Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1972: A Clovis man freed a duck from a frozen pond, then needed to be rescued himself.
Paul Jones, a municipal golf course maintenance supervisor, freed the duck in a "small, flat-bottomed skiff" before his vessel capsized, the Clovis News-Journal reported.
Jones tried to swim to shore, but the icy water paralyzed him, the paper reported.
A witness, Al Billingham, saw Jones struggling, jumped in the pond, and helped him to shore.
Both men recovered from the ordeal after a "hot shower and a change of clothes," according to CN-J.
1972: In commemoration of New Mexico's 60th anniversary as a state, area residents hung an old United States flag in the Assembly Room at Clovis city offices.
The flag, which featured 46 stars, belonged to Chick Taylor Sr., a resident of Clovis since 1909.
Taylor received the flag from his grandfather, Bob Kruger, a German immigrant who had settled in Raton.
Kruger was Raton's town marshal and supervisor of construction at Raton Park.
The flag he gave his grandson had flown in a Raton park in 1907.
It was outdated 105 years ago — on Jan. 6, 1912 — when New Mexico became the 47th state.
1957: A dispute over a hospital bill had been resolved to the satisfaction of all involved, the Clovis News-Journal reported.
Mary Pacheco, 11, broke her arm while rollerskating with several companions near Ninth and Davis streets.
She claimed the accident was caused by a boy on a bicycle.
Clovis police determined the boy "was involved to a degree" and the boy's father agreed to pay part of the girl's hospital bill.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]
