Sheriff Returns Misused Prisoner Feed Funds in Lea County
Lea County Sheriff Charlie Trimble returns 1124.50 to County Treasurer Osborne Fisher after commissioners paid January prisoner feed costs. Assistant District Attorney Max N. Edwards declares the payment irregular under statute and advises the board to credit the repayment to the county fund.
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Charlie Trimble
Osborne Fisher
Trimble
Max N. Edwards
Alex Woodel
Lovington
New Mexico
Lea County
General County
MNE
Charles O. Trimble
Lovington Leader honors long service at publisher's home
The Lovington Leader celebrated staff loyalty at publisher Agnes Kastner Head's farm home. Recipients with over one year of service received gifts, including Ralph Stahnke and his mother Connie Connie Ca nuta, both multi skilled in printing and layout.
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theLovington Leader
Agnes Kastner
Kenneth W. Stahnke
Ralph
Stahnke
Leader
Ter
Commissioners Meet With Hospital Board in Lovington Session
In a Monday meeting at the Lovington courthouse the county commissioners approved bonds for two constables and reviewed the county budget while addressing public welfare and hospital issues. The hospital board, led by Chairman Guy Roger, discussed admitting state in grant patients only on emergency status and the financial risk. County Assessor Lea Tatum urged equalizing assessments, noting fairness between those who render taxes fully and those who render sparingly.
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Lovington
Guy Roger
Straus Baker
Albert Thompson
Hobbs
C. D. Scott
Eunice
Paul Cushing
Roy McGregor
Lea County
Ellen Johnson
State Public Welfare Office
Albuquerque
Cushing
H. L. Tipton
Alex Woodell
Carlsbad
Army Air Base
Dennison
Hobbs Holds Top Seed in District Tournament Draw
Hobbs High School earned the number one seed in the upcoming district tournament after playoff games at the Hobbs gym. Lovington claimed second place, Eunice third, with Tatum and Monument in lower bracket positions. First-round games begin Friday with Hobbs facing Tatum at 7 p.m. and Monument versus Jal at 8:45 p.m. Saturday's schedule includes Eunice vs Hobbs at 12:30 p.m. and Lovington vs Monument-Jal winner at 2:30 p.m, culminating in the final at 8:30 p.m.
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Hobbs
Hobbs High School
Tatum
Lovington
Eunice
Monument
Jal
Trimble Upset Over County Finances and Press
Sheriff Trimble berated the Lovington Leader in the county treasurer’s office after returning 1124.50 at the request of Assistant District Attorney Max N. Edwards. He claimed the paper misrepresented him and cited a disputed letter from Edwards.
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Trimble
Charlie Trimble
Osborne Fisher
Max N. Edwards
Lovington
Edwards
the Leader
Longham Package Store to Hold Formal Opening Saturday
Longham Package Store opens at its new Lovington address 124 Main Street with all day celebration. Owner operators Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Alston known as Mom and Pop welcome friends and distribute carnations.
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Longham Package Store
Longhorn Package
Longhorn
Clisbee
Lovington Auto Co
Main Street
Lovington
R. E. Alston
Alstons
Carlsbad
Caroll Alston
Hobbs-Carlsbad
Mom
Pop
Tatum 4-H Club Elects Officers
The Tatum 4-H Club held its first regular meeting at the American Legion Hall on Saturday morning February 17. Officers were elected led by President Lynn Medlin and Vice President Shirley Harris with Suelo Caudle as secretary treasurer.
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Tatum 4-H Club
American Legion Hall
Lynn Medlin
Shirley Harris
Suelo Caudle
Casey Perry
Phillip Frier
Harry Elkan
Billy Royce Medlin
Jess Powell Returns From Japan to Oakland Hospital
Former Do Your Own Laundry coverator Jess Powell has been brought back to the United States from Japan and is now hospitalized in Oakland. His mother Mrs. Katherine Andrews of Hobbs and Denver City expects his return home soon.
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Jess Powell
Eunice
United States
Japan
Oakland Hospital
Katherine Andrews
Hobbs
Denver City
New Presbyterian Minister to Preach in Lovington Sunday
Rev. David T. Moore will speak his first sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday February 25 at the First Presbyterian Church of Lovington. An ordination and installation service will follow at evening service with a commission including Homer Akers, Mullineur, J. Robert Hawking, Martin Cole, and J. S. Lister. all congregants are urged to attend. The church, post the death of Rev. Greenlees, continues Sunday services and nears completion of a new educational building.
