01/03/1951
FIFTY YEARS AGO
From The Herald of Jan. 3, 1911
The new 1911 City directory is now being distributed and is much fatter than any of the previous City directories. It contains 45,000 names.
El Paso's newest railroad came into being Monday. It is the Rio Grande and El Paso line, of which W. R. Brown is general manager, vice president and the rest of the works.
State Commander J, E. Sawtell of the Knights of the Maccabees, on recommendation of the local Tent, has appointed Harry J. Gottleib deputy state commander for El Paso.
Gus Momsen is having E. Krause draw plans for a reinforced concrete warehouse at the corner of Virginia and Overland streets. It will cost $15,000.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Herald-Post of Jan, 3, 1936
Gross receipts for the Southwestern Sun Carnival will total approximately $12,000, Jack Chaney, Association auditor, said today.
Miss Roberta Meyers, 15- year-old El Paso poet, has sold a volume of poetry to the Banner Press of Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Elena Escudero will be in charge of ushers for the concert given by the Banda del Estado Mayor of Mexico in Liberty Hall.
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TEN YEARS AGO
From The Herald-Post of Jan. 3, 195I
Traffic patrolmen investigated 53 car crashes on City streets in 24 hours.
Mrs. Katherine M. Briesch has sold a home at 1215 Rim road to S. Leslie Hays for $50,000.
The board of directors of the El Paso National Bank declared the regular semi-annual dividend, payable Jan. 2 at the rate of $1.20 per share.
Christmas seal sales totaled $22,000, Mrs. Gertrude Gardener, executive secretary of the El Paso Tuberculosis Assn., announced.
This Fabulous Southwest
By CHESTER CHOPE
A WILDCAT RIG is prospecting for oil in the Hachita area southwest of Deming, N.M. The location is a half mile east of the Matlin Everhart ranch, and a few miles east of the old Berry wildcat which was abandoned several years ago. The Deming Graphic says the project is sponsored by Deming and Roswell residents. Walter Herkimer of Deming is in charge of the drilling
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HOLLYWOOD, N. M. residents who are opposed to annexation by Ruidoso are talking about incorporation or annexing their community to Ruidoso Downs. But the Ruidoso News notes that others in Hollywood say, “We don’t believe Ruidoso is trying to annex us.”
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A PHANTOM telephone caller has been pestering Police Chief W. A. (Bill) Pence of Kermit. When the phone is answered, no one responds. 'This is a misdemeanor,' the Chief warned in the Winkler County News. He promised to prosecute the troublemaker when he or she is caught.
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THE LAS CRUCES Sun-News is urging approval of a 50,000 bond issue for improvement of the local library building in a Jan. 9 election.
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HUGH MCMILLAN inc. of El Paso submitted a low bid of $250,024 for surfacing 9.2 miles of U. S. Highway 90 between Marfa and Valentine. The project will extend from the Culberson County line to a point 8.9 miles west of Valentine, the State Highway Department informed the Alpine Avalanche.
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A NEW $208,800 elementary school building is scheduled for completion by Aug. 15, the Van Horn Advocate noted after the construction contract was awarded to Robert Lacy of Midland.
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TEXAS HIGHWAY Commission has allotted $52,500 for road work in Winkler County in 1961.
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