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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
2
LPG known as bottled gas has shown steady growth, rising 25 percent in 1950 from 1949 with longer term increases. Household use remains strongest, while farmers and cities eye LPG for engines and buses, yet storage and transportation remain chief hurdles to wider adoption.
Mrs. Dean Allen of Pacific Grove California visits her mother Mrs. Larissa Robins in Lovington for a month and will return home Sunday. She will make a four point trip of interest in the Northwest with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flake and family of Lubbock. Mrs. Allen is a former Lovington resident and well known locally.
Mrs Lee and Mr and Mrs RD Lee visited in Lubbock on Monday with Mrs Dick Lee who is in Memorial Hospital and reported to be much better. Mrs Fullingim of Lorena Tex visiting her son Rev PD Fullingim and expects to come home next week.
Walter Storm, Harold Brasell, and Vernon Gibson resign from Tatum school faculty to pursue further education and preserve GI education benefits. Storm re-enrolls at Eastern New Mexico College. Gibson taught vocational agriculture. Brasell taught English. Storm was social science teacher and football coach.
A conversational exchange notes oddities of money and chewing gum, referencing distant places where fish are used as currency and a comical image of gum stuck in a slot machine. The lines reflect humor about barter and trivial mishaps.
Probate Court of Lea County schedules July 16 1951 at 10 00 a m in Lovington New Mexico to determine heirship of Martha C Pearson deceased. Petition by Joseph W Pearson seeks status of heirs and succession tax due with Nils T Kjellstrom as attorney. Published Lovington Leader June 1 8 15 22 1951.
The Lea County Electric Cooperative informs members of the 1951 annual meeting on June 4 at 1 30 p m in Lovington New Mexico. Topics include trustees elections by secret ballot by law changes capital credits plan and reports plus other business and adjournment. A nominations list and petition process are provided with secretary Roy R Lee overseeing the notice.
Mrs Woody Inman hosted the Southside Circle of the Baptist Church Monday afternoon at her home. The mission study from Pray Ye was led by Edna Jackson with members C W Musick Jimmy Woodward J D Tatum C C Worthy Joel Burns Woody Inman O M Barker Edna Jackson Paul Ray Fisher Bates Lawson Billy Foster Woodroe Coe J E Speegle Chester Watt and Barney Hayes in attendance.
The Northside Circle of the Women’s Missionary Union of the Baptist Church met at Mrs. D G Peters home for Mission study. The second chapter of If Two Agree was presented by Mmes Marion Shields Co C Peterson Estella Lee and D G Peters. Members present included Mmes Goodrich Alden Woodward O S Bingham Ross Creamer R L St Clair Earl Wilks J H Hampton A O Denman and Allen Grisham.
Lea County probate appoints Mary S. Hooper as administratrix of the William Henry Hooper estate. Creditors must file claims by law, with claims sent to Lovington, New Mexico, or to attorneys Williams and Johnson at Box 1426 Hobbs. Notices run May 18 25 June 7 14, 1951.
On May 7 1951 O S Bigham was appointed Administrator of the Estates of James Q Bigham and Lavina H Bigham deceased in Lea County New Mexico. He has qualified. Creditors must present claims within legal time. Heidel Swarthout attorneys Bed 205 Lovington NM. Leader May 11 18 25 June 1 1965 No 1087.
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