Social Clubs Share Christmas Plans At Roswell Church
Grace Thorpe reports on the Westminster Guild Christmas supper at the church assembly room with carols, readings, and a project for a less fortunate member. Lions Club donations, Jr Womans Club talk on the war, and plans for a New Year’s Eve dance headline the community gathering. Many members attended, including Harriet Poorbaugh, Loretta Lampert, and Mrs. LeRoy Thompson. The Thelma Janis Kessel birthday party is also noted with decorations and treats.
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Presbyterian Westminster Guild
Harrye Black
Loretta Lampert
LeRoy Thompson
Grace T. Bear
Gordon Clouser
June Brookshier
Charlotte St. John
Elwin Miller
Jean Blakeney
Lions Club
Roswell
Harriet Poorbaugh
Jean Watt
Flossie White
Florrie Rabb
Elizabeth Hayslip
Ruth Fitzgerald
Avalon Russ
Eva M. Bourne
Marjorie Fensom
Eunice Lennox
Annie Laurie Snorf
Ruth Meadows
Ruth Penfield
Raychelle Chappell
Lucille
Junior Womans Club
Roswell Womans Club
C. E. Mason
Shirley Gray
Presi
Thelma Janis Kessel
Norton Kessel
Jenis
Catherine Huntly
Helen Kinney
Mrs. Kessel
Janis
Bernice Clark
Monnajene Guy
Georgene Carothers
Shirley Ann McLish
Rose Mary Thompson
Mary Lynn Williams
Rita Mae Danenberg
Nanette Dudley
Sue Cooper
Louise Zimmerman
Jerry Morgan
Helen Thompson
Aleta Cooper
Barbara Sue Farris
Donna Jean Martin
Laura Ruth Godfrey
Marion Cooper
Betty Jean Crow
Jean Purdy
Bobby Jean Berry
Roswell Junior Musicians Christmas Party Honor Gifts
Roswell Junior Musicians and their parents enjoyed a Christmas party at the Roswell Woman's Club last Saturday from 6 30 to 9 o'clock. Mr Best and Mrs Best received a traveling valet kit as thanks for their guidance during the year. About forty five guests shared sandwiches cakes and drinks from a buffet table centering a small decorated Christmas tree.
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Roswell
Chaves County Society to hear history address tonight
Chaves County Archaeological and Historical Society meets at Roswell Museum at 7 30 pm with Dr Alfred Croft addressing Steps in the Development of Eastern New Mexico. Public invited. Roswell Woman's Club organ recital tomorrow at 3 pm in First Christian Church preceded by Better class at 2 pm.
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Chaves
Roswell Womans Club
First Christian
J. D. Atwood
Chaves County A. and H. Society
Roswell Museum
Alfred Croft
Eastern
New Mexico
Christmas Cantata by First Christian Church Choir
The First Christian Church choir directed by D. N. Pope will present a Christmas cantata tomorrow night at 7:30 at the church. The public is invited to attend.
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First Christian Church
D. N. Pope
Hollywood Inside Bits On Stage Dedic at Perth and Cast Changes
Bob Burns wife leaves that cast and is active again. Mae West and W C Fields greet fans via trans oceanic line at a Perth stage dedication. Prints of Gulliver's Travels head to England for January 1 opening. Richard Greene travels to Palm Springs for a week. Columbia plans a Elizabeth Blackwell life picture with Irene Dunne to star and Kay Francis to play Durbin’s mother in It’s A Date. Errol Flynn seeks Cyrano with Warners.
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Bob Burns
Universal Stage
Mae West
W. C. Fields
Perth
Australia
Paramount
Gulliver
England
Richard Greene
Palm Springs
Columbia
Elizabeth Blackwell
Irene Dunne
Kay Francis
Deanna Durbin
Errol Flynn
Warners
Wool futures slip on Wall Street selling pressure
New York wool market shows modest declines as futures move lower amid active trading. Final prices drop 3 to 14 points with about 300000 pounds moved. December at 112 1/2, March 103 1/2, May 100. Spot standard tops steady at 117.0. B bid.
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New York
Wall Street Commission
Galveston Cotton Market Steady. Middling Price at 10.85
Galveston spot cotton held steady at 18 cents for middling on December 19. No sales reported. The market shows stable pricing with buyers absent.
