Staff Report

June 7, 1951

Fire Leaves 1200 Acres Charred Ruin In Lincoln Forest

National Guard Unit Offers Opportunity For New Men

Second Inmate Of County Jail Hangs Himself

Completion Of 22 houses Set For July 15

Gas Corp. Now Says ‘No Sale’

Cerebral Palsied Children Will Be Treated In El Paso

David Mackmiller Wounded In Korea

What’s “Cooking” In China?

Body of Korean Casual Arrives

Alamo Scouts To Silver City

New Construction Values Here Over Half Million Mark

Press Meeting Is In Santa Fe

Plan For July 4th Fireworks At Sands

Show Local Film Here This Weekend

Mrs. Sears Dies In Massachusetts

Two Inductees Here

Prices on Fair Book Ads Remain Same

Supervisor Will Visit Local USO

Other Headlines:

Benefits Extended To Korean Veterans

Business Bureau Reports On County Retail Sales

Three Are Injured In Local Accident

Hospital Records Show Less Illness Here During May

La Luz Farm Bureau Holds Pie Supper

Notice of Precinct Meetings, County Convention

Sacramento Woman Advocates Clean Forest To Prevent Fires

Direct Loan Program For Vets Ends June 30

Society:

Will Attend Boys’ And Girls’ State

Are Wed In Carrizozo

Kathleen Grady Is Honored At Party

Rainbow Girls Honor Grand Worth Advisor

College Students Return For Summer

Miss Beasley Is Bride Of E. R. Raehrs

Goebel-Rucker Rites Are Held In Colorado Springs

OES Members Are Invited To Tea In Las Cruces

Joannas Will Be In Charge Of WSCS Meeting, June 7

Are Hostesses At Novel Breakfast

Announce Chairmen Of Joanna Circle

Dinner Here Sunday Will Honor Allens

DAV Auxiliary Observes Flag Day

USO Calendar

Civilians Urged To Join Servicemen In Songfest At USO

Sacramento Woman Advocates Clean Forest To Prevent Fires

Direct Loan Program For Vets Ends June 30

Brothers Serving Navy Are Widely Separated

Miss Matlock Takes Post-Graduate Work

Hold Otero Singing Convention Here

Cattlemen Look To Future

Scout Troop 129 Has Court of Honor

Student Paston To Be Here For Summer

Evangelist To Relate China Experiences

Membership Teams Working DAV Drive

Hold Church Picnic At Grant Residence

Mescalero Boy Graduates From Ordnance School

Girl Scout Camp Will Open June 10

Experiment Station Appoints Two Workers

Cloudcroft Lodge Will Open, June 9

Classified Ad Section:

WANTED TO RENT: Furnished house or apartment. 3 adults. Phone 473-M

BOYS NEEDED in Tularosa, Mescalero, Cloudcroft, High Rolls, Mountain Park, Mayhill, and Weed. Join the Little Merchant’s Sales Organization now being formed by the Los Angeles Examiner Sunday newspaper. You can earn money and valuable bonus awards also. Wouldn’t you like to earn and own a swell new bicycle? Or an electric toaster or electric iron for your Mother? For complete details write to Ben E. Short, P. O. Box No. 5091, Tucson, Ariz.

WANTED: Woman Cook for ranch family; private quarters furnished. Telephone Ryan Ranch, Three Rivers for interview.

PIANO INSTRUCTION. Beginners 1, 2, 3 grades a specialty. Latest method. See Mrs. Snow, 1112 Michigan for appointment.

FOR SALE: Young milk goat, just fresh, giving 3 qt. per day. 1622 Ninth St. Phone 034R5.

FOR SALE: Cloudcroft. 2-bedroom furnished cottage on Swallow Ave. Recently remodeled. Gas heat, hot water heater, and kitchen stove. New fireplace with Heatilator. $3990. Col Hamilton.

News From–Pinon By Dan Gage:

Mrs. Leonard Howell and children of Artesia spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sewell.

Miss Glenna Lee Stevenson is home from Abilene Christian college.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tidwell were here for church Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Gage went to Alamogordo Saturday night to meet their son, Dan, who had spent a week in Truth or Consequences and Alamogordo.

Sports:

Premium Games Offered To Fans Saturday Night

Blind Track Team Here Is Nation’s First

CYO Trounces Carrizozo Tigers

Sutton Adds Red Elk To Stable

Tularosa Is Winner of 4 League Games

News From–Mountain Park (Mrs. E. E. Cadwallader):

Mr. and Mrs. Moody Newell of Weatherford, Texas are the guests of the Bus Abbot’s at the filling station.

Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Littrell and children are occupying the small cottage at the J. R. Blacker place.

Captain and Mrs. Mark Wilson of the White Sands Proving Ground, made their initial visit to our mountains. They were greatly surprised to find so pleasant a place and promise to return again in the near future.

Harvey Stanborough has returned from Santa Fe where he went to take an examination for a position with the State Police Department.

The Fresnal “Sing” will be held on Thursday night.All who like to vocalize and enjoy good company are invited to attend. The meeting will be held at the school house at 7:30.

News Items From–Cox Canyon (Mrs. L. E. Carner):

Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Bounds returned from Elephant Butte. The said the fish weren’t biting too well.

A fire broke out in our community. It is thought that lightning caused it to start. The fire covered a lot of country in a short time and burned lots of good timber. Fire fighters, who have been trained for fighting forest fires were brought in from California. Also many soldiers were brought in.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Polson visited in the Truman Bratcher home.

The Farm Bureau will meet June 12 at 7:30 p. m. There will be pot luck supper and Mr. Wade will show pictures.

News From–Tularosa (Mrs. G. V. Clayton):

Miss Ella Fanning drove to El Paso Monday to take Mrs. J. T. Darby to take a plane for Washington, D. C. where she will visit her son, Lawrence Darby and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sanders went to Roswell Monday to attend the commencement program of the NMMI.

Friends may be interested to know that Jane Clayton is in San Francisco and on Monday night the show she is in, “Guys and Dolls”, opened at the Curran Theatre.

The Lions and ladies who attended the convention last week in Gallup report a wonderful time.

Mrs. Max Gutierrez is ill in her home here.

Mr. and Mrs. George Wood received word from their daughter, Mrs. Earl Bryan in Premont, Texas that Miss Quanah Bryan, the second daughter of the Bryans had been chosen with five other girls from the high school to attend a FHA meeting in Fort Worth. In making the choice, the six prettiest girls were selected.

The annual Lions chuck wagon supper will be held Friday night on the school grounds.

News From–Mescalero (Nellie Bly):

Impressive Memorial Day services were conducted at the Indian cemetery by the Legion Post No. 48.

Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Callahan were hosts to a group of square dancers at their home in Elk last Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Simon Paz of Bent, who underwent a tonsillectomy at the Ruidoso hospital last week is nursing a very sore throat.

Mr. John Walters attended a county board meeting in Alamogordo Saturday morning.

Howard Botella and Alta Naiche were taken to the Indian Hospital in Albuquerque the first of the week, where they will undergo surgery.

Mr. Mike Davalos, formerly of Bent, and who now resides at Green Tree, met with a serious accident about a week ago while hauling logs out of the Capitan Mountains.

I understand the large forest fire that has been raging for several days near Weed is under control.

Bahe Yazza seems to be the champion fisherman of Mescalero. Sunday he caught ten trout averaging about twelve inches in length.

News From–High Rolls (Mrs. K. E. Calkins):

Mrs. R. V. Garza and children of Fort Worth, Texas visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nail.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Bell visited in Carlsbad while here. On their return trip they brought Mrs. Bates back with them for a visit with the H. G. Bells. However, things will not be quiet at the Bell Ranch, for they are expecting 22 geologists from the Cal Tech school at Pasadena, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sutton and daughter, Norma Jean have moved on the Mackey farm.

Kenneth E. Calkins, Jr., has returned to El Paso where he will attend the summer session of Texas Western College.

News From–Orogrande:

The Canasta club met at the home of Mrs. Brunson Thursday.

Little Miss Ann Brunson is recovering from a case of chicken pox.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ashley and Mr. and Mrs. Billy McNew attended a show in Alamogordo Sunday.

Curley Jones is driving a new Dodge pick-up.

Perry Brunson spent several days in Gerald Champion Memorial hospital at Alamogordo, victim of the flu.

Robin Gray, Jr., is at the Don Lee ranch, helping with the spring branding.

Ole Sarge’s Column:

Army Nurses Still Critically Needed

Airmen Lacking Term At College Permitted To Return

Reserve Training Encampment

Army Adopts New All-Temperature Grease

Younk Women

Reminder To Students

Enlist Before The 10th Of June!

News From Cloudcroft (Mrs. Ray Daniels):

We expect a delegation in Cloudcroft tonight, Monday, from Artesia to make arrangements for the Artesia Goodwill Tour.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Allen left Cloudcroft on Monday for State College where Mr. Allen expects to do graduate work in mathematics.

Norman Lane arrived in Cloudcroft on Saturday for a 14 day leave with his parents.

The big Forest fire was a very real thing to people of this area.

Col. and Mrs. A. C. Hamil...

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