Engagements and local notices from Grant County
Mrs Esther F Tafoya of Ft Bayard announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Mataila to Catil M Alvarez son of Eduardovarez of Hume Los Angeles. The Santa Rita Miners baseball team prepares for park opening dedication. Sheriff John Turney reports a holiday period with 118 incidents and few minor accidents. A 35 year old item notes the Grant County Chamber of Commerce board elected Leo Schiff president with A C Cox vice president Frank Light treasurer and R T Kellogg secretary. Tyrone cattlemen nominate John H Coleman for cattle inspector to replace John W Turner Jr who has resigned.
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Esther F. Tafoya
Ft. Bayard
Mataila
Wille A. Tafoya
Los Angeles
Catil
M. Alvarez
Eduardovarez
Hume
Grant County
John H. Coleman
Tyrone
New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
John W. Turner, Jr
Town and Country Garden Club Plans Fall Flower Show
The Town and Country Garden Club held a meeting at Mrs. Erich Downs home with president Stella Vaughan leading. Plans were made for a September flower show and a rose program by Dr. Leon M. Bower, who spoke on the American Rose Society founded in 1899, displaying pamphlets and society books. The next meeting is June 25 at Mrs. Lee Heans home with judge Horace Bounds to conduct a rose arranging workshop.
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Town and Country Garden Club
Erich Downs
Carl Hansen
Stella Vaughan
Leon M. Bower
American Hose Society
Lee Hean
Horace Bounds
Montoya backs Humphrey for Democratic nomination
Support came from Senator Joseph M. Montoya of New Mexico endorsing Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nomination, following earlier backing from Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico.
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HHH
Washington
Joseph M. Montoya
Hubert H. Humphrey
Clinton P. Anderson
Humphrey
Skero-Owsley Wedding Vows Repeated In Reserve
At Reserve Community Presbyterian Church Miss Irene Skeren wed Frankie Owsley in a 5 30 p m ceremony May 25 officiated by Rev Franklin Gould. The bride wore a self made satin brocade gown with lace and seed pearl crown veil, carrying yellow rosebuds and white carnations. Attendants included bridesmaids in yellow gowns and the Maid of Honor Shirley Hickson. Out of town guests came from Hereford Bell Gardens Hayden Magdalena Apache Creek and Springerville. Following a reception in the Woman's Club the couple planned to live on a ranch in Magdalena after a trip to Tucson and Guaymas.
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Prankie Owsl Markey
Community Presbyterian Church
Irene Skeren
Frankie Owsley
Godfrid Mander
Bell Gardens
Calif
Margaret Blake
Parker
Ariz
Cecil Owsley
Magdalena
Franklin Gould
Marie Williamson
Bobby Hickson
Hayden, Ariz
Dennis Bob
George Nash
Timmy Lumpkin
Reserve
Roger Castilla
Tommy Gene Knoblock
Christine
David Price
Apache Creek
Barbara Price
Kathy Irvin
Mrs. Mander
Quattraits
Springerville
Pride
Blake
Brenda Smith
Gaythel Garfield
Patsy Ellis
Jackie Scott
Heserve
Shirley Hickson
Jennie Hickson
Pegey Birmingham
Kathy [Ryin
Garfield
Eddie Owsley
Shane
Hereford
Tex
Vera MacPherson
Hayden
Pete Evans
Reserve High School
Tucson
Guyamas
Mexico
Tenwood 4-H Club Meeting Plans Rodeo Parade Float
Inlie Tenwood 4 H Club met at the Com Center with 15 members and 44 visitors. New business covered a 4 H girls style show for the Woman's Club on June 8 and a float for the Perry Rodeo parade. Committees were formed for plan making, with special sewing and horse project meetings scheduled for girls. Demonstrations included transferring a design to leather, understanding today's textiles, and Kraft Leathers. Refreshments followed a floal committee meeting, Nuernberg, noted as a historic German city with Renaissance-era architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenwood 4-H Club
Com- Center
Phyllis Been
Roy Gore
Mark Keilar
M8 McAdams
Bull Cloudt
Wirman
Jimmy Gore
Spankie Lou Hollimen
Kraft Leathers
Floal
Service Sgt Medel returns from Vietnam leave at home
The Service Sgt Mercynde C Medel, a 1966 Cobre High School graduate, has arrived on a month’s leave from Vietnam to spend time with his mother Mrs Mary C Medel in Bavard. He earned a Silver Star Bronze Star and the Air Medal for bravery and will be stationed at Fort Carson Colorado for six months of duty after the leave.
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Mercynde C. Medel
Cobre High School
Vietam
Mary C. Medel
Bavard
Vietnam
Sgt
Medel
Sgt. Medel
Ft. Carson, Caio
Novena to St Anthony Begins in Fierro Church
The Rev. Fr. Anthony Fuentes of Our Lady of Fatima Bayard will lead a St. Anthony de Padua novena at the mission church in Fierro starting 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. All St Anthony devotees in the county are invited as a prelude to the Feast on June 13.
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Anthony Fuentes
Our Lady of Fatima
Bayard
St. Anthony de Padua
Fierro
Fire destroys West Las Vegas junior high school
The West Las Vegas junior high school was destroyed by a Sunday fire investigated by the State Fire Marshal. Firefighters initially extinguished one blaze, then returned two hours later to find the building in flames. assistant fire chief Tony Ludi said the fire appeared to have been set.
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Las Vegas
N.ml
West Las Vegas
Tony Ludi
E. Romero Fire and Hose Co
Letters to the Editor Ad Request Meddling Name Origin
A reader asks how TROF got its name citing Black Mountain near the Catron County line. The letter, from Jack Teoffer of Seattle Washington, requests publishing an advertisement in the newspaper and comments on letter formatting and word count.
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Trof
Black Mountain
Catron County
Jack Teoffer
NTU
Seattle
Washington
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