Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1950: Ned Houk, a Clovis grocery store owner, had filed his candidacy for election as city commissioner in District 1.
James Massey, a railroad brakeman, had also filed for the position.
Houk won the race with 199 votes, compared to 34 for Massey and 48 for Fred Brooksher, a third candidate.
1960: A 79-year-old woman was hospitalized after a careening car driven by a 16-year-old boy smashed into her bedroom, knocking her and her bed 13 feet across her room.
Mabel Potts, who lived at 500 E. 10th, was listed in good condition.
The boy was fleeing police when he lost control of his car, which “spun into two trees, through a yard fence and into the corner of the Potts home,” the Clovis News-Journal reported.
Police said they found several cans of beer and a bottle of whiskey in the car.
Neither the boy nor a 15-year-old girl in the vehicle was injured, though police said the girl “passed out during questioning.”
1970: A headline in the Clovis News-Journal reported '“Meanest Thief' Strikes in City.”
The thief struck the home of B.L. Wilson, who lived at 308 Cactus in Clovis.
Wilson said the culprit entered the home while no one was there and opened every package under the Christmas tree. Police said it wasn't immediately clear what had been taken.
Free movie …
1960: The “hometown merchants” of Clovis were giving away free movie tickets to see Randolph Scott in “Comanche Station.”
The participating merchants were Jack Murphy's Chevron Station, Levine's, Thrifty Drug, Foxy Drive-In, J.C. Penney's, G.C. Williams' Paint Store, Village Record Shop, Hugh Jones Firestone, Bryson Furniture, Sutton's Bakery, Murphy-Echols Co., McClung Carpet and Western Auto.
Gift of music ...
1980: The Towne Crier, located in Clovis' Hilltop Plaza, suggested its customers “Give The Gift Of Music For Christmas.”
Advertised specials included albums by Neil Diamond and Lynyrd Skynyrd for $5.98.
Gift certificates were available and the shop was open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
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