Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1973: State police led a five-month investigation that resulted in 34 arrests in Clovis and Portales, most relating to violation of drug laws. Agent Dean Smith said 90 to 100 law officers were involved in 6 a.m. raids around both cities. Officers seized marijuana and 1,100 tablets of suspected LSD.
1968: Two Amarillo men crashed their light plane while attempting to land on a dirt road near a construction site where they were working in south Clovis. Both men complained of back injuries and one was admitted to the Clovis hospital. Their plane, which clipped a power line, was destroyed. A large section of west Clovis was without power for about 40 minutes because of the accident.
1962: Workers at Gattis Junior High, Sandia Elementary, Highland Elementary, Parkview Elementary and Lincoln-Jackson Elementary were battling wintry weather in hopes of completing $800,000 worth of Clovis school projects before the start of fall classes. Officials said all the work was expected to be completed on time except for work at Gattis, which was targeted for a late-fall completion of six new classrooms plus a gymnasium.
Holiday special ...
1970: Sparkle Cleaners at 412 Commerce in Clovis was offering free double orchid corsages — “flown in from Hawaii” — to all customers bringing in or picking up cleaning on Valentine’s Day. Sparkle was Clovis’ “master cleaners,” according to its promotional advertising.
That’s the way it is ...
1940: Clovis Floral Co., at 501 E. Fifth in Clovis, was reminding customers that “women love to get flowers” for Valentine’s Day. “Don’t puzzle over the fact — accept it; and order her Valentine flowers from our gay assortment of fresh cut blooms,” the store’s newspaper ad read.
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