Local entries from town include conscripts, band plans and moves
Local notes report Led May visiting Julie City, M C Stewart returning from a trip, and John Lorton accompanying his brother’s remains to Carlabad. Updates cover Purdy and son Edward seeking Navy enlistment in El Paso, Bert Tawlins seeking Waxahachie band work, and several locals leaving for Dayton to aid a Kaiser club revival. Claude Farris, enlisting in the Navy, may be rejected for weight. Exemption rules tighten as Washington notes marriage does not automatically create dependency for servicemen and classes 2 8 and 4 will be revised to fill class 1.
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Purdy
Edward
el Paso
U. S. Navy
Mr. Purdy
Pas City
Claude Farris
Fl Paso
Farris
United States Navy
Washington
Funeral in El Paso for James Lorton at St Edward’s Church
James Lorton, 43, longtime Carlbad resident, died after six months of illness. Funeral services were held at St Edward’s Catholic Church in El Paso with Father Gilbert officiating. Burial rites by Woodmen of the World followed, with pallbearers Mayor Grantham, William Bloxom, H J Slease, Hert Rawlins, Walter Pendleton, and Curtin Bell. His wife and two daughters survive.
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James Lorton
EL Paso
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Gilbert
John Lorton
Lorton
Carlabad
Woodmen of the World
Foldy Grove Camp
Mayor P. ©. Grantham
William Bloxom
H. J. Slease
Hert Rawlins
Walter Pendleton
Curtin Bell
Crawford Dining Room Closes for War Time Conditions
A. J. Crawford suspends dining room service due to unsatisfactory factory and wartime conditions. The Crawford will operate solely as a rooming house for the present until conditions improve.
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A. J. Crawford
Crawford
Crawford Hotel Offers Monthly Room Rentals at Reduced Rates
The Crawford Hotel advertises a few rooms for rent by the month at reduced rates, inviting interested tenants to inquire for availability and terms.
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Crawford
Carlsbad Event and City Gambling Ordinance in 1918
A Carlsbad social afternoon at Rev and Mrs Sel’s home featured piano duets by Madge Brown Rubens Summerfield and Catherine Elizabeth Purdy, a recitation by David Sellards, a temperance ballad, a vocal quartet, and a dialect reading, followed by refreshments and a $20 donation. An ordinance prohibits gambling within city limits, punishing players and organizers with fines up to $100 and terms in jail. enacted June 15, 1918, by Mayor G Grantham and Recorder M Luke.
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Ww. c Tt. UL
Carlebad
D. F
Bearup
Tedford
Ted
Madge Brown
Rubens Summerfield
Catherine
Elizabeth Purdy
David Sellards
Claudius
Cynthia
Baumbach
Carlsbad
Megdames Dibble Clarke
A. J. Crawford
J. W. Armstrong
Will Purdy
Madam Thorne
New Mexico
Conte
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Led May
Julie
M. C. Stewart
Fl Peeo
Still
B. Hardin
Bert Tawlins
Waxahachie
Texas
Mr. Rawline
M. van Zandt
Joyce Pratt
Fort Worth
van Zandt
Crawford Dining Room
PRUIT
Upby County
New Mexio
Haas
Grantham
Attent
M. Luke
D. G. Grantham
P(rintin
Jacob J. Smith
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