Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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On this date ... 1940: More than 6,000 New Mexico farms were being serviced with electricity. “This means that nearly 15% of the farms of the state or about one farm out of seven is now receiving high-line service,” a New Mexico Extension Service spokesman said. 1941: Farmers Electric Cooperative announced plans to string 35 miles of power lines over the next year. “All the new wire will be laid in territory immediately around this area and will be designed to fill up the gaps in the existing coverage,” said project Superin...
On this date ... 1951: A pioneer railroad conductor died in the Clovis hospital. Samuel L. Sutter, 69, of 1216 Main, had fallen ill the same afternoon. He came to New Mexico in 1900 to work for the Santa Fe Railway at Las Vegas. He went to work on the Belen cutoff when construction started in 1906 and made his permanent home in Clovis in 1910. He worked 48 years for the Santa Fe until his retirement as a conductor in 1948. 1960: Area softball players were preparing for the weekend Clovis Jaycee Invitational tournament at...
