City Beautiful Contest Prize List Announced
The 1941 City Beautiful Contest prizes were announced by the Roswell Advertising Club with entries taken at the Chamber of Commerce. Committee chair B B Wilson and members Harold Cooley Cecil Dale oversee many $5 in trade or cash awards from local businesses for bouquets, beds, lawns, screens, and other garden and outdoor entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Advertising Club
Roswell Buisons
Chamber of Commerce
Advertising Club
B. B. Wilson
Harold Cooley
Cecil Dale
Allison Floral Co
Sunset Creamery
Glover’s Flowers
Pecos Valley Trading Co
Southwestern Public Service Co
McNally-Hall Motor Co
Kemp Lumber Co
Bermuda
Western Auto Supply Co
Equitable Building & Loan Assa
Cobean Stationery Co
Purity Baking Co
Merritt’s
First National Bank
Johnson-Lodewick, Inc
Central Hardware Co
Elmore Printing Co
Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co
Safeway Stores
Purdy’s Furniture Co
Idabelle
Firestone
Firestone Auto Sup
Hagerman District Zone Meeting and Local Events
Hagerman notes record a Roswell zone meeting at First Methodist Church with local attendees including Mrs Shaw and Mrs Cowan. Reports mention fat lambs sold for Kansas City markets, Wesley Fellowship Assembly in Carlsbad, a junior group minstrel show, and high school girls singing in Artesia. W M U met for home missions study, a brief luncheon, and April plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
First Methodist Church
Mmes
Arthur Shaw
J. F. Campbell
Sarah Walton
Palmer
L. R. Burck
E. A. Paddock
A. E. Watford
Will West
L. E. Hinrichsen
A. A. Bailey
Harry
George Cowan
Shaw
Methodist Church
Messrs
B. F. Knoll and Sons
Kansas City
Wesley Fellowship
Carlsbad
Big Pecos Valley
Howard Menefee
Toledo
Ohio
Brennan Witt
Hagerman
Mr. Witt
The
Baptist Church
Artesia
Dorothy Sue Devenport
Marie C. Casabone
Abbie Ann
Nancy Cowan
Polly Cumpsten
Lois Jean Sweatt
Wilma Lee Newsom
Alphaden Hinrichsen
Elton Lankford
D. L. Newsom
Keller Urges Aid for Blind in New Mexico Legislature
Dr. Helen Keller testified before a joint House Senate panel in Santa Fe urging passage of funds to aid New Mexico blind residents. A report from Rep. Murray Morgan proposed a blind assistance division within the state department of public welfare. Governor Miles introduced Keller, and Miss Thompson translated for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N. M
Helen Keller
House
Senate
New Mexico
Keller
Murray Morgan
Dotero
State Department of Public Welfare
Dr. Keller
Justice
Miles
Miss Thompson
U S and Canada Strike Defense Pact
Washington reports a formal defense pact between the United States and Canada described by President Roosevelt as a matter of vital necessity for national defense. The accord aims to bolster mutual security and coordination between the two nations amid global tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
Wingate Pickets At Fort Wingate Protest Labor Program
A dozen pickets gathered today outside the Fort Wingate ordnance depot in New Mexico where a $9,000,000 enlargement and construction program is under way. They did not block workers but walked along the fence with placards reading unfair to organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
Fort Wingate Ordnance Depot
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Beautiful
Yucca-Pecos Theatres
Hall-Poorbaugh Press
Price & Co
Huff’s
Roswell Floral Co
Mountain States Telephone Co
Daniel Paint & Glass Co
Chaves County Building & Loan Assn
Mabie-Lowrey Hardware Co
Kipling’s Confectionery
Big Jo Lumber Co
Roswell Laundry Co
White’s Mattress Factory
Ned Revelle Co
Clardy’s Dairy
Montgomery Ward Coe
Johnston Pump Co
Will C. Lawrence
Panhandle Lumber Co
Hagerman News
Roy Lee Hearn
A. L. van Arsdol
Mr. Hearn
Weed
Mrs. Hearn
Chandler
Arizona
Cliff Hearn
Los Angeles
Bailey’s Cleaners
Auto Service Co
Woman’s Club
Donald McKay
E. N. M. College
No. 11
N M
Great Lakes- St. Lawrence River
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Andersons Gardens
U. S
Wingate
Schilling
Gigs Rao
Roswell, New Mexico
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