Pages past — Sept. 22

On this date ...

1975: Children found an unexploded live grenade in the 100 block of Thornton Street, Clovis police reported, but no one was injured.

Police said an unidentified 22-year-old man was suspected of pulling the pin on the grenade and tossing it under a parked car at 116 Thornton.

The device did not explode.

The mother of a child found playing with the grenade called police, the Clovis News-Journal reported.

1931: Pearson Valley school 26 miles west of Portales was wrecked for the second time in two weeks.

Teacher Ruth Isham opened the school to find desks crashed to splinters, blackboards demolished and school records torn to bits and scattered over the floor, the Clovis Evening News-Journal reported.

It’s their business ...

1990: Two new dairies were soon to be open in Curry County.

The Do-Rene Dairy, located southeast of Cannon Air Force Base, was slated to be completed in about a week.

The Sunwest Dairy, located at the eastern end of Wilhite Road, was expected to be operational by Jan. 1, the Clovis News Journal reported.

1910: Miller & Luikart, a Portales dry goods store, offered men’s black derby hats for $3.

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

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