Eastern Star Installation Opens Garden Themed Service
Graceful garden setting at Masonic Temple marks the installation of Mrs. A F Madison as Worthy Matron for 1940 by her mother Mrs. J M Williams. New altar, pedestal, neon star, and music highlight the ceremony plus officers installed and retiring leaders honored. Visitors from Elida Hagerman and Portales attend with social hour afterward. Also noted is the Trinity Methodist Women’s Mission Society January meeting at Mrs. L G Ellett’s home with devotional, citizenship talk, and missions discussions.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Madison Worthy
A. F. Madison
J. M. Williams
East
Albert Hudson
Walter D. McPherson
Fred Blocksom
M. H. Henderson
John H. Wyly
Logan A. Hunter
Will H. Whatley
Carl M. Bird
Fred W. Blocksom
Damon H. Pace
Paul H. Deaton
Ada
Harriet Poorbaugh
Ruth
Powhatan Carter
Fisther
Opal Kersey
Martha
Roy Flood
Electra
L. B. Plummer
George Miller
Sentinel
Arthur Allison
Worthy
Russell Bird
James F. Hinkle
Lucius Dills
L. P. Richart
Allison
W. T. Neely
Neely
Elida
Hagerman
Portales
J. C. Compton
Woman’s Missionary Society of Trinity Methodist Church
L. G. Ellett
South Kentucky Avenue
W. H. Dearholt
Roland T. Schaefer
Lucy Youse
Guy M. Rowe
Sylvester P. Johnson
Union of the
Methodist Churches
Claude Simpson
W. S. Murrell
Missionary Society Seeks China Aid and Devotionals
The First Presbyterian Church met to hear Miss Maggie May Prentice’s China letter, vote sending clothing and bandages to the mission, and discuss the Mountain School development. Members and guests enjoyed coffee, mints, and cake after routine mite-box openings chaired by Mrs. Gessert.
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Maggie May Prentice
China
Trinity Church
Mmes
H. F. Davis
L. L. Lane
W. B. McCoy
Presbyterian Missionary Society Woman’s Missionary Society of
First Presbyterian Church
John E. Smith
Edward C. Gessert
Truches
New Mexico
Porto Rico
R. R. Lund
Maggie Mary Pentice
Roswell
LeRoy Thompson
Gessert
Mountain School
Mrs. Smith
George Nachand
W. E. Fensom
Grace Carson
B. F.armold
R. C. Reeves
Arthur J. Stevens
Cannon
Julia H. Oakens
Charles D. Keyes
F. M. Russell
E. C. Gessert
E. F. Hayslip
Lyman A. Sanders
John W. Rhea
W. F. Welty
Ethan Allen
W. W. Huntly
T. D. McNaughton
Fort Worth
Misses Maude Keller
Ruth Fitz- Gerald
Catherine Huntley
First Baptist Church
Group Two
O Connell family departs for Washington and Roswell links future plans
Mrs Ambrose O Connell wife of the Second Assistant Postmaster General travels with daughter Hedwig and son Cadet Robert to Washington DC for New Year with Mr O Connell. They will visit Fort Hill Long Island before Robert enters college in DC. Also notes community events at Roswell including an art film Birth of a Nation at Roswell Museum and various club meetings and social visits from family and friends.
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Ambrose O’connell
Hedwig
Robert O’connell
Washington, D. C
Friends of Art
Sevn
Roswell Museum
Federal Art Center
New York Academy of Art
Hollywood Inside Scoop From An Extra Girl
Mickey Rooney heads for Honolulu after stand by call for Young Tom Edison re shoots. Edgar Bergen entertained Rose Bowl editors and displayed his film collection. Penny Singleton ill with flu as Blondie on a Budget moves ahead. Wally Beery heads to Chicago for a plane, George Raft gifts a bracelet to Norma Shearer, Raft moves to Torrid Zone with Ann Sheridan. Montgomery travels to New York Lisbon London Paris for MGM films. I Had A Comrade Nazi intrigue slated. Andy Devine touring the Southwest. Fred Astaire rests in Palm Springs.
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Mickey Rooney
Honolulu
Metro
Tom Edison
Edgar Bergen
Tennessee
Charlie McCarthy
Penny Singleton
Columbia
Blondie
Wally Beery
Chicago
George Raft
Norma Shearer
Warner’s
Ann Sheridan
Robert Montgomery
New York
Lisbon
England
MGM Pictures
Paris
London
Andy Devine
Hollywood
Southwest
Fred Astaire
Palm Springs
Boston Domes tic West Market Quiet On First Week
Boston traders reported a quiet domestic West market with unchanged quotations from last week. Worsted makers showed some interest in foreign apparel wools for import, while overall trade remained subdued and largely nominal.
