Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1972: Don McAlavy, chairman of the High Plains Historical Society, was set to give a report to that group about possibly having located the oldest house in the area.
"We think we have found the oldest residential house," he told the Clovis News-Journal, "but it might be too early to say definitely."
McAlavy said the group hoped to eventually purchase what it believed to be one of the earliest existing dwellings in Clovis and "eventually restore it for the benefit of all of our citizens."
1972: In what was certainly a "developing story," the District Attorney's office was on the hunt for a traveling photographer whose plan was even quicker than his shutter speed.
The shooter, who claimed to represent a studio in Henderson, Arkansas, had collected $5 deposits from numerous local citizens, but when they had arrived for their photo sessions at the Holiday Inn, he had checked out and moved on.
Assistant District Attorney Richard Rowley II was asking any locals who had fallen for the scheme to please contact his office.
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