By Airman 1st Class Alexandria Mosness: 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Do you remember the time you realized your parents weren’t invincible? Can you recall how you felt? Dread, fear and shock are a few things I remember as I stared at my mother sobbing after her double mastectomy […]
Leave en route policy change benefits airmen
April 9, 2010
American Forces Press Service SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Some airmen will now have the opportunity to take leave en route within the continental United States when they return home, or redeploy, from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. This change can save airmen significant time and travel-associated costs, as well as provide […]
Nov. 17, 1969
November 13, 2007
Clovis High School Athletic Director Steve Graham announced that Clovis students raised $1,160 to be sent to Gary Seiver, a Lovington High School football player who had been injured earlier in the season. … A hair dryer could be purchased at Shaw’s Jewelers, 320 Main, for $34.88. … The Clovis High School Wildcat football team […]
Oct. 9, 1949
October 2, 2007
Members of the American Business and 20-30 Clubs of Clovis toured the Clovis News-Journal plant in observance of National Newspaper Week. … A General Electric automatic mixer could be purchased at Shaw’s, 815 Main. … The Clovis Wildcats football team lost 40-7 against the Artesia Bulldogs. … And Gordon Smith, a business specialist, was born […]
Business feature: Job not toiling for Tillie
February 19, 2007
At 89, Tillie Shaw is serving as the chief executive officer at the Clovis Board of Realtors. (CNJ staff photo: Andy DeLisle) By Tonya Fennell: CNJ staff writer Tillie Shaw has been called a champion, a cheerleader and a workhorse by friends and associates. She was the first women elected Curry County treasurer in 1964 […]
Feb. 13, 2007 It’s Their Business
February 12, 2007
Bishop’s Men & Boy’s is located on Mitchell St. in downtown Clovis. (CNJ Staff Photo: Andy DeLisle) Name: Bishop’s Men’s & Boy’s Formal, Casual & Urban Wear What they do: Sell clothing for toddlers, boys and men including suits, formal and everyday wear, conservative and high fashion, and shoes. Who’s in charge: K. Bernard Shaw […]
Ligion prepares to rock Prince Lounge
January 31, 2007
By Mickey Winfield: Freedom Newspapers Clovis’ and Portales’ legion of hard rock fans have plenty to get excited about Saturday as the rock band Ligion appears at the Prince Lounge in Clovis. “Melodic hard modern rock is the way I would characterize these guys,” KICA-FM corporate program director and afternoon drive personality Jack Shaw said […]
Shaw, Peggy D.
February 14, 2006
Peggy D. Shaw, 67, of Clovis, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, in Slaton, Texas. She was born April 15, 1938, to Preston and Opal Butler Worsham in Plainview, Texas. She married Tommy E. Shaw in 1958 in Austin, Texas. Family said she was a devoted wife and mother. She followed her husband’s military career moving […]
Farmers’ Market open for season
June 28, 2005
Buddy Jorde sorts through a basket of potatoes Tuesday afternoon. Jorde’s family farms approximately 600 acres and brings produce to sell at the Clovis Farmers’ Market. (Staff photo: Sharna Johnson) By Leslie Radford: CNJ Staff writer Dennis Shaw dusts fresh dirt off one of the red onions he picked just before he came to set […]
Mildred Shaw
April 22, 2005
Services: Have been held. Mildred Shaw, 78, of Clovis, died Saturday, April 16, 2005, at Herman Hospital in Houston. She was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Caldwell, Texas, to Sam and Rachel Morris Pollard. She married Oscar Stevenson in May 1941, in Caldwell. She married Henry Shaw on Jan. 4, 1966, in Clovis. She was […]
Shaw, Kenneth A.
February 2, 2005
Kenneth A. Shaw Services: Have been held. Mr. Kenneth A. Shaw, 55, of Portales, died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, in Orlando, Fla. He was born on Jan. 28, 1949, in Raton, to Lorene and James A. Shaw. He graduated from Roy High School in 1965. He then came to Portales to attend the university and […]
Clovis is sizzling in summer heat
June 21, 2004
Rodrick Dean, 7, of Clovis, spread out as he dries off on the concrete surrounding the pool at Potter Park Saturday during the Juneteenth Celebration. (CNJ staff photo: Eric Kluth) By Mike Linn: CNJ News Editor A few days ago Dennis Shaw was plowing his dryland wheat field near Ranchvale when the air conditioner in […]
Dunn-Slough, Ruby
December 30, 2003
Ruby Neville Dunn-Slough, 84, of Clovis died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003, at Plains Regional Medical Center. She was born on March 