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Newspaper

The Evening Current

Location

Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1918

Page

3

Local Notes From Carlsbad Aug 24 1918

Local items report visitors from Malaga Queen Globe and Silver City with many plans for coming weeks A Baptist church meeting follows Sunday School A Jessie Johnson has tonsil surgery Mrs Piper visits from Kansas City George Woods tradesman from Lovington Mayo rain refreshed ground Willard Bates from Panama plans family arrival for school Mrs Joyce travels Nashville Mr Rickmen and children return from Tom Gray Ranch Express Messenger Wood's ill baby taken to Anderson Sanitarium for care.

Express Messenger Wood Anderson Sanitarium Grandma Anderson

Artesia visitor Mrs Whitton Smith reports little rain

Mrs Whitton Smith from Artesia visits with her daughter who left for El Paso this morning. She notes Artesia has had very little rain this season and plans to return home tonight.

Mrs Walter Craft Family Move to New Coloniad Bungalow

Mrs Walter Craft and her children reside in a new Coloniad bungalow opposite the Anderson Sanitarium. The home is owned by Barber Nell and Annie Lee Thomas, daughters of Mrs W J Barber. A dinner last night honored Mrs W G Mac Arthur of Lovington with informal, pleasant company including Mrs A J Crawford and several others.

Walter Craft New Coloniad Anderson Sanitarium Barber Nell Annie Lee Thomas W. J. Barber A. J. Crawford W. G. Mac Arthur J. R. Linn

Heights Aviation Landing Named For Kerr Landowners

The aviation landing east of town was named Heights Aviation Landing at the request of landowners Mr and Mrs H C Kerr who owned the property. The site was intended to honor the owners but was named differently on blue prints Carlsbad claims the state s first aviation landing.

Heights H. C. Kerr Carlsbad

Local visitors and arrivals mix with town life notes

Hope visitor Pete Gasaborine stops in. Clovis business guest J L Greer arrives. Mullane family from the ranch visits Sunday. Miss Mary Hemenway returns from Madison. Miss Hawthorne from New Orleans takes Crawford bookkeeper post. Miss Fleta Smith heads to El Paso to visit her brother. Professor Laidlaw moves to Hurley for the school year. Lovington postmaster Charles McDonald attends to mail matters. George W Brookshire trades fruit from Artesia. Mrs Wright heads to Loving for residence setup. Tass Love family and Carlsbad scholars in town. Hardin Clark and family from Mosley also in. Mrs Clark plans winter stay to send four girls to school. A K Watson visits Artesia and Crawford as an alfai r buyer to observe Project farmers.

Miss Ruth Roach and Brother Wagner Visit Town

Miss Ruth Roach and her brother Wagner, visitors from Hope, arrived yesterday and spent the night with friends. They plan to return to Hope today.

Ruth Roach Wagner Hope

Judge A Eddleman and family depart for Ardmore

Judge A Eddleman his wife and two sons left Friday for their home in Ardmore Oklahoma. They are parents of Mrs TQ BE Lee of this city and longtime friends of Hubbard BD.

Judge A, Eddleman Ardmore Oklahoma Judge Mra Eddleman Lee Hubbard

Mrs Dishman and grandchildren travel to Roswell for eye care

Mrs. C. H. Dishman and her grandchildren May and Rex left this morning for Roswell. The trip aims to have a specialist examine the little girls eyes after she broke her glasses during play.

C. H. Dishman May Rex Roswell

Mrs Walter Ralph Receives Word From Camp Cody

Mrs Walter Ralph reports her husband, who was at Camp Cody, is likely en route to New York. He had left to do Y M C A work when the letter was written.

Joyce Nashville Pennessee Biehta Walter Ralph Camp Cody New York Ralph

Carlsbad Welcomes Dublin Family Into Community

The Dublin family Jim and his wife and daughter plan to move to Carlsbad to make their home. Mr Dublin is a successful cattleman and his family will be a valued addition. They will reside in the concrete Barber bungalow now under construction.

Jim Dublin Carlsbad Mr. Dublin

Hendricks and Aunt Mary James Return Home

Mr and Mrs Hiliot Hendricks and Aunt Mary James arrived yesterday after a summer in California. Friends note Mrs James is in much improved health and the Hendricks family also seem healthier and glad to be home.

Pleasant Social at Davis Home for School Girls

Mrs. M. L. Davis hosted a western town Sunday school party for Miss Modene Bates and Miss Jewelle Hubbard as they depart for Albuquerque. Guests traveled by car, played games and music, and enjoyed refreshments including nabiscon punch Redwood cake and fruit salad. Attendees included Modene Bates Jewelle Hubbard Agnes Weiny Pauling Johnston Grace Stephenson Blanche Barnett Mildred Pate Beryl and Gladys Reenter Jane Kindel.

