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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1952
Page
11
Mrs L D Foster leaves Monday for Morton Texas to visit her daughter Mrs James Renfrow and family. Rev and Mrs Mebane Ramsay spent their vacation in New York.
Col John B McPherson announces the first graduating class of the Base Management Conference a program aimed at NCOs to lead base level management improvements. The ceremony lists graduates from 509th and 6th Bomb Wing units and others, with plans for future management conferences for airmen supervisors and officers over ten weeks.
Santa Fe state health officials announce an extra 25 355 dollars in Hill Burton federal aid for hospital construction. The New Mexico share totals 515 064 with allocations to be decided, benefiting St. Vincent's in Santa Fe, Fort Sumner, and Guadalupe County projects.
Walker Youth Association sponsors a busy summer program at the Youth building for ages four to eighteen. The four and five year olds swim on schedule while older groups await pool cleaning. Maj. T Q Jones hopes first class resumes Friday with second class set for July 21. Textile painting, figurine work, copper and leather tooling follow. Registration via Mrs Raymond Michels, 17 2375, 25 cents for members. materials partly supplied by parents. Daily activities run 9 11 for ages four to seven and 4 5 story hour afternoons. area maps guide families. Fireworks and band concert on July 4 drew large crowds with 611th Air Force Band, M/Sgt W J Watson and M/Sgt Raymond E Michels coordinating. Teen events include a hay ride Friday at 5 45 from the Base Chapel, skating party and scavenger hunt planned near the Youth Building. Lt Col George J Cameron returns as chairman. Mrs John Schiupp leads as associate chair. Balloons lesson notes: 14 cubic feet of helium lifts one pound.
Mrs. Della Campbell dined with Miss Lucy Thomas in Roswell. Visitors at the W Solomon home include Mrs. Leonard Privitts and children and Mrs. Letha Ables and son of El Paso. Mrs. Earl Stine visited Mrs. Mattie Phillips of Monday, Texas, who is staying with her son Owen Phillips, a Roswell native.
Mr and Mrs I E Boyce Jr and family returned Sunday evening from Alamo Gordo after visiting at Mrs Napier s home, mother of Mrs Boyce.
Recent guests at the M. D. Menoud home included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walden and family of Davis Dam Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Casey and son of Roswell, and Mr. and Mrs. Yingling and son of Lovington.
Those who enjoyed a trip to Bonito Lake Friday included Mrs. Flora Mann of Hagerman, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hanson, Mrs. Mattie T. Morrison, Carl Morrison Jr., Johnny Carl Hanson, Miss Karma Hanson and Jerry Tankersley, all of Roswell.
Mrs Archie Sartin underwent a major operation at Saint Mary's hospital in Roswell Thursday. Mrs M D Menaud Mr and Mrs Walden and family and Mrs Florence Yingling and son visited the home of Mr and Mrs Ned Hedges in Lake Arthur Thursday.
Mrs Mable Johnson and her children spent Sunday visiting relatives along the Cottonwood river, sharing time with family members and enjoying a day outdoors in the countryside.
Miss Karma Hanson of Roswell was a house guest at the home of her grandmother Mrs. Flora Mann during the weekend.
Mrs Spurgeon Wiggins accompanied by Jimmy Ray visited Roswell, according to local society notes. The pair were seen at several downtown shops and chatted with residents during their brief stay.
Mrs Benson and her daughter Joan of Tohoka Texas are visiting this week at the home of her sisters Mrs W J Chrisman.
Reverend Harry Cox conducted services as pastor on Sunday while Rev. Mebane Ramsay was on vacation. Mrs. C. W. Curry, now at home in Hagerman, is improving from a recent illness.
Mr and Mrs Clayton Masters and their daughter relocate from Roswell to Hagerman and are now located on West Morgan.
Mr and Mrs Joe Masters were guests in Carlsbad on Thursday, enjoying a brief visit that included local sights and hospitality.
Arthur Lard departed for Temple Texas on Thursday. Mrs. Lard and daughter Ronda will join him on the return. Ronda has been undergoing treatments in Temple.
A mental examination is ordered for Ray Melchoir, 28, held on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of his half-brother Arthur Velasquez at Cochiti Pueblo. The FBI states Melchoir shot Velasquez in the chest with a heavy rifle.
In London a 22-year-old American woman Claire Negrini andItalian priest Luciano Negrini welcomed a son named Italo born June 20 at King's College Hospital. The couple, who fled Italy after a romance led to him renouncing his vows and her citizenship, live quietly while he seeks work.
Six top Air Force ROTC cadets from Walker campuses will fly to Eglin Field Florida to witness a demonstrations of fire power arranged by the Air Proving Ground Command. The cadets named are Robert L Bertrand Graham T Hunt James L Hodge Jefferson Henson George B Thompson and William F Mattoon.
James H. Sikes of NMMI reports for the Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau entomology program on the week ending July 12. Bollworm pressure is tapering with first generation over, second just starting in a few fields, and no infestations needing poisoning. Minor bug presence noted. cotton growth normal. Housing project set at White Sands Proving Ground. Construction for 235 units begins August 1. first homes due in six months. Morgan Levell and Ponder of El Paso hold the $2 million contract.
A man dragged to death by a freight train early Monday has been identified as Berry Bud Patton of Getty, Oklo. The Federal Bureau of Investigation identified him from job application papers. Since 1800 West Virginia has produced five billion tons of coal.
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