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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1952
Page
5
Mrs Dean Graydon and Mrs Malcolm Dean spent a week in San Antonio visiting Mrs Richard M Clardy formerly Mary Ann Dean. They attended the fiesta. Mrs Jim Beverly is recovering in Lea County Hospital.
Mrs. Colin Chambers hosted the Thursday Bridge Club on May 1 with five bridge sessions. Mrs. C. C. Chambers won the high score. guests included Mrs. Jerry Chambers, Mrs. Margery Boyd, and others. A dessert course followed. next meeting set with Mrs. Merle Kindel. J. D. Tatum renamed his Lovington machine shop from Lovington Welding Shop, serving Lovington along the highway toward Denver City. The USS Iowa displaced water to flood 46 acres one foot deep.
Mr. and Mrs. Mivard Eidson hosted a Friday dinner for the Senior 42 club at their home at 6:36. Prize items included pastel flower filled china slippers and copper ash trays for the men. Guests listed include Mr. and Mrs. Seth Alston, Mr. and Mrs. Kiby Nut, Mr. and Mrs. John Friv, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Berry, Mr. Joe Havener, and Mr. Logan Beal with additional dinner guests Scharbour Eidson and Duane Swafford.
Ted Boya musical and educational director at the First Baptist Church returns home after two weeks leading the singing in a revival in Wichita Falls Texas.
PFC Donald E. Yarbro from Lovington New Mexico participates in Camp Pickett Virginia training as part of Operation Logex 52. The exercise aims to teach logistics for a theoretical field army of 500000. Yarbro is a clerk typist at The Ordinance School Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland and a Hardin-Simmons University BBA graduate. Clint Dobbs and Seth Alston attend Hobbs Republican luncheon on May 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Callie Hurst move from Lea County ranch near Midland to Magdalena New Mexico where Hurst becomes foreman at the Foy Proctor ranch. Smokey Cates of Hobbs pitched two innings for Highlands University against ENMU and is listed on the Greyhound team. D T Cates parents reside in Hobbs. Floyd Quarles of Buckeye ran in the mile as ENMU traveled to Roswell to face the New Mexico Military Institute.
The Knife and Fork Club of Lea County gathered at Hobbs Country Club with Bernie Vinciniti as president and Walter Linam as first vice president. Benjamin Franklin, president of Knife and Fork Clubs, spoke humbly stating he was not a speaker. Attendees from Lovington included the Alstons Berry Crutchfields Yearwood and others. This season concludes with a restart in September.
The document notes 63 submarines in the reserve fleet and an additional 26 assigned to the Naval Reserve and Marine Training Divisions, outlining the distribution between reserve and training duties across the fleet.
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