Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-08

to a large and interested audience.
The program consisted OF piano
solos and duets, vocal solos, duets
and quartettes, all accompanied by
the piano. Miss Ida Forbes presid-
ing at the piano. Several splendid
readings were also given. The lit
tie folks were very entertaining
and showed much good coaching
which was given by Rev. and Mrs.
Adna Davis, the pastor and wife
The news just recently reached
here that Mr.. Hamilton of Artesia,
is very i'll in sanatorium at that
place. He is the father of Gail
Hamilton who was telephone man
ager here the past winter and also
band leader Their many friends
in Portales are sorry to hear of
their fathers affliction.
Ex-Governor w. Z. Lindsey has
a nice office almost completed. 1t
is built of brick and joins his
former office, which he has rented
and will soon be fitted up as a
barber shop.
Mrs. l.. L. Brown was the pleas
ing hostess at her beautiful coun-
try home two miles out. to the
Methodist Missionary society on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
Thirty women and fifteen girls and
boys were in attendance. After
devotional exercises splendid
program was given, the subject
being the Negro" with Mrs. f..
N. Wheeler as leader, The articles
were all appreciated but poem.
White Man, Listen" reading
given by Mrs. Lang needs especial
mention. A long social evening
was spent during which kodak
pictures were taken Of the group
and ice cream and cake were
served in abundance by the hostess
to all present.
The Pentecostal people have just
completed a nice little church in
the south part of town on the
corner of Gramma and Nevada
streets. The dedication services
were held last Sunday, the sermon
was preached by Rev. n. r. Mich
OILS. The Pentecostal people com
menced a tent meeting on the
church lawn on last Tuesday
night. The services will be con-
Quoted by Rev! A. S. Collins of
Fort Worth, Tex, and he will be
assisted by other efficient workers
and singers.
Miss Mary West and Mrs. Rhoda
Johnson were Sunday dinner guests
at the suburban home of Rev. and
Mrs. e. p. Kuhl.
rplo fnnrfannth animal rlippip
was held at Rodgers, N. M, a few
miles out from Portales last Tues
day, with all the usual amuse-
ments. The business houses were
all closed here after 10 O'Clock
and many of our people motored
out and enjoyed the dinner" and
the fun, but the people at Rod
gers were not feeling very jovial
for their crops had all been de-
stroyed Just the day before by a
dreadful hail storm.
The w. C II. u. had called
meeting at the Methodist church
at o'clock Saturday, at which
it was decided by the ladies to
give a public chicken dinner on
the 7th of August, the
proceeds to go for the benefit Of
the girls home at Belen, N, NJ.
The excavations are all COM
pleted for q public swimming pool
and the pool was cemented the
past week, and is 1875 feet long,
forty feet wide and the depth IS
from two to eight feet
deep. There will also be dress
ing rooms erected for the use OF
those who patronize the swimming
pool.
The Nazarene people had a bap-
tizing on Sunday evening in the
baptistry at the Baptist church
here.
Luther Tucker and family came
in Sunday from Tennessee after
having been absent for the past
three years. They have concluded