Carlsbad Angel M. L. Davis Modene Bates Jewelle Hubbard Albuquerque Davis Agnes Weiny Pauling Johnston Grace Stephenson Blanche Barnett Mildred Pate Beryl Gladys Reenter Jane Kindel

Will McBryde Family Visits End as El Paso Trip Begins

Mr and Mrs Will McBryde are photographed at the ranch with Mrs Ethel Dumont and her last son who left for El Paso after a pleasant visit. The boy urged his grandmother to "try to be good" before departure.

Will McBryde

Water Users Association suit set for 27th in New Mexico

Scott Etter travels to Santa Fe to represent Tecon Water Users Association with Jusus B. Daniels in a county and state case. The Carlsbad Project water users refuse county taxes due to United States mortgage priority on their lands. Judge Brice represents the county.

Scott Etter Santa Fe Tecon Water Users Association Jusus B. Daniels County of Eddy State of

Carlsbad visit from Loving residents and update from son in New York

Rh EB Tucker and Mrs Tucker traveled from Loving to Carlsbad yesterday after receiving a letter from their son Charles who is in training in Columbia University New York. Charley claimed he knew a good deal about a motor but found he knew nothing upon reaching the school of instruction.

Tucker Carlsbad Loving Charles Columbia University New York Charley School of Instruction

Roach Family Travels to Texas for New Home

D Roach his wife and two sons left by morning train for Mrs Roachs parents home near San Angelo Texas. He left Joyce Pruit grocery department two months ago to help his father on a ranch near Hope. He plans to move to Wichita Falls to work for a railroad company and the family will join him there later.

D. Roach

Sunday School Girls Enjoy Pleasant Picnic Outing

Mrs. W. V. Mudgett’s class from the Methodist Sunday School gathered at the church at 9 40 AM and rode to their teacher’s home in Huerta and then to Avalon. They fished boated and shared a delicious picnic, returning home tired but happy with plans for another outing in the fall.

W. V. Mudgett Methodist Sunday School Huerta Avalon

Calf Branding Ends as Coyotes Attack Nearby

W J Barber finishes branding calves when a coyote attack occurs half a mile from the ranch. A coyote bites a calf’s backbone in two before Mr and Mrs Barber reach the scene to help the animal. Neighbor ranchers report several calves bitten recently.

W.J. Barber Troy Town

Senator Jamies Sinking Health At Johns Hopkins

Hon Ollie M Jamies United States Senator from Kentucky lies gravely ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital Mrs Albright has traveled from Carlsbad to Washington and spends time with Mrs Janea The note mentions a letter from a late Barber Nell Thomas with pictures of herself Annie Lee and their burro sent after the senator stopped seeing him

Ollie M. Jamies United States Kentucky Johns Hopkins Hospital Albright Carlsbad Washington Janea James Nell Thomas Kodak Annie Lee Jones Hin Mall

Mrs D Jackson and sons return home to Carlsbad

Mrs. D. Jackson and her two sons are back in Carlsbad after a summer visit to California. They are in good health and glad to be home again.

For Sale Cheap Items Immediate Take

Classified brief offers a sewing machine sanitary couch dining room set base burner and a fireless cooker for quick sale. Contact Mrs Bor Hunsick for details.

Bor Hunsick

For Rent Two Room House With Porches In Good Neighborhood

Small two room house for rent in a decent area featuring a sleeping porch and two additional porches. Willing to paper walls and perform needed repairs upon inquiry at Current offer ata.

Ata

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John McKeen Malaga John Clark Queen Barbara Jones Globe Arizona Lilian Taylor Silver City Bapist Church Jessie Johnson The Sisters Hopital Frank Piper Kansas City Mis. A. Lowenbruck George Woods Lovington Albert Ramun Lower Valley N. M B. Hardin Charles Mecboneld Crawford Lea County Willard Bates Panama Mrs. Rickmen Tom Gray Ranch Mrs. Rickman Gilbert Cowden Pete Gasaborine J. L. Greer Clovis Wm. H. Mullane Mary Hemenway Madison Wis _Connin Hawthorne New Orleans the Crawford Fleta Smith el Paso Miss Smith Artesia Laidlaw Hurley, N. M Charles McDonald George W. Brookshire Fla. Wright Hat Village Heapman Ham Hardin Clark Mosley Greene Heights A. KE. Watson Artesian Mr. Watson Weaver's Gray Coggin
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