Frank Young praised as longtime Chaves County peace officer
Frank Young, Roswell former police chief and sheriff, is lauded for decades of service in Chaves County. The profile cites his early deputy work under his father, leadership as Roswell chief, and crime reduction praised by residents. Chewning also noted for civic roles and LFD school board service.
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Frank Young
Chaves County
Roswell
New Mexico
Statehoad
Sheriff Young
Secon
Levi Barnett A Hagerman Farmer Longtime County Commissioner
Levi Barnett serves as county commissioner for the Hagerman area in New Mexico. A farmer who moved to New Mexico in 1915, he has six children and has spent sixteen years on the Hagerman school board and eightteen years on the Hagerman District Drainage commission. He has been on the county board for three years, providing steady public service.
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Levi Barnett
Board of County Commissioners
Hagerman
Mr. Barnett
New Mexico
America
Cookson Makes Good as County School Supt
Rodman M. Cookson has served over six months as county school superintendent of Chaves County and shown practical teaching knowledge guiding county schools. He studied at Hardin-Simmons, UNM, and La Salle Extension, proving a thorough leadership training and earning public trust for efficient service. The health department notes Grade A milk, ongoing disease inspections, and staff including Helen McGuire, Ella Yeager, James Reynolds, C R Covington, and Margery Fairly, with support from Red Cross nurses Eva Bourne and others.
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Rodman M. Cookson
Chaves
Court House
Cookson
Ros Well
Hardin Simmons University
Abilene
Texas
Our Own State University
Albuquerque
la Salle Extension University of Chicago
Health Department
Roswell
Phillips
Chaves County
County Health Department
Helen McGuire
Ella Yeager
Dexter, Hagerman
Lake Arthur
James T. Reynolds
Henry Chewning One of Roswell’s Early Pioneers
Henry M. Chewning, chairman of the county commissioners, is an elder Roswell resident who arrived with his widowed mother in 1886 from San Angelo Texas. The family first settled in Nogal then Roswell in 1889, becoming longtime local figures with Chewning later teaching at Tinnie and returning to Roswell to work on The Record.
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Henry M. Chewning
Board of County Commissioners
New Mexico
San Angelo
Texas
Oward
Roswell
Chewning
Kansas Avenue
Public Health Drive Leads Chaves County Efforts
The New Mexico public health program divides the state into districts led by a district health officer. Chaves county, established twenty years ago, operates under Dr. O B Puckett with Dr. W W Phillips as assistant. The department emphasizes disease prevention, health education, quarantines, and typhoid vaccination for school and pre school children.
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New Mexico
E. B. Godfrey
Santa Fe
Chaves County
O. B. Puckett
Carlsbad
W. W. Phillips
Roswell
Chaves
County Health Department
Health Department
Roswell Roots of County Agent Tom Reid Highlighted
The article profiles Tom Reid, county agent of Chaves county, a Roswell native and NM State University graduate. It tracks his career from Valencia county agent to state extension agronomist, then Chaves county agent, noting his leadership roles, sorghum judging in Chicago, and ties to John Greiner and local county work.
Jeff Liston Named Auto License Tax Collector
Jeff Liston, a well known Roswell resident with a truck garden, was appointed automobile license tax collector by Governor John E. Miles on January 17, 1939. At 46, he came to Roswell from Oklahoma in 1907, is a property owner and active in ranching and the grocery business, and operates in quarters at the courthouse.
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Jeff Liston
Roswell
Oklahoma
Liston
John E. Miles
Court House
Dave Greiner Serves as Efficient County Clerk
Dave Greiner, in his first full term as county clerk after a prior appointment, is proving to be an efficient official. Widely known in the city and county, he follows through on promises that impressed friends during his election.
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D. P. Greiner
Dave
Mrs Puckett Appointed District Court Clerk in Roswell
Mrs Marcielle A Puckett is named district court clerk for Chaves county with office on the second floor of the courthouse. Appointed July 1 under a new 1930 law, she previously served in the district attorney and county clerk offices and led the district court clerk’s office with cheerful efficiency.
