Pages Past: Nov. 25

On this date ...

1990: Clovis High School Senior Cory Mitchell played golf, played in the band, was president of his church youth group and worked 15 hours a week at Eye Care and Eye Wear, Etc.

He was the subject of a weekly feature in the Clovis newspaper called “Under 18.”

1975: Bob Kirkley hit a 15-foot jumper with 11 seconds to play as Eastern New Mexico University beat Sul Ross State, 59-57, in a college basketball game in Portales.

Kirkley led all scorers with 25 points. Teammate Sammy Carrasco added 12 and the Greyhounds improved their season record to 1-1.

1970: William Van Flagg, a second-class petty officer in the U.S. Navy, was home in Clovis for his first Thanksgiving celebration in seven years.

“I don’t care if we have beans for Thanksgiving. We’re just so thankful to have him home,” his mother said.

In national news

1940: Amarillo was thawing after “the worst communications lines collapse in the history of the Panhandle,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.

A sleet storm had put the city in the nation’s eyes and left it blacked out for several hours, “similar to that of war-torn European cities,” CN-J reported.

Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. For more regional history, check out his weblog at:

www.highplainsyesterdays.com