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1975: Clovis city officials announced plans to repair “long-neglected, deteriorating stretches of First and Seventh streets,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.

Clovis Mayor Chick Taylor said the New Mexico Highway Department was pitching in 45 percent of the funds for the $140,000 projects.

1975: Clovis city commissioners learned that two city liquor establishments were operating within the law serving alcoholic drinks on Sundays.

City Attorney Harry Patton said Boothill Saloon and Riley’s Switch were following standards set by a recent New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that could not be prohibited by municipal ordinance.

1955: Mr. And Mrs. Jim Joiner, pioneer homesteaders northwest of Elida, observed their 61st wedding anniversary with a family reunion and picnic at a Clovis park.

Five children and “a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren” attended the festivities, The Portales Valley News reported.

1945: J.M. Hodges, a former probate judge and Quay County commissioner, celebrated his 89th birthday.

Hodges came to the area in 1906 and lived in the Norton community before recently moving in with his daughter, Mrs. Gus Morrison, at 719 S. Adams.

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