Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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1967: Wayne Hallmark, an all-state wingback from Clovis High School, had been named to the High School All-American football team by Coach and Athlete magazine.
The team was selected by high school coaches, college recruiters, sports writers and broadcasters from across the country.
Hallmark was also a standout basketball player and had been named senior class favorite.
He was being recruited to play college football at Oklahoma State University, Eastern New Mexico University and others.
He was the third Clovis High player named to an all-America team under coach Steve Graham.
1962: A reluctant Clovis city commission voted to accept federal tax dollars to help build a new sewer trunk line and treatment plant.
Commissioners John Russell and Barney Barnard said they wanted to be on record that they voted to accept the money but weren't happy about it.
The sewage work was expected to cost $314,300 with $94,500 coming from the federal Public Health Service.
One reason the city needed the work was to allow Swift & Co. packing plant to build a facility in Clovis.
"Just to keep the record straight," Barnard said, "we are not against the Swift & Co. plant coming in, only against the way in which the sewer expansion is to be built."
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