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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1982: Friendship pins — safety pins with colored beads — were all the rage in Clovis elementary schools.
Jennifer Crawford and Tessa Akens, Clovis elementary students, were photographed by the Clovis News-Journal wearing an assortment of pins they’d collected from classroom buddies.
“With Thanksgiving so close,” said Grace Jones, principal of Highland Elementary, “what more could we be thankful for than friends?”
1972: Gattis Junior High students collected almost 1,100 cans of food in a two-day drive to benefit the Salvation Army for the coming holidays.
Waylon Burch, social studies teacher at the school, spearheaded the drive, and students brought food from home to contribute to a mountain of goods that appeared in a Clovis News-Journal photo.
Students Kay Brown, Richard Hester, Randy Lopez, and Nancy Newberry were shown gathering the goodies up to be delivered later that day.
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