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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
2
The Evening Current lists L. Perry as editor and manager. It is entered as second class matter April 16, 1917 at the Carlsbad New Mexico post office under the 1879 act. The paper is published daily with Sundays excluded by the Carlsbad Printing Co.
The State Council of Defense asked Eddy County to form Community Councils and the County did so in under three minutes. Ten councils formed with officers and funds, built by volunteers from the Lick the Kaiser Club. Eddy County leads in war effort and civic organizing. Join the Lick the Kaiser Club, first in the state.
The text lists numerous men from Eddy County who will depart for Camp Mabry in Austin Texas to join the mechanical division of the army. It notes church attendance upcoming Sabbath at the Presbyterian church with a sermon on Jacob's Escort and mentions Collin Gerrell and Walter Thayer in town and away again.
Prof. G M Brinton reports 215 students enrolled on day one at the Normal with most being women and men largely absent due to war. Brinton handles pedagogy U S history psychology and agriculture as teaching time fills. Thirty eight army mechanics division men head to Austin after receiving comfort kits at the courthouse. Artesia Red Cross chapter gifts ten comfort kits to the upper valley town. G C Wilson of Burne Arkansas arrives for health benefits and awaits a Moonlight Schools connection through his sister Mrs Steward in Kentucky with a planned July visit.
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