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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1954
Page
2
The Lovington Leader, Lea County publication since 1909, issued three times weekly. Head Editor and Publisher Agnes Kastner oversees content as the region’s official paper with listed land office notices and subscription rates.
Royce Henry of Lovington earned a bachelor of arts degree from Highlands University during June 11 commencement exercises. Dr. Thomas C. Donnelly, Highlands’ president, conferred the degree. Henry majored in physical education with minors in biology and education.
The Kiwanis Club met at noon Thursday for their regular lunch meeting. Visitors were Jim Wheeler and Dr. Roy Ploudre attended. They chose the Sea Room at the Llano Hotel as their regular meeting place and are planning to form a softball team. Additional business news was promised soon.
The report places North Mississippi at 40th among 48 states in educational level by population, indicating relative standing from the top.
Will Schaaphok Jr a US Navy seaman son of Mr and Mrs Will Schaaphok Route 1 Lovington New Mexico sailed from the Far East aboard the heavy cruiser Los Angeles to California in early June. The Los Angeles took part in amphibious landing exercises and carrier strike force tactics and conducted gunnery sea man ship engineering and control drills near the Japanese homeland with a week in Hong Kong and Perry Centennial events in Toyama Japan.
Mr. L. O. Tomlinson hosted weekend guests including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tomlinson and daughter Joan of Casper Wyoming Mr. and Mrs. John Tomlinson and daughter Joyce of San Angelo Texas Rev and Mrs R O Tomlinson of Crane Texas Mr Walter Tomlinson Mrs S Manning and Mr and Mrs A M Windland of Hobbs New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs Bill Shultz attended a sister’s funeral in East Texas last week. James Forman and family, visiting Ta tum from Colorado, returned to his Army post. Hazel Crouch and Icela visited Tatum from Brownfield. Jimmy Dunlap and family visited his parents as he plans to teach in Dora New Mexico. W T Smiths returned from Memphis. Mrs H C Corban, now back in Tatum from California and Oregon, plans to make her home there again.
The Lea County Gospel Singers will meet at Hillcrest Baptist Church on Sunday June 20. They will then travel to Prairieview on June 27 for the Old Folks Day Gathering.
The KLEA Sunday morning gospel program has been discontinued due to difficulty finding a regular singer. Mrs Bill Lewis explains the inability to secure a weekly performer led to the shutdown.
Mr and Mrs Harve Harris hosted their daughter Ben Etta and her husband Bob Hall and their two children at Lovington Airport Thursday. The Halls will stay in Ta Tum for the week while Bea Etta and family visit from Los Angeles. Other Harris children and families are with their parents. two daughters reside in Carlsbad.
The Harris family spread includes Hollis Harris and family in Amarillo, Chas D. Harris and wife in Roswell, and Prentice Harris on the Bronco ranch. Relatives Swain Eubank and Mary Brown returned from East Texas visits. Grandpa L L Dearick remains very ill at daughter W O Dunlap's Gladiola home. Wayne Watkins and wife, visiting from near Washington DC, stay with Gene and family near Bronco. Wayne, raised near Bronco, studied at State College in New Mexico and now works as an electrical engineer in the east.
Mr and Mrs Pete Dowel of Muleshoe Texas hosted a barbecue supper for the Harris reunion at the Harris home in Tatum Saturday night. Lois Dallas, formerly of near Tatum, visited her old friend Bea Etta Harris Hall from Los Angeles. Bea Etta, her husband and two children departed Sunday morning by plane for California.
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