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Boston
Posse Fails Find Slayer of Girl in New York
Wool top futures closed mixed with highs and lows as markets felt liquidation. In Yuma Arizona a weary posse returned from San Luis Sonora after a 24 hour search for John Frank Reavis Los Angeles musician suspected in the brutal killing of dance hall girl Alice Jerry Burns whose nude body was found in a vacant lot in the Los Angeles industrial district last Thursday.
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Yuma
Ariz
San Luis
Sonora
Mex
John Frank Reavis
Los Angeles
Reavis
Alice
Jerry) Burns
New York Stocks and Bonds and Chicago Grain Update
U S bonds closed with mixed prices led by Treasury notes and farm mortgage rates. Curb market quotes show varied earnings for Alum Co, Carrier, Ford, Humble Oil and others. Chicago grain futures settled with May wheat at 1.06 and corn around 59 cents, oats near 40 to 33.
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Curb Markeet
New York
Curb Close
Alum Co Am
Ark Nat Gas
Bliss
Carrier Corp
Duval Tex Sul
Bond & Sh
Fairchild Av
Ford Mot Ltd
Humble Oil
Rustress S & S
Seiberling
Chicago
Geologist dies in Tulsa at 76 years old
George Charlton Matson, a well known consulting geologist and independent oil operator, died in Tulsa on January 3 at age 76 from a heart attack.
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Tulsa
Okla
George Charlton Matson
Police Court Fines Rise Despite Limited Collections
Fines totaling 976 were assessed in police court last month with 555 collected. Those unable to pay faced jail. Marriage license issued to Henry C Mitchell and Grace Kennedy of Carri ZOzZO. Also promotes bargains at The Record featuring stoves, hardware, furniture from Walmers Eeds.
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Henry C. Mitchell
Mrs
Grace Kennedy
Carri- Zozzo
Hadius
Walmers
Eeds
Stock market opens year with brisk advance in New York
The market rose as Congress and a presidential message loomed, with leaders pushing 2 point gains amid a large turnover of 1 012 200 shares. U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and other majors hit new 1939 40 highs while aircraft stocks lagged. A positive Iran report buoyed steel demand outlook into 1940.
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New York
Congress
Roosevelt
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
North American
Anaconda
Westinghouse Electric
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Johns Manvile
U. S. Gypsum
Loft
American Hawaiian
Iran
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City livestock totals reach 3,500 hogs and 6,000 sheep with mixed demand. Hogs open steady to gains, heavy and top weights up. sows steady. Cattle mostly steady with steady calves and feeders, lighter demand for shortfed and yearlings. Best fed lambs hold above 9.10, bids weak to lower early.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Produce Prices and Meat Trade Report
Chicago prices show butter firm at creamery 93 score range 30 1/2 to 31 with various figures. Eggs unsettled with refriger ator extras at 15 and standards around 14 3/4. Poultry live an irregular trading day with hens and roosters listed by weight and breed, turkeys noted with young toms under 18 pounds at 14 and hens at 15 1/2.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Futures End Mixed on Jan 3
Cotton futures finished mixed with declines from 10 to 5 points. Old: Last: Jan 11.22. Mech 11.13. May 10.81-83. July 10.50. New: Mech 11.30. May 10.99. July 10.72. Oct 10.05-06. Dec 10.02. Middling at 11.63 cents per pound, off 11. Nominal values.
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New York
Jly
New Orleans Cotton Spot Price Dips Seven Points
New Orleans January 3 spot cotton closed steady with a seven point drop. Sales reached 4,086 bales as Middling grade stood at 11.41 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
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Vicks VA
Sselznick Internationals
Leslie Howard
Ingrid Bergman
John Payne
Dorayl Rodeo
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Modene Bates
O. L. Williams
Grace Hudson
O. L. Porter
James R. Kelly
C. C. Henry
Vella Mae Savage
Sally
Lovington
Sue Savage
Abilene
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Hardin-Simmons University
J. B. Savage
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Nelson Manley
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R. E. Manley
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W. S. Hodges
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Harry S. White
Russell Bird, Jr
Olahoma A. and
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Arthur L. Farnsworth
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Goucher College
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L. D. Tucker
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C. C. Martin
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