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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1955
Page
1
Lea County officials announce 1955 total assessed values surpass 160 million dollars led by Lovington Prairie View Eunice and Hobbs districts. County budget chief Manuel Baca urges officials to request ample funding as combined district figures push totals higher.
Senator Danglade presented the diplomas at EMNU commencement in the University Quadangle. 122 graduates received degrees including 73 bachelor’s and 13 associate of arts. J Cloyd Miller addressed on Life's Greatest Asset with ceremonies led by Dr Martin L Cole and President Golden.
A panel of 100 people from varied backgrounds will discuss educational problems on Monday at the new Lovington High School. The local meeting aims to sustain public interest in education and will report to zone and state councils, with six discussion topics and a statewide path to the White House Conference on Education.
Hobbs School Board heard arguments on the termination of Mrs Pauline McCormick Hobbs tenure teacher following a hearing that stretched from 7 p m Thursday to midnight The board postponed a final decision to allow time to review evidence from both sides and expects a ruling within 10 days to two weeks.
Judge John W Green is seriously ill at his Lovington home after a relapse. He had returned to work last week but pneumonia prompted time off and Mrs. Green says there is no definite return date.
Law enforcement activity in Lovington shows four arrests on the blotter. R. E. Harper, 36, is charged with assault. Anna Jean Filppans, 42, faces drunken and public drinking charges. John James Roberts, 48, is listed as drunk. William Leon Bohannon, 41, is charged with drunken driving.
Randy Morris former Leader reporter purchases the Hatch venture with Frank Kane. Morris spent several months in Lovington in 1954. The Jessee family resided in Hobbs during oil boom days. Mr Jessee worked for the Post Courier, a tabloid folded in 1938.
Virginia Nell Peckham 17 and Larry Shivers 18 from Lovington. Berghetta Yvonne Daniels 17 Lovington wed Billy L Holbrook 20 Hobbs. Juanita Rose Lukens 19 and Tom Clifton Freeman 30 both from Eunice.
The Lea County Electric Cooperative will hold its annual meeting Monday morning June 6 at the Lea County Fair Building. Directors up for re election include Kyle Taylor Hubert Gill R E Willingham and L L Coates Harold Runnels has filed for a director seat. Several valuable prizes will be given away. The audit report will be read and other business will be conducted.
District court docket lists multiple civil actions and appeals. Included are Irene Hicks vs Travis Hicks and several other private party suits, plus several collection actions against corporations and individuals. Notable cases involve quiet title, compensation claims, adoptions, and an appeal from a Justice Court DWI case.
H. Huff is named to direct a fulltime program for the Farmers' Union Potash program in Lea and Eddy Counties. Kerr-McGee Co plans to sink a shaft on potash ore holdings and drill test holes for a water supply needs. The Farmers' Union holdings cover about 13,000 acres, leased over five years with $850,000 spent on drilling tests. No headquarters location announced.
Shirley Forbes, manager of the shoe department at Pauline's Style Shop in Hobbs, is listed in Lea County Hospital recovering from surgery performed Wednesday. She is reported improving.
Visitors attend the Lovington Rotary Club luncheon including C. B. McGregor Pecos Texas and J. G. Cayce along with Hobbs and Van Horn residents. Jake Lister hosts the program and introduces C. T. Grable who showcased antique firearms and spoke on their history and his gun collecting hobby.
The 1955 price support rate for middling 15 16 inch upland cotton will not be less than 33.5 cents per pound, up from 32.9 cents last year. UCLA notes final 1955 rates will be announced August 1, and cotton harvested before that date uses the 33.5 cent base level.
Mr and Mrs H D Rosebrough and their son moved from Jal to Farmington where he has opened a law office. They previously lived in Lovington where he worked with Heidel and Swarthout. Before marriage she was Ada Hair a commercial teacher in Lovington High School. She is daughter of Fowler Hair of Jal.
Lovington installs five Traf-O-Terra boxes on parking meters to collect overdue fines. The yellow metal receptacles bolt to meter posts and use a printed envelope for payments. Boxes placed around the square and near the post office aim to speed payments and spare trips to city hall.
Little League season begins Monday June 6 in Lovington with a downtown parade. Players meet at the elementary school at 4 p.m. and ride floats to the ball park arriving near five. Mayor Jerry Wright will throw the first pitch as Giants face Yankees and Dodgers meet Cardinals.
Lea County Commissioners will meet in Lovington on Monday in the Commissioners room. Persons having business with the board should appear and present matters for consideration.
Lovington High School band director F John Pyiman will lead ensembles in a band clinic at Eastern New Mexico University for ten days. Afterward he returns to Lovington for private lessons during the rest of his vacation.
John Raymond Wheeler 24 faced a preliminary hearing in Eunice Friday before Judge Faugh Bowden on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. The incident occurred at 4 30 on September 5 1954 when Wheeler allegedly broke into Mrs Dorothy Robinsons home. Mrs Robinson shot the intruder twice with a pistol, one bullet lodging in his throat. He has remained in an El Paso Hospital since the incident.
Henry Joplin was cited for failing to yield the right of way after a collision with Louie Clark Friday evening on Hobos Highway. Both cars were seriously damaged. injuries to Mrs. Joplin included bruises. Clark was traveling toward Lexington when Joplin pulled into oncoming traffic.
Rev Cecil Williams of Austin Texas has been appointed by the Methodist Church to establish new churches in Hobbs and Lovington. He receives support from the First Methodist Churches of Lovington and Hobbs and the National Board of Methodist Churches. Williams is a graduate of Samuel Huston College and Southern Methodist University and aims to be a missionary to India. He will marry June 20 in Marshall Texas and will sing The Lord's Prayer at Sunday services.
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