Roswell Tennis Club to set dates for next year tournaments
Roswell Tennis Club will hold its regular monthly meeting on January 1 to set dates for all of next year's net tournaments. Plans include five annual Roswell events plus the state tournament, with possible new open tournament sponsorship by New Mexico Military Institute. The group will also discuss municipal court rules to ensure fair use and limit match duration.
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Ber of Commerce
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Tennis Club
Layden named Notre Dame athletics director and coach
Former Four Horsemen member Elmer Layden, long associated with Duquesne University, is reported to have been named director of athletics and head football coach at Notre Dame University. The International Illustrated News photo notes the career move.
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Elmer Layden
Knute Rockne
Duquesne University
Notre Dame University
International
Roswell Tennis Club Opens Handicap Tourney Semis
Perry Bean and Helen White defeated J. Price Dukeminier 6 3 6 3 in mixed doubles semi finals. Bean and White earned two games first set and one second. Finalists include Dunlap and Mary Lula White. Bean to face Crawford or Dunlap in men singles final. Rhea and Dukeminier to play Bean and Bean in men's doubles. Mrs Herman Dodd already won women's singles. Cups awarded to winners and runners up.
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RoswWetl Tennis Club
Perry Bean
Helen White
J. Price Dukeminier
Bean
White
J. C. Dunlap
Mary Lula White
Dick Crawford
John Rhea
Price Dukeminier
Perry
Dick Bean
Herman Dodd
Tax policy talks in New Mexico on school funding
N M taxpayers anticipate opposition from Union McKinley and other counties to a proposed tax plan. Chief Tax Commissioner Beall says a new assessment bill is being drafted and aims for actual valuation. Vernon O Tolle for the State Educational Association notes cooperation with the Federation of Taxpayers Associations to develop a tax program fair to schools and governance. A legislative committee program seeks equitable school tax distribution with at least a nine month term. A special committee will attend the Farm Holiday Association meeting to seek its views on tax legislation.
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Vernon O. Tolle
State Educational Association
Federation of Taxpayers Associations
Fox
Legislative Committee
Balcomb
Barracks Briefs Delightful German Club Dinner
A long awaited goose dinner for the German Club drew ten social and linguistic elites as others failed to raise six bits. The roast goose and dressing pleased, accompanied by vegetables and a fine dessert. Guests included Hanks Russell Rice Jinkins Patterson Preath Heller Hudson McShaffrey Stucky. The write up pokes fun at cadet theatricals planning Romeo and Juliet with Breath in a leading role and shares campus anecdotes about students and events from the holidays to Spring, including attire, dances, and local pranks.
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Rice
Jinkins
Patterson
Preath
Heller
Hudson
McShaffrey
Stucky
King Winter
Cadet Theatricals
Corps
Breath
Avon
Heavy Scott
Lewis
Toe College
Great Linemen of 1955 The Unsung Gridiron Heroes
A vintage look at standout linemen from 1955 including Bill Corbus of Stanford nicknamed The Baby-faced Assassin, Freddie Crawford of Duke praised by Wallace Wade, and Chuck Bernard of Michigan. The piece honors linemen Schwammer, Burzio, Krueger, Densola, Huwke, Den, Ceppi, Lane, Barclay, Kopans, Wistert, and Rosenberg, calling them the era’s true unsung heroes.
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Corbus
Stanford
Pasadena
Freddie Crawford
Duke
Wallace Wade
Michigan
Charles
Chuck” Bernard
Wolverine
Schwammer
Iowa
Burzio
Carnegie Tech
Krueger
Marquette
Densola
Fordham
Huwke
Alabama
Den
Minnesota
Ceppi
Lane
Princeton
Barclay
North Carolina
Kopans
Harvard
Wistert
Rosenberg
California
King
Syaedicate
Sentence Sermons by The Rev Roy L Smith
Message urges a man to serve his age and live with his memory after accusers have gone. It stresses choosing attitudes over ancestors and knowing weaknesses to find strength while accepting criticism in the fight against evil. Also notes that record want-ads get results.
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Roy L. Smith
Roper, Famous Grid Coach, Dies
Philadelphia dispatch reports the death of William W. Roper at 53 after a two month infection battle. The Princeton coach known for elevens and fumbles also pursued politics and business goals including repeal of Prohibition and Sunday sports legalization in Pennsylvania. Princeton officials paid tribute to his character and coaching career.
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Philadelphia
William W
Bill) Roper
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Roper
Harold Willis Dodds
Roswell Children's Letter to Santa Leads to Christmas Wish
A Roswell reader sent in a child’s letter to Santa dated December 8, 1933. The seven year old describes good behavior and asks for a white cowboy outfit, plus any other gifts Santa sees fit, and asks Santa to remember all the other children as well.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Boy Henery Hickson Seeks Santa Gift List for Read R. No. 1
An 8 year old Henery Hickson writes a playful holiday note asking Santa for a gun and a big wagon, a nice box of candy, and to leave doors open so he can get in. Dated from Country Club Read R. No. 1 Box 275, the ad closes with a cheeky “Record Want Ads Get Results.”
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Santa Claus
Henery Hickson
P.S- Sama
Country Club
Santa Letters From Roswell Children
Two handwritten Christmas requests from Roswell children dated December 1932 ask Santa for a doll, skate, slippers, boots, and other gifts. The letters mention a six year old girl named Jean Corn and a boy named Henery Hickson requesting Santa come through the door due to a blocked chimney.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Santa Claus
Jean Corn
Santa
Henery Hickson
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