Local Notables and Visitors Snapshot from Artesia Area
Artesia and nearby communities host a wave of visitors and residents on various travel and business trips. Delores and Joon land Sargent visit from California while relatives tour Craig for graduation. Oaks, Denver and Tulsa connections surface as business deals and site selections unfold.
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I W Cox
Elbert Sargent
Oak
Delores
Joon Land
Californi
Los Angeles
John Staley
Sargent
Staley
Hillcrest School Wins Honors on Activity Day
Hillcrest School earned third place in an exhibit at the Activity Day program for Mof fat county schools in Craig last Friday. The display spans art, map making, wood carving, crayon work, penmanship and scholastic work with help from all eight grades under teachers Gertrude Juel and Mrs Joe Paulson. Gertrude Havis, daughter of Mr and Mrs J B Havis, won second prize in seventh and eighth grade spelling competition with a cash award.
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Hillcrest
Moffat County
Craig Last
Gertrude Juel
Joe Paulson
Hillcrest School
Gertrude Havis
J B Havis
Artesia Water Works Sold to Ben Cook and Mr Stowe
The Artesia water works were sold by 3 L Leathers to Ben Cook of Kansas and Mr Stowe of Oakland California. The new owners promise palatable water by weekend with pipelines from the tank to a new source and a pump installed this week. Owners of Wiley's Resort agreed to supply Artesia with full town water needs.
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Artesia
Ben Cook
Stowe
L Leathers
Cook
Kansas
Oakland
California
Rtesia
Wileys
Wileys Resor Water
Prefab Units May Ease Artesia Housing Shortage
Artesia carpenter A K Sollars says prefabricated houses offer quick relief to housing and material shortages. His 14 by 24 foot three room frame home is built in Texas from Louisiana pine, shipped to Craig, and assembled in a day with sections including walls and floor ready to place.
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Arkstas
K Sollars Artesia
Sollars
Texas
Louisiana
Craig
Sellars
Hillcrest School Pet Show Slated This Friday
Hillcrest school children groom their pets this week for a show to be held Friday at the schoolhouse. Ribbons will be awarded for winners in dog and trick divisions and for special awards, with entry open to any pet that can be kept on a leash or in a box.
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Hillcrest School
Representative Joseph Cannon Retires After 50 Years
Hon Joseph Cannon of Illinois 7 ends a half century in Congress as he retires on March 4 1923 ending a long era in national politics.
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Congress
Joseph Cannon
Diinois 7
Deloris Gadd Weds in Craig Ceremony
Deloris Gadd daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Gadd Skull Creek was married April 27 at the Congregational church to Donald Dunn of Craig The Rev Best performed the ceremony after which the couple went to Salt Lake City for a weeklong honeymoon Dunn recently discharged from the army served in the European Theater of operations earning the Purple Heart and Bronze Star He works for J J Stanton Transportation company The couple will live in Craig Sp
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Deloris Gadd
W E Gadd
Skull Creel
Ale Congregationa
Donald Dunn
Craig
Best
Salt Lake City
R Dunn
J J Stanton Transportation Company
Dunn
Craig Sp
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Ted Sellars
Harry Bunch
Chaplain Coffee
Inglewood Colorado
First Baptist Church
Tom Lopir
Oklahoma City
Mra
Charles Mantle
Queda
Craig Armory
Henry George
al Kenney
Denver
Mr George
Mel Tole
William Bowen
Mt Harris
Sam Jacovetta
Ott Sitzler
E McGowan
Vanessa
J DB Havis
Bud Biles
Perry Morgan
Elsa Boyd
Hartman
Denver. Ly
L. Farmer
Odessa
Bill Clark
Tulsa Okla
National Tank Company
Continental Supply Company
Kiva Theatre
Artesia Pool Hall
Rangely
Artelia
General Auto
Replinne
Hi-Way
General Automobile
Standard Oil Service
Artesia Garage
A L Schucker, Mgr
the Well Cafe
Artesia, Colorado
Fountain Service
Artesia Drug CO
Leathers
Pourry Morgan
Ranch
Kiva Theater
Colorado
Frank Sinatra
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Anchors Aweigh
George Sanders
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ela Révis
Harry
Bud Abbot
Lou Costello
Kimn Oned Lumber
F. O. B. Craig
East Side Town
A. K. Sollars
John
Artesia Grocery
J. Malloy
Henry
Glorgl
Mgr
Artesia Light & Power Co
Stewart Bros
Raymond Stewart
Whiley’s Resort
Sand Springs, Colo
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