The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-12-25
SOCIAL NOTES AND
PERSONAL MENTION

Herman Gerhsrdt, Jr., is reported
sick.
II. X, Horne aud wife were in from
san jon, shopping.
J. T.. Bristow has returned from the
company hospital ut Alamogordo.
r. a. Mittcndorf Of Randlctte, Okla,
was In town yesterday looking around
W.. Is. Rector aud family will spohd
the holidays with relatives at Oklahoma
City.
There is n baby boy at the home Of
j. q. Hart, timekeeper for the South
western.
Mrs. A. Il. Carter will 40 to Mssa
chusctts to spend the holiday season
with honefolks.
IL. J.. 0rouke, the brakeman, is car
rying a hand In sling on account Of
a mashed thumb.
Mrs. Eugene Jacobs was in the city
from Abbott, the first Of the week, do.
ing Christmas shopping.
d. W. Clark, brakeman on the South.
western, got a hand caught IN a coup
ling and mashed a finger.
Floyd Boss sustained a slight scalp
wound in a mixup with a telegraph
pole. lie fell from the pole onto a
pile Of rocks.
Leave your order for home made cake,
pie and bread with Mrs. +. A. Posey,
across the street from Crystal Theatcr
Phone No. 2Dd.
H.. T.. Cotton, with the Tucumcari.
Memphis, since construction began here
last spring, as engineer, has returned
home TO Lincoln, Nebraska.
NJ. T.. Parish, Carpenter for the B..
w. shops, injured a finger with a steam
boring machine. The wound IN a pain.
full one but II is thought the finger
: will bo saved.
w. II. Rapp, the architect Of Trini'
dad, was in the city. lie was here 10
wind up the business OF the new high
school building which is now finished,
accepted aud occupied.
Mrs. w. l.. Spears aud Miss Perlina
Thomson are here from Lexington, KY,
guests Of DR.. Thomson and family. Miss
Thomson is the Doctors sister and
Mrs. Spears is u sister Of Mrs. Thomson.
Secundino Romero and wife were
here several days from Las Vegas,
guests Of n. V. Gallegos and family.
Romero is a prominent politician Of
Las Vegas and is a brother Of Mrs.
G~allegos.
Prof. Munson moved the grades that
were selected to occupy the new high
school building, Tuesday. The grades
were marched from the central build.
ing in a body and n fellow wouldn I
think there were so many youngsters
In the county AS that line showed up.
Luke Raines Of the Bell Ranch, was
in the city Tuesday en- route to Alb
ilcne, Texas, to spend the holidays with
his parents. There is to be a family
reunion for the first time since the
boys nave been away from home and
1t should be a happy Christmas for
Luke.
j. W. Corn, manager Of the Tucum.
carl lee aud Coal Company, has return.
ed from "a trip TO Texas, Oklahoma
aud Tennessee. Mr.. Corn said that
things look very we'll where he has
been, but he wac glad to got back Ia
the Land Of Sunshine, /" and that Tu.
cumcari looks good to him.
/. ". Is. Hill, civil engineer, who has
; been with the Tucumcari. Memphis dur
! ing the construction of the line now
finishing from here to Amarillo, dur
ing the past six months, left Tuesday
going to Old Mexico, to take a situa
tion in railway construction in north
western portion of the republic.
MIR. aud Mrs. T.. X. Ambrose, form
crly of this city Tut now located at r.
Paso, Texas, passed through here ihii
morning enroute to Topeka, Kansas, Il
} spend the Christmas Holidays with theij
parents" Mr.. Ambrose succeeds a
g y. Brown as general passenger agen
of the Southwestern, and will ente
upon his duties directly after the frs
Of the year.
There was quite a surprise In stor'
n for X. A. Prentice when he took tn
chair Of Exalted Ruler In the Elk lodg
Wednesday night, lie found on hi
desk "A gold loeket and chain, and
card attached with the inscription ct
d baby Pr ntice. The arst baby Elk borI
il in Tucumcari. From the members Of Tt
I cumcRri Lodge No. il72 H. y. .. E.
Mr.. Prentice il the first Exalted Rule
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