Hillcrest WMU Elects Officers
The Hillcrest Missionary Union announces its new officers led by President Mrs O R Davis and Vice President Mrs J J Kirby. Other roles include community missions chairman Mrs J C Quarles stewardship Mrs Rocky Palmer mission study Mrs A A McNaughton secretary Mrs James Pierce treasurer Mrs Tom Jackson program chairman Mrs B D Chaffin and literature chair Mrs Wesley Holt.
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The
Hillcrest Missionary Union
O. R. Davis
J. J. Kirby
J. C. Quarles
Rocky Palmer
A. A. McNaughton
James Pierce
Tom Jackson
B. D. Chaffin
Wesley Holt
State Engineer notice of water rights L-409 S
State Engineer announces application by T M Blackmon Lovington Lea County for 720 acre feet per year from Lea County Underground Water Basin by drilling well 16 inches diameter 130 feet deep to supplement Well L-409 for irrigation of 240 acres Section 16 Township 16 South Range 36 East New Mexico. Protest due within ten days after last publication. Publication dates Oct 11 18 25 1955 Lovington Leader.
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Santa Fe
N. M
T. M. Blackmon
Lovington
Lea
State of New Mexico
State Engineer
New Mexico
Lea County
United States of America
Ss. E. Reynolds
Den Mothers Sought for Pack 9 Cub Scouts
Den Mothers are needed for the Cub Scouts Pack 9 on the north side of the Artesia Highway. Only three Den Mothers handle a large group of boys and more volunteers are requested.
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Artesia Highway
Brownie Troop 8 Reports October Meeting
Brownie Troop 8 will meet Tuesday after school on October 11 at 1105 West Taylor. Fourteen girls are enrolled in the troop. Patronize the Leader Advertisers.
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Brownie Scout
West Taylor
Mallamar News Club Meets at Fern West Home
The Mallamar Hot Nak ers Club gathered at Mrs. Fern West’s home Wednesday afternoon with Mesdames Bert Taylor Peggy Elliott Christine Stack Juanita Giddens Ruby Kennedy Armede Patterson Laula McKistry Twee Dozier Frances Northam and two visitors Mrs Minnie Taylor of west of Hope and Mrs G W McCoy of Skia attended. The next meeting is planned at Mrs Nora Wooton’s home on October 19.
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Mallamar
Dr Corbett Plans State Tour To Improve New Mexico A&M
Dr Roger B Corbett president of New Mexico A&M College will tour every county in the state from Oct 31 to Jan 28 to meet residents and identify ways the college can broaden its Extension Service and Experiment Station work. The schedule lists counties and dates with arrangements to be set by each county.
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State College
N. Mex
Roger B. Corbett
New Mexico A&m College
Corbett
New Mexico A&m
A & M College
San Juan
McKinley
Valencia
Rio Aribba
Sandoval
Bernalilio
Torrefice
Taos
Colfax
Union
Mora
Santa Fe
Los Alamos
San Miguel
Harding
Guadalupe
Quay
Catron
Socorro
Sierra
Grant
Hidalgo
Lima
Dona Ana
Lixicoln
Otero
Eddy
Lea
Chayes
Roosevelt
Curry
DeBaca
Sherman Church Plans Pot Luck Supper in Maljamar
Members of the Sherman Methodist Church at Loco Hills plan a pot luck supper and fellowship hour in the Maljamar Recreation Hall on Tuesday the 11th. All members and friends are invited to attend during the vacation trip of Mr and Mrs Fred Bonner of the Mallamar Repressuring Camp.
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Mrs
Fred Bonner
Mallamar
Sherman Methodist Church
Loco Hills
Maljamar Recreation Hall
Nosegay Club Holds Evening of Dried Arrangements
Mrs Warren Snyder hosted the Nosegay Garden Club on Friday afternoon at 2 PM. Allen Grisham spoke on dried flower arrangements and Mrs C E Hinburn displayed slides of Lea County Fair art exhibits. Coffee and cake were served. next meeting set for November 4 at Mrs Clardy home 222 North Street.
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Warren “Snyder
Nosegay Garden Club
Clardy
Logan
Beal
Leonard Richards
Carl ~ Heaton
North Str
Brownfield Bank Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Ene State Bank marked its 50th anniversary last week. J. O. Gillham, who helped launch Lovington National Bank in 1947, serves as president.
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Ene State Bank
J. O. Gillham
Lovington National Bank
Infant Chapman Buried in Midland Texas
Dalton Chapman three month old son of Mr and Mrs John R Chapman buried in Midland Texas on October 10 after death October 9. Born July 1, the infant is survived by the parents and three siblings.
Graveside Rites Held Sunday For Infant Rameriz
Pedro Rameriz, three months old, son of Mr and Mrs Rafael Ramariz of Lovington, was buried at Lovington Cemetery after graveside services Sunday afternoon October 9. He was born June 22 1955 and died October 8 at home on the Clifford Gary farm in the McDonald community.
