Talmage Heads First Christian W F Church For 1954
Mrs Mills Talmage installed as president of the Christian Women's Fellowship at First Christian Church for 1954 55 a program included a faith sermon by Miss Kirley Feather and a dialogue with Mrs C E Lannom Fran Talmage and others a social hour followed with officers and committee chairs announced and installed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh M. Huff Jr
Elmer Alford
Lewis Bowman
Frank Pieratt
Roger Hurt
Felowship Hall
Clayton Powless
Fran Talmage
Lee Corn
Mills Talmage
A. R. Dawson
Tom Didlake
Marion W. Nilsson
T. H. Gibbany
George N. Carothers
C. A. Emmett
Orlando Randall
Eva Cooper
W. H. Hortenstein
Logan Whitman
A. H. Norton
J. Q. Cummins
Hugh M. Huff, Jr
W. Wayne Monks
Shirley Feather
Morris Pruitt
C. E. Lannom
Mollie Kessinger
Joe Dekker
Malcolm Sale
Clifford Ferrin
C. V. Compton
M. W. Nilsson
Jaycees Schedule Heavy Roswell Meeting
Roswell Jaycees plan a heavy agenda at 6:30 p.m. in the Petroleum Room of the Hotel Nickson. President Jim Bruin urged members to attend as plans for the Junior Golf Tournament National Convention Fly Free Roswell program and membership drive details are discussed. A program on the hops industry with a film will be shown after a 6 p.m. fellowship hour and before dinner.
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Roswell Jaycees
Nickson
Jim Bruin
Roswell
First Methodist WSCS Delivers Dramatic Program
The First Methodist WSCS met in the church undercroft with Mrs. A. S. Patterson presiding. Guests from Michigan Minnesota Tennessee Amarillo Corpus Christi attended as a choir performed trombone solos and two hymns. A playlet and dramatic skit depicted college work, foreign students, student loans and youth camps. A United Church Women meeting was announced for June 13.
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WSCS
First Methodist Church
A. S. Patterson
Austin Dillon
Grace
Dorothy Lottie
Michigan
Earl Roberts
Minnesota
Ruby Ray
Tennessee
D. R. Richardson
Amarillo
C.E. Walter
Bob Crider
Clyde Rainey
Corpus Christi
R. B. Slease
W. W. Akin
Woodrow Cameron
Delcie Palmer
Grady Welter
Dillon
W. S. Christain
Archie Campbell
J. C. Martens
Ralph C. Killboen
Ruthe Norton
Bill Rowland
Mary. Lynn Williams
Febe Forster
Winston Christ
M. D. Atkinson
Allen Hansen
Ferris Lightfoot
C. E. Walter
Willis Ford
A. N. Ward
Four Vagrancy Cases Fill Police Court Docket
Vagrancy dominated today s Police Court docket with four bookings on the count among six total cases. Other items included vagrancy and drunk and reckless driving charges with the latter dropped.
Wedding Week Festivities for Miss Massey and Mr Mikesell
Mrs Clifford Smith and D T Neill of Clinton Oklahoma and Mrs Fred Croom of Coleman Texas hosted a buffet at the Smith home on West Seventh Street the eve of the Mikeell Massey wedding. Miss Jo Ann Massey and fiancé William Mikesell Jr were honored guests with 30 out of town attendees.
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Clifford Smith
D. T. Neill
Clinton
Okla
Fred Croom
Coleman
Texas
Miss
Garden Club Pilgrimage to Dexter Thursday Morning
Morning Garden Club members plan an annual trip to Dexter visiting Mrs. Hal Bogle as hostess. Members meet at 8 15 at Mrs Reed Mulkey’s West Seventh Street home to start the pilgrimage to her garden.
