth and Shearman
North Third
Harold Bridgeforth
Yornen County
Ollie Boyd
Alec Woodell
Lea County Commissioners Court
Walter High
Doo
Eleader
Lovington Leader
Sheriff's Posse
Lea County Sheriff's
Charley Trimble
Marion Thompson
Jake Troy
Vaughn Reifal
Posse
Fern Eidson
Betty Owens
Justice OF Peace Court
D. D. Prichard
Doyle Powell
Pete Adams
J. C. Whittenbert
Jack Hadderton
Uary
Dist
Charlie Trimble
J. H. Hardaway
R. B. Bradshaw
Charley O. Stiles
Joan Stevens
James I. Stevens
Minnie -Mae Burdell
Willard Burdell
Elbert A. Allison
Pauline D. Allison
B. M. Derrick
Wanda Bryan
R. M. Love
Derrick
Frances M. Hebert
W. L. M. Hebert
E. L. Andrews
Alec Woodel
New Mexico
Office of the Attorney General
Max N. Edwards
Mack Easley
D. A
Alex Woodel
Sheriff Owens
Cozzens
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