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Pedro Rameriz
Rafael Ramariz
Lovington
Clifford Gary
McDonald
State Carpenters Reelect Officials At Weeklong Convention
Vernon Roberts of Hobbs was re elected secretary of the State Council of Carpenters at the state convention held last week in Carlsbad. All state officers were reelected including President Mike Delgado of Santa Fe and Vice President Kermit Koerth of El Paso.
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Hobbson
Weed
Vernon Roberts
Hobbs
State Council of Carpenters
American Federation of Labor
Carlsbad
Mike Delgado
Santa Fe
Kermit Koerth
el Paso
Les Villars Attends Four Day Juvenile Officer Course
Les Villars attended a four day course last week at the state university in connection with his work as juvenile officer.
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State University
Les Villars
Dr Irving Eldridge Named Manager at Fort Bayard VA Hospital
The Veterans Administration announces Dr Irving Eldridge as manager of the Fort Bayard New Mexico VA Hospital. Eldridge, a former chief medical officer at the VA Center Bonham Texas, will replace Dr Claud E Carter who moves to Butler Pennsylvania. Eldridge was born in Waco Texas in 1901 and earned his MD from Baylor University in 1927. He joined VA in 1946 at Lubbock Texas, later serving as chief medical officer and admitting officer before his Bonham post in 1951.
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Veterans Administration
Irving Eldridge
Fort Bayard, N. M. VA
Eldridge
Bonham, Texas
Claud E. Carter
Butler
Dr. Eldridge
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
Dallas
Baylor
Veterans Aid Visit Planned in Hobbs by VA Rep
William E. Hall of the Veterans Administration will visit Hobbs on October 18, 1955. The representative from Carlsbad will meet veterans at the Employment Office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for aid and contact services.
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Veterans Aid
Hobbs
William E. Hall
Veterans Administration
Carlsbad
City Manager Bill Harrison Visits Grandmother in Oklahoma City
City Manager Bill Harrison traveled to Oklahoma City on Friday to visit his grandmother. He was expected to return by Sunday afternoon.
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Bill Harrison
Oklahoma City
Home Over Weekend easing campus visit for Bills and Jimmy
Bill Lee and Jimmy Black were home over the weekend from the University.
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Bill Lee
Jimmy Black
University
AAUW Program By William in Lovington
The Lovington Branch of the AAUW met at the home of Mrs. Dawes 502 West Avenue P with Mrs. Jack Anderson as co host. Mrs. C C Yearwood presided at the business meeting reviewing the history of New Mexico Insurance and the arrowhead collection. Refreshments of chocolate ice box pie nuts and coffee were served to members and guests.
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Lovington
C. C. Yearwood
New Mexico
Tyrile
Charles Benson
Clark Campbell
O. L. Quarles
E. L. Harrod
Wayne Smith
Joel M. Carson
Giles Lee
Edith Atherton
Jan Harns
Hulda Heidel
John Campbell
Wéedon Echo
Lovington to Host District Fire Meet in January
Lovington will host the Southeastern New Mexico Fire fighters district meeting in January with the date to be announced. The Jal gathering last week featured Fire Chief Jimmy Woodward and Superintendent J L Burk who spoke on the origin and control of fire.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Jal
Jimmy Woodwart
Supt
J. L. Burk
DAV Presents Auto To State Commander
A new model automobile was presented to the State Department of Disabled Veterans in Artesia on a Sunday afternoon by DAV representatives from across the state. Eloy Gonzales of Santa Fe is the commander and E. H. Ferguson of Albuquerque the adjutant who accepted the vehicle for the state organization. Attendees from Hobbs included Lavern McCombs, district commander, and Foy Pribble, state vice-commander, at the Veterans Memorial Building.
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State Department of Disabled Veterans
Artesia
State Department
DAV
Eloy Gonzales
Santa Fe
E. H. Ferguson
Albuquerque
Veterans Memorial Building
Hobbs
Lavern McCombs
Foy Pribble
Austrian immigrant finds life in America after war marriage
Local resident Mrs. Eleanore Shows, once from Austria, recalls meeting an American soldier during the war and marrying him. She moved to the United States seven years ago and expresses admiration for America, noting Austria has no trailers like those she sees here and praising modern devices in use.
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Eleanore Shows
Lovington
America
Austria
United States
Family Returns Home After Visit to Texas
A family recalls their Saturday afternoon trip to Texas as they returned home on Sunday with their son Warren and relatives in tow.
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Texas
Warren
WHEB Incorporates with New Certificate of Incorporation
WHEB Incorporates w H B Pump and Machinery has been granted a certificate of incorporation. Stockholders are H L Brid forth H T Montieth and R C Walton.
