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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1935
Page
8
The highway committee of the chamber of commerce will meet at the chamber Thursday morning at 9 o clock. Chairman J. Q. Cummins leads members E. G. Minton H. M. Dow H. B. Smyth Willis Ford R. J. Malone A. D. Jones and C. R. McNally in the session.
A brief advertisement notes Mrs Bay's Ideal Baby Shoes and baby hose and socks offered by Art Gift Shop located at 107 West 4th Street. Store hours extend to 6 p m with advertising copy.
Elm trees offered in multiple sizes with price details and contact at 1103 North Delaware. Also advertises a radio repair service with ambulance call number 289 and a no fix no pay guarantee from Falcons Electric Service at 125 West Second Street. West McGaffey.
Local residents defend figures counting over 100 pieces in the school band and orchestra, plus 35 in the municipal band, noting most players had no prior instrument experience. Helen Noah directs, with a Monday night concert at the Junior High Auditorium to fund uniforms for the municipal band, while school band members provide their own. Tickets, 25 cents adults and 10 cents children, may be bought at the Chamber of Commerce.
Farmers show strong interest in a sugar beet seed growing project offered by H A Elcock of a Colorado sugar beet company. A chamber of commerce meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 PM. Interest and inquiries have come from the county agent and chamber offices. Fred Nelson and H L Gifford are growing beets this year. Beets plant in September with seed harvest the next summer. The Mesilla Valley at Las Cruces has grown them for years. County acreage cannot exceed 100 according to Elcock. Net return after costs was 130 per acre at Las Cruces last year.
Mrs W K King is reported to be recovering well after an operation for appendicitis at St Marys Hospital on February 22. She remains in the hospital for continued recovery and observation.
Attorney G. T. Watts addressed the Ad Club on instruments of property conveyance including warranty deeds quit-claim deeds and wills. The Lions guest spoke briefly, with Dr. W. D. McPherson discussing fur farming as a hobby. Bruce Poorbaugh and Carl Bird attended and Bird presided.
William H. Duckworth of Clovis, Grand Master of the New Mexico Grand Lodge A F and A M, will visit Roswell Lodge No 18 at the Masonic Temple for the regular meeting. The program honors deceased Past Master Will Prager from 1899 and 1890 with a biographical sketch by Lucius Dills and Robert Kellahin. Dan H Wilmot will speak on A Man And His Community, with musical contributions from Jack and Dorothy Deason and pianist Mrs Charles Stone. All Master Masons are invited.
The Elizabeth Garrett Sextette presents a special program at Yucca today and Thursday featuring the Grace Moore film One Night Of Love. The local sextette, rare in public appearances, will receive a portion of receipts, with tickets sold at Owl Drug Store or through group members.
Probate judge C. C. Hill admitted the wills of A. M. Ehret and ten Ames to probate. Final hearings were held for the estates of Helen C. Goodsell and William E. Goodsell.
Yucca theatre stages a Shirley Temple impersonation contest during the final run night of the film Little Colonel. An engraved loving cup will honor the best impersonator, with autographed photos and buttons for entrants' mothers. The Little Colonel stars Shirley Temple alongside Lionel Barrymore Evelyn Venable and Bill Robinson.
Continued from Page One Smith argued the law should allow him to decide which eminent authority is correct. He claimed the average farmer dislikes the machinery of allotment based on production history and would prefer a different method to dispose of surpluses if a workable plan exists.
A meeting of the Chaves county board of education will be held in the office of the county superintendent Friday morning at nine o'clock.
About 60 musicians from Eastern New Mexico Normal University Portales performed at Roswell High School this morning and at the Junior High this afternoon. They also visited the New Mexico Military Institute. The group was led by Donald MacKay college president.
Bruce Poorbaugh took the position of chief clerk of the district highway office here on March 1. During the recent legislative session he served as reading clerk in the Senate.
A history test for credit will be given on March 30 in the county superintendent's office for students seeking credit in this subject.
R. H. Care record notes acres and water availability for a late model car project with emphasis on tract clarity and access. Documentation references trade feasibility and property conditions, outlining sufficient water and land for potential use.
At the first meeting of the new city school board, F. L. Austin was reelected president. Other officers elected were J. J. Lane as vice president Will Purdy as clerk and R. EF. Morris as deputy clerk.
An advertising note for large Chinese and American Elm selection during a tree campaign. Mentions fruits and pecans and provides the phone number 725 and name P. D. Wilkins at Fast Second Street. Adv. Matiec
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