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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
3
Artesia residents visit Carlsbad over Sunday while Lake Arthur and Lakewood locals travel for business and visits. Building material heads south for bridge and track repairs toward Pecos as several residents plan trips to Deming and Loving ton. Piano lessons advertised by Mrs Earl Woolace. Jerome Crowder undergoes military fitness exam in Class One.
The St Elmo James and five children left on the morning train to Odessa Texas. Mr James is steadily employed and the family plans this move as a future start. They had recently registered but have not yet received their classification.
Mrs. Mabel E. Polk arrived Saturday from Las Vegas to the delight of many friends. She is the efficient primary teacher in Carlsbad schools and has been chosen again for that position.
A set of four keys on a ring and chain was found near the P A stand pipe. The owner may claim them by visiting the Current office and paying for this advertisement.
A Sunday blaze destroyed J. H. Slease’s Shoe Shop and damaged the adjoining rooms and house areas east of the Joyce Pratt warehouse. Firemen confined the flames to the shop and back rooms, aided by 80 pounds water pressure, with insurance totaling 1,960 on contents and building. The owner, industrious in Carlsbad for three years, has sympathy from the community.
Miss Alice McClelland of Otis returns from Las Vegas where she attended the summer session of the State Normal. She is re elected to teach the Otis schools upper grades. Miss Rosalind Powell of Osage City Kansas is elected primary teacher. No teacher has been definitively secured for the Otis Spanish American school.
R M Thorne received a telegram from Wayne Crowder yesterday morning announcing the death of Mrs Paul Ramuz formerly of Carlsbad. She died at her home in Hurley New Mexico. Funeral services will be held tomorrow after the body arrives from the south. Nothing definite can be given until then.
Mrs Henderson and her daughter Miss Jeanette travel from Malaga to Carlsbad and stay with the family of Rev. D F Sellords. Jeanette is an experienced schoolteacher who taught in El Paso for several years and spends vacations with relatives in Maloga.
R. J. Toffelmire visited home folks in Carlabad from Lovington on Sunday and left this morning with George Wood the plumber to supervise plumbing work on the new jail being erected there. They plan to stay the entire week.
Plans for a Methodist Sunday school picnic unfold with a Wednesday gathering at the M. L. Davin home west of town. Cars depart the church at ten o clock, carrying attendees to a shaded, family friendly day enjoyed by both adults and children.
A large Lis tening congregation attended services at the Airdome with Reverend Sellards directing the music and illustrated songs shown on a screen. Guests sang numbers like America and Nearer My God to Thee as Mrs Grace Bumback performed Rock of Ages. Rev H Lowry preached on announcements of Dr Goodsell’s visit Aug 4 with patriotic music. Open air services, praised for families with small children, will continue through August.
A notice instructs readers to call 49 for any printing line needs. The brief lacks additional details about the company or exact services provided.
Inspectors note favorable reports from the district as rains in the last ten days boost range conditions. Southweet and Plains sections, including Pana handle Texas, southern Oklahoma, and eastern New Mexico north of the Canadian, report good rains. The Hope country and Penasco area received heavy rain, filling water holes and swelling rivers, with moisture extending into the Sacramento mountains.
Mrs. Bart Reid of Roswell planned a weeklong outing at Blue Springs ranch but rain and threatening weather forced them to return home early.
Misses Linnie and Lucy Jones departed Globe on a southbound train in the thin morning en route to their home. The youths spent a week here with teen and relatives. Miss Barbara, the youngest sister, will remain here a while longevter.
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