Local Notices and Personal Movements In Roy Arizona
Personal mentions jr Meredith prepares for Army Y M C A work at Fort Bliss Texas as family winters east. Judge Foster travels for Archuletta vs Floersheim case and returns to Roy. Community updates include visits, births, a barn fire near Pendergrifft farm, and a busy week at the Roy Literary Society with a school children debate and the Weekly Blather.
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Jesse L. Meredith
Maxwell
Fort Bliss
Texas
Army Y .M. C. A
Merridith
Meredith
Solano
Foster
Las Vegas
Archuletta
Infant Dies in Mills Family Tragedy
The infant son of Mr and Mrs George Cochrane of Mills aged 12 months died Friday at Dr Self Hospital Roy after illness. Funeral services were held at the M. Church Mills with interment in Mills Cemetery. A card of thanks from the Cochrane family expresses gratitude for sympathy and support.
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Fr. A. Roy
Red Cross
Home
George Cochrane
Mills
Dr. Self
Roy
M. B. Church
Hearn
Mills Cemetery
Geo. Cochrane
Christmas Dance at Roy Hall for Red Cross
A dance at the C C F Hall in Roy will be hosted by Roy citizens. Proceeds go to the Red Cross Chapter. All are invited to attend for a good time and a good cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C.F. Hall
Roy
Oddfellows Elect Officers For Next Term
The Oddfellows Lodge elected officers for the next term at a recent meeting. C. A. Peare was chosen N. G. Melville Floersheim will serve as W. G. J. E. Wildman becomes Secy. Earl Strong is named Treasurer. C. Belknap was elected Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Oddfellows Lodge
C. A. Peare
N. G. Melville Floersheim
W. G
J. E. Wildman
V. Earl Strong
Treas
C. Belknap
Clayton men visit town with farm loan agent
Rev Mills of Clayton joined by Lewis W. Osborne Farm Loan Agent and another man were in town briefly on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Mills
Clayton
Lewis W. Osborne
Chas
Depew
Colorado
Only A Volunteer By One Who Didn’t Wait
A reflective poem about choosing to volunteer for war rather than be drafted. The speaker recalls marching to the train without a banquet or cheers and the sense of being forgotten. He describes training, the grind of war, and the wish to explain to his son why he volunteered instead of being drafted. The piece explores pride, sacrifice, and quiet regret.
Roy Newspaperman Exonerated in Vegas Case
Colfax County Grand Jury freed Wm. Carter of Abbott from charges of killing an antelope and shooting at range cattle. Carter, once a well driller and former real estate agent, plans to move to Las Vegas for his wife’s health. Local items note church work, farm news, and visits from residents, with several mentions of Roy and nearby communities.
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Carter
Abbott
Colfax
Las Vegas
Army Life And Civilian Mindset In Wartime Reflections
A veteran writes on Army discipline replacing civilian inquiry, noting strict orders and the inevitable adaptation. The piece discusses government exams for West Point and Annapolis, dates in early 1918, and a telegram listing exam sites across New Mexico and nearby towns, then mentions Mr. and Mrs. Dean’s trip to Amistad to buy cattle.
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S.—A
Mesa
Cy Roberts
Las Vegas
Xiv
Washington
New Mexico
West Point
Annapolis
Carlsbad
Rosewell
Clovis
Fort Sumner
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Raton
Tucumcari
Alamogordo
Silver City
Gallup
Chama
Farmington
Taos, Deming
Socorro
Aztec
Clayton
Lovington
E. H. Dean
Amistad
Merit Wins West Point and Annapolis Examinations Set For December 22
Senator A A Jones announced concurrent exams across New Mexico on December 22 to nominate two principals and two alternates to West Point and three principals with three alternates to Annapolis. Dr Frank H H Roberts will oversee the testing through local high schools, aiming to select merit-based candidates for future naval and military officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
A. A. Jones
United States Naval
Military Academies
West Point
Annapolis
Frank H. H. Roberts
New Mexico Normal University
Jones
New Mexico
Navy
Army
Uncle Sam
Borh
Brenchagol
Mora County NM School Money Apportioned 1917
Milner Rudulph, Superintendent of Schools for Mora County New Mexico, certifies the county school fund apportionment dated December 11 1917. The funds total twelve thousand two hundred seventeen dollars five cents for four thousand seven hundred ninety one school age children at two dollars fifty five cents per scholar allocated to districts. Also notes local social mentions and visits including Rev Howell Mills, Mr and Mrs EK Hughes, John Mackey trip to Roy, a parsonage party, and Mrs Leach returning from a visit to a seriously ill sister.
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Mora
State of
New Mexico
Milner Rudulph
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S Ililli
Russel
Helen
Springer
Dan Jenkins
Jenkins
Jack Mahoney
Minnesota
Sunshine State
Pendergrifft
Ben Wright
Ft Bliss
Co. C
Homer Holmes
Bliss
Wolcott
Dolphie Proctor
Ft. Crockett
Wolcott Russel
Christman
Geo. Mitchell
Dick Pendleton
Edgar Floeksheim
Andy Hern
A. Peare
Leo Wagner
Alva
Oklo
Regina Pint
E. A. Reed
Willena Linda
F.A. Roy
Wagon Mound
Ocie Canon
Daveen
L. W. Wilson
Kansas City
Alex Holmes
Mosquero
Virgil Anderson
Oddfellows Elect Officers
Archuleta Floersheim
Vegas
Henry Stone
la Cinta Canyon
New Baptist
Jor—. Solano
Orpha Ross
Carroll Mackey
Eagle Nest Dam
Hughes
Gladstone
N. M
Ted Hay
John Hepburn
A. B. Hale
Miss Fleming
Mr. Hooper
Heflin
Edith Moore
Mrs. Heflin
G. E. Rinehart
Mrs. Littrell of
F. M. Hughes
Westpoint
Howell of Mills
Mrs. EK
H. Hughes
Mrs. Hughes
John Mackey
Mathews
Ain’t
Autemn
Frank Hyatt
Ruth Martin
Frank
Wilson
Fern Depew
Hazel Defrees
Brother Hearn
Murl Johnson
Sales
Artichoke Hug
Ray Glee
Prof
Pussej
Chester Scott
Retha Sales
Johnson Orchestra
Eva Howie Milnor
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