Family donates 19th century Challenge Gordon platen press
The White family donated a heavy 1884 Challenge Gordon platen press to the Tucumcari Historical Museum. Gerald White and Carol White Nash witnessed Marlin Terry of Terry's Service Center move the 200 plus pound machine from the family home in San Jon to the museum site with a skid loader. The press, made by Shneidewend & Lee of Chicago, printed items from 1884 to 1910 and was used by Clark T. White in the 1950s for school programs and wedding napkins.
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San Jon
Tucumcani
Gerald White
Carol White Nash
Challenge Gordon
Shhneidewend & Lee
Chicago
Clark T. White
I.L. Flower
Clark
Horned Toad Press
Gerald
Marlin Terry
Terry's Service Center Inc
Tucumcari Historical Museum
Marlin
Terry
Chuckwagon Cookoff Draws Large Crowd at Ute Lake State Park
More than 300 tickets were sold for the 6th annual Chuckwagon Cookoff at Ute Lake State Park near the beach campground. Teams from Rising W Chuckwagon and Mountain Trails Chuckwagon cooked chicken fried steaks and biscuits in cast iron, judged on taste and Old West authenticity, with proceeds funding local high school scholarships.
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Ute Lake State Park
Sharon Reid
Walter Bressler
Happy
Texas
Bressler
Logan
Ute Lake
Chuck Decker
Mountain Trails
Rye
Colorado
Decker
Reid
Cody Carter
5 Miles West
Canadian River Renegades
Tucumcari Elementary seeks Lowe’s receipts for fund drive
Readers urged to submit Lowe’s Grocery receipts to support a school project. Collectors should bring receipts to the South A office on South Ninth Street.
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Tharcia
Gesmnonline
Tucumcari
Lowe's Grocery Store
South Ninth Street
Web Poll Debates Batman V Superman Movie Reception
A web poll shows 14 percent yes 31 percent no and 19 percent do not watch movies with readers urged to contact QCS Senior Writer Thomas Garcia at 575-461-1952 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Garcia
QCS
County residents urge dog vaccination ordinance and enforcement
Members of a local animal rescue group and county residents urged Quay County Commission to adopt a vaccination ordinance for dogs and address dogs at large. They cited parvo and rabies risks, calling to revive Ordinance 44 and seek enforcement clarity and funding.
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Animal Rescue Group
Residents Seek
Kathi McClelland
Paws and Claws
Quay County Commission
McClelland
Commission
Rebecca Biffle
Sue Dowell
Shafter
District Attorney's Office
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Citio Were
Gilbert Rivera
Gordon Printing Press
Carol Nash
Ily
Tgarcia
Vince Smith
Ralph Lopez
Kent Anderson
By Thomas Garcia
ACS
Russell Shafer
3Rd Street
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