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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1940

Page

9

Lake Arthur Women Attend Missionary Zone Meeting and Garden Party

Lake Arthur residents Mrs A D Jameson Mrs J W Webb Mrs Pearl Hedges Mrs Wood Mrs W D Stafford join Hope NC zone Missionary Society gathering on April 29 with Mrs Stafford presiding and Mrs Doc Bradley sec. Junior Senior banquet Friday night featured a royal themed garden party with Ruth Nihart as queen and John Nihart as courier. Participants included Joyce Foster Phyllis Nelson Geraldine Smith George Webb O W Samelson John Nihart Burton Mote Clara Von Johnson and John Moore.

A. D. Jameson J. W. Webb Pearl Hedges Wood W. D. Stafford Lake Arthur Doc Bradley Chambers Cottonwood Woman's Missionary Society Hope Ruth Nihart Queen’s Courier John Nihart Joyce Foster Phyllis Nelson Wanderer of the Wood Albert Chandler Geraldine Smith George Webb O. W. Samelson Burton Mote Woodland Flowers Clara von Johnson John R. Moore Octillo Theatre Artesia

Highway oiling projects planned for northern New Mexico

New Mexico highway department announced bids to be advertised Friday for oiling sections of U S 285 north and south of Abiquiu and about 30 miles of U S 64 and State 3 near Taos Velarde. Santa Fe Taos route oiling will finish except eight miles near Embudo with other projects including Lordsburg Silver City and Santa Rosa Fort Sumner piling. A separate case in Bernalillo County reversed a writ of replevin filed by Albuquerque contractor R L Allison to recover a house trailer from employee Ben Niehaus due to lack of a written conditional sales contract.

Santa FE N. M New Mexico Highway Department C. O. Faulk Abiquiu U. S. 285 Taos and Velarde Taos Embudo Lordsburg Silver City Santa Rosa Fort Sumner Sadler Bernalillo County District Court R. L. Allison Albuquerque Ben Allison Niehaus

State game warden to inspect Seven Springs hatchery region

Santa Fe dispatch reports state game warden Elliott Barker departed for a two day inspection of the Seven Springs hatchery in the Jemez region as part of relics search for the Kid exploits. In Santa Fe the State Corporation Commission chartered Duke City Publishing Company of Albuquerque and Roxana Oil Company of Roswell with listed incorporators and organizers from Texas and Oklahoma. Also at Santa Fe federal court P Sellers of Tulsa pleaded innocent to a conspiracy charge in alleged fraudulent New Mexico oil leases and received bond reduction from 10000 to 2500 while jailed on the count.

Santa Fe, N. M Elliott Barker Seven Springs Jemez State Corporation Commission Duke City Publishing Company Albuquerque The Roxana Oil Company Roswell Santa FE N. M Sellers Tulsa Okla New Mexico Colin Neblett

Weekend Gatherings And May Activities In Lake Arthur

Sunday dinners at the Stafford home featured Rev A D Jameson with his family. A camping trip included John Nihart Burton Mote Lew Johnson George Webb and Albert Chandler. Rev Jameson preached at the Baptist Church. Womans Missionary Society meets Wednesday at two. Mrs Bessie Compton W G M of O E S New Mexico visited Lake Arthur Chapter May 4 with a two course banquet at 7 in pink blue violet colors. Mrs Compton chaired an official visit in the chapter room led by Miss Margaret Lane. Baccalaureate services were held May 8 at 8 PM in the high school auditorium with a program including E C Jackson Mozart Tate Schubert and the High School orchestra. Senior class members listed and eighth grade commencement set for May 8 and High School commencement May 9 at 8 PM. Rev and Mrs L B Craven visited Lake Arthur Sunday afternoon.

A. D. Jameson W. D. Stafford John Nihart Burton Mote Lewis Johnson George Webb Albert Chandler Baptist Church Womans Missionary Society Worthy Lake Arthur Bessie Compton E. C. Jackson Schubert High School Brown Bird Haydon Wood Tate— High School Chorus Clyde Nihart O. W. Samelson Bessie Walrip Lewis Clara von Johnson J. L. Jetton Georgie Sue Pate Bettie Walden Ruth Nihart Dorothy Mahan Geraldine Smith H. S. Auditorium

Paul Case seeks reelection at New Mexico state convention

ALBUQUERQUE N M Paul Case president of the Young Democratic clubs announced at the scene that he is a candidate for re election at the state convention in Roswell May 17 18 Case noted he never formally announced his candidacy believing it was generally understood he would seek the position again Joe Montoya Sandoval county representative who said he will run for the state senate has been mentioned as a possible opponent Case has been chairman for more than a year succeeding Be Luchini Democratic state chairman He said he had the endorsement of the Socorro county delegation the only one pledged to any candidate

Albuquerque N. M Paul Case Young Democratic Clubs Roswell Case Joe Montoya Sandoval State Senate Be Luchini Socorro County

State Supreme Court rules on conditional sales contracts

The New Mexico state supreme court ruled today that under state law conditional sales contracts must be enforced as per established statutory standards. The decision clarifies obligations for sellers and buyers in installment agreements and emphasizes consumer protections in financing arrangements.

Santa Fe, N. M State Supreme Court New Mexico

Santa Fe Writer Named Custodian of Billy the Kid Museum

John Sinclair a Santa Fe writer and New Mexico history expert has been named custodian of the Billy the Kid Museum in the old Lincoln county courthouse Sinclair will reside and office there and will oversee the site where the outlaw reportedly escaped custody by killing two peace officers.

Santa FE N. M John Sinclair New Mexico Billy the Kid Lincoln County Court House Sinclair Museum of New Mexico Old Court House

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