Pages past — July 24

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1975: A Clovis News-Journal review by Diana Seiffert began, “Go. Even if it’s the last two dollars in your pocket you’ll be spending, don’t miss ENMU’s ‘Man of La Mancha.’”

The Eastern New Mexico University school of music had put together “one of the most natural pieces of theater to come out of Portales in years,” Seiffert wrote.

1960: Mrs. Cecil Parks, head of the piece goods department at Portales’ J.C. Penney’s, had sold a dress design to McCall’s Pattern Corp.

The design was for a beige and brown regulated cotton “Western dress,” Parks said.

She did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.

1950: A Seagraves, Texas, man was arrested by Texas Rangers on suspicion of stealing cattle near Texico.

Investigators received a tip the Seagraves man may have been involved in multiple area cattle thefts and they soon learned he’d spent time in prison for similar cattle thefts.

The suspect was identified as the man who sold a stolen cow and steer to a rancher near Hugoton, Kansas.

Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. For more regional history, check out his weblog at:

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