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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
4
The pattern 9431 offers a Marian Martin hooded dress with a shirtwaist frock and optional hood. Features include front and back yokes with soft gathers, variable sleeve lengths, and tucks releasing fullness at the waist. Orders require size and price details, with patterns and books sold separately.
Miss LaVonne Clark and Lloyd W. Taylor exchanged vows at the First Methodist Church in Roswell in a nine o'clock dawn ceremony. The couple, both Roswell High School alumni, are praised for family ties and community involvement. They honeymoon in Colorado and will reside at 1010 East Second Street.
A surprise fifteenth birthday party was hosted at 407 South Sea for Miss Sarah Elizabeth Dabbs by her mother Mrs. Charles S. Dabbs. Guests included Mrs. Phil Helmig and Mrs. C. W. Grieg among many others. a three tiered cake and floral decor highlighted the celebration.
Bus drivers from 31 New Mexico counties will attend a week long institute at State Teachers College Silver City July 8 to 13. The program, part of the safety education effort, will be directed by H W James and E L Martin with state police officials and education leaders participating. Participants will earn a certificate from the State Department and promote safety through their local bus associations.
In a candid remark a resident laments the town’s decline yet underscores the opera house and the play festival as the sole remaining draws keeping the community on the map.
Central City, Colorado runs a summer festival at its granite opera house perched 8300 feet up. Robert Johnson, 80, a longtime watcher, hopes for another strong run of Smetana and the festival’s past favorites. He recalls Lillian Gish in Camille and jokes about Monte Cristo drawing crowds.
Kunze, head of Camp Nordland in New Jersey, testifies amid a sharp Senate clash led by Connally over the German American band's purpose and loyalty. Connally pressed on membership and origin of the group while Kunze defended it as a bulwark against discrimination and a promoter of mutual respect among Americans and German Americans.
Washington reports that Secretary Hull may be drafted for vice president on a Roosevelt Democratic ticket. Hull prefers his current role but loyalty could push him toward the draft. Roosevelt aims to accept a third term and appoint Hull as running mate. Wheeler raises for consideration though unlikely to win. A major debate over foreign policy plank fuels expectations of clashes at the convention.
Tucumcari New Mexico July 8 the city council discussed another electric light and power rate reduction at the municipal plant. Manager Russell A Ross proposed 50 cents a day for each white way light in the business district and 25 cents for other street lights.
Billie Burke writes Flo Ziegfeld biography while Madeleine Carroll departs Biarritz for Spain. Warner Bros seeks two 13 year olds for City For Conquest cast and Fox Red Cross crew ships clothing to Los Angeles Chapter. Daisy of Blondie welcomes seven puppies. Jeffrey Lynn elevated to star list for My Love Came Back and Four Mothers. John Mercers adopt baby girl. Fox plans Brigham Young buffalo herd scenes at House Rock Canyon Arizona.
Denver July 8 archaeologists led by Marie Wormington of the Colorado Museum plan a summer expedition to the Rook Cliff country in eastern Utah. The group includes Paul Gebhardt of Harvard University and Charles Mantz, an Asiatic explorer. They aim to investigate ruins believed to be remnants of Navajo life over a thousand years old.
New Mexico will be fair tonight and Tuesday with increasing cloudiness and scattered thunder in the Continental Divide and northern elevations this evening and Tuesday. Colorado and West Texas show partly cloudy skies with isolated showers or thunderstorms in mountains or Panhandle regions. Arizona remains fair with rising clouds in higher elevations Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures expected to stay steady.
The residential district reports that the electric plant during June had broken all its production records, signaling a strong month for output and efficiency.
Santa Fe New Mexico Governor Miles planned to attend a banquet in Tucumcari today in his honor. He is also scheduled to visit Clayton tomorrow and Wednesday for the New Mexico Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association annual convention.
New Mexico National Guard staff officers and the Quartermaster Corps conducted a three week training period at Camp Luna near Las Vegas. An encampment there from August 4 to 24 is expected to draw over 800 guardsmen of the 207th coastal artillery.
Governor Miles announced no statewide rule requiring state employees to resign to run for office. He noted existing directives from the highway department and revenue bureau heads already impose such resignations.
Tucumcari New Mexico officials approve a 70000 dollar revenue bond issue to fund water and sewer system expansion and to purchase hospital equipment.
Edith Geyer operates All-Kinds of Insurance at 402 Main Street with unit J-213c offering coverage options and personal service.
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