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O. B. Powell
Eunice Roberson
L. S. Powell
Gladys Gunn
W. M. Ford
Darrell Tanner
L. G. Smalley
E. L. Hall
Walter Henry
Jane Hall
Mary Sue Jordan
Ted Parsons
J. C. Anderson
Harrell Tanner
Jack Harris
Ringwald
Rev Vowell
Paula Jean Porter
Smalley
Phyllis Moody
Joe Bailey
Harold Moody
Assembly of God
Lovington
Lovington Presbyterian Church
David T. Moore
First Presbyterian Church of
Homer Akers
Portales
Mullineur
Seminole
Texas
J. Robert Hawking
Coahoma
Martin Cole
J. S. Lister
Greenlees
Marley elected president of Delta Zeta at New Mexico A&M
Fay Marley daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Marley has been elected president of the Gamma Xi chapter of Delta Zeta sorority at New Mexico A&M College in State College New Mexico.
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State College, N. M
Fay Marley
A. E. Marley
Gamma Xi
Delta Zeta Sorority
New Mexico A&m College
Tatum Girl Elected To Sorority Office
Marjorie Dunlap of Tatum was elected treasurer of Chi Omega at New Mexico A&M College. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Dunlap Jr. and was chosen at the state college on February 24.
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Tatum
State College, N. M
Marjorie Dunlap
W. O. Dunlap Jr
Chi Omega Sorority
New Mexico A&m College
Girls State Session Set for Portales ENMU Campus
The 1951 Girls State meets June 8 to 15 on the Eastern New Mexico University campus in Portales. Mrs. W O Dunlap of Tatum serves as a state chairwoman. The program first convened at Portales in 9S0.
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Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
W.o.dunlap
Tatum
Lindy’s Cafe to Become Amusement Club and Taxi Stand
Doc Womack closed Lindy’s Cafe Sunday night due to ill health. He will redecorate and open an amusement club and taxi stand. Pearl Barbour bought Lindy’s Cafe fixtures and stock.
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Lindy's Cafe
Doc Womack
Lindy
Womack
Pearl Barbour
Barbour’s Cafe
Lindy’s Cafe
Liquor Dealers Hear Mack Easley On Bills
The Tri-County Liquor Dealers Association met February 18 at 2 p.m. in Llano Hotel Lea Room. About 150 dealers and wholesalers from Lea, Eddy, and Chavez attended dinner. Raymond Jones presided in the absence of president Paul Green. Main speakers were Representative Mack Easley on current New Mexico liquor legislation and Charles Huff of Albuquerque.
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Tri-County
Mack Easley
New Mexico
Charles Huff
Albuquerque
Services Friday For W F Cone In Tatum
W F Cone an elderly resident of Tatum died at his home on February 21 1951 at age 86 He was born August 17 1865 Funeral services set for Friday February 22 at 2 30 PM at the Tatum Baptist Church Survivors include his wife and 7 children Frank Whitley Martin Cone Vir Mrs John Shultz Mrs Eli Cone Charles Cone all of Tatum and Luther Cone of Lubbock He had been in ill health for some time.
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Tatum
Tatum Baptist Church
Frank Whitley
Martin Cone
John Shultz
Eli Cone
Charles Cone
Luther Cone
Lubbock
Cone
Former Lovington Resident Loses Leg After Injury
Foy Swinson, a former Lovington resident, suffered a severe leg injury when a cotton bale puller harmed him last December. He is hospitalized at Lubbock Memorial Hospital where doctors have amputated his right leg below the knee.
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Foy Swinson
Lovington
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Strike at Midnight Ends CID Textile Workers Strike
United Press reports about a planned strike involving around 70,000 CID textile workers scheduled to begin at midnight, signaling a major labor disruption across plants and suppliers.
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United Press
CID
Final Rites For Linda Dowdy Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Linda Sharon Dowdy 18 months old were held February 21 at the Smith-Yarbrough Chapel in Lovington. Rev. Earl Keating led the service. Linda died February 20 of burns suffered February 19 at the Dowdy home. Surviving are her parents a four month old brother paternal grandparents M. J. Dowdy Dexter and maternal grandparents Wendel Houser Fence Lake. Interment was in Lovington Cemetery.
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Linda Sharon Dowdy
Ernest Dowdy
Lovington
Earl Keating
First Baptist Church of
Hobbs
Lea County Hospital
Dowdy
Dowdys
Dexter
Roscoe Caldwell
Linda Sharon
M. J. Dowdy
Wendel Houser
Fence Lake
Jack Clark Butler Accepted By Navy In Albuquerque
Jack Clark Butler, son of Mr and Mrs Vonna Clark Butler, is in charge of the Hobbs recruiting station. He attended Monument High School and has a minority enlistment ending the day before his 21st birthday in July 1953.
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Jack Clark Butler
Navy
Albuquerque
Mrs
Vonna Clark Butler
Hobbs
Jack
Monument
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