Cotton Dominates New Mexico 1951 Farm Values
Cotton and cotton seed accounted for 63 percent of New Mexico crop value in 1951, totaling about 69 million dollars of 109 million for all crops. Despite lower yield per acre, increased acreage boosted cotton income by about 20 million dollars. harvested area was the largest on record. Hay rose in value, while apples, peaches, broom corn, sorghum forage, alfalfa seed and wheat also gained, though the wheat crop stayed well below 1940s averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
New Mexico
1517 Cotton Association to meet January 10 in New Mexico
The 1517 Cotton Association will hold its fifth annual meeting at Hadley Hall, New Mexico A and M College, January 10. Over 200 growers from New Mexico, West Texas, and Arizona are expected to attend, with Clifton Kirkpatrick of the National Cotton Council to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
Hadley Hall
New Mexico
A & M College
Arizona
Clifton Kirkpatrick
National Cotton Council
Eight Month Old Eileen Wilks Ill in Big Spring Hospital
Word comes that eight month old Eileen Wilks daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Wilson of Stanton Texas is seriously ill at Medical Arts Hospital Big Springs Texas She is the granddaughter of Mrs Cora Wilks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Wilks
W. A. Wilson
Stanton, Texas
Medical Arts
Big Springs
Texas
Cora Wilks
Dan V. Foster Buried In Lenan Texas
Mrs Edythe Clardy received word that her uncle Dan V Foster died at Methodist Hospital Fort Worth after four years of ill health. He was brother to Mrs W C Garrett of Roswell and Mrs Stella Zimmerman of Lovington, known by Lea County settlers. Family members traveled December 28 to Lepan Texas for funeral services. Mrs Garrett could not attend due to illness.
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Dan V. Foster
Methodist Hospital
Fort Worth
Texas
Mr. Foster
W. C. Garrett
Roswell
Stella Zimmerman
Lovington
Lea County
Zimmerman
Mable Alston
Clardy
Hazel Hart
Ruth Zimerman
Lepan
Lub bock Social Weekend at Hall Residence
Mrs. Johnnie Hall and Miss Wanda Sanders visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hall in Lub bock Texas for the weekend.
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Johnnie Hall
Wanda Sanders
F. W. Hall
Lubbock, Texas
REA Audit Underway Led by Moore and Riggen
The REA books are being audited from the firm's start to the year’s start. Audit Supervisor Murrell Riggen leads the effort with REA auditor Richard Platt assisting. The process is described as a big job that will take time to complete and will be available to members once finished.
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REA
R. B. Moore
Murrell Riggen
Richard Platt
REA Announces New Office Hours 8 to 5 Weekdays
R B Moore manager of Lea County Electric Cooperative announces longer hours to serve patrons. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday until noon, with Saturday afternoon rotation. The change follows earlier steps to extend service and improve billing and collections in Lovington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Moore
Lea County Electric Co-operative
Moore
Lovington
REA
Inland Utility
REA Loans for ENM Telecommunication Co operative at Portales
The Agriculture Department approved a 200000 dollar REA loan to the Eastern New Mexico Telephone Co operative, supplementing a 581000 loan made in June 1950. Communities served include Pleasant Hill Vale Bellview Grady Weber and House south of Clovis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Eastern
New Mexico
New Mexico Farms With Telephones At 15 Percent
The Rural Electrification Administration reports from the 1950 census that about 35,000 of New Mexico’s roughly 23,000 farms had telephones. This compares to 3,359 farms with phones in 1920, with the percentage rising from 11.3 percent to 14.8 percent as farm numbers declined.
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Sunshine
New Mexico
REA Grounds to Be Landscaped at New Building
Plans underway to landscape the New REA building grounds this spring. Trees will be planted at the plant on the Tatum Highway as part of the landscaping project.
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REA
Tatum Highway
R B Moore Guides Lea County REA Growth and Service
R B Moore, superintendent and manager of Lea County Electric Cooperative, recalls his career from 1937 Lovington entry as Inland Utility line superintendent to REA leadership. He oversaw line builds, shifting roles with E T Archer & Co., worked on Artesia REA and Portales PEA, and led the Inland Utility transition into a five million REA operation with a new plant and office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
The
Inland Utility Co
Tatum
E. T. Archer & Co
Kansas City Co
REA
New Mexico
Artesia
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Albuquerque Electric Co
Albuquerque
N. M
Moore
Inland Utility Company
Garland
Edwin
Marilyn
Inland Utility
REA Thrives Now a Big Enterprise
The Lea County Electric Cooperative known as the REA began in 1946 with a meeting in Lovington District Court Room. The initial board included Eli Jones and others, with loans totaling over four million dollars funding system construction and a new building. Current loans are retired on schedule, and the agency holds a stock of two hundred thousand dollars in line materials and transformers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County Electric Co-operative
The
REA
Lovington
Kyle Taylor
Hubert Gill
R. E B. Willingham
Grady Richards
Ruth S&s Patterson
Marvin Powell
Tip Barnes
Elwood Wildman
Baby Girl Born to Sam Lucas in Lovington
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lucas welcomed a baby girl at Lea County Hospital Hobbs on December 31. The child was named Sammie Darlene, honoring both parents. The Lucas family has lived in Lovington for four years.
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Sam _ Lucas
Lovington
Lea County Hospital
Hobbs
Sammie Darlene
Lucas
PBX System for REA Bida Building
The REA building will soon install a PBX system providing interoffice communication. The installation is scheduled over the next few weeks to save time in daily operations.
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REA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ed Bell
Bell
Rice Construction Co
Lawrence Rice
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United Press
Cotton Association
West Tex
Eileen Wilks II
Lenan, Texas
Edythe Clardy
Lepan, Tex
Tere
Lubbock
Portales
R.B. Moore
Old
Rea Bldg
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Carrizozo
Eli Jones
W. A. Anderson
Claudia Fort
W. O. Dunlap
A. D. Sawyer
M. R. Bess
Roy Lee
LEA County Electric
Lovington, New Mexico
Sam Lucases
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