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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1918
Page
3
Local news notes a generally fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. The Queen ladies finished thirty pajamas for the Red Cross. Mrs. David Gray and others from the area are visiting Crawford. Several households hosted guests yesterday and others plan to move into a Frank Rose bungalow on North Canyon Street as arrangements are completed.
Aunt Pop underwent a sinking spell Monday that alarmed many, but she recovered after a brief episode and is now much better though very weak.
Mr and Mrs J A Brubaker travel to Alamogordo to fetch their son Clyde from school and anticipate his return home for the summer, likely to stay near the ranger station.
Joana Hudiburkh returned to Carlsbad from Kansas where she had been engaged in school activities during the past term and will spend the summer months at the home of Loe Pa Te in this city.
Cop Mann Mrs Haron Sparks KON Bigler Mies Perry Kev Hillis Mise Lora Williams Mr and Mire Mark Cardin Miss Whitcomb attended the chantang from Artesian.
Mr and Mrs Bo Virgil Alberton and daughter Elizabeth left a message in their car for Cat Horn. They plan an indefinite stay near Long Beach while friends in Carlsbad expect them to return before school opens.
Misses Frankie and Elizabeth Wailes of this city, daughters of Mrs M B Culp, spent the weekend in Carthage and attended a chautauqua. Both Misses Wailes are experienced teachers who have held positions in Dayton schools for years.
Two truck loads of Hoy Scouts departed this morning for their annual camp at Bline Springs. The campers carry plenty of food and bedding and are under the charge of Scoutsmasters Lowry Pratt and Wilaurdy.
Tase Love and his wife arrived from their ranch and remain in town as the area endures extreme dryness. Their daughter Kate attends the local school and plans to join her parents back at the ranch when they depart for home.
Mr and Mrs Merrifield from Hope attended the wavelling ceremony and dedication exercises of the Woodmen of the World yesterday. They were formerly residents of the city and active in Woodcraft work.
Miss Maramet Lea a former Carlsbad High student returns to Leadville Colorado after leaving for home Friday night The town learned she is a graduate of the Whiten Institute of Music and Art and has won affection here during nine months in the city Hopes abound she will return in fall for another year at Carlsbad High.
Wallace Smith visits from his Delaware ranch today while Mrs. Luther Foster of Artesia registers at the tutes. Sunday membership urged for the Lick the Kaiser Club as Shiney Brown from the Harkey ranch handles various business. J. W. Collings and wife of Hope attend Woodmen Memorial services yesterday. AG. Willis has enlisted in the army reserve as a steam fitter and may be assigned soon.
Report mentions Dranks at Public Utilities dam and Anderson sanitarium with medics, Creatment showing good results, Wills Moore spending week at their home south up town front reports Sven to be having no tine tive.
Miss Lenin and Sadie McCaw of Sitesiy were among the many town residents seen there yesterday. The McCaw family attended the event, with a container going there Friday.
Furnished text shows Artesia outfielder Perry delivering notable performances this week. Mentions of teammates Trenida and Mildred Water appear, with references to a school setting and a sewer issue. The fragmentary item notes improvements and possible team context without full details.
Hox Reeves, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Reeves, had tonsils and adenoids removed at Anderson sanitarium yesterday and will be taken home today.
Nob Jones lent Saturday night funds for his brother at Baton Rouge Louisiana. The brother is a member of the state legislature and has not been seen for five m minutes.
The text reads as a garbled note on teachers nearly finished with tasks for an upcoming event. Miss Arline Gibbany is set to Haxwell, with Misses Van Wie and Keller Uhienso remaining, leaving Saturday as the remaining game before an end. The source is unclear on exact details but indicates staff assignments and a Saturday deadline.
The fragment lists several individuals including Dorothy Flower Evelyn Moore Kircher Christine Wood Dorothy Wood and Mildred Tinnin among participants in a Saturday morning gathering or activity.
Mr Peekenpaugh Witham and Sun McMahan and Mise Eilenne Mahon formed a quartet of speakers at a Woodmen Memorial service yesterday. Antonia was mentioned among attendees in the short readable fragment.
Miss Lida Martin and her brother Guy Martin of Dallas are visiting to attend commencement exercises. They are long time friends of Dr and Mrs Bevin and will arrive Friday for the event.
Mayor DG Grantham departed west to attend court in Lea County. The session began today and the judge has ongoing legal business, likely keeping him for a couple of weeks if the court remains in session.
Citizens of Carlsbad resubmitted as witnesses in the Biel of Henry Vo Lange before the Federal court at Santa Fe, trial to be heard today. Names mentioned include Mexsers, Richman, Voore, Oliver and Wolf. Melivain traveled by car over land, leaving Saturday morning with Measers and Owen and George Wood also departing on the debt train Saturday.
Visitors from town may visit the Blue Springs Hoy Scouts camp on Thursday. Those planning to attend should take notice and govern themselves accordingly. The Red Chrome room is open again to workers urged to return and assist the chapter's varied actions now that schools are closed, promising more workers on hand than before.
The Lick the Kaiser Club began a Red Cross canvass today with a committee meeting at the courthouse. Young women are soliciting members and donations, operating a Canal Street booth moved to the post office location, answering questions and promoting arts and philanthropy. Chairman Bonner leads a active committee including Tadien Minses Frances Cooke Grace O Quinn Lorene Powell Mary Lee Newton Lele Chrin Althea Harris Tovothy Melateeh Mona Heard Mary Hemenway and Helen Wetebt.
Themlore Howat and Jones, game warden, met Carlsbad residents in Weretal rooms to discuss funding for trout stocking in Springs and streams, universal licensing, bass seasons, and district wardens. They urged legislative action and promised deputies for Guadalupe range as they tour the state.
A late spring memorial day service at Geneva honored departed sovereigns and gravemarkers with a ceremony at the Methodist church. About twenty attendees from Artesia and nearby Cromake wood joined a mixed quartet for music at church and cemetery. The sole monument unveiled was to Jo 4 Pond. his grave was decorated by relatives at dawn, after which other graves received floral tributes under shade trees.
Sovereign Delegate G. K. McDonald of Roswell and Past Head Coniel Jackson of the Ari Mex Jurisdiction spoke to a Carlsbad audience. The program, arranged by J. Leck and others, featured choral readings. Graves decorated yesterday honored many local residents including Mrs Leota Hatrd Stephens and others buried in Carlsbad cemetery.
It will pay you to call and see the new Studebaker touring cam truck at the Ohnemus Shops before buying elsewhere. Also a fresh four-year-old Jersey cow is for sale by C H McLeathen in Athen.
If you are on the market for a future second hand car, call Onne tus Shops Cay Fix It for bargains. We have 15 cars to choose from and a deal you should not miss. Standards Lew.
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