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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1939
Page
4
Ballots for the Christmas lighting contest arrive at the Chamber of Commerce with a shortfall of about 100 needed for a fair award. Voters are urged to mail or bring ballots by nine o clock Tuesday morning, while stressing the aim to reward the most attractive decorations.
Grace Thorpe Bear reports on Roswell social life during the holiday season including club debt reductions at Roswell Womans Club and Camp Mary White, charity dances, teas, birthday parties, open house, and community notices. Topics feature DeMolay tacky dance, Salvation Army home debt payoff, and upcoming club activities through New Year’s week.
Cliffory ward from Holbrook Arizona visits relatives over New Year. First Christian church council will meet Monday after New Year’s due to holiday. next meeting in the church annex. Berenda Woman's Club posts January meeting from Saturday to Tuesday. Junior Woman's Club postpones meeting to Monday night January 15. Entre Nous Bridge Club invites husbands to New Year’s Eve at Pay Goodsell Sunday night at 6:30. Ht. Mayes of Emporia Kansas mentioned.
CurB close quotes show Alum Co Am at 11 41, Alum Goods 17 1/4, Am Meter 31, Ark Nat Gas 2 3/8, Carrier Corp 13 1/8, Cities Service 4 3/4, El Bond & Sh 7 5/8, Fisk Rub 15 1/4, Ford Met Ltd 2, Hecla Min 6 3/8, Humble Oil 65 3/4, Rustless S & S 14 7/8, Seiverling Rub 8 1/4, Shattuck Dean 5 3/4, Unit G & E Pf 87 1/2.
In Boston on December 30, only a few domestic wool transactions closed with quotations firm for fine and half blood wools but irregular for coarser grades. Demand appeared for Merino wool of foreign origin with some orders for spot wool and imports. Combing and bright fleeces held steady with price ranges of 40 to 43 cents grease for fine Delaines, 40 to 42 cents for half blood, and 45 to 46 cents for three-eighth and quarter blood grades.
Markets wrap up for extended New Year holiday with New York stock and security markets opening for a two hour Saturday session. Futures in Chicago and other grain centers traded while New Orleans and Chicago spot markets closed. All markets will reopen Monday.
Chicago markets report steady tone in prices for eggs and produce amid mixed notes. Trading details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate minor changes and overall unchanged levels for the day.
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