Engagement Announced in Portales for Cee Lea and Tommy James
A Portales tea hosted by Mrs. Chester Hobbs and Mrs. Eric Smith revealed the engagement of Coretta Lea, daughter of Mrs. John Lea, to Tommy James, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. James of Caprock and Roswell. The couple plans to marry August 3 at First Methodist Church Portales.
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Portales
Chester Hobbs
Bobby Hobbs
Eric Smith
Smith
Coretta Lea
John Lea
Tommy James
E. E. James
Caprock
Roswell
First Methodist
Cee
Tommy
Patty Davis
Jane Stinnett
Lea
Social Calendar Focuses Dinner and Meeting Events
The Security Benefit club gathers at Kilowatt Kitchen in the Southwestern Public Service Building at 6 30 p m for a covered dish supper and table service. The Roswell Business and Professional Women's Club hosts a picnic and business meeting at Gladys Cowan's home 40412 South Kentucky at 6 30 p m.
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Security Benefit Club
Kilowatt
Southwestern Public Service
Roswell
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Gladys Cowan
South Kentucky
Roswell Woman's Club Schedules Two Meetings
The Roswell Woman's Club board of directors will meet at the clubhouse at 9 30 a m. The membership committee will meet at the clubhouse at 4 p m.
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Roswell Woman’s Club
Community Club Meetings and Garden Club Notes
Jaycee-ettes plan a covered dish supper with Mrs. R A Folkes at 1206 West 11th. University Woman's Club hosts Mrs. John Kelly at 803 East Second. Wednesday Book Club meets with Mrs. A S Patterson at 9 30 a m. Oasis Garden Club gathers at 8 30 a m at Mrs Glaze Sacra’s 57 Riverside Drive. Morning Garden Club co-hosted by Mrs Charles Butler at 17 Riverside with speakers Mrs Guy Hooper and Mrs Ed Hubbard. Dahlias chrysanthemums talk by Mrs R A Scott at 9 36 a m, Berrendo Extension Club at 11 a m.
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Jaycee-ettes
R. A. Folkes
West 11Th Street
University Woman’s Club
John Kelly
East Second
A. S. Patterson
Oasis Garden Club
Glaze Sacra
Riverside Drive
C. E. Burns
Charlie Johnson
W. H. McKinley
Charles Butler
Riverside
Guy Hooper
Ed Hubbard
R A. Scott
Berrendo
Louis Nelson
North Richardson
Friday Meetings and Local Events Planned
Rebekah Lodge No 2 holds its regular meeting at 8 p.m. The WCTU hosts a picnic for LTL children at Cahoon Park at 2 30 p.m. The Lake Arthur Extension Club meets at City Hall at 2 p.m. Community notices include 0 0 0 9.
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Rebekah Lodge No. 2
WCTU
LTL
Cahoon Park
Lake Arthur
Flying Saucers Sightings Near Andrews Air Force Base
Civil Aeronautics Administration tracked odd aerial objects near Andrews AFB around midnight, with images moving 100 to 130 mph and possibly 70 miles range. Capital Airlines Flight 807 pilot Capt. S. C. Casey Pierman reported seven objects between Washington and Martinsburg, sometimes rapid, other times nearly stationary, and was cautious in his later remarks.
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Page One
Andrews Air Force Base
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Air Force
S. C. Casey Pierman
Detroit
Capital Airlines
Martinsburg
W. Va
Bedtime Snack Promises Laxative Relief With All Bran
A Paterson New Jersey man reports great success using ALL-BRAN to cure years of constipation and regain regularity by consuming 14 cups daily. The ad claims the cereal is the only ready to eat bulk source, high in protein iron and vitamins, non habit forming, with a double money back offer after 10 days for unsatisfied customers.
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Paterson
N. J
Battle Creek
Miss Faye Cullins Weds Reg Thrasher at WAFB
Miss Faye Cullins daughter of Mr and Mrs L Cullins west of Roswell married Reg Thrasher WAFB son of Mr and Mrs J Q Thrasher of Santa Paula Calif on July 11 The Sunday paper misspoke announcing it as an engagement B F Rose Jr of Burbank Calif spent the weekend with his parents at their West Seventh Street home
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Faye Cullins
L. Cullins
Roswell
Reg Thrasher
WAFB
J. Q. Thrasher
Santa Paula
Calif
B. F. Rose Jr
Burbank, Calif
Mrs
B. F. Rose
West Seventh Street
Stuckeys Welcome Third Daughter in Hutchinson Kansas
Mr and Mrs George F Stuckey welcomed a daughter born this morning in Hutchinson Kansas Mrs Stuckey is the former Mary Louise Samson daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Samson of Roswell This is the couple s third daughter joining Nancy and Jane Stuckey The article notes family details and birth in the local area.
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George F. Stuckey
Hutchinson
Kans
Stuckey
Mary Louise Samson
Henry Samson
Roswell
Stuckeys
Nancy
Jane Stuckey
Roswell Visit From Former Local Residents Wilkins Family
Mr and Mrs Don Wilkins and their two sons Doug and Donnie from Van Nuys California are visiting Roswell. The Wilkinses are former Roswell residents with Mr Wilkins once employed by The Roswell Daily Record. They have not returned to Roswell in 12 years.
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Don Wilkins
Doug
Donnie
van Nuys
Calif
Mrs. Wilkins
Roswell
Wilkins
Brenneman Birth in Inglewood Denver Area
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Brenneman of Inglewood Colorado welcomed a son born July 30 named Michael Frederick. Grandfather Otis Brenneman and grandmother have traveled to Colorado to meet their new grandson.
