Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-08
PORTALES


The students in the grades who
took special school work during
the summer months are taking
their examinations this week in
order that they may be placed
when school proper, opens on Sept.
Is.
After a lingering illness. Mrs
George Jobe passed away at her
home in the east side of town on
Tuesday afternoon. A husband
and three-year- son James are
left to mourn her death. Funeral
services were held at the Method
list church on Wednesday after
noon at $40 o'clock. The Rev.
]. ]. Richards was in charge of
funeral services, assisted by the
Rev. Albert Bates, both of Por-
tales. lnterment was in the local
. cemetery.
Mr.. Isaac Conner and daughters,
Misses Vista, and Anna, and Mrs.
Clarey and husband of Texas have
been visiting their son and broth
err and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Conner, for the past several weeks,
The Portales band, gave the last
open-air concert for this season,
on Friday evening on the court
house lawn.
Professor H. r. Arrant, princi-
pal of Portales high school last
year came in Saturday from Bould-
er, Colo, where he attended sum
mer school, and was the last of
the week guest of his brother-in-
law and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Seay. Prof. Arrant left Sunday
for Abilene, Tex, to join his wife
and little son, and be ready to take
the position he has accepted in
Simmons college for the ensuing
year.
Mrs. Robert Ham and daughter,
Miss Dorothy, left Tuesday for
Wichita, Kan, where Miss Doro-
thy is enrolled as student and
will attend the Business college of
that city for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bryant OF
Floydada have visited Mrs. Bry-
ants sister and husband, the Rev.
and Mrs. Albert Bates for the past
two weeks.
Arthur Wallace Of Colorado is
visiting his sister. Mrs. John Brad
ley and family. This is the first
meeting between this brother and
sister for eighteen years.
The Nazarene church people
commenced a tent meeting on the
church grounds here on Saturday
evening. The Rev. and Mrs. Lewis
of Albuquerque were in charge of
the services. The Rev. Mrs. Lew
is preached on Sunday morning
and the Rev. Lewis on sunday
evening.
Mrs. Lindsey. wife of ex-Gov. w.
T.. Lindsey, was taken quite i'll last
week and was removed to. the hos
pital at Clovis where little later
she will undergo an operation.
After choire rehearsal at the
church on Tuesday evening, Mrs.
Earnest Wheeler and Mrs. Claud
Jones, requested the choir mem
bers to remain a short time, and
to their surprise, they were served
refreshments. consisting of straw
berry ice cream, cake and canta-
1nrpes, by Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Wheeler.
Donald Saunders, chief dispatch
err of the Santa Fe, at Amarillo,
Tex, visited his sister and her
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Campbell. last week as he was en-
route from Denver, Colo. to Am
arillo.
Miss Vera Black was charm
ing hostess, at the home of her
parents on Tuesday evening to a
few of her friends at a 6 o'clock
dinner in honor of her guest, Carl
es Cleary Of Stafford. Kans. Seated
at a beautifully laid table were.
Carlos Cleary, Lester Brown, Miss
Lea Won Brown. and Miss Vera
Black.
]. A. Pipkin, tax assessor of this
county, accompanied by Gordon
and Essie Chiffon, left here Tues
day for Silver City, N. NJ, where
the children will enter the Silver
City Normal for the coming school
year and Mr.. Pipkin will visit his
brother. who is in the U. s. hospital
near Silver City.
The Rev. ]. F. Nix of the Baptist
church here, filled the pulpit OF
the First Baptist church at Ros-
well on Sunday, and A. w. Hocken-
hull of Clovis gave an interesting
talk at the Baptist church in Por-
tales. Instead of the regular Sun