Pages past — Aug. 27

On this date …

1952: Five guns, six wrist watches and a couple of pocket knives were stolen from the Army Surplus store at 205 W. Grand Ave. in Clovis, police said. The burglar gained entry to the store by prying open a panel from the rear door.

1945: A.W. Skarda and Mrs. J.J. Walker, both of Clovis, received separate telegrams telling them their children — Cash Skarda and Dale W. Walker — had been released from Japanese prisoner of war camps.

1903: The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported the town of Texico in Roosevelt County was home to “several hundred people” and “about fourteen stores.”

Horsing around …

1964: Anybody missing a pony? Helen Estes, who lived at 1001 E. Seventh St. in Clovis, reported a pony with a rope around its neck was on the playground at Eugene Field Elementary School. The pony’s owner was not immediately located.

Did you know …

De Baca County was named for New Mexico’s second governor, Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, who died in office in 1917. The county was named a few days after his death, according to “The Place Names of New Mexico.”

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