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Dick Brenneman
Inglewood, Colo
Michael Frederick
Otis (Tode) Brenneman
Colorado
Picnic Postponed by Berrendo Extension Club
The picnic at the home of Mrs. Lewis Nelson, scheduled for Thursday evening, July 24, has been postponed. The Oasis Garden Club now meets at 9:30 Thursday morning, not 8:30 as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Nelson
Berrendo Extension Club
Oasis Garden Club
Flying saucers sighted near Washington and New Jersey
Observers describe objects as like falling stars without tails moving faster than any aircraft. They were about star size and much higher than 6000 feet. Capital National Airlines Flight 610 also saw a light near Herndon, Va. Saul Pett of AP reported a flying saucer near River Edge, New Jersey.
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Capital—National Airlines
Herndon
Washington
Saul Pett
Associated Press
River Edge
N. J
New York
Remedial Reading Course Conducted by Mrs Myra R Kelly
Mrs Myra R Kelly remedial reading instructor at New Mexico Military Institute conducts a two week program for grade and junior high teachers in Artesia. Classes meet daily five times a week as part of a summer instruction program funded by Artesia public schools. She holds a bachelor from Phillips University and a master's from the University of Oklahoma and joined the Institute in 1943.
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Myra R. Kelly
New Mexico Military Institute
Artesia
Charges Dismissed in Bailey Assault Case
Dist. Judge David W. Carmody dismissed year-old assault and battery charges against Bill Bailey sports editor of The New Mexican on motion by the special prosecutor.
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Santa FE
David W. Carmody
Bill Bailey
The
New Mexican
Canadian project creates new cattalo hybrid animal
A cross between cattle and bison developed by the Canadian government yields cattalo. The hybrid aims to combine hardy bison traits with cattle productivity, advancing livestock experimentation and genetic research.
Local men enlist in Army and Air Force in Dallas
Two local men recently enlisted in the U S Army and U S Air Force report for training. Sergeant A V Haltom states Edwin L Mills 30 signed for three years at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio and Willie A Bartlett 17 of 707 West 12th Street reported to Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio for four years. Also in Dallas M N Crawford of Roswell shattered 87 of 100 skeet targets in the national subsmall championships.
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U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
S/ir
A. V. Haltom
Edwin L. Mills
Army
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Mills
Willie A. Bartlett
West 12Th Street
Lackland Air Force Base
Dallas
M. N. Crawford
Roswell
Albuquerque Baptists Give $84844 to SBC Causes
In Albuquerque New Mexico Baptists contributed 84844 to support Southern Baptist Convention causes in the first half of the year the Convention announced.
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Baptist Fund
Albuquerque
New Mexico Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
Wife of VP candidate mocks plans for husband
Chicago report on Mrs. India Edwards, DNC vice chair, prompting a question about what a vice presidential candidate's husband would do. Edwards, married to Herbert Edwards, says she would run if nominated and believes wives should discuss politics. She notes four other Democratic wives at news conferences and defends women engaging in political discourse.
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Chicago
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Edwards
Herbert T. Edwards
State Department
Texas Cattlemen To Face Grand Jury
Four West Texas cattlemen Wilson Babb Walter Babb Tom Grubb and Joseph Marchant appeared in El Paso on a federal conspiracy charge for smuggling 313 Mexican cattle into the United States. They were arraigned and released on 5000 bonds each. The operation allegedly moved cattle for sale in Midland and San Angelo amid a foot and mouth disease outbreak in Mexico.
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EL Paso
West Texas
U. S
Wilson Babb
Walter
Tom Grubb
Sierra Blanca
Joseph Marchant
Midland
San Angelo
Mexico
Labor Leaders Not Proud of Helping Barkley Step Down
In Chicago labor leaders pressured 74 year old Alben Barkley from the Democratic presidential race. They feared his age and possible alignment with conservative factions. Barkley blamed self anointed labor chiefs and believed Truman favored Adlai Stevenson. Rumors linked attempts to position him for a possible No. 2 run, with discussions of Russell or Sparkman as running mates if Stevenson clinches the nomination.
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Barkley
Chicago
Alben Barkley
Veep
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Harry Truman
Kefauver
South
Sen
Anderson
Richard E. Russell
Georgia
Stevenson
Women Recruiter Sgt Jewell Shannon to Visit Local Station
El Paso based Sgt Jewell Shannon of the Women’s Army Corps will be on duty tomorrow afternoon and Thursday at the court house basement station to recruit and answer questions from local residents.
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Jewell Shannon
el Paso
Women’s Army Corps
Court House
Democrats courted Stevenson as Kefauver fades
At a party convention scene veterans debated the race. Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico predicted Stevenson would win, while Kefauver from Tennessee led among the other contenders. The Stevenson push drew strong applause, and rival backers weighed joining the bandwagon in second place.
Dever Blasts Eisenhower at Democratic Convention
In November the Democratic gathering aired sharp jabs at President Truman and the Republicans. Keynoter Dever, perspiration on his face, declared Eisenhower "completely untrained in the art of civil government" and "not qualified" to lead the United States.
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Truman
Dever
Eisenhower
United States
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Texas
Packard
Easamatiec
Peckerd
Burdett Motors
South Main
Democrats
Ladie
Toby
E. McGaffey
Clara Carmichael
W. Walnut Phone
Hammond
Siboo
North Main
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