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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1952: Fire broke out in the Clovis home of Ted and Marie Waldhauser, causing an estimated $4,000 in damage and leaving Marie Waldhauser with third-degree burns on her left hand.
Fire Chief George Maddox said the fire began in a pan of grease on the gas stove. Firefighters arrived on scene about 2 p.m. and had to chop a large hole in the ceiling above the kitchen to combat the blaze.
Fire damaged the ceiling in the kitchen and adjoining living room. The home, at 2901 Axtell, would need a large part of its ceiling replaced, Maddox said.
Ted Waldhauser was among Clovis’ civic leaders from the time he came to the city in 1938. He was president of the Clovis Stockyards Association for seven years, and a longstanding member of the Curry County Mounted Patrol. He would become Clovis mayor in 1961, holding the position until 1968.
Ted Waldhauser died in 1988 at age 79. Marie Waldhauser died in 1999 at age 88. They are buried in Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Clovis.
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