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Newspaper
Silver City Daily Press
Location
Silver City, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
4
Historical OCR lists multiple 1968 Plymouths including Sport Satellite, Belvedere, Fury models with factory air conditioning, deluxe radios, power steering, whitewall tires, undercoating and extras. Mentions station wagon and sedan configurations with auto transmission.
The Mexico Mounted Patrol wives travel to the Holiday Inn for a Saturday luncheon at 1 p.m. The Silver City Woman's Club welcomes them at the Club House with an art display by local students. A banquet at 7 p.m. follows with dancing and a Sunday Dutch Breakfast to close.
A charter meeting for Silver City High School's Music Booster Club is planned for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Music Room. Wayne Thomas will chair, with activities including award presentations, banquets, and band and chorus trips. Discussions cover sponsorship and fundraising. Parents of band and chorus students are invited.
A series of birth notices lists new arrivals from June 23 to 27. Names include Jane, Macci, Ernest, Jaime, Melanie, Sonia, and Victor Jr. with parents in Santa Rita, Liver City, Sandoval, Bayard, Hurley, and Silver City.
Mr and Mrs Cosme Gutierrez of 107 North Bella Street Central announce the engagement of their daughter Irma to Peter Diaz son of Mr and Mrs David Diaz of Hurley. Irma is a Cobre High School graduate and has worked at Marvels Department Store for three years. Peter Diaz also graduated from Cobre High and works as a teletype operator for Giore Forgen Inc in Los Angeles. An early fall wedding at Santa Clara Catholic Church Central is planned with a California residence to follow.
President Johnson says he will sign a law making four national holidays fall on Mondays with a 1971 start. Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day shift to specific Monday dates, benefiting federal workers and DC. states likely to follow for five three day weekends yearly. The travel industry cheers as Columbus Day gains federal status and Monday holidays are argued to boost production and reduce absence.
May consumer living costs climbed three tenths of 1 percent, pushing the yearly rate above 4 percent. Clothing gained nearly 1 percent and food rose four tenths, while wages for nonsupervisory workers advanced to 106.03 dollars per week, keeping purchasing power just below a year ago as the CPI reached 120.3.
Two Silver City students earned bachelor’s degrees from the University of New Mexico. Nicolyna R. Menefee completed elementary education in the College of Education, and David Edward Werner completed architecture in the College of Fine Arts. Degrees were conferred by retiring President Tom L. Popajov at UNM’s 76th commencement.
Janet Irwin daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Irwin of Columbus spent two weeks in Silver City with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Rowland Ball and with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Meredith Neal and family
Twenty four hour period ending at 12 01 a m June 28 shows admissions and dismissals. Admissions include Diane Chavez Central Virginia Esqueda Silver City Johnny Johnson Raton Gabriel Rameriz Buckhorn Pat Ruiz Hurley and others. Dismissals include CeHa Arallano Silver City Adela Garcia Central Wayne Carol Bisbee Ida Es... Morales Silver City and William Childers Hobos.
Frank V. Jimenez USN, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Frank A Jimenez of Central, completes nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center. He studied military subjects and lived under conditions similar to shipboard life, with instruction from veteran petty officers in seamanship survival and drill. The article also notes the royal knight title and baronetcy rules in Britain.
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