This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 31 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
2
A two day PTA and American Social Health Association workshop on home and family life education will be held in Roswell June 19 and 20. Registration starts 9 a.m. at the Chew Den with meals charged. sessions run 9:45 Monday and 9:30 Tuesday.
Teen Town launches a fundraising drive to buy playground equipment for the Youth Center. The first money making event is a Saturday night dance from 8 to 11 30 with the Starliners and teen ensembles performing for a token fee. Admission is 50 cents per person.
A 17 year old girl and her male companion Charles Gambrell 20 were approached by two or three men while parked on a lovers lane off Highway 81. Gambrell was slashed in the abdomen and left arm and the girl was taken to a farmhouse nearby where she arrived in shock. Authorities said the attackers were Black. The pair fled to a farmhouse seeking help as a search began. Sheriff W J Erskine noted the girl could not give a clear account and that both stories matched only in key details.
Firefighters responded Thursday at 11 58 a m to the residence of Thomas J Wilkerson 203 South Louisiana Avenue after an extension cord shorted. The incident caused a small fire and required investigation by local authorities.
Salinger reports Kennedy will not use crutches today and will wait another day to assess his condition. Kennedy had used crutches for two days at Hyannis Port before his trip to Paris Vienna and London. Dr Travell calls the injury a lumbo sacral strain.
Santa Fe AP The Board of Educational Finance approved operating budgets totaling 14.26 million for 10 state educational institutions for the coming year with capital outlay around 15 million. A new graduate program for ENMU was approved after a two hour discussion with President Donald Moyer. The board directed future requests be presented at regular meetings. The group also authorized 35 thousand dollars in bonds from an unused gymnasium project for the Deaf School in Santa Fe to cover a shortfall in income from its land.
Miss Maralyn Budke, an original 1958 state government intern, received a master's degree in government from the University of New Mexico. She remains in state service as a staff member and researcher for the Legislative Finance Committee. Her notable project examined the need for postsecondary junior colleges in New Mexico.
AP reports five youths were arrested after a spate of bicycle thefts in Clovis. Twenty two bikes were recovered, with many in the process of dismantling. One boy released for lack of evidence. two held for possessing stolen property and two for thefts.
Sadie Todd former Roswell resident died Wednesday afternoon in El Paso Texas. Services are set for Saturday morning in El Paso at Harding Orr Mortuary. Born February 10 1882 in Utopia Texas she was daughter of pioneer Roswell settlers J H McPherson and wife. Survived by son two daughters sister brother aunt and uncle in Roswell and nieces including Mrs Harold Franks.
Dismissals list patients discharged June 7 across hospitals. Birth announcements record births to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Simpson and Mr. and Mrs. Garner Mason. Admitted lists cover June and June 8 at E N M Medical Center and Osteopathic unit with patient names and addresses.
A Dallas regional health official met with New Mexico state health department staff to explore adding emergency mobile hospitals for the state. Dawson Kilcrease noted several mobile units are available in the five state region, each capable of forming a 200 bed emergency hospital depending on need and storage.
The AP reports a lower stock market in moderate volume about 3.6 million shares. Du Pont rose over a point after a fractional dip, while General Motors gained a point. Boeing recovered adding a point or more as other leaders posted mixed results and U S Government bonds rose.
Fifty sixty leftist union leaders were arrested in Bolivia as authorities thwarted a Castro type revolution. A martial law style regime interned the group in the lowlands while a manifesto praised the Cuban revolution. The government exposed an armed camp named The Friends of Cuba in Sacaba and alleged Cuban Embassy involvement.
Richard Evans, 81, a former Roswell resident, died about 9 p.m. Friday at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Portales Cemetery under Wheeler Mortuary. Survived by two sisters, two brothers, and 24 nieces and nephews including Mrs. Dial Exum and Julian Sargent of Roswell.
Roswell youth Joe Hays manages 91 wool sheep with test fleeces and chooses rams for breeding. He serves as Roswell FFA secretary, was green hand class secretary, active in meats and soils judging, and plans to pursue a state farmer degree, then college in agriculture.
In Batavia New York police headquarters keys failed to release a traffic violator. Officers spent one hour and a half chiseling off a lock to free the detainee.
