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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
8
Pupils with six weeks of perfect attendance or top grades receive a free movie at the Yucca Theatre on Sunday morning. Show starts at 9 o'clock.
Genuine Philco Transtone car die offered by Falcons Electric Service. Price listed at 39.95 installed. Describes 8 tube per orance and a contact at Falcons Electric Service for purchase or service.
County Clerk George Foreman reports the office expenses have fallen by about 900 dollars yearly since year’s end through cost reductions and efficiency measures.
New Plymouths see The New Plymouths at The New Low Prices advertisement placed by Lowrey ute Compey.
Among the arrivals for the Institute fials are Mr and Mrs H L Staples of New Jersey here for the graduation of their son Cadet Staples. He will return with them.
R H MecCune and H D O Hammond of Roswell Building and Loan Association spent yesterday in Clovis on business matters.
Heavy rain fell across scattered areas north of Roswell, with rainfall totals and impacts yet to be fully documented. Local observers noted showers moving through the region, bringing brief bursts of rain and unsettled conditions.
Kansas City attorney Herman R. Crile left yesterday for Kansas City to attend to business matters.
Roy Lochhead Jr. of Hagerman, an Institute alumnus, visited yesterday to see friends and will depart today for New York City to seek employment.
Up From Dexter Mr. and Mrs. R. Ware were Dexter visitors here yesterday.
Frank Wortman of Dexter was in Roswell on a business visit yesterday, meeting local contacts and discussing a forthcoming project.
Attorney J. M. Hervey spent yesterday in Carlsbad attending to business affairs.
Memorial Day decor available on May 30 at Cobean Station ery Shop offering cycas rusers and dahia sprays for grave decorations.
Robert Louise Schlemeyer of Kebbs arta Alda Mae Weaver of Dexter were issued marriage license yesterday. Tuesday, Perry Johnson and Marie Pollard of Hoswell and D R Perry and Margaret L Freeman of Las Cruces were issued marriage licenses.
Local advertisement lists all kinds of insurance and bonds with complete service. Telephone contact provided as 2301 Ady. Includes minor branding: M2218.
Roswell weather misery and jokes mix with local chatter about rain potential and fruit loss. Militon Wright in Houston hopes to return to boost news sales while Mahatma Gandhi’s fasting nears its end, and two polo standouts from the graduating class depart after next week. Readers seek Pence’s tips to kill candle flies millers.
Las Cruces New Mexico reports the end of being a marriage mecca after Texas repeals its three day waiting period law. Dona Ana county expects reduced income from license fees which previously totaled thousands of dollars annually. Over the past year more than 1,000 licenses were issued with about 750 to out of state couples, mainly from El Paso and nearby Texas towns.
Albuquerque N M May 25 AP Albuquerque will end 1933 with bonded indebtedness of 2 639 000 The city plans 99 060 principal payments and 39 000 in interest this year On Jan 8 1931 the debt stood at 2 901 000 and 1921 32 total payments of 440 710 were made The city has 1 583 000 in general bonds and 1 056 000 in water bonds This month the city technically defaulted on interest payments as trustee due to bank closures and withdrawal limits tying up over 30 000 in trust funds
Funeral services for T. W. Ortner, 78, held at 2 pm today from Bynum-Bayard Funeral Chapel with North Hill Baptist Church pastor Reverend Walter Johnson officiating. Music by church choir. Interment at South Park. Pallbearers were Jack Anderson C A William Carl Russell and R M Russell. Ortner had lived in New Mexico two years after moving from Springfield Missouri and buying a ranch between Buchanan and Ramon where he resided until his death.
Funeral services were held yesterday for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Standifer who died at 2 o'clock yesterday morning at St. Marys hospital. The Standifers, formerly of Artesia, now reside at the de Bremond farm. Services were conducted at the Bynum Ballard Chapel with burial in South Park Cemetery.
Attorney George A. Threlkeld traveled to Artesia this morning to handle legal matters.
M. L. painting contractor Norton is finishing a residence on North Richardson. Neighbors report a neat job with fresh coats and careful workmanship. Local notices indicate completion and satisfaction from the homeowner.
Mrs. George B Owens will leave early next week for Warrensburg Missouri to attend Central Missouri State Teachers College. She will be accompanied by her mother Mrs Lena Carpenter who has spent the winter in Roswell.
Final Ball corsages offered by Allison Floral Co. with a complete flower selection. Place your order early at 707 South Sea, phone 408.
Attractive Memorial Day wreaths offered at varied prices. Don’t forget the May 30th date. Cobean Stationery Shop advertises wreath options for the holiday season.
Roswell records a visit by Mrs Josephine McLarnie of Artesia as she spends time in the city visiting friends and sightseeing.