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Galveston
New Orleans Spot Cotton Closes Steady Despite Drop
Spot cotton in New Orleans closed steady with a 14 point decline as sales reached 2,715 bales. Middling was reported at 11.03 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Haas Confesses in Secret Search and Arrest Warrant
Police say Haas described the crime after visiting the secretary and claimed he killed Engelberg due to the secretary's offensive behavior. In Toronto, Haas is identified as an amateur boxer from Winnipeg, 26, with real name Ernest Kehler. New York detectives arrived with an arrest warrant.
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Haas
Ryan
Engelberg
Toronto
Winnipeg
Ernest Kehler
New York
East's All-Star Squad Off for West Coast
Coach Andy Kerr leads 22 eastern players to San Francisco for the annual New Year’s Shrine game. Notre Dame end Bill Kerr is the lone All-America on the roster, with notable linemen Win Pedersen, Jim Turner, John Haman, Walt Merrill. Top backs include George McAfee, George Stirnweiss, Dick Cassiano, and Ed Buell. West leads 8 losses 1 ties in past 14 matchups.
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Chicago
Andy Kerr
Colgate
San Francisco
Bill Kerr
Notre Dame
Win Pedersen
Minnesota
Jim Turner
Holy Cross
John Haman
Northwestern
Walt Merrill
Alabama
George McAfee
Duke
George Stirnweiss
North Carolina
Dick Cassiano
Pittsburgh
Ed Buell
New York University
Night Athletics Declared Top 1939 Trend by Editors
New York December 19 voters of the Associated Press sports editors named night athletics as the outstanding trend of 1939. Twenty seven of eighty one editors chose night sports and night baseball in particular as the year’s top development, surpassing renewed interest in professional football.
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New York
Associated Press
Wall Street Holds Narrow Gains on Light Volume
The New York stock market showed a quiet see-saw session with transfers of 747,300 shares. A tax adjustment motive dampened activity as leaders like International Paper Preferred and United Aircraft moved on strong news and several others lagged or drifted.
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Wall Street
New York
International
National Cash Register
Westinghouse
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
General Motors
United Aircraft
Pan-American Airways
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Sperry
Western Union
American Smelting
Lowe’s Consolidated Edison
J. I. Case
International Nickel
Great Northern
Stafficard Oil
N. J
Texas Corp
Navy
Kansas City Livestock Market Report December 19
Hogs 2,500 salable, top 5.35, good to choice 160-240 lbs 5.25-5.35, sows 4.25-4.50. Cattle 3,700 salable, calves 300, fed steers and yearlings opening slow to steady, bulls and calves steady, stockers scarce. Slaughter lambs around steady to higher, best fed lambs at 8.50. market not fully established.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Wall Street Curbs and Chicago Grain Close Mixed
Curb market prices show Alum Co Am at 137 and Humble Oil at 61 1/4, with other trades listed. Chicago close reports wheat around 1.08 ahead of May and corn near 57 to 60 cents. U S Treasury bonds yield notes within narrow ranges. Boston wool market quiet as buyers await Australian wool details and domestic quotas stay largely unchanged.
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CURB
New York
Alum Co Am
Ark Nat Gas
Carrier Corp
Cities Service
el Bond & Sh
Fairchild Av
Fisk
Ford Met Ltd
Humble Oil
Seiberling
Dean O
Chicago
Boston Wool
Boston
U._ Dept
Chicago Produce Prices and 1930s Egg Poultry Figures
Chicago December 19 market roundup shows butter steady at 645564 creamery 91 score 29 90 28 12 1/2, eggs steady with 10114 total. Poultry car counts and truck numbers noted with live birds firm or rising for young tom turkeys and hens. color variants and weights given for ducks geese and turkey classifications.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Futures Slump on Dec 19 Close
Cotton futures fell 14 to 25 points with January at 10.85, May 10.35, July 10.00 to 10.04, October 9.60, December 9.53 to 9.55. Middling spot at 11.14, down 19. Market nominal. New York area prices show softer tone.
