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1987: Preschoolers from the Clovis Nazarene School were participating in the Salvation Army Angel Tree project, a program designed to help local children in need have a brighter holiday.

Holly Baker, Holly Bennett, Tara Harris, Katherine Janker, and Jeffrey McMeans were photographed by the Clovis News Journal as their preschool class selected names from an Angel Tree, and they signed up to help specific children.

Salvation Army Capt. Joe Frank Chavez said about 600 names had been placed on Angel Trees around Clovis, but only 170 had been picked up so far.

1972: Portales was set to try out a "student discount night" aimed to lure the college crowd from Eastern New Mexico University into the downtown area for an evening of Christmas shopping and entertainment.

Sponsored by the University Affairs and Business Affairs committees of the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce, the event was designed to fulfill several purposes, according to Derrell Bulls, chairman of the department of marketing at ENMU, and chair of the University Affairs committee.

"It gives students an opportunity to buy Christmas gifts at a discounted rate," Bulls said, "and it will better acquaint the students with the businessmen of this community."

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