Chilly kettle volunteers brace for cold charity day
Shrine Club members manning Salvation Army kettles in Roswell faced subfreezing temperatures as volunteers took shifts at the Post Office and Second/Main streets. Despite the cold, donations flowed to fund Christmas dinners and church outreach as readings from the new testament continued despite the chill.
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Shrine Club
Salvation Army
Ed Kruse
Jerry Smith
Ed Loudat
Ricky Robertson
Rotary Retreat in Cloudcroft Plans Event Over New Year
A group of Rotarians and foreign exchange students will gather in Cloudcroft for a retreat from noon December 30 to January 1. Past and potential exchange participants will attend, with a note of possible chilly weather on the hill. In Dallas, Community Action Program staff attended a three day regional seminar for Family Planning administrators from five states. Another similar event is planned for late February.
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Cloudcroft
Dallas
V.F.W. Post
Auxiliary Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Thurman Gibson
Rose Gibson
Betty Barnett
Irene Skipworth Public Health Nurse in New Mexico
Irene Skipworth serves as a public health nurse with the Chaves County Health Office in New Mexico, focusing on community health programs and outreach.
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Irene Skipworth
Chaves County
Robbers hit Old Town shop in Albuquerque
Two gunmen robbed an Albuquerque Old Town shop Saturday taking about 20 000 in Indian jewelry and 70 in cash. Police said they shattered display cases in the Indian Village and fled in a black and white car. Roy Yates was away. his mother in law Viola Vickery was forced to lie on the floor. Burglars had stolen 15 000 from the store less than three weeks earlier.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Yates
Roswell Man Found Dead After Vehicle Collision
A Roswell man Ricardo Gabaldon was found dead about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in an alley near Garden and Wildy Streets, apparently struck by a vehicle. Police had no details at press time. In a separate incident near Roswell a truck driver Donald Lewis Johnston, 49, from Odessa was injured 38 miles north on U.S. 285 and listed in fair condition with multiple injuries at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. The truck was owned by Lynes Inc of Houston.
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Roswell
Garden and
Wildy Streets
LaGrone Funeral Chapel
Ricardo Gabaldon
U.S. 285
Donald Lewis Johnston
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Lynes Inc
Houston
Tex
Navajo manFinds Job After Repairing Idle Factory Machine
Lester, a Navajo ex-convict, trained at RETC and fixed a broken machine during a Fort Worth interview, earning a shoe factory job, promotion, and raises. The article notes other tribal students at RETC seeking skills, facing prejudice, and learning to navigate a wider society.
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Lester
RETC
Fort Worth
Tex
Thiokol
Arizona
Nursing Aid
Margaret Eriacho
Zuni Pueblo
Seth Horn
Greenwood
S.D
Marlene Martin
Watonga
Okla
New Mexico Board of Education Meets Over Hair Cut Case
The New Mexico State Board of Education will hold meetings January 4 and 5 in Santa Fe. Actions include oath administration, a reply to the attorney general on a Bloomfield case about suspending several young men who refused haircuts, and reviews of rehabilitation and special education plans.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico State Board of Education
State Education
New Mexico
West Las Vegas
Rites set for Roswell residents in multiple obituaries
Funeral services are planned in Roswell for Helena Sutherland Coats 79 Geraldine Bock and Clovis L Sanchez with services at Ballard Chapel First United Methodist Church and St Peter Catholic Church. Burial at South Park Cemetery Lakewood Cemetery Mulberry Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include daughter granddaughters and spouses. Additional notices announce services for Mattie S Strickland and other local residents with details on burial sites.
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Ballard Chapel
Helena Sutherland Coats
S. Missouri
Austin H. Dillon
First United Methodist Church
Ralph Kaler
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Coats
St. Mary’s Hospital
Roswell
James
Pearl Parsons Sutherland
J. B. Coats
Bath
Ivan Watson
Betty Ann Jordan
Carmel Valley
Calif
Mary Lou Strennan
Lincoln
Ill
S. P. Johnson Jr
Charlie Fuller
Joe Huff
Judson Goodart
James Goodrum
Anthony Treat
Harold Corn
Minneapolis
Minn
Dorothy Ann Bock
E. 6Th
Lakewood
St. Peter Catholic Church
Arabella
Antonio
Maxillian Lucero Sanchez
Grace Ramirez
Tucson
Gene Sanchez
Nicky Sanchez
LaGrone
Mattie S. Strickland
N. Plains Park
John Parrott
First Baptist Church
Mulberry Cemetery
Mulberry
Ark
Carus D. Strickland
Five Men Die in Itmann Coal Mine Blast
An explosion at Itmann No 3 shaft in Itmann West Virginia killed five men and left three others critically injured while 70 escaped. Eight men were trapped earlier. three were rescued and brought to Mullens hospital. The origin of the blast remains undetermined.
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Itmann
W.va
Roswell appoints Earl Tankersley municipal judge
A Roswell resident with 16 years in law enforcement, Earl G. Tankersley of 306 N. Washington was appointed to become Municipal Judge in Roswell, effective January 1. His varied career includes patrol work, juvenile and detective divisions, chief deputy under the county sheriff, and a stint in insurance. Tankersley pledged fairness and no plans to change the court, praising former Judge Webb and emphasizing counseling and service to people. He and his wife Clara are active in the First Baptist Church. they have a daughter, Viola Patterson, in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Roswell
Earl G. Tankersley
N. Washington
Tankersley
Chaves County
George Wilcox
Judge
James) Webb
Tankiertsey
Clara
The
First Baptist Church
Viola Patterson
Heidelberg
Germany
Salvation Army Seeks New Church After Move Imminent
Salvation Army advertises a church sale as it plans to relocate from 1717 W Juniper after agreeing to buy College Avenue Church of Christ at Country Club and Washington. The new chapel near West Country Club Rd is set to replace the old West Juniper building, with the College site priced at about 80 000 dollars and renovation costs estimated at 70 000 dollars.
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Salvation Army
W. Juniper
College Avenue Church of Christ
Washington and College
College Avenue
Christ — West Country Club
Rex McCulley
West Juniper
College
SA Board
Roswell Man Dies In Oil Mill Accident
Rafael Villegas age 52 of 700 S Delaware Roswell died when a stack of cotton seed hulls collapsed at Loving Oil Mill. He was working alone at about 530 p.m. Saturday and reportedly was shoveling hulls onto a conveyor belt. Eddy County sheriff's office Carlsbad.
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Roswell
Loving Oil
Eddy County
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