Pages past — Feb. 19

On this date ...

1976: St. Ann’s and St. Teresa’s parishes in Bovina had announced plans for their 15th annual German sausage dinner.

The fare would consist of German sausage, sauerkraut, green beans, mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce cake, French bread and butter with coffee and tea.

Donations of $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children would be requested.

1956: Items recently reported stolen to Clovis police included a pair of fender skirts from Opal Wolfenbarger’s 1941 car, which had been parked across the street from the junior high; a bicycle from Howard Davis, who had left it outside Marshall Auditorium; and a guitar from the home of Isabel Gonzales, who lived in apartment No. 55 in the Grand Avenue Homes.

1946: Don Holderman of Portales was a prisoner of war but he did not die because of the hard labor forced upon him, Holderman was glad to report.

Holderman’s name was among those listed as killed as war trials got under way in Tokyo.

“Holderman was too busy getting ready to marry Miss Maxine Watkins of Portales ... to be concerned over the mistake,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.

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

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