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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1940
Page
4
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Monday events include Young Womans Guild supper at Mrs Will Shaw 401 South Missouri Ave 6 15 p m Dorcas Circle at Mrs George Perrine Berrendo 3 p m Esther Circle at 513 North Pennsylvania Ave 3 p m Tuesday features W B A dinner at Mrs L McCutcheon 104 S Washington Ave 6 30 p m 1927 Bridge Club hosted by Mrs J P White Jr 2912 North Mo Ave at 1 p m Johnson Circle at Mrs J T Hawkins 03 South Kentucky Ave 7 30 p m Haymaker Bible Class breakfast at Mrs O R Haymaker 601 East 5th St 9 30 a m Thursday Womans Council silver offering garden tea at Mrs A D Jones 200 South Kentucky Ave 5 7 p m Woman's Bible Class 3 p m Junior American Legion Auxiliary Liberty dance at Ingalls Memorial Home 1 a m TM breakfast 4 5 p m Friday Roswell Reading Club at Tucker home 100 N Mo Ave 3 p m Sunday Roswell Garden Club meeting and picnic at John Tweedy's country home 5 p m 31-0-00 Folds Williams marriage Miss Ethel Folds and Vernon N Williams wed at 9 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Roland Oliver Judge Pat O'Neill officiated The bride a Roswell native and former Farm Security staffer Mr Williams is Standard Oil agent They will reside at Tanner Apartments Attendants were Miss Frances Hodges and Mr Charles Lawrence Other news: Mr and Mrs Ernest C Arnold left for Boulder Dam Los Angeles en route to Honolulu July 10 for a month trip. Mrs Arnold has a brother in Honolulu with Army Medical Corps.
Camp Carrizo reports on week of Fourth of July preparations with Sacramento campers arriving for a big barbecue and dance. Counselors form an orchestra for the event while juniors hike and intermediates take a Mount Baldy trip.
Residents of Roswell recall a busy social week with Mrs. R L Malone entertaining the 42 Club at 513 North Pennsylvania Ave. Tables for games, a salad course, and a rose-decorated setting marked the afternoon. Other notes include Friends and Pards Society gatherings, a steak fry at Bottomless Lakes, a Beaumont wedding, and various local family visits and travel updates.
Senate hearings on a registration bill propose immediate training for about 3.77 percent of males aged 18 to 65, with Col Julius Ochs Adler urging 2,000,000 trained and another 2,000,000 called yearly. A plan costs roughly 1.2 billion dollars annually, within a WPA budget of 1.125 billion. Separately, moves to require reporting by German American Bund and Communist groups proceed, as aliens’ activity regulations tighten. Albuquerque maneuvers show RTC units touring the Southwest with armored vehicles, though a planned blitzkrieg in New Mexico’s Open City was canceled for public comfort.
Thirty Democrats sought positions led by H R Rodgers and Carl Fau Bion with unopposed seats for Governor Miles and others. Incumbents Chavez Valdez Trujillo French and Sedillo hold contests, while several state lawmakers face opposition including Burton Roach Charles Royall A C Torres and Charles P Garrett.
Ruidoso prepares for its men’s annual open golf tournament July 6 to 8 with 16 trophies on display. Local and out of town players from Texas and New Mexico are entering, and the course is in peak condition as racers and pros gather for a season highlight.
A march to the courthouse in Roswell will feature the Regular Army Band and a post parade concert on the courthouse steps. Speeches by Major James R. Kelly Col J D Atwood and Roswell officials will address national defense and recruitment followed by ordnance demonstrations at 7 00 p m at the unit camp site and a second display for the public nearby.
1st Lieutenant W. G. Winter, retired, of Phoenix Arizona, son of G. H. Winter of Roswell, has been called to Fort Bliss Texas for one year of active duty. Winter is in Roswell visiting his grandmother Mrs. A. M. Johnson, who has been ill but is improved.
Colorado Springs, Colo July 6 An extra performance of The Entrada of Coronado will be given Sunday night due to heavy demand for seats. The show about Coronado’s explorations 400 years ago opened here Thursday as part of a Southwest tour.
Opposed state representatives are R. M. Krannawitter and Hilario Rubio for San Miguel Guadalupe, Paul Case incumbent, and Lee Stryker in the Socorro Torrance Lincoln Otero areas.
In Omaha Nebraska a severe rabbit infestation alarms residents, police, and the Humane Society. Households fear damage to trees and shrubs next winter while residents call for humane controls such as figure four traps. Experts warn of rabies concerns and stray animal risks as local authorities search for safe removal methods.
Former residents of New Mexico Arizona Nevada and Utah will hold their annual all day picnic on Saturday July 13 at Cycamore Grove Park in Los Angeles. The event gathers former western state residents for socializing and group activities.
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