Southern Baptist Missionaries Face Police Over Religious Survey
Rev Watt and Sgt Peck recount a Colorado Springs incident where police interrupted a religious survey by the Southern Baptists. The group, led by Rev Bryant and including Casey Perry, John Watt, Jimmy Brown and Hilliard Van Zandt, faced detainment and police bluffing while seeking to establish churches and a tent revival just outside city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Peck
C. G. Watt
Lovington
Southern Baptist
Colorado Springs
Colo
Watt
Colorado
C. W. Bryant
Amarillo
Casey Perry
Tatum
John Watt
Jimmy Brown
Hilliard van Zandt
Odessa
Texas
Airforce
Sgt. Peck
Federal Council of Churches
Bryant
Brown
Budget hearings set in Lea County over Friday and Saturday
State and local budget hearings will be held in Lea County on Friday and Saturday July 11 and 12. Lovington courthouse at 9 am will examine the county budget, then Loving ton at 1 pm, Tatum at 2 pm, followed by Hobbs at 9 am Saturday, Eunice at 10 am, and Jal at 11 am. The county budget totals over a million dollars with increases requested in most departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County
Lovington
Court House
Tatum
Hobbs
Eunice
New Mexico Paratroopers Join Ft Campbell July Salute
Four New Mexico paratroopers form part of a color guard at Fort Campbell Kentucky for a Fourth of July salute to the Union by the 11th Airborne Division and Post Units. The ceremony features a 24 gun salute as division artillery fires at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Campbell
New Mexico
11Th Airborne Divison
Fort Camp
Ft. Campbell Ground
Webster Appeals Fine and Is Fired
Owen E. Webster appeals a $100 Lovington town court fine for driving while intoxicated. His license was revoked, he posted bond, and the appeal appears on the district court docket. Webster, a field agent for the liquor department, has been relieved of duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen E. Webster
Lovington
Webster
Liquor Department
Bureau of Revenue
Shudy Harvey Moves to Baylor Hospital for Recovery
Mrs. C. T. Sparkman reports her son Shudy Harvey is now a patient at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. He will stay about three weeks recovering from injuries from a November automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Sparkman
Shudy
Harvey
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
Softball Schedule Calendar Weeknight Matches
The schedule lists matchups for July 7 to July 11 including NOWELL against MALJAMAR LIONS against BAPTIST on July 7 and July 11 sees MAGNOLIA facing PETTY and HOUSEHOLD competing with NOWELL. Other twin bill nights include RANCHERS versus MAGNOLIA and MALJAMAR versus LIONS on July 10.
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Maljamar
Lions Baptist
Ranchers
Magnolia
Petty Household
Nowell
Suits Filed In District Court At Lovington
District court filings include Homer R. Montgomery vs Western Oil Field Inc compensation Paul Jones vs Noel Rogers for 384.00 Tidewater Associated Oil Co. versus Alma Goodwin Virgie Linam Harry Houston Charles Cochran Will Terry Ray McNeill and Chris Furneaux right of way Lea County State Bank vs J B Green for 2500 note J H Forbes Tea Co. vs J L Tromes for 1226.61 Edeline Z Cone vs E Cone divorce sought
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Homer R. Montgomery
Western Oil Field Inc
Paul Jones
Noel B. Rogers
Tidewater Associated Oil Co
Alma Goodwin
Virgie Linam
Harry Houston
Charles Cochran
Will Terry
Ray McNeill
Chris Furneaux
Vehicle License Plates Will Be For Five Years
Santa Fe announces five year plates starting next year with red and white colors. Tony Luna says metal tabs will show purchases and dyes will enable production. Trucks and passenger plates will mirror color contrast, with numerals widened slightly and a 20 percent dye order increase anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Tony Luna
Luna
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Coe Family Mourns Melrose Burial of Ray Jones
Ray Charles Jones, 70, father of Mrs. Woodrow Coe, died July 1 at his Lovington home after visiting In Melrose. Born near Big Cabin Indian Territory, he homesteaded in Melrose NM in 1905 and married Avis Swope in 1915. Survivors include Mrs. R. C. Goodwin of Atlanta and sister Mrs. Laura Ringo of Kansas City. Funeral at Melrose officiated by Rev. C. G. Watt and Rev. O. W. Miller. burial at Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Charles Jones
Woodrow Coe
Lovington
Mr. Jones
Coe
Indian Territory
Big Cabin
Oklo
Melrose
New Mexico
Avis Swope
R. C. Goodwin
Atlanta
Georgia
Laura Ringo
Kansas City
C. G. Watt
O. W. Miller
Goodwin
J. A B. Berdue
Bert Love
Loan Program Extended For Farm Storage Facilities
The Agriculture Department extended for one more year its loan program to finance on farm storage for grain and storable crops. Initiated June 1949 to handle bumper crops, the program now runs to June 30 1953 with loans up to 80 percent of construction costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lovington Chamber Plans July Meeting at REA Building
The Lovington Chamber of Commerce will hold a general membership meeting on Tuesday night at 7 30 in the REA Building. The oil industry chairman directs the program with speaker J A Craig manager of the Magnolia Arkansas Chamber of Commerce. Travis Roe of McAllister Fuel Co will discuss the American Business System and Du Pont Co research over the past two years.
