Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1988: Firefighters were still at the scene of the smoldering remains of the Midway Dance Club on U.S. 70 between Portales and Clovis after a late-night fire had destroyed the building that was a fixture in the area for decades.
"It's been here as long as I can remember," said Portales Fire Chief Mike Miller. "It's become sort of a landmark."
Although no immediate dollar value was placed on the damage, the building was considered a complete loss.
1978: Mrs. Roy Franse's fourth-grade class from Cameo Elementary was back in the classroom after a day serving as "victims" for a mock disaster drill for the staff of Memorial Hospital in Clovis.
The drill simulated an explosion at the elementary, with 26 students impersonating the injured for the hospital staff. Each child was given a card listing his or her "symptoms" and encouraged to ham it up with moans and groans appropriate to their pseudo-injuries as they were transported by ambulance to the hospital.
A Clovis News-Journal photographer captured two of the less-than-serious victims, fourth graders Jennifer Wood and her "brother" for the exercise, Lee Thomas, along with real life emergency room nurse Nelda McDonald.
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