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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
3
The new Tatum high school band suits arrived last week and students viewed them as band members dressed out for a check up. Most suits fit well but some require alterations, with changes due around February 1. A public band concert will follow.
Roswell hosts Hobbs tonight at 7 30 in a key district match with Hobbs the reigning champion. Coyotes start Cowan House Haley Brenneman and Kelly against the undefeated Hobbs squad led by coach Finley as Roswell seeks revenge after recent losses to Hobbs and Raton.
Cadets report Maj Brown hurt in a holiday auto wreck in California and not returned to school yet. Moore, Kansas City promoter, also missing with illness rumored as cause. Cadets study landscape range firing under Maj Norton while social plans loom. Capt Woodbury discovers a Tuesday class missed and jokes about a calendar gift.
At a Lea County meeting of superintendents principals and coaches Tatum was chosen as the track meet site. The event will occur one week before the district meet. A county basketball tournament is planned for the last week in January next year.
Palace Cleaners defeated the Lions Club 2350 to 2192 to close the second league week. Walter Sullins Jr led Palace with 509, while H. A. Poor baugh set a league single game record with 215 in the third game. Ball & White posted top team totals with 2565 in the series, 905 in a game, and 567 for three games by Red Ball.
New Mexico University basketball team left by train for Flagstaff, Arizona, to face the Lumberjacks in a weekend series starting tonight. Coach Roy Johnson took ten players, leaving guard Jack Henley behind with flu.
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