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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1932
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Earl Hall, once stricken by severe influenza, are reported to be much improved today. The update reflects a positive turn in their health situation.
Local ad promotes gifts for everyone with a special note on kid gloves for girls sizes 2 to 15. Shoppers are invited to visit 107 West 4th Street to see the selection.
iH P Saunders, confined at home for three weeks with a severe cold, is gradually regaining strength and visited his office briefly yesterday afternoon.
Among those listed on the Nickson hotel register this morning were E. M. Barter of Carizzoza, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Clark of Socorro, P. L. Horn of Clovis, and C. R. McIntosh of Santa Fe.
Inspect Navajo rugs at Greenhaven Curio Shop located at 612 East Second. A brief look will show quality and fair pricing for shoppers.
Roswell city clerk M J McDonald issued four building permits in November with total estimated construction cost 1375 dollars. The largest project was an $800 filling station on East Second Street for C Currie. Other permits covered remodeling at 105 West 10th Street 150 dollars shingling a roof at Eighth and Pennsylvania 200 dollars and remodeling a bathroom at 200 North Washington Ave 225 dollars. Santa Fe motor vehicle commissioner Diergo Salazar warned no license extensions after December 31 with fines for late purchase.
Alison Floral Co invites all to a well lit open house Thursday Friday and Saturday nights from six to twelve. Each attendee receives a bouquet for ladies and a small token for everyone. 107 South Sea Avenue invites neighbors to visit and enjoy flowers and friendly service.
An advertisement offers a fifty cent price for a copy of the Roswell Morning Dispatch dated October 22 1952 mailed to subscribers. It provides phone contact 433 and a reference number 3912.
An advertisement lists Iome cooked meals at five and six dollars per week at 605 North Richardson, Mrs. Tucker, and a Real-Art permanent waves service at 2.25 with Nickson Beauty Shop via phone 640. The notice concludes with a Record Want-Ads Get Results line.
Judge H A Riker and attorneys for J M Wooley et al versus Shell Petroleum reexamine findings of fact in Lea county case over ownership of a half section oil land. Sixty eight heirs seek 360000 barrels accounting. property hosts three wells with 7000 barrels daily potential. Proceedings continue, judgment to follow before possible settlement or appeal to the supreme court.
Roswell Lodge No 18 A F and A M holds regular meeting Thursday night December 1 1932 at 730 PM Election of officers to be conducted Bert Pallard W M Attest Elmer Riemen Secretary
A quirky local column notes a Hot Soiings New Mexico man saving a beer since October 1918 hopes to drink it legally next year. Duck hunters, new service station on East Second, Kiwanis Milk Fund sign debate, Chic Sale film at Princess, and a student quip on flippancy are highlighted with light town flavor.
Preamble states filing of a certificate of incorporation with the New Mexico State Corporation Commission. Details include authorized capital stock of 25000 dollars, issued stock 25000, incorporators L O Schneeberger and W Metzger and Stitz all of St Louis Missouri, corporate purpose to own buy sell mortgage or pledge real and personal property in New Mexico, principal business in Roswell, statutory agent G L Reese, date filed November 25 1932, case no 17677, recorded in Chaves County November 30 1932, with county clerk Grace S Massifi seal deputy Vera Crow.
Paramount presents Hot Saturday a Cary Grant Nancy Carroll Randolph Scott film showing at the Princess tomorrow and Saturday. The plot follows a Saturday night date that ends badly for a clerk girl who leaves a persistent admirer and is helped home by a wealthy man with a bad reputation leading to social trouble.
Berry V. Elizey spoke before the Rotary club on gasoline bootlegging and tax evasion. He blamed high taxes for rising fuel prices and described bootlegging and substitution as common evasion methods. Revived sales of inferior products were linked to increased costs, with plans for an Inter-City Rotary meeting at Carlsbad Cavern announced by Malone assisted by committee members.
Governor Arthur Seligman approved extradition for Frank Roddy, convicted by a district court jury in Chaves county on November 13 1931 for burglary at the Phillips filling station in Roswell. Roddy, arrested April 28 1931 by E J House, fled New Mexico after his 1931 conviction and was held in Pampa Texas awaiting transfer.
E M Parker Carrizozo attorney arrived in Roswell yesterday on legal business and returned to Carrizozo this afternoon. He will be back next week to serve as counsel in a war risk insurance case in federal court here.
Falconi Electrical Co offers repair work for all radio kinds at 219 W. 2nd Street with phone 289. Ad appears in the ice 28tfc edition.
Tom Hall spoke on the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Jaffa Miller at the Reform School in Springer, calling it among the state’s outstanding and highly valuable work. Earl Patterson checked Rotarians traveling to Carlsbad cavern Monday and urged promptness.
Bids for the Border Hill emergency highway project will be opened in Santa Fe on December 14. The work covers new construction from 15 miles west of Roswell to the top of Border Hill under the emergency federal aid program to relieve unemployment. The project is expected to employ about 200 men daily for six months with hand labor preferred. Wages set at 1 dollar and 0 cents per hour for skilled labor and 35 cents per hour for unskilled. The awarded contractor must hire from the Chaves county employment committee list, based in the federal employment office in the courthouse basement. About 500 applications have been filed to date, with 250 received last month.
The public hearing on the question of peddling in the city has been postponed until Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce.
Visit the Allison Floral Co big greenhouses at 707 South Sea Avenue on the Hondo River for a three night open house from six to twelve. Steam heat ample light and ventilation promise a bright display with a free bouquet for ladies.
Advertisement notes turkeys advertised as very best, corn fed and full dressed priced at 23 cents per pound. Also offers fresh oysters and fish from Fin & Feather Market located at 40 South Main Street, phone 833.
The Art Gift Shop at 107 Westith Street promotes stamped card table covers as a solution for unfinished pieces. The ad highlights good quality finishes and personalizing options, encouraging customers to buy their own covers.
An Alameda Greenhouses notice promotes a free bouquet for women with delivery possible Thursday to Saturday nights. It touts the largest greenhouses in Southeastern New Mexico and urges early visit due to possible depleted stock, advertising 707 South Sea Avenue and proprietor Arthur Allison.
The firm of O. D. Goodsell and Son of Roswell received the contract to paint and decorate the new post exchange building at the New Mexico Military Institute. The structure will be named the J. Ross Thomass Memorial.
Miss Virginia Pruit returned to Picacho today after a two day visit in Roswell.
County agricultural agent J. R. Thomas will present a meat canning demonstration at East Grand Plains tomorrow, offering practical guidance on processing and preserving meat for local households.
An advertisement at 219 N Main St urges customers to book regular visits for consistent care. It claims work is done expertly and economically and lists phone number 182 for contact and a vintage ad code 2912¢.
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