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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1955
Page
4
Household gloves are redesigned for a better fit and style. The gloves are washable and resistant to oils acids caustics and greases in ebony black pastel and celestial blue. Users are urged to wear them during dishes and housework and to keep hand cream handy for smoother skin.
The Lea County Gospel Singers gathered at Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon with Rev. W. A. McPhail leading in prayer. Vocalists included Roscoe Williams Mayme Lewis Sharon Williams and others with Kay Gartman at piano. They performed several solos and hymns and announced next events in Monahans Texas and a Four County Singing Convention on November 7 at Gospel Light House.
A series of marriage licenses are recorded with dates from October 17 to October 21 across Texas towns including Odessa Lamesa Tatum Lev ington Snyder and Hobbs. Couples span ages from teens to early forties and include Edna Page and Curtis Mobley Luther Ed wards Jr and Margaret Howley and Doyle Roseberry. Also noted are lettuce cup tips and lumber salvage statistics from the American lumber industry.
The Hobbs AAUW Creative Art Group was tasked to prepare invitations for the AAUW Christmas Tea. Mrs. W. E. Owen chaired the October meeting at Mrs. Bob Jackson's home with co-hostess Mrs. A. L. Pugh. The group split into rug making and china painting teams to prepare decorated items for the event.
Mr and Mrs Clint Dobbs returned Friday night from Denver to visit their son Jack in Wyoming and Steamboat Springs with Mrs Dobb s brother Frank They attended the October 15 Wyoming vs Tulsa game in Laramie Wyoming beat Tulsa 24 10 and Bobbie Dobbs Tulsa U football coach is the Dobb s nephew who has coached under Blake at West Point Mrs Dobbs noted Elk and deer and some trout sighting during the trip
Nelda Sue Wilks, Lovington senior at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, elected president of the North Plains Student Nursing Association at a Lubbock meeting. Officers include Martha Jones of St. Anthony's Amarillo as first vice president and Connie Marshall, preclinical student at Lubbock Methodist, as second vice president. The group plans a talent show with participants from Methodist in Lubbock, Northwest Texas Hospital, and St. Anthony's Amarillo.
Glen McDaniel aged 13 of Hobbs received a minor gunshot wound to the thumb when a .22 rifle discharged while he cleaned the barrel. He was rabbit hunting with two other youths Howard Gaverd 14 and Charles Williams 13. the accident left no injuries to the others.
In Hobbs, D L Province notes growth from 313 local scouts in 1950 to about 1001 this year. State totals show 198 Cub packs with 7636 Cub Scouts, 278 troops with 5671 Boy Scouts, and 70 Explorer posts with 1810 Explorers. The first state wide fund drive begins October 25 to expand camping and sponsorships and support Aquatic Camp at Carlsbad with annual camper weeks.
Cleo Ainsworth district 40 X governor spoke at the Hobbs Evening Lions dinner on October 27 at the Diane Car e wis. He noted Lionism has grown more in the past decade than in the earlier period as more countries join. Delegates to the International Convention in Miami in June 1956 were discussed along with fundraising for Carl Rodolph. Several Lions Club members joined as guests and many members attended the meeting.
Bath Maine police report an eight year old placing peonies into a parking meter. Patrolman Earle Haines asks for reason and the child says he thought business was bad and wanted to help the policemen. The money did not go to the police.
North and South Carolina will share the same license plate color scheme for 1956 with black numbers on an orange background. A household tip suggests removing white heat marks from mahogany by applying spirits of camphor with a soft cloth, then wax and polish the surface.
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