Pages past — Nov. 25

On this date ...

1968: Clovis police had two new detectives — Caleb Chandler, formerly a patrolman, and Sgt. Tom Bull. Police Chief Ken Kingsbury said Bull would head the division and conduct all major investigations.

1968: A candy machine at the Wash-O-Mat at 21st and Thornton in Clovis was broken into during the night. All the coins and candy were stolen and there was an additional $20 damage to the machine, police said.

1964: Jimmy L. Caywood, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Caywood of 1014 N. Ave. A in Portales, had graduated from engineman school at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. He studied the operation, maintenance and overhaul of diesel engines, gas turbines and other machinery used aboard ships.

Their business ...

1964: B&D Fruit Market, at 617 Prince St. in Clovis, offered Roman beauty and golden delicious apples for $1.99 per bushel. Grade A small eggs were three dozen for $1. Two-pound bags of vine-ripe tomatoes were 35 cents.

Did you know …

Melrose was named by railroad officials in 1906. The Curry County community was called Brownhorn in 1905, for local ranchers Walter Brown and Lonny Horn. The railroad renamed it for Melrose, Ohio, after deciding to build a roundhouse at the location. The roundhouse was never completed.

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

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