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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1987: Clovis City commissioners, in a 5-3 vote, declined to rename West First Street in honor of Librado Casillas.
“Some remember (Casillas) as the kindly grocery store owner who always had a sandwich and a cup of coffee for the sanitation workers who emptied his garbage,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.
“Some (remember him) as the owner of the store where a child could buy enough candy for a penny to walk away with a smile.”
About 40 people attended the meeting with the proposal to change West First to L. Casillas Drive.
Commissioners opposed to the name change said they would oppose renaming any street.
Casillas was honored with a street — L Casillas Boulevard — but it took a few more years.
1972: Formation of a Curry County Historical Society was identified as a prime objective for the Clovis Chamber’s Civic Affairs Committee.
Chairman Don McAlavy led the discussion about preserving “historical information from old-timers before it is too late.”
The High Plains Historical Foundation was born of the discussion.
Pages Past is compiled by Editor David Stevens. Contact him at: [email protected]
