Benny Power Represents Oil Patch Scouts At Santa Fe
Benny Power 14 of Lovington and 16 state Scouts report to Governor Ed Mechem at Santa Fe. Power, Life Scout in Troop 44, will report on Scouting in Oil Patch including Hobbs Lovington Eunice Tatum Jal. Explorers from 12 regions join ceremonies in Washington DC for the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Gail Power
Gail Power
Lovington
Oil Patch
Santa Fe
Ed Mechem
Power
Rotary Club
Hobbs
Eunice
Tatum
Jal
Boy Scouts
Washington, D. C
Marshall Furniture And Hardware Opening Today
Formal opening of the Marshall Furniture And Hardware Co. will be held Friday and Saturday this week at the corner of First and West Central in the Yarbro Building. Leo Jones of Sweetwater is manager and part owner. W. T. Reeves, also of Sweetwater, is a partner. H. T. Marshall of Fort Worth is a third partner. Bryant Taylor of Sweetwater will head the furniture and appliance departments. Attendees are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Furniture and Hardware Co
First
West Central
Yarbro
Darden Super Market
Leo Jones
Sweetwater
Jones Hardware
Jones
Sweet
W. T. Reeves
Kermit
Colorado City
Texas
H. T. Marshall
Ft. Worth
Marshall Furniture
Odessa
Snyder
Reeves
Bryant Taylor
Taylor
Hagen and others face various DWI and larceny pleas
Molen H Hagen received two to three years in the state pen after a guilty plea to larceny for stealing typewriters from a salesman’s car. Holis Loyd got two to three years with all but 90 days suspended to Lea County Jail. Harvey Wise’s arraignment was postponed. Herman Culp pleaded not guilty to DWI citing insulin issues. Ralph Smith also pleaded not guilty to DWI. Henry Keno’s sentence was deferred for record review. C B Owens received sentence deferral on forged checks. John C Wheeler pleaded not guilty to DWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molen H. Hagen
Hagen
Holis Loyd
Lea County
Harvey Wise
Herman Culp
Culp
Ralph Smith
Henry Keno
C. B. Owens
John C. Wheeler
Hobbs Man Injured in Market Fall
A. L. Booker of 1203 Chico drive Hobbs reportedly fractured his hip in a fall near the meat counter at Farr's Market Hobbs. He was taken by Griffin ambulance to Lea General hospital where hip-pinning surgery was performed Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Booker
Chico Drive
Hobbs
Farr's Market
Booker
Griffin
Lea General Hospital
B J Drug Hosts Formal Opening Weekend
B and J Drug announces a three day formal opening with Giant Root Beers on Friday and Saturday. A Ladies Hampden 17 jewel wrist watch valued at 52.30 and a 64.00 Rogers Silverware set will be given as door prizes. Register to win. Staff include Bob Keele Archie Hatley Mickie Upshaw Janette Woolfrum Shelba Hawthorne Patsy Key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Bob Keele
Archie Hatley
Mickie Upshaw
Janette Woolfrum
Shelba Hawthorne
Patsy Key
Services Tuesday For Sister of Mrs J P Roberts
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in El Paso for Mrs Florrie Jane Kyle 79 a renowned El Paso nurse and sister of Mrs J P Roberts of Lovington Burial was in Evergreen cemetery El Paso She died Sunday at her home after 35 years nursing and retirement six years ago She is survived by two daughters Mrs Bess Meyers and Mrs H B Virden a son Murray Kyle three grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Roberts and Mrs Maude Thomas of San Antonio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding and Orr
el Paso
Florrie Jane Kyle
J. P. Roberts
Lovington
Evergreen Cemetery
Kyle
Old Providence Hospital
Bess Meyers
H. B. Virden
Murray Kyle
Roberts
Maude Thomas
San Antonio
Trapper fined for beaver house ether use in Maine
In Caribou Maine a trapper fined 100 dollars and banned from trapping for a year was reported by Game Warden Earl Kelley for secretly pouring ether into a beaver house. The trapper’s name was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou
Earl Kelley
Lovington Band Parents to Meet. School Board Election Planned
The Lovington Band Parents Association plans its second meeting of the year on Monday at 7 30 P M. A 45 member Lovington Junior High Band will perform, with officer elections led by a nominating committee and further band department updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Parents Association
Lovington
C. F. LeBeau
W. Badgett
R. P. Fort
Otto Dean
W. A. Anderson
Dale Phillips
Ray Johnson
Roy Lee Jones
Larry Crouse
McDonald
Mallamar
Buckeye
Automatic Cotton Sampler Explained at Lea County Caravan
Fortenberry of the U S Ginning Laboratory explains pros and cons of the automatic cotton sampler to Lea County producers at the Cotton Caravan in the Lea County Fair Building on February 28 1953 from 10 00 a m to 3 p m. Evangelists G W and Pearl Hoot conduct church meetings in Tatum New Mexico February 18 to 22 at 7 30 p m with music and a bass viol performance by Geneene Hoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Lea County Fair
G. W
Pearl Hoot
Winona Lake
Indiana
Church of the Nazarene
Tatum
New Mexico
Louis Perot
Hoots
Wwowo
Fort Wayne
Geneene Hoot
Reverend Hoot
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
Illinois
Eisenhower Tackles Farm Prices Taxes and A-bomb at News Conference
