Pony League Continues Plans for Local Teams
Winfred Carlile reports one team started in the Pony League. McAlester Fuel Company will sponsor, Hollis Smith to manage. Lovington hopes two teams. Unice has one. Jal one. Eshbbs four. League will operate unaffiliated with the national body. competition with other U S teams. Hugh Clardy supervisor to issue player cards soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Carlile
Pony League
McAlester Fuel Company
Hollis Smith
Mr. Carlile
Lovington
Unice
Jal
Eshbbs
Hugh Clardy
Mr. Clardy
Caverns Baptist Association Meets in Carlsbad
The Cavern Baptist Association met in Carlsbad on Tuesday night May 11. Delegates from Lovington Hobbs and Prairieview attended the gathering.
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The
Cavern Baptist Association
Carlsbad
Associational Baptist
Lovington
Hobbs
Prairieview
Father Expires In Abilene
Mrs. Andy Moore learned at about 6:00 p.m. Tuesday that her father, R. E. Cole of Abilene Texas, had died of a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Moore and their children left at once for Abilene. Mrs. Moore teaches at Central School and Mr. Moore runs Lea County Implement Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Moore
R. E. Cole
Abilene Texas
Automatic Ice Machines Arrive for Lovington in Two Weeks
Carl McAdoo of McAdoo Ice Co announces automatic ice vending machines on the way to Lovington and Lea County. The units will operate 24 hours daily once installed, serving the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl McAdoo
Lovington
McAdoo
McAdoo Ice. Co
Lea County
Field Day On May 20 Demonstrates Irrigation Methods
Ivar D Wood irrigation specialist for eleven Western States will present an irrigation field day at 1 30 p m May 20 half a mile north of Prairieview School Water conservation emphasized Demonstration Stations cover Soil and Farm Layout Water Measurements Gated Pipe and Gatedose Syphon Tubes Field Trial for Percolation Rate and Length of Run Flooding By Border Method Check Dams Sprinkler System Attendees learn adapting methods to their farms Sponsored by Lea County Soil Conservation District Les County Electric Cooperative Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service
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Ivar D .Wood
Prairieview School
Lea County Soi Conservation District
Les County Electric Cooperative
Soil Conservation Service and Extension Service
Jaycees name new officers and members for year
The Jaycees elected officers for the ensuing year led by President Wayne Jones and First Vice President Carlos Foster. Ted Phillips was chosen Second Vice President with Glen Werhan as Secretary and Jerry Wright as Treasurer. Kent Turbin and Harold Runnels were elected new board members, with Virgil Boteler and L. C. Cozzens remaining as holdovers. Elmer Winter seeks State Vice President. A delegation will attend the convention in Las Vegas from the 13th to the 16th.
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The
Jaycees
Wayne Jones
Carlos Foster
Jim Daniels
Ted Phillips
Glen Werhan
Jerry Wright
Kent Turbin
Harold Runnels
Virgil Boteler
L. C. Cozzens
Tse
Las Vegas
Elmer Winte
Baseball Scores and Homers From Two Leagues
In the American League Mets, Lopat improves to 5-0 as New York defeats Cleveland 5 to 4 with Andy Carey homering in the 8th. Detroit tops Washington 4 to 2 as Gray wins, Pascual takes the loss, and Ray Boone homers for the Tigers. In the National League Milwaukee edges Brooklyn 5-1 behind Burdette, White, and Mathews homers, while Cincinnati defeats New York 2-1 as Perkowski wins and Hofman hits a 9th inning homer for New York.
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New York
Cleveland
Eddie Lopart
Johnny Sain
Yogi Berra
Mike Garcia
Don Messi
Ray Narleski
Bob Lemon
Jim Hogan
Hal Naragon
Lopat
Garcia
N. Y
Andy Carey
Washington
Detroit
Camilo Pascual
Sonny Dixon
Dean Stone
Eddie Fitzgerald
Ted Gray
Frank House
Gray
Pasqual
Ray Boone
Jim Busby
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Lew Burdette
Charlie White
Don Newcombe
Ben Wade
Rube Walker
Newcombe
Eddie Mathews
Joe Adcock
Gil Madges
Cincinatti
Harry Perkowski
Andy Seminck
Johnny Antonelli
Ray Katt
Perkowski
Antonelli
Bob Hofman
Cattle and Hog Market Report From Clovis
Clovis market receipts include 125 hogs with steady bids as bids hold for the Wednesday run. Top hogs range 190 to 240 pounds at 26 dollars per hundredweight while 160 to 180 pounds bring about 24 to 26.50. Heavier hogs 250 to 290 pounds at 25.25 to 26.50 and 290 to 350 pounds at 24.25 to 25.25. Sows 275 to 380 pounds fetch 22 dollars, 350 to 500 pounds about 20 to 22. Steers and heifers trading 14 to 17.50 for light stock. Shoats around 23 dollars and change per hundredweight.
Gospel Singers Plan Lovington Meeting and Hobbs Visit
Lea County gospel group Lea County Gospel Singers meet Sunday at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Lovington. On May 23 they sing at Church of God Apostolic Faith in Hobbs, located one block north of the Hardin Hotel.
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Lea County
Lovington
Hillcrest Baptist Church
Church of God Apostolic Faith
Hobbs
Hardin Hotel
Eaves Family Legacy and Plains Old-Timers Highlighted
Eaves family, longtime Lea County ranchers, remain prominent in politics and civic life. The tale includes Sira Eaves death on his 73rd birthday in 1948, widow Rose, children Hamp Earnest and Raymond, plus John Laves of Old Mexico, with a republished 1910 Knowles News Plains feature detailing the Eaves brothers Hamp Earnest and Henry and their work on the Southeastern Plains of New Mexico.
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Eaves
Lea County
Sira Eaves
New Mexico
Mr. Eaves
Lovington
Rose
C. C. Yearwood
Raymond Eaves
John Laves
Old Mexico
Knowles
Knowles News Plains
Eaves Brothers
Hamp
Earnest
Henry
Plains
J. S. Eaves
Sim
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Top Row
Steve Taylor
Charlica Bracken
Martha Taylor
Dosia Taylor
Ida Thomason
Will Bracken
Jack Ward
A. C. Pinson
N. M. Steve Taylor
Taylor
Caverns Baptist Association Meets
Abilene
Clovis Markets
I. S. Eaves
Babe
Mary
Sim Eaves
Dick Power
Power
First Territorial Bank of
Sarnest
Stonewall County
Texas
Buckeye
Bebe
Ovington
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