Roy C. Summerly three years old, son of Mrs. R L Summerly, died at home near Roswell after a three week illness. Funeral services were conducted at 3 pm at the Byham Ballard Funeral Chapel with Rev. Julian Atwood of First Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed at South Park.
Justice of Peace L L Johnson also serving as police judge says his office has been very quiet with no police matters to handle today.
Delicious sweets gain popularity daily and are available at grocers and confectioners or directly from Mrs. Ann Johnson and Mrs. Fay Porter. Phone 657.
Mrs Clayton Ferrin and her son from Garden Grove California are visiting Mrs Clifford Ferrin in Roswell. Mrs Ferrin has lived in California for the last three years.
A compact newspaper advertisement promoting permanents fingerwaves sham poos manicures and distinctive hairdress services at Old Mission Beauty Shoppe located at 219 North Main. Operators are described as competent. Phone 182.
Denton Texas traveling salesman W R Laney is currently in Roswell on business, visiting local contacts and clients during his itinerary.
Here from Hagerman Mr and Mrs A M Ehret Hagerman were here yesterday.
J H Boone of the New York Socony Specialties Corp led a sales meeting in Roswell Artesia and Carlsbad at the Nickson Hotel for agents and service station managers. E E Nichols El Paso district assistant manager C A Boytan retail sales head and T H Cowan district salesman attended. Boone demonstrated several Socony Specialties products and gave a lecture on them.
Of krinkie cloth material with prints and plain colors. Sizes 2 to 6. Just what the little folks need these warmer nights. Art Gift Shop. 107 West 4th St.Adv.
Leslie P. Miles and William Goodman from Denver are in Roswell attending to business.
Reverend C C Hill departed today to Carlsbad to deliver the funeral sermon for Reverend H E Ennefer, longtime pastor of the Christian church. The notice notes Ennefer served in the city for a number of years.
Several applications for good loans on a Roswell residence and suburban property aimed at three to five years. The lender seeks 8 percent semi annual interest with first mortgages secured by homes worth two to four times the loan. Security Finance Co. advertises upcoming lower rates and offers ready loans.
A heavy hail event was reported late yesterday fifty miles northeast of Roswell. The blast of hail witnessed in a rural area caused property concerns but no injuries were immediately reported.
Miss Dorothy Frill arrives from the Brill ranch near Pine Lodge to spend the week with friends in Roswel.
Artesia attorney artesia moved to Ar testa this morning to handle legal matters for the day leaving the office briefly to attend to cases and duties.
A grand novelty feature from Yucca Beauty Service and Cosmetic Shop promotes chic bandeau hairstyles for formal afternoon and port events. White Bidz contact via phone 484 for details and styling options.
Tom Hudspeth leads the Hudspeth company in Roswell as it prepares a new city directory set to appear later in the summer. The firm has published Roswell city directories for more than twenty years.
An advertisement lists meals at 35 cents and a 21 meal ticket for 5.25 dollars. Mentions Mrs E C Ricchmond at 408 North Richardson.
In the Pecos Valley Lumber Co. versus J. M. Cunningham and others, the matter is before Fifth Judicial District Judge George W. Hay. Other cases scheduled this afternoon include C. N. Moore versus W. E. Bondurant on conversion, Viola Downes versus John O. Downes for divorce, and T. LE Gardner versus Harvey W. Little for rent.
A 1932 reader testimonial from Mrs. E A Ferris of Washington D C says Kruschen Salts helped her husband lose 16 pounds in four weeks and left her feeling “pepped up.” The ad touts half teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast, with a four week jar priced to lure buyers and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Memorial Day notice promotes a grave spray for loved ones with a May 30 timing and an advertisement from Cohean Stationery Shop offering floral tributes and related products.
Classified note states quality goods for sale at Ramon on Vaughn highway. Contact B. Johnston for details as advertised.
D N Pope recently acquired by purchase eighty acres just north of the Roswell Floral Company east of town.
The Air Corp Training Center at Randolph Field San Antonio Tex will send Friday arrival plans for First Lieut Robert W Douglas First Lieut Townsend Griffith First Lieut Clyde K Rich Secondg Lieut John P Kenney to compete in polo here against the Institute polo team on Sunday and Monday.
Superintendent D N Pope has been offered a summer fellowship by the State University and has not yet decided what action he will take regarding it.
Mr and Mrs Walter T Heinzman traveled through Roswell en route to Portales to attend the First District Institute of the Southeastern District of the New Mexico Christian Endeavor Union. They visited Mr and Mrs J H Gregg of this city.
The fragment notes a weekly balance entry stating 175 dollars and lists an address 103 North Sea Avenue with a person Billie Lee and a reference Adv M24t3e. The readable items indicate a notice-like snippet rather than a complete article.
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