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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1955
Page
8
One of six known copies of the aborted West Texas Constitution has been secured by the University of California. The document will be preserved in Bancroft Library on the Berkeley campus.
Dunn's Trading Post and Gift Shop promotes Blue Lustre for easy upholstery and carpet cleaning. Includes phone number 5436 and address 1004 South Main Street in this concise classified notice.
Broadcast note for KWEW Hobbs at 8 A M on October 16 1955 and KSWS TV Roswell at 1 45 P M invites listeners to explore Christian Science healing approaches addressing loss with a focus on spiritual remedies and practical outcomes.
Three houses and one trailer on a 50 by 140 foot lot are furnished complete. It does not require all cash to buy this one. See Jim Kaiser at Shelton Agency. Phone 63311. Night phone 65952.
Buyers are plentiful and now is the time to list. Property owners are encouraged to contact Shelton Ines at 1415 South Main or Jim Kaiser at 65952 to arrange listings.
An advertisement for the Acme Vegetable Juice Extractor offers a home juicing device for pure pulp free juice. The listing cites Mrs. L. C. Rogers at 119 East Roxana Hobbs and a contact phone number 3 2338.
Help needed for general housework after 7 p.m. Apply by calling 6 4391. Publication date 10 4.3tp.
The blind pianist Alec Templeton will present a piano recital at Air Base City Hobbs on November 4 under Hobbs Community Concert Association. Born in Cardiff Wales, he became a U.S. citizen in 1940 and studied at the Royal College of Music in London.
The Junior Women's Club met at the REA Building on October 11 with a program titled Ways to Better Our City. They will sponsor a bridge and canasta benefit party on November 14 to raise money for the United Fund Drive and assist with door to door canvassing.
The Geneva Wilson Circle of the Womans Missionary Union met Wednesday at 2 p m at 818 West Avenue F home of Mrs C R Bratcher. Mrs Darwin Tatum presided over a brief business session as the circle was reorganized. Attending were Mrs Herman Corbitt Mrs Jack Stephens Mrs Tom Morton Mrs Darwin Tatum and Mrs Jimmie Woodward. The circle is named after a missionary to the Indians of New Mexico. GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY.
A compact recipe outlines orange rice as a side for game. It uses butter or margarine, orange juice, celery, onion, salt, thyme, and converted rice. Melt butter, sauté onion until tender, add grated rind and seasonings, boil briefly, then simmer covered 25 minutes yields four servings.
H. H. Simpson of Humble City is appointed director of a Boys of Woodcraft Sports club for boys ages 8 to 16 in Air Base City Hobbs. McKee Dorsey assists. James J. Suttle and Simpson enroll members. Oneal W. Coppege is financial secretary. The club seeks twenty members for its charter and will meet in Air Base City Gymnasium to teach archery and other activities including fishing, fly tying, wildlife study, conservation, accident prevention and first aid.
Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation will headline the 35th annual New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau convention in Las Cruces. Dates shift to November 28 29 and 30 due to construction of a new $100 000 state Farm Bureau building. Convention HQ at Milton Hall New Mexico A&M College. Uranium melts at 1133 degrees centigrade.
Girl Scout Troop 2 held its first meeting of the year on October 12 at 4 p.m. at the Den Woody Scout Hut. Under Mrs. K. E. Chambers and Mrs. Johnnie Stoneham, officers were elected including Joyce Holder as Patrol Leader and Charline Chambers as Assistant Patrol Leader. Linnie Jo Love is secretary and Pamela Duobre Song Leader. Joyce Holder serves as piano player and Jeannie as scribe. The second patrol will elect officers at the next meeting and plans for a Halloween party were made with Charline Chambers serving refreshments.
Pvt Don E. Johnson of Hobbs has been selected to serve in the 3rd Infantry Regiment in Washington D C. The unit, oldest active Army regiment, performs at military funerals parades and wreath layings at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and maintains 24 hour sentry duty. Johnson previously served at Fort Carson Colorado and worked for R Johnson Rig Company.
A geologist in Heletz Israel says the oil strike is encouraging enough to expect further finds. Two oil-bearing formations were located at the Heletz well in the Negev. the first at 49 000 feet and the second about 60 feet lower, with the two formations not connected.
Leslie Oxford was initiated into the Eastern Star as Mrs. Neva Haney, district instructor for Lea County, thanked the chapter. Plans were made to attend Grand Chapter in Las Cruces October 20 21 22. Over 9 000 Eastern Stars attended from the U S Scotland Hawaii and Canada. Host couple J P Beverly and Lee Benson with 36 members and three guests attended along with Mrs Haney and other guests. Hallowe en motif decorated the refreshment table with gold mums and dried foliage. Pumpkin pie whipped cream coffee.
History teacher Bill Daws spoke to the Methodist Men on American Indian culture and shared his arrowhead collection. Roy Ploudre led the business meeting as about 40 attended the covered dish dinner.
A brief note labels Alexander Pushkin as the Shakespeare of Russia highlighting his literary stature and influence in the national canon.
Lovington girl Brookie Lee Anderson, a Colorado Woman's College student in Denver, attended a campus luncheon honoring Sharon Kay Ritchie Miss America 1956. Ritchie, also a CWC student, returned from Atlantic City where she won the crown on September 10 accompanied by Colorado officials and numerous dignitaries.
October births include Charlie Hensley 6 lb at Tatum New Mexico to Mr and Mrs Tommy C Price Frances Nadine 5 lb at Hobbs from Mr and Mrs Close Key, plus a L L Morris son 7 lb at Hobbs. October 12 Ruby Katherine 7 lb 8 3 4 oz at Monument to E G Stevens and a son Joseph for Joseph Meridyth Sr Eunice. October 13 Vickie Lynn 8 lb 11 3 oz to N D Morphis Hobbs and a Lovington daughter 6 lb 15 oz to G E McDaniels.
The 1942 record shows the average new house built last year measured 1140 square feet, about 5 percent larger than the 1941 average. The data highlight a postwar shift toward bigger homes and expanding living space.
Governor John Simms petitions Secretary Mitchell to adjust pay for Mexican National cotton pickers in New Mexico to match Texas rates. He notes Eddy County surveys set a higher wage, while Texas counties lack recent wage surveys, risking unfair hardship for New Mexico growers. The Artesia Alfalfa Growers Association initiated the protest.
NOKOMIS Ill Eugene Pocock raises broomcorn and makes brooms as a hobby using a hand built machine more than a century old that was also used by his grandfather. The device helps him craft brooms into a family tradition and keeps a century old craft alive.
City Manager James W. Harrison reports September shows 280 prison labor hours, with 80 at the park and 200 at the cemetery. Lovington Public Library added 52 new borrowers and 63 new books, while 423 adult and 303 junior/teen books were checked out. Community Center hosted 123 dues paying members and multiple organizations used the facility.
Dr. Milton Eisenhower arrived in Denver at noon and went to Fitzsimmons Army Hospital to see his stricken brother President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He returned to meet the President again in the afternoon. Milton is president of Pennsylvania State College and has been named as GOP presidential timber.
Walter Beck reports Susie the cross bred Hampshire sow farrowed a litter of 12 pigs, then five days later pushed another litter of 10 pigs. The event is noted as a rare double farrowing.
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