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New York
Adams
Alaska
Juneau
Allegheny Lad
Allis
Alco
Aviat
Bald Loco
Bendix
Beth Stleo
Boeing Airplane
Borg Warnef
Briggs Mfg
Bulova
Calif
Calumet & Hee
Campbell Wyant
Canad Pac
Case J ID
Chrysler Corp
City Ice & Fuel
Climax Molyb
Colgate Palm P
Colum G & E
Solv CC
Congoleum Nairn
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
Aeseeouv
Coty Inc Aon
Crosley Corp
Crucible Steel
Curtiss Wright Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak
Eaton Mig
el Pow & Lt
el Paso
Firestone T & R
el Eseeveseeve
Gen Foods
Peewee
Gen Motors
Gillette
Gimbel Bros Eoeuset
Glidden Co “Ve
Goodrich
Goodyear T & R
Gt West
Holly
Houston Oil Weaeseevenee E
Indust Rayon
Inspirat Copper
Interlake Iron
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kroger
Libby
McN & L
Lorillard P
Miami Cop
Minn Moline
Owens Ill Glass
Pac Gas & el
Park
Utah
Penney ‘J
Penn RR
Phelps Dodge Phillips Pet
Pure Oil Correvenerereseeree
Radio Corp of Amis
Randeeessnaeev
Reynolds Tob Boneeesee
Repub Sil
Safeway Stores
Seaboard Oil
Sears Roebuck Shell UN Oil
Silver King Coaliteoetewwee
Simmons Co Skelly Oil
Secony Vacuum
Eecheevd
Cal Edison
Br Sperry Corp
Stewart Warn
Stone & Webster
Eot
Nunteewes
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Tex & Pac Ry Eernerv
Texas Corp
Ter Gulf
Tex Pac
C & O Tex Pac L Trust
Trans Am Ser
Trans & West Air
Fox Feteeseenee
Union Carb
Union Oil Cal
United Air Lines Ski
United Aircraft United Corp
United Drug + se
Unit Fruit
United Gas
U S
Indus Alco Es
NEW York Cotton
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Warren Thompson
Jackie Villard
Bobby Chrisman
Peggy Witt
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Herbert P. Joyce
Joyce
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G. B. Armstrong Jr
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Pat
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Kathleen Campbell
Buddy Eppers
Barbara Ray
Lynn Griffith
Kay Dallas
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Dan Buchly
Charlie Scarritt
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Joy Lair
Jan Armstrong
Dick Armstrong
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Jimmy Hooper
Bob
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David
Mary Lou McGee
Nancy Talmage
Paul Wilmot
Linda Worthington
Betty Ann Hinkle
Buster Etz
Patricia Butler
Mickey Rowland
Linn
Roney Mayer
Rolla R. Hinkle, Jr
Mary Francis Norton
Charles Joyce
Mrs. T. A. Sacra
Glaze Sacra
Mrs. Sacra
Mmes. E. G. Minton
Will H. Rhodes
John H. Mullis
Dan H. Wilmot
George E. French
R. L. Malone
H. V. Fall
Ed J. Williams
George S. Forbes
W. T. Neely
Charles S. Dobbs
Frank Talmage
Charles L. Allison
George H. Hill
Will Purdy
Russell Bird
A. Peter Nelson
Philip Osuna
Nickson Hotel
Sohp
First Methodist Missionary Society
Harry S. White
Archie Campbell
Mmes. E. W. Hitchcock
Fred W. Blocksom
W. L. Callens
A. S. Patterson
Ingalls Memorial Home
Frank Garrod
Ownwear
Good Housekeeping
Wallace Beery
Frank
Buck
Morgan
Virginia Weidler
Guy Kibbee
Slim Summerville
Douglas Fowley
Leo Carrillo
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Pecos
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Andy Hardy
Lewis Stone
Hardy and Son
Donald Duck
George Washington
Anda Donalds
Mark Howell School
College Blvd
D. C. Pearson
Clifford R. Ferrin
George N. Carothers
Orial Curtis
Thoma Hunter
Glenna Lea Barnett
Maude Jacobi
Presbyterian Aid Society
Robert Beers
W. W. Huntly
Mary Tigner Nail
Snow White Laundry
R. M. Tigner
Young Woman’s Department of
Roswell Woman’s Club
Elizabeth Garrett
Henry E. Samson
Wilburn S. Hodges
Roswell Country Club
Bob Samson
Beverly Hodges
Perry Davis
Kathleen Cruse
Charles
Nancy
R. F. Cruse
Wichita Falls
Texas
W. B. Binns Jr
St. Mary’s Hospital
W. B. Binns
ITI
Hal S. Cave
Dolly
Waverly
Tennessee
A. L. Stockley
St. Marys Hospital
Linda Louise Stockley
East Side School
Winifred Weverka
Mrs. Steed
Lubbock
Sara Whatley
Houston
F. A. Pattience Billie Whatley
Edgar B. Younger
Moseley’s
Hollywood
East
West Coast
East Second Street
Walt Disney
Moseley
Coronado
U. S. Bonds
Treasury
Fed Farm Mtg
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