Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities

Jan. 9, 1946

Chamber of Commerce directors were struggling with community issues that ranged from overcrowded schools and inadequate teacher salaries to dark city streets and the need for a municipal airport. … A Clovis man who lived at 212 Connelly was fined $100 and had his driver’s license suspended for one year after he was convicted of drunken driving and hit-and-run driving. … U.S. Sen. Carl Hatch of Clovis was in town for the week and his schedule included a Q&A with members of the Lions Club. … Makers of the “new” gasoline at Phillips 66 promised you’d “roll down the road like a whiz.”