Pages Past — Nov. 29

On this date ...

1972: Mrs. Ila Mae Doyal was appointed postmistress in Elida. The Rotan, Texas, native entered the postal service in 1966.

1968: The Clovis News-Journal presented the following “filler” item in its news hole: “The Niagara is one of the few rivers in the world to flow in a northerly direction.”

1964: Six area men — two from Clovis and four from Portales — were in jail after a series of weekend raids by the federal alcohol and tobacco tax unit. All were held on $1,000 bond, charged with illegal sale of alcohol to undercover state police officers.

So that’s how old it is

1955: Farwell High School dedicated its new gymnasium with a doubleheader basketball game against Texico.

Their business

1968: Dexter Todd, the owner of Steed-Todd Funeral Home, announced he had acquired the building that formerly housed Chapel of Memories Mortuary at Prince and Manana. He said a move to the new quarters was planned that weekend. The familiar white building at Commerce and Gidding streets, which housed the funeral home for 28 years, would close. “We have become cramped through the years and parking is a problem in our present building,” Todd said.

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