President Eisenhower faced nearly 300 reporters in the Indian Treaty Room and addressed farm prices taxes price controls and the atomic bomb. He affirmed Russia has the A bomb based on evidence and backed keeping price supports until December 1954 while studying substitutes. He rejected a Korea withdrawal plan and warned Congress if prices rise after decontrol. He noted beef butter and subsidies as key farm issues and cited GOP platform for farmer prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Executive Office
White House
Dean
Russia
United States
Congress
Korea
Formosa
United Nations
Red China
GOP
Water permit dispute postponed by judge illness in Lea County
The Lea County water basin case, with 52 applicants joining the Lawrence suit, was postponed due to District Judge C Roy Anderson illness. The motion to join contends all named have rights to the well permits, raising priority conflicts and potential years of legal resolution. Fisher, Bliss, and Cooper clash over filing dates and newspaper publication, with testimony by J C Yates and W T Minton deferred to page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Harris
State Engineer’s Office
C. Roy Anderson
Anderson
Lawrence Wells
Sam Dalmont
J. E
Veley Carthel
E. M. Carthel
Mrs
Eula Around
J. N. Gardner
Sadie E Banning
Luther E. Cooper
Walter T. Tomlinson
W. E. Manning
O. D. Teague
Henry McQuien
W. R. Tomlinsen
M. J. Teague
T. Shipman
I. Claud Brecken
Mrs. Buren Brecken
B. W. Linson
Bob Teague
L. L. Beadie
M. W. Burrows
John W. Catchings
W. H. Coleman
Cordie Coleman
J. D. Graham
John Hatchett
C. E. Alexander
Dub Andrus
D. N. Newell
Martin Hughes
Paul Young
Troy E
Pruitt
Cox Farms
W. A. Anderson
M. A. Sherwood
Lawrence
Lea County
Mr Lawrence
Bliss
Lawrences
Luther Cooper
Cooper
Joe Walton
Hobbs
Engineers Offie
Harris
Legals
Bligs
Wildcat B Team Posts 15–2 Season Record
The Wildcat B squad is 15 wins and 2 losses after 17 games this season. Losses came to Clovis by 11 and Carlsbad by 8. Lea County juniors pace scoring with 829 points in 17 games while opponents have 616, an average about 48 to 36.
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Wildcat
Clovis
Carlsbad
Lea County
Hobbs
Middlebury Kindergartners Learn Skiing This Winter
Fourteen children at a Middlebury kindergarten were taught skiing during the winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Homicide Charge Against Morgan Is Dismissed
John F. Morgan Jr. of Portales had been found guilty in Portales justice court for a traffic death caused by a combine, but District Judge E T Hensley dismissed the homicide charge after ruling state law then did not require reflectors and the implement did not exceed length limits. The fatalities involved Mrs. Tom Finn of Hobbs and T Betenbough of Tatum, who died October 25 in Lea County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Morgan, Jr
Portales
Lea County
E. T. Hensley
Morgan
Justice Court
Tom Finn
Hobbs
T. Betenbough
Tatum
Hensley
Velma McAdams Dies Suddenly in Lovington
Mrs Velma McAdams of Lovington died Wednesday morning at Lea County Hospital after an acute indigestion attack. She is survived by husband Roy McAdams mother Mrs E N Miller brother Shorty Miller and sister Mrs Marvin McClish of Lovington. Resting at Smith Yarbro Funeral Home with rites pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma McAdams
Lovington
Lea County Hospital
Linam Receives Four Water Well Permits
Virgil Linam Hobbs rancher reports four water well permits issued for his ranch on the Carlsbad highway west of Hobbs. He has been in the hospital recently and says he is taking it slow and easy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Linam
Hobbs
Carlsbad Highway
Linam
School Bus Drivers Institute Held in Lovington
A school bus drivers institute is set for Lovington on February 25 requiring all bus drivers to complete 25 hours of instruction in driving and safety. Drivers must use the extreme right lane when loading and unloading and pull off the pavement when possible. Stop arms are raised only if students cross the road. otherwise traffic should stop briefly and proceed slowly by the bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Lewis Cox
Clovis
Lovington
WSCS Regular Meeting at Methodist Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service will meet Monday at 2:00 PM in the Methodist Church for their regular session. Miss Ethel Yadon leads the program titled The Status Of Women and all local women are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Ethel Yadon
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B & J Drug
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T. C. Jaramillo
la Joya
Joseph Montoya
Roswell
Cusack
Chaves County
State Board of Education
Fortenberry
William H. Fortenberry
U. S. Ginning Laboratory
United Press
Truman
Soviet Union
Mr. Eisenhower
Ordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Armed Services
Congressional Agriculture
George Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
W. W. Lawrence Suit
J. C. Yates
W. T. Minton
Ltal
Portales Eunice
Tatum Alamogordo
Clavis
Jal Dora
Tatum Roswell
Mitations
WSCS
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