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H. L. Bridforth
H. T. Montieth
R. C. Walton
Youth Cited For Improper Backing
Carl Richardson sixteen of 308 N Second Street received an ACitation for improper backing after his pickup struck a parked car near the Chamber of Commerce office Mary Payne chamber secretary reported the accident The truck sustained negligible damage while the car suffered more extensive damage caused by John W May of 120 Washington Street Executive Board of the Women s Club met at the home of Mrs Chas Hargreaves 837 West Harrison on Wednesday at 9 am Mrs Hargreaves club president led a discussion of possible projects for the year
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Carl Richardson
Second St
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Payne
Chamber
John. W. May
Washington St
The
Womans Club
Chas. Hargreaves
W. Harrison
Final Rites In Santa Rosa For J. H. Simpson
James Henry Jim Simpson a prominent Eastern New Mexico rancher died in his sleep Sunday October 9 1955 at his ranch home after two years of heart illness He was born in 1884 in Laverdi Texas and lived in New Mexico since 1912 He moved to Santa Rosa area in 1949 Funeral services are set for Wednesday October 12 at 2 p m in Santa Rosa Survivors include eight children twenty three grandchildren and three brothers Edd Frank and Monta Simpson from Texas
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James Henry
Jim) Simpson
New Mexico
Laverdi
Texas
Cornall
Lula Odell
Lamesa
Tatum
King
Driggers Ranch
Santa Rosa
Corevo
Buster
Ann
James
Bennie
Gladiola
Junior
Salem
Missouri
Bill Collum
Whitney
Tex
Buck Hight
Mona Vista
Colorado
Phil Murphy
G. L. Floyd
Lovington
Edd
Big Spring
Frank
Post
Monta Simpson
Brownfield
Study Council Open To The Public
The Woman's Study Council of the First Christian Church met at Mrs. Dan Berry's home Tuesday afternoon led by Mrs. Fred Cox with a devotion and Mrs. Hugh Harris guiding prayer. Mrs. J C Abbott led a discussion on Ephesians Chapter One and a Christmas box was prepared for a missionary in Thailand.
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Woman’s Study Council
The
First Christian Church
Dan Berry
Fred Cox
Hugh Harris
J. C. Abbott
Eplesians
John Connell
Thailand
Boon Hardin
Don Parsons
Farmers Unite For Soil Conservation Month
This message promotes Soil Conservation Month urging farmers to act together with neighbors to adopt soil conservation programs. It emphasizes soil as a strength and encourages protection through sound practices.
Second Son For Fillmans
Mr and Mrs Arch York celebrate the birth of their grandson Rickey Lynn born October 4 to Mr and Mrs Howard Fillman. He weighed 5 pounds 5 ounces. The Fillmans already have a son Gilbert Lee age 13. Mrs Fillman is a York daughter.
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Arch York
Rickey Lynn
Howard Fillman
Fillman
Gilbert Lee
Yorks
Gospel Singers to Meet in Lovington Sunday
The Lea County Gospel Singers will hold a gathering on Sunday October 16 at the Assembly of God church located at 4th Avenue and Regissemly in Lovington.
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Lea County Gospel Singers
Regissemly
God
Lovington
4 County Youths In Engineers Society Just Formed At ENMU
Fifty three Eastern New Mexico University students formed a student chapter of the New Mexico Society for Professional Engineers Friday night at the Cal Boykin hotel. Speaker H O Hodson of Southwestern Public Service Company presided as the dinner meeting was sponsored by the Southwestern chapter.
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ENMU
Anitra Lynch
Margaret McCoy
Enmu School of Music
Johnny Isbell
Portales
Eddie Welch
James Smith
Marvin Barnett
Jerry Durrett
Allen Webb
Clovis
Fairweather Family Welcomes Third Child Cedric
Cedric Fairweather was born October 6 to Mr and Mrs Albert Sparky Fairweather. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces. The Fairweathers also raise Susanne age 4 and Edward age 2. Sparky runs a local television shop.
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Cedric Fairweather
Albert
Sparky) Fairweather
Fairweathers
Susanne
Edward
Sparky
Woman's Club to Sponsor Parliamentary Procedure Classes
The Woman's Club will sponsor two afternoon sessions on parliamentary procedure on October 13 and 14 from 2 to 4 p m in the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. Mrs W W of Lubbock will teach, with a $1 50 fee for the four sessions.
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Woman’s Club
W. W
Lubbock
First Methodist Church
United Fund
J. D. Snider
Gail Power
Ethel Yadon
Logan Beal
Lester Alston
Eastern Star to Hold Regular Meeting at Masonic Hall
The East ern Star announces a regular meeting at the Masonic Hall on Thursday October 13 at 7 30 p m. Members are reminded to attend and participate in the evening program.
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Eastern Star
Otober
Masonic Hall
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