Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date …
1961: “Flying Saucers” were scheduled to be in Clovis on Aug. 3-5. That was the name the city's Retail Merchants committee decided on for its annual back-to-school and summer clearance sales promotions.
Paper plates were slated to be thrown from the tops of downtown buildings during the promotion, which could be turned in for prizes.
On Aug. 5, all the paper plates were to be dropped into a box with the name of the person who retrieved the paper plate written on it. The winner of that drawing was to receive a used car.
1971: Larry Powell of the Booth Pharmacy Bombers had pitched his team past C&S Oil, 4-0, in Portales fast-pitch softball action.
The Bombers, C&S and White's Shamrock were making plans for the annual Portales Invitational scheduled for July 4.
1971: D&L Cleaners in Portales announced it was “going on vacation” and would be closed July 1-5. A newspaper ad promised customers, “See you on the 6th with lots of dirty clothes.”
1976: Rumors that Clovis might be closing its zoo were denied by city officials. The city was only considering moving the zoo's hoofed animals, especially its buffalo, to Ned Houk Park.
Parks and Recreation Director Ash Grandy said rumors of the zoo's closing started when a sloth bear was moved from Clovis to Texico, which had discussed starting a zoo.
The bear was on loan to the Clovis zoo from Texico Mayor Manfred Turnbough and had been returned after an attempt at breeding with a bear at the zoo.
Turnbough had offered to build cages for zoo animals in Texico, but city officials there rejected the costs.
“I'm afraid if we got a zoo that we would have the same problems Clovis is having with vandalism,” Texico Council Member Marie Christian said.
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