Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1956: Briscoe West, scheduled to begin his term as Curry County sheriff on Jan. 1, had named his assistants.
Nelson Worley, who lived at 1108 Lea St., was named chief deputy, or undersheriff.
L.B. Redwine was named jailer and would live in the apartment atop the Curry County Courthouse.
Ernest Garcia was named the office deputy.
1951: Mary Pickford, the actress known as “America’s Sweetheart,” announced she was coming out of retirement after 19 years.
The 58-year-old silent film legend, an Academy Award winner who owned her own production company, said she would play a librarian in Columbia Pictures’ “The Library.”
Columbia reported Pickford came to one rehearsal, but never returned.
Pickford was married to Charles “Buddy” Rogers, who lived in Clovis as a boy.
The couple were married almost 42 years when she died in 1979 at age 87.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. For more regional history, check out his weblog at:
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