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Marcielle A. Puckett
District Court
Chaves County
Puckett
James B. McGhee
Grace Massie
Roswell
O. K. Stevens
Marcielle Stevens
Roswell High School
Thorson Honored For A Decade Of Scout Leadership In East NM
Famed Roswell scout executive FP W Thorson is celebrated for seven years guiding the Eastern New Mexico Area Council. Growth in membership from 974 in 1932 to 2254 today highlights leadership and community collaboration across 515 volunteers and multiple counties.
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W. Thorson
New Mexico
Boy Scout Council
Chaves County
Mr. Thorson
Thorson
Eastern New Mexico
United States
Council
Council of Region 9
Texas
Oklahoma
Boy Scout
Northern
Roswell
National
Baptist Training Union
First Baptist Church of
Henry Puckett District Court Reporter Named Since 1920
Henry F. Puckett is the official shorthand reporter for the Fifth Judicial District Court. Appointed January 1, 1920 by Judge Charles R. Brice, he has served under four judges including Granville A. Richardson and James B. McGhee. He reported major Pecos valley cases such as the Halsey murder trial Woolsey versus Shell Petroleum and Livingston v United States Potash. Born 1895 in Aurora Missouri he moved to Roswell in 1903 and attended local schools.
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Henry F. Puckett
District Court of the
Fifth Judicial District
Charles R. Brice
State Supreme Court
Puckett
Granville A. Richardson
James B. McGhee
Pecks Valley
Halsey
Woolsey VS. Fhell Petroleum Company
Livingston, Et al
United States Potash Company
Aurora
Missouri
Roswell
Fifth
Statehood
Emmett Patton Dean of Chaves Court House
Emmett Patton, probate judge and dean of the Chaves County Courthouse, is profiled for a long public service career. Born April 14, 1864 in Haywood County Tennessee, he graduated from Sam Houston Normal Institute in 1885 and was admitted to the Texas bar in 1888, later serving as Clay County Attorney in 1888 and County Judge in 1896.
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Chaves County
Emmett Patton
Masonry
the Elks
Judge Patton
George L. Reese Long Career in New Mexico Since 1904
George L. Reese Sr is assistant district attorney of New Mexico's Fifth Judicial district. He began in Portales in 1904, later practiced in Clovis and Denver before returning to Roswell in 1925. He served as Portales mayor, was on the Portales school board, attended the Constitutional Convention, led Roosevelt County Defense, and holds roles in the State Bar and local chambers of commerce.
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George L. Reese
Fifth Judicial District
New Mexico
Portales
Clovis
Potales
Denver
Colorado
Roswell
Arizona
Roosevelt County Council of Defense
Reese
State Bar Commission
9Th Judicial
Chamber
Puryear Wins County Commission Seat In Roswell
Roswell resident Harry Puryear, a longtime purchasing agent for the county and head of the commission's office, won election to the county board of commissioners by a substantial margin. He is noted as a popular citizen and brother of Edgar Puryear, longtime secretary to the late Senator Bronson M. Cutting, now serving in Washington.
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Harry Puryear
Card of County Commissioners
Roswell
Puryear
Edgar Puryear
Bronson M. Cutting
Washington
County Board of Commissioners
Commission
Pat O Neill Roswell Police Judge Popular Figure
Pat O Neill is a highly popular official in Roswell and Chaves county serving as police judge and justice of the peace of the consolidated precincts one and two. Known for his cheerful disposition and fairness, he has spent years in public service in Roswell and Arkansas.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Pat O'Neill
Pat O’neill
Judge O’neill
Police Department
Arkansas
Judge O'Neill
Police
Justice Court
Mitchell in Charge of A A A Work in Chaves County
Melvin Mitchell serves as Agricultural Conservation Association secretary and county committee secretary. He oversees AAA employees and administers the Farm and Range program under the county committee in Roswell. Mitchell came to Roswell in 1938 from Raton New Mexico, native of Texas, educated at John Tarleton College and Texas Technological College, degree earned 1937. The program is run by a local farmers and ranchmen committee with the county office. The association includes farmers and ranchmen who join to promote soil building and soil conservation and to stabilize income by reducing cash crop acreages.
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Melvin Mitchell
Agricultural Conservation Association
Chaves
AAA
Mr. Mitchell
Roswell
Raton
N. M
Texas
John Tarleton, Jr
College
Texas Technological College
County opens road segment under Sylvester Johnson plan
Mrs. Chewning, custodian of the courthouse since 1938, has kept the building and square in first class condition, making it one of the citys beauty spots as the county commissioners open the road segment under Sylvester Johnson.