Erma Alice Brown 77 died June 8 in Rome New York. She lived at 308 North Kentucky Roswell for 52 years and was born in Mercer County Missouri. She married Luther Brown in Canyon Texas in 1905 and later moved to Roswell in 1909. She leaves two sons a daughter a sister and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
The Geneva group argues cease-fire violations are minor while the talks focus on Laos political future. The United States demands no political discussion until fighting ends. Padong fall seen as moral not military hit. rebels fortified anti communist forces since May cease-fire.
About 2812 head sold with lambs and yearlings lower on choice lots. Spring lambs ranged 16.00 to 16.60, old crop lambs 12.00 to 12.50. Yearling wethers 8.00 to 10.00, feeder lambs 11.00 to 13.00, old crop feeder lambs 9.00 to 10.00, ewes 3.00 to 5.00, bucks 3.00 to 4.00, aged ewes with lambs 8.00 to 9.50 per pair, solid mouth ewes with lambs 10.00 to 12.00, young ewes and lambs 14.00 to 15.00.
Cattle 200, calves 25, steady on clean up trade. Utility cows 15.75-16.50, bulls 17.50-19.00, good and choice dealers 25.00-22.00, slaughter calves 21.56-24.00. Hogs 2.600, barrows and gilts active after slow start, mostly steady with some 240 lb to 25 lower, sows steady. Various weights show mixed gains and declines. oats and lambs: spring lambs 17.50-18.23, shorn lambs 14.00-15.00, slaughter ewes 2.00-4.00.
New York cotton futures closed mixed with a 5 cent decrease to 50 cent gains. July at 33.47, October 34.30, December 34.80, March 35.47, May 35.72, with nearby digest 35.55 and October 34.61. Middling spot price reported at 34.40.
Eggs show a barely steady market in Chicago with prices mostly unchanged or slightly lower. Grade A whites 32 14, mixed 31 43, mediums 29 12, standards 31 and dirties 29, checks 28 14 reflect small declines across several lines.
Funeral services for Frank Emory LePell 73 will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Mason Funeral Home Chapel following a long illness. He was a Roswell funeral director and embalmer with ties to Dilly and Talmadge, first in Roswell in 1912, later with Mason Funeral Home. He married Maudie LePell in 1948 and was a Mason and Shriner. burial at South Park Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Joe Allen Chum ley and family formerly of Roswell now reside in Orange California. Their move marks a local relocation noted in society columns.
The Weather Bureau reported a tornado sighting around noon in eastern New Mexico near Corona and Vaughn with the funnel said to have touched ground south of Vaughn and east of Corona. A pilot later reported no visible twister while a severe thunderstorm warning covered several northern counties and warned of hail and damaging winds.
Santa Fe AP reports John W. Gott will resign after six months as State Public School Finance Officer to become principal of Cobre High School in Grant County. He replaces Nelson Haggerson, who left for a post at Arizona State University.
Police arrested 11 segregation opponents in Jackson Mississippi including a white New York State assemblyman as they tested barriers at a railroad terminal and an airport. A biracial group of nine Freedom Riders from New Orleans was detained at the railroad terminal, part of a total of 92 arrests since the rides began May 24.
A newly completed coffin launcher of the Atlas intercontinental missile system at Vandenberg Air Force Base was destroyed when the Atlas missile exploded on its pad. Observers heard two to three blasts as orange flames engulfed the pad. The weapon, designed to reach about 4,000 miles out over the Pacific, was nearing combat readiness.
On Wednesday multiple crashes occurred in the downtown area and outskirts. Velma F. Barnett of Route 2 and Lawrence F. Goodyear collided near N Main Street around 4:50 p.m. Ben B. Ginsberg of 1302 Highland Road and Eugene H. Pipkin of 308 N Pennsylvania Ave were involved near Montana Avenue and Fourth Street at 5:44 p.m. Cullen O. Drew of 502 N Washington Ave and Albert G. Rutherford of Honesdale Pa were reported in a second incident near W Second Street at 9:30 p.m.
An item notes a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chumley located at 331 E Eighth Street. The reference appears in a local social or notice column detailing family events or calls.
Funeral services for Hazel Lois Russell 27 died Wednesday morning in Roswell will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church Portales with Rev. B C Goodwin officiating. She was Roswell Daily Record employee Robert L Russell's wife and a Portales native. Burial at Rest Lawn Cemetery directed by Wheeler Mortuary. Pallbearers include Verne Maddox Bill Riggs Dale Miller Jim Warnica James Morgan and Don Bowen.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.