The following is a recap of local events for this time period throughout history.
With spring fishing heating up all over the area, many anglers are pointing their vehicles toward lakes and nosing their boats into brush coves seeking hot crappie action. Throughout the state, the spring crappie fanatics are filling stringers and boating some quality fish along the way. At Navajo Lake, anglers are finding crappie more frequently with 1-1/2 and 2 pounders showing up in livewells and on stringers. This past weekend, the first nice weekend in several weeks, brought out boats from throughout the Four Corners and many of those boats were loaded with rods and reels, carrying light-line and jigs or minnow rigs. They found what they were looking for as crappie anglers reported average to good success.
The Daily Times
Flagpole climbers stole two state flags flying at the Farmington Civic Center, Larry Campbell, manager of the complex, reported to police Saturday. Police said today that Campbell requested a close patrol of the center following theft of state flags for Georgia and Mississippi, valued at $50. According to police, the thefts necessitated climbing the pole to unsnap the flags as there are no ropes for raising or lowering them.
The Daily Times
The Aztec Chamber of Commerce has called a meeting to be held at the High School this evening for discussing improvements to the city park. The Lions Club Park Committee suggests that all clubs have representatives present at the meeting so that the improvement program may be coordinated. It will be an interesting meeting and interested persons are urged to attend tonight.
Aztec Independent Review
The new pipe line now under construction will carry 10,000 barrels of oil per day to the Santa Fe railroad from the San Juan Basin. This is considerable oil at present, but the way the new producers are coming in all over the country it will only be a short time until the pipe line will be too small to handle the production from the basin.
San Juan Review
An informal dinner and reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shelton was given at Allen’s Grand Hotel Tuesday night, beginning a seven o’clock. The arrangements were necessarily hastily made, as the matter was not considered until late Saturday evening, and it was not known until Sunday that the Sheltons could be with us on Tuesday. As a result the arrangements for the guests to be present had to be arranged Monday forenoon so Mr. Allen could make the necessary preparations. … Mr. Allen had the dining room nicely arranged and when the doors were opened some 75 guests marched into the room and were seated under Mr. Allen’s directions. The menu was as follows: Grape Fruit, Cherry, Cream Tomato Soup, Current Jelly, Turkey, Parker House Rolls, Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus tips, Fresh Whole Tomatoes on Lettuce Leaves with Mayonnaise Dressing, Radishes, Boiled Ham, Pickles, Lobster Salad with Salted Wafers, Brick Ice Cream with white and dark Cake, Coffee.
Farmington Times-Hustler
Every new ditch built in San Juan County adds to our wealth and population, increases trade for all classes of tradesman, and will make happy and contented homes for hundreds of people. It is therefore our duty to give all possible aid to every legitimate enterprise that is proposed for the county’s development.
Farmington Times-Hustler
This Week in Local History is compiled by Debi Tracy Olsen, local journalist and volunteer at the Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village. The stories are pulled from newspaper archives and are reprinted as they appeared, errors and all.