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Morning Garden Club
Dexter
Hal Bogle
Bob Wilkerson Receives Degree at Abilene Christian College
Bob W R Wilkerson of Lueders Texas received a B A degree in Bible with a Greek minor as part of Abilene Christian College's May 31 commencement. He is the son of H E and Mrs Wilkerson of Route 2 Roswell and a 1948 Roswell High School graduate. He sang with the a cappella chorus and now preaches for the Church of Christ in Lueders.
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Abilene, Tex
Bob
W. R.) Wilkerson
Lueders
Tex
Abilene Christian College
H. E. Wilkerson
Route 2
Roswell
Roswell High School
ACC
Church of Christ
Delay in Filing Petitions for Lea County Dry Vote
Rev Truett Allen said petitions for a Lea County liquor option vote will not be filed for at least two weeks. He and other backers will have signatures examined carefully before submitting them to the county commission.
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Hobbs
Lea County
Truett Allen
Allen
Eisenhower outlines limited government action in push for security
The president named social security agriculture tax revision slum clearance and housing as proper government spheres while warning against overreach. He urged a balance between essential services and avoiding busybody interference. Eisenhower then traveled from Dover to Chestertown and back before reporters. Cohn testified on Adams remarks about informing on suspected Communists and McCarthy’s silence pact in Lawton case. Stevens testified about Lawton removal considerations and the hearings aiming for an honorable conclusion within days.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Dover
Del
Chestertown
Cohn
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Adams
Subcommittee
McCarthy
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Stevens
Lawton
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Senate clash dampens windup of closed meeting
Cohn testifies sentiment runs high as a closed meeting yields little beyond a further clash between Sen Symington and Sen McCarthy. Democrats move to summon Clifford to testify, but Republicans vote it down 4 to 3. Clifford, a Washington lawyer, served as special counsel to President Truman. McCarthy says Symington and Clifford influenced Secretary Stevens to act.
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Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Sen
McCarthy
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Washington
Truman
White House
Symington
Army
Stevens
Connecticut Officials View 243 Million Public School Need
Connecticut officials estimate the state requires new public schools costing 243 million dollars by 1960. The projection frames plans for expanding facilities as populations grow and education demands rise.
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Connecticut
Artesia Dogcatcher's Home Destroyed by Fire
Fire of undetermined origin last night gutted the home of Hill Hernandez Artesia dogcatcher and City Hall custodian. Loss was estimated at 6000 to 7000 dollars. No one was home when the fire broke out. The blaze had burned through the roof before firefighters were notified. Lack of water hampered fighting the fire. Hernandez saved only a few personal belongings and pieces of furniture.
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Artesia
Hill Hernandez
Artesia Dogcatcher
Hernandez
Salt ocean water travels upstream along river bottoms
The statement notes that salt ocean water, being heavier than fresh water, can travel far upstream along the riverbed. It also mentions Geneva, Switzerland becoming the home of the League of Nations in 1920.
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Geneva Switerland
League of Nations
Education Board Reviews Plans for Penasco School
The county board of education examined preliminary plans for a two room and cafeteria school near the Dunken Penasco road junction. Architect Hugh Rowland prepared the plans with a $20,000 bond issue funding. In other business the board received a petition from Penasco residents.
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Penasco
Dunken - Penasco Road
County Board of Education
Hugh Rowland
Carrol White
Consolidation with Hope in Eddy County Faces No Action
Midget bomber added to U S aerial might is the Douglas A4D Skyhawk unveiled by Douglas and the Navy. The single seat plane has a 25 foot wingspan and 35 foot length and can operate from all carrier sizes or short fields.
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Hope
Eddy County
EL Segundo
Calif
Uncle Sam
Navy
Subways and Moose Sparks City Wildlife Talk
A fragment notes elevator shafts amid New York City subway tracks and mentions a large bull moose possibly standing feet at the shoulders with antlers six feet wide.
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New York City
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Jaycees
Methodist Wscs
Ickering
America
Miss Massey
William Mikesell
Bob Wilkerson
Mare Comfort
Ford
Roswell Auto CO
Education Board
EN Stores
Westrum Ua
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