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Sylvester Johnson
Chewning
Court House
A.A.A. Aims to Stabilize Farm Prices in Chaves County
The A.A.A. plans to reduce yearly price fluctuations for farm commodities and tighten the link between production and prices to prevent producer losses and ensure ample consumer supplies. The county association maintains detailed records on 1,400 farms and ranches with phone and land maps, highlighting the work’s importance in Chaves county.
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A.A.A
Chaves
Howard Rose Finely Serves as Roswell Constable
Roswell based Howard Rose currently serves his second term as constable of precincts 1 and 2 covering Roswell and nearby areas. A long time resident since 1899, Rose built his reputation with election majorities and careful duty handling. He previously worked in cattle near Roswell and for Joyce Fruit Company Bond Baker Company and the Santa Fe Railway.
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Roswell
Howard
Old Joyce Fruit Company
The
Bond-Baker Company
Santa Fe Railway
Zeb Chewning Custodian Of Roswell Court House
One of Roswell's old-time residents Zeb Chewning came to New Mexico in 1886 and serves as custodian of the court house charged with keeping it in good condition. He is a longtime rancher and formerly served on Roswell's police force under Mayor Sylvester Johnson. He worked on a Glovis area ranch for H P Saunders and at the Block ranch for Harry Thorne, plus highways work in the Berrendos.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Zeb Chewning
Court House
Sylvester Johnson
Glovis
H. P. Saunders
Block Ranch
Harry Thorne
Sys
Western Minerals Inc Incorporation Notice in New Mexico
Notice of publication files a certificate of incorporation for Western Minerals Inc a Texas corporation with $3000 authorized and issued capital. Founders Frank M Farley Goldyna Parrish and Robert B Violette list Roswell NM principal office and Grace McDonald Phillips as statutory agent. Filing recorded July 17 1939 with address details and purpose to develop oil coal petroleum gas and related operations.
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New Mexico
State Corporation Commission of
Western Minerals, Inc
Texas Corporation
Frank M. Farley
Petroleum Bidg
Fort Worth
Texas
Goldyna Parrish
Fort Worth National Bank
Robert B. Violette
Grace McDonald Phillips
Roswell
Office
The
State Corporation Commission
Robert Valdez
Martin Steele Leads Artesian Well Plugging Effort
Martin Steele, superintendent of well plugging for the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Board, directs efforts to seal leaky or abandoned wells in the Pecos valley. A Roswell resident for twenty years and Kentucky native, Steele previously worked for Joe Mechain Drug Co and Continental Oil Co. His program has produced notable increases in water levels across the artesian district since March 1937.
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Pecos
Martin Steele
Roswell
Kentucky
Joe Mechain Drug Company
Continental Oil Company
Texas Oil
Steele
Artesian District
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Board
Clarence M. Cooper Seen Re-elected Chaves County Assessor
Clarence M. Cooper, newly serving his first term as Chaves County assessor, is likely to be reelected in the fall 1940 election following a management described as efficient. Born in Eskridge Kansas, he moved to Redwell in 1928, married Hazel Jones in 1929, and previously worked with Daniel Paint and Glass before joining the assessor’s staff and winning the office in 1938.
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Clarence M. Cooper
Chaves County
Eskridge
Kansas
Alma
Redwell
Hazel Jones
al C. Jones
Daniel Paint and Glass Company
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Roswell Auto Co
Henry Chewning
Roswell Fire Department
Mr. Chewning
LFD
FERA
Lower County
Drainage Commission
School Board
Valley
Tom Reid
Roswell Boy
W. C
Valencia County
New Mexico State College
Reid
State County Agents Association
Centerity
Chicago
John Greiner
Greiner
D. P.greiner
Jules Pierre M. de Grenier
Strausburg
France
Napoleon
Greiier
Boise
Grenier
New Orleans
Roswell High
Eastern N. M. Boy Scout Council
Wilson
U. S. Land Office
Rev. C. C. Hill
Chave S County
Henry Puckett
District CT
Chaves Court House
Geo. L. Reese
Bar
Commissioners’ Office
Mitchell
A.A.A. Work
Howard Rose
C. M. Cooper
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