Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-22
PORTALES

| The Portaes band gave de-
lightful open air concert on the
court house lawn on Friday evening
at 1880 and Il large number of peo-
| pie enjoyed the music. The pro-
gram consisted Of requested num-
bers."
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Carroll and
sons, Vinson and Clarence, and
grandson, Carroll Brooks, left Mon
| day overland for Colorado SpriAgs,
| Colo, where they intend locating.
The senior class Of men and the
senior class of women of the Meth
odist Sunday school have entered
| into an attendance and membership
contest. The class that is victori-
GUS will entertain the losers
Mrs. J. b. Crow of Portales was
operated on at the Baptist sanitor-
ium at Clovis on Thursday and is
recovering nicely.
Word was received Tuesday by
Mrs. Paul Morrison that her moth
er, Mrs. Ella hurry, who left here
three weeks ago for Gallup, for a
visit with friends, has had several
slight strokes of paralysis and her
physician has advised California as
| a relief.
After a sojourn of several weeks
at different points in Texas visiting
relatives and friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Jeff White and daughters, the
Misses Grace and Mary White. re-
turned to their home here TUESDAY
The WOman's Club opened the
year with a meeting on Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. j. c.. |
Whitcomb, with Mrs. j. b. Young
and Mrs. Whitcomb as hostess. No
program was given. 1t was a meet
| ing for the purpose of planning for
the years work, and a good social
time after the summers vacation.
Mrs. Joseph Anderson and daugh-
| tiers, Roberta and Lula Pearl came
; in a few days ago from their large
ranch sixty miles south of town
and will spend some weeks in Por-
tales.
On Tuesday Mrs, Joseph Ander-
son and daughters were entertained
at dinner in the Mr.. and Mrs. David
! Colligan home. On Thursday Mrs. !
| Anderson and daughters were de-
| lightfully entertained at a twelve
O'Clock dinner at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Jones. Mrs. An
derson and daughters were the din
ner guests on Friday of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. =. Myres and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing Ready and
| daughter, WilmOgene, and Miss
Anna Thomas of Hollis, Okla, who
were on camping vacation trip, .
arrived in Portales Tuesday and
were the guests of their friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan Roquemore,
who recently came here from Hol-
| lis, Okla.
A meeting for children only was
held at the Nazarene tent at II
O'Clock on Sunday morning, and
! Evangelists Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
! gave fine talks to the girls and
boys. The Nazarene tent meeting,
which has been held here for the
past two weeks, closed on Sunday
evening, and much good has been
done. On Sunday evening a class
of fifteen people were received into
membership in the Nazarene church
| by the local pastor, the Rev. A. K.
Scott and purse of $110 was
raised and presented to the Rev
erends Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis as an
appreciation of the work done by
them in Portales. The Reverends
Lewis left here Monday for
Roswell, where they will engage in
evangelistic work, and where Mrs.
,, Lewis will locate, as she has accept
ed the pastorate of the Nazarene
church, and will also put her chill
dren in school. Rev. Lewis will go
out again into the evangelistic field
Many loads of fine broom corn
have been brought to town and sold
on the Portales market during the
past ten days.
Forty of the Baptist women OF
Clovis drove to Portales on Thurs
day and visited the Orphans Home
They were met at the home by "a
of the Portales Baptist women and
after spending soma time there
they all drove to the court house
lawn, where an elaborate picnic
dinner was spread. The women en-
joyed a joint missionary program
| in the open air.
On Friday evening most de-
| lightful annual social of the Baptist
church was enjoyed by large num-
Der of the church members, at the
church. A mock trial on "Titheing"
was held which created great deal
of interest. The choir was in last
century costumes and they were
the subject of much merriment.
The men Of the church furnished
and served the refreshments.
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