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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
3
Mrs Suggs has moved from the Howard Galton place west of town to the A Moore cottage in West Carlsbad this Monday. The Methodist Sunday school plans a relief drive in two weeks on the 22nd for Armenians with a giving program and collection at the ing service.
F M Denton requests immediate piano tuning in Carlsbad before departure. Interested parties should contact him at the Crawford hotel or Purdy's furniture store during his brief remaining time on this trip.
In a brief lost and found item Mrs A Moote asks that a brown belt with three buttons be returned along with its missing buttons. The belt owner allows the finder to keep the belt.
Major BE P Bujac sets a Sunday night schedule to attend to legal business. He hopes to return in time to spend Christmas with his family.
The Baptist Ladies Aid reports about 80 dollars raised from their market and luncheon held last Saturday, reflecting community fundraising efforts and support.
Miss Dorothy Batton entertained a small group of friends at a Saturday night slumber party. After gathering at 5 p.m. they dined, visited Crawford Theater to see M liss, then returned to spend the night and attend Sunday school the next day. Guests included Elizabeth Albritton Adelle Bujac Sue Katherine Ussery and Henrita Disley. Mr and Mrs Carroll Hamilton were in town from their ranch west of town.
J C Ross a Hope community farmer traveled to Carlsbad for business and returned home Monday afternoon. Cr W Beeman of Malaga also appeared in Carlsbad Monday.
Major Dean Smith and Captain Macready of the United States Aero Service, after spending Sunday in Carlsbad, departed this morning for Brookfield San Antonio Texas. They planned to stay until Wednesday to be joined by filers in El Paso but a telegram at noon Monday halted those plans. Macready gave a Sunday exhibition flight with extra stunts enjoyed by a large crowd.
Last week orders directed demobilization of troops at Camp Cody and closure of the camp except for the base hospital. The hospital is to be kept open indefinitely to care for wounded men recuperating from injuries.
Rupert Heellie says his father T. A. Ezell is recovering from a siege of the flu, the only family member affected. Heellie notes a heavier growth of the illness at State Line compared to Carlsbad.
Ren Stetson is in town today from his Mack river ranch and will visit briefly with Mrs Stetson who is convalescing nicely from her illness.
Co. L. Jervigan of Hope visits the city arriving Monday for a brief stay and possible few days in the area.
Lieut. Monroe Christian began his return trip to Camp Jackson South Carolina. He plans a Pecos stop to visit his uncle Monroe Kerr's family and a Fort Worth stop to see another uncle. His mother Mia H F Christian and sister Miss Lela rode with him as far as Pecos and will return tomorrow night.
W. T. Reed of the Argus is ill and out of work after Friday. Dock West, back from the Lusk ranch, reports the biological survey team killed the big wolf troubling the Lusk interests for years. West says the animal was as large as a yearling.
John Lowenbruch came back to his city residence last night after visiting Palomas Springs seeking rheumatism relief. He says the weather there was unusually severe and while he did not find the relief he anticipated he is glad to be home where such bad weather is rare.
The fragment mentions a snow operation starting tonight and continuing, with further notices pending. It cites a date sequence 6 20 and references ongoing actions by authorities.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will meet next Thursday afternoon with Mrs. L. C Leftwich.
Stockowners troubled by wolves or panthers should report the matter to a member of the Biological Survey. Arrangements are being made to send personnel to the location to destroy these threats to livestock. Cooperation by stockmen is essential to address these issues.
The Woodman Circle announces a meeting next Thursday the 12th at 7 o'clock. The gathering seeks fall attendance and will include the regular election of officers for the coming year and initiation.
A mass meeting is set for December 28 at 3 AM in the Commercial club rooms to elect directors of the Eddy County Hospital Association. Full citizen attendance is urged. Carlshad is mentioned among those involved. The note praises Judge Armstrong’s faction and hopes for their health and quick return to form.
Earl Hanson offers a Jersey cow and a registered stallion for sale, along with a Fuller Johnson gas engine line, as advertised for viewing at See Mere.
The Carlsbad forecast calls for fall to occur tonight and Wednesday with cooler conditions in the southwest area. Pecos stockman Young Hell arrived and will stay until Wednesday morning. Mrs Genevieve Hlevina left for Santa Fe to attend court, aiming to return by week’s end. Major Smith and Captain Macready departed by airplane for San Antonio around 9 am, hoping to stay until Wednesday but prevented by a telegraph from headquarters.
F. M. Kearney, of loving, was registered at a local hotel yesterday and remains in town.
Mr and Mrs J P Behave receive news from their son Willis in the 29th division of the American Expeditionary Force. He was gassed north of Verdun and is recovering well. General orders No 69 commend officers and men for their skill endurance and conduct in the Verdun action.
A military report recounts a division’s first major fight, weather and woods hindering gassing, but it seized objectives and held them, taking about 2100 prisoners, 7 cannons and 200 machine guns. Two German divisions withdrew, praised by American and French commanders.
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