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Lovington Chamber of Commerce
REA
Oil Industry
J. A. Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Magnolia
Arkansas
Travis Roe
McAllister Fuel Co
American Business System
The
du Pont Co
Endowment Policy Debate Haunts European Policy View
European observers misread foreign policy as endowment policy, sparking debate over government funding stances and long term commitments. Analysts note confusion between aid programs and strategic aims across multiple states and institutions.
Draft Catches Seven Youths for Induction on July First
The following have been sent to El Paso for induction in the armed forces on July 1, 1952 George Williams Lloyd William McNew C H Henson Shirley H Evans Clifford G Simpson Manuel Hernandez Lawrence Norman Law Yond Reported delinquent and failed to report for induction on July 1 are Billy Jo Follis Librado Machuca Madrid Otis Ben McIntyre Billy Gene McGinnis and Pablo Rios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
George Williams
Lloyd William McNew
C. H. Henson
Shirley H. Evans
Clifford G. Simpson
Manuel Hernandez
Lawrence Norman Law Yond
Billy Jo Follis
Librado Machuca Madrid
Otis Ben McIntyre
Billy Gene McGinnis
Pablo Rios
Lea County Commission Finalizes 1952 Year Bills
The Lea County Board of Commissioners met on Monday to approve the final payments for the end of fiscal year 1952. The new fiscal year began on July 1, 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea County Board of Commissioners
McDonald Boy Enters Aircraft Technical School
A/3C Willie A Holt age 18, son of Mr and Mrs A Holt of McDonald New Mexico, began a 22 week course at Sheppard Air Force Base Aircraft School. The program covers basic airframe and powerplant skills, inspection and maintenance of USAF aircraft. Upon graduation he will study advanced training and be assigned to a major command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Willie A Holt
A. Holt
McDonald, N. M
Sheppard Air Force
Sheppard
USAF
Jor
Three DWI Cases Heard in Monday Session
Judge John Green fined drivers for DWI and reckless driving in a Monday session. Eugene Etheridge Rt. J ton Clinton Wilson Hobbs Williard J. Quenmore Lovington pled guilty and lost licenses. several had not paid fines by 10 am. Joe Lewis of Hobbs was jailed on a reckless driving guilty plea after failing to pay a $100 fine. Gene S. Wilsher and Jimstro pled guilty to fighting with $25 fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Green
Old Landmark Moved Away From Main Street Corner
A historic building once located at the Main Street corner across from the courthouse was relocated. The Lovington era structure faced many moves with help from local residents and watchers along the sidewalk. The upstairs housed the Eastern Star and Omic Lodge activities and the community recalls meals and entertainments carried up the narrow stairs.
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Main Street
Court House
Lovington
Eastern Star
Omic Lodge
Philco Dealers District Meet Attended in Odessa
Barney Waldrop his son and Bill Hendricks attended a Philco Dealers district meeting in Odessa last week. They viewed upcoming Philco models for fall and learned about new televisions arriving as Southeast New Mexico gains a completion of a station at Well.
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Barney Waldrop
Bill Hendricks
Philco
Odessa
New Mexico
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Southern Baptists
Northerner Brotherhood
Sgt
Peck
Dawl Rackley
Pfc
Vincent H. Chaires
Lordsburg
Uni
G. L. Doolittle
Albuquerque Lumber Company
Albuquerque
Economic Research Council
National Association of Manufactures For
Pacific Southwest
Doolittle
Doo
U.S
Hawaii
Alger Hiss
Braddock
Monongahela
Sicily
Lovington Credit Bureau
Mary Payne and
Clarellen Green
Shudy" Harvey
Baylor
LIONS
Baptist
Magnolia Petty
Household
Lea County State Bank
J. B. Green
J. H. Forbes Tea Co
J. L. Tromes
Edeline Z. Cone
E. Cone
REA Bldg
Commissioners
McDonald Boy
Aircraft Technical School
Mosey
Philco Dealers
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