Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1973: Rosa Roberts of Clovis was presented with a lifetime membership in New Mexico Garden Clubs Inc., in honor of her long service to Clovis' Gateway Garden Club, and other garden clubs in eastern New Mexico.
A charter member of the Gateway Club, Roberts was voted "most valuable member" the year before, after a four-year run as president of the group.
She had provided numerous programs on flower arranging, horticulture, and other aspects of gardening to clubs and organizations in the area.
1953: Grover Seitz, manager of the Clovis Pioneers baseball team, announced that outfielder Jim Matthews had been sold for an "undisclosed fat sum" to the Amarillo Gold Sox, the team that won the West Texas-New Mexico league pennant the year before.
Matthews, who gathered 39 home runs for the Pioneers in the previous season, was unable to settle a salary dispute with management. Seitz said he hoped to use proceeds of the sale to purchase a suitable replacement for the player known as "Gentleman Jim."
Seitz said other veterans would be returning to the Pioneers lineup for a strong team, including pitcher Roy Parker, catcher Frank Benites, third baseman Winston Havenstrite, and first baseman Virgil Richardson.
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