Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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On this date …
1975: Christmas night thieves ransacked the office of Watson Motor Co. and stole a car from the lot, Clovis police reported.
The incident marked the third time in a week a city auto dealer had been hit by thieves.
Three rocks were used to shatter the west-side window of the Watson dealership at 1201 W. Seventh, police said.
A 1975 Mercury Comet, valued at $5,000, was stolen off the lot.
1965: A Portales woman had learned that a box of Christmas gifts she’d sent to family in California had been wrapped with electrical wire and a dynamite detonator.
A military bomb squad dismantled the device after being notified by the post office in Santa Maria, California.
The Portales woman said she had not sent the package that way and postal officials said it was “highly unlikely” it would have been allowed to leave the Portales office wrapped like it was discovered in California.
1940: Clovis firefighters and other city employees had delivered sacks of toys to more than 600 children in the city.
About 250 families benefited from the gifts, provided by volunteers and organized by firefighters.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. For more regional history, check out his weblog at:
http://www.highplainsyesterdays.com
