Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lovington Leader in Lovington, New Mexico

We have 5,540,390 pages in New Mexico

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lovington Leader

Location

Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1956

Page

5

Multiple Wells Abandoned in Lea and Eddy Counties Amid Drilling Tests

New Mexico oil activity shows several abandoned or failed wells in Lea County including Hanson and Sweeny No 1 AV and R K Kimberlin No 1 J L Coleman. Other sites at 10 843 foot and 11 450 foot failures, plus Fern Oil No 2 En Singer in Eddy County, with a Great Western Drilling Grayburg Deep Unit test yielding gas and oil in Wolfcamp.

Hanson and Sweeny New York Lea County Hanson & Sweeney New Mexico R. K. Kimberlin J. L. Coleman San Andres Carper Drilling Company Aid Federal Fern Oil Company No Ensinger Eddy County Great Western Drilling Company Grayburg Grayburg-Jackson Pool Wolfcamp

Jones Meat Market Offers Quality Service in Hobbs

Jones Meat Market at 515 East Broadway Hobbs. Owners Herschel Jones and Art Melton opened the shop in November 1955. The market features pit barbecue and freezers ready beef, plus groceries including canned goods produce and cereal. The Jones family resides locally with two children each.

Jones Meat Market East Broadway Hobbs Herschel Jones Art Melton Mr. Jones Belamah Drive Gary Terri Mr. Melton Farmington

Toy banks hobbyist keeps 2000 pieces in Cambridge collection

Francis L. Ball, 72, has gathered more than 2,000 toy banks over 25 years in Cambridge. He owns 75 to 100 mechanical banks and favors an iron baseball bank where a pitcher throws pennies and a catcher always misses. The batter, with a poor eye, never hits. Don’t Forget To VOTE.

Cambridge, Mass Francis L. Ball

Woman Camera Expert Specializes In The Famous

Katherine Young, a portrait photographer for 15 years, has photographed leaders and stars worldwide. She credits being a woman as a help in dealings with sitters like John L. Lewis and Andrei Vishinski and aims to capture all current prominent figures. She notes time constraints and stock poses of the famous, and her portraits emphasize light and shadow and a conversational, disarming approach. A separate report cites Prof. R Corbin Pennington linking orderly homes to clearer child speech and advising happy, healthy environments to reduce stuttering.

Vivian Sande United Press New York Katherine Young Miss Young John L. Lewis Russia Andrei Vishinski Robert Taft Mr. Truman R. Corbin Pennington City College of New York Pennington

Weekly Feed Market Report Shows Mixed Price Moves

The USDA reports generally steady feed markets for the week ending May 1. Soybean meal rose 2.50 per ton while linseed meal held in Minneapolis and rose 1.50 in Buffalo. Bran climbed 0.50 to 1.00 in most markets. mid dlings rose in Minneapolis and Buffalo. Gray shorts fell 0.75 in Kansas City. hominy feed up 0.75, gluten feed and meal up 2.00 from a week ago. Distillers dried grains up 1.00 in Buffalo but down 1.00 in Chicago. brewer's dried grains up 1.00 on average. Animal protein markets firm with prices up to 5.00 from prior week. Alfalfa meal up 0.50 per ton.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Minneapolis Buffalo Kansas City Chicago

U S Department Reports Wool Sale in Boston Market

The Department of Agriculture notes 20 cars of greasy domestic worsted wools sold in Boston during the week ended May 4 at around steady prices. Two cars of mixed Ohio and Indiana three eights and quarter-blood sold at 54c grease basis. Country buyers paid 42c grease basis to growers.

U. S. Department of Agriculture Boston Ohio Indiana

Grain markets unsettled as USDA week ending May 3 quotes mixed

The Us Department of Agriculture reports cash grain markets were unsettled for the week ended May 3 with prices mostly under last week. Winter wheat down 6 to 1b, spring wheat lower, white wheat steady at Portland, durum up to 5c at Minneapolis, and rye prices edged higher in Minneapolis.

Us .S. Department of Agriculture Portland Minneapolis

Miss Gore Escapes Injury After Car Crash Sparks Burn

Miss Mary Gore of Groton escaped serious injury in a two car accident in Norwich but suffered a head burn from falling sparks as she stood near a red warning flare at the scene.

Norwich, Conn Mary Gore Groton

Also Mentioned on This Page

Murray W. Dunham Hobbs, New Mexico LINAM Electrical Contractors N. Linam Hobbs Hobbs Boot E. Bawy Ewing Rental Service Turner Hobbs Pauline Style Shop West Broadway Owen Haynes Calkins Shera Delynne Michael Larry West Temple Shop Jones Meat Harry Truman Dean Acheson India Madame Pandit France Vincent Auriol United Nation Ralph Bunche Jo Davidson Vivien Leigh Britain Queen Mary Eisenhower Eleanor Roosevelt South Turner and Marland Lee Max Rodolph Madera Jackson W. Eddy Weekly Wool Review Midwest W. Broadway Epress Neithercutt S &K Company West Marland P. O Watson Truck & Supply International Truck Pontiac Hobba, N. M Ke Wes Meecs N. Turner and. Mfg. Co Nat Scaramella W. Marland Stone's TV Westinghouse Crosley — Hoffman F. W. Stone Cc. T. Legott Prater Oil Co., Inc N. Leech Calvin Stark Mgr Franks DA & S Oil Weil Servicing Inc Russ Small W. Texas Thorp — Hobbs Tatum —Lovington Molby NASH NEW Texas Jarratt Music Store Southland South N. Grimes Hobbs, ‘New Mexico North Turner Hobbs, New Mexio Warner Hardin - Houston Dal Paso Hobbs Clarke Oil Well Servicing Com Roustabout Service Company and Tri - State Petroleum Service Carlsbad Highway Ralph L. Clarke Hobbs Floor Covering Company Sanford — Downs FIRTH Kentile, Armstrong Linoleum BOB Daniels and Son’s Inc 1000 North Turner ACE Welding Claudia PIE Shop Ideal Cleaners Service Borden
Search Courier

Search the Lovington Leader Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lovington Leader?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication