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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
4
Maljamar edged Amerada 10 to 9 Friday in a closely played game. Amerada led early with 6 runs through the third, but Maljamar exploded for four in the fifth to grab the lead. Glover pitched for Maljamar allowing 9 runs on 9 hits while Amerada’s poor defense, with 10 errors, doomed their effort.
The article notes farm women traditionally preserve food and how electric refrigerators expanded freezing capacity. It covers freezer types chest and upright, proper preparation, moisture‑vapor proof wrapping, and urging storage in the freezer or refrigerated until possible. It emphasizes guidance from dealers, power suppliers, and extension services.
Nowell Drug won 6 to 4 against Loving as Powell cleared the bases with a two run single late. Peytos allowed four runs on three hits for Nowell Drug while Lowman took the loss for the Lions, pitching six innings and allowing six runs. Nowell Drug had five errors to Loving's one.
Memphis reporter notes John Gaia adapts to an artificial hand after losing his right hand in 1943, relearning to write as before. The article also mentions Wool Marketing costs and a 1950 lamb crop forecast in principal sheep states.
Roswell Social Security Administration official J H Strickland warns that all vacation season workers must have a social security account number and show it to employers at payroll entry. Employers should verify numbers from the card, not memory, and record them when hiring. A field representative serves Hobbs area twice monthly, with a session in Roswell on June 15 from 10 to 12 at the New Mexico State Employment Service, 511 E Broadway.
The 1949 average price received for greasy wool was 49.3 cents per pound, just above 1948 and the highest since 1919. Stock sheep declined for the eighth straight year, down 2 percent, while consumption of apparel wools fell 45 percent from the 1916 peak. In New Mexico, sheep shorn reached 1,319,000 head.
Confusion briefly swirled at De Paul Hospital as two Mrs Mary Catherine Johnsons received each other’s flowers gifts and messages after both women gave birth to babies.
Ross Black Devaun Richens and Rober Hunt named to the Southern side of the North South All-Star game set for August 11 at the University of New Mexico. Other South picks include Kenyon Hicks Marian Carlton Eunice. Everett Shelton and Howard Hobs coach the squads.
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