Pages past — Sept. 28

On this date …

1976: Marion Fullerton, chairman of the Portales Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, was preparing to chair a regional meeting for handicapped persons in Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt and Union counties. Information from the meeting, scheduled Oct. 1, would be presented at the 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals in Washington. The mission of the White House Conference was to make recommendations for legislation that would enable handicapped persons to live independently with dignity and with full participation in community life.

1956: Kay Green, 16, of Clovis was preparing to compete in State Fair queen competition in Albuquerque. She won the next day on the basis of her horsemanship, beauty, personality and poise, United Press reported. She competed in a field of 21. An ardent rodeo performer, she was a regular participant in stake and barrel races and calf roping contests. She lived with her parents on their ranch north of Clovis.

1954: In Clovis law-enforcement news: A man was fined $10 for not sending his 15-year-old son to school, a man was arrested on drunkenness charges after he refused to get out of a cab, and Police Judge J.W. Manning found a man innocent of charges he let his dog run loose and bark.

That’s weird …

1956: A Wichita, Kansas, man had been fined $10 for malicious destruction of personal property in Billings, Montana, United Press reported. Charles Brooker told police he wiped his dog’s muddy feet on a motel’s bath towel so the room wouldn’t get dirty.

Price check …

1976: Fabrific, at 911 Main in Clovis, was advertising its end-of-month “sizzlers,” asking customers to “help us clean house.” Fashion prints and solids of “all types of better fabrics” were on sale at $1 per yard. Double knits were 97 cents a yard and T-shirt knits were $1 a yard.

Pages Past is compiled by Clovis News Journal Editor David Stevens. Contact him at:

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