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Pages past — Aug. 29

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1975: State game officials met in Portales and decided quail season would be 21 days shorter in eastern New Mexico than the rest of the state.

Ranchers told game commissioners that cattle were accustomed to seeing vehicles with feed in January. That meant they followed vehicles, including those belonging to quail hunters.

As a result, quail season for Curry, De Baca, Quay and Roosevelt counties was set for Nov. 27 through Jan. 4.

The rest of the state’s season ran from Nov. 27 through Jan. 25.

1975: Stanley Hancock, 42, was Clovis’ new postmaster.

Hancock, who succeeded the late Charles Stanfield, had worked for the post office since 1959.

1945: Eastern New Mexico College was planning to have a football team for the first time since the beginning of the war in 1941.

Coach Al Garten was expecting 25 players for practice.

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

http://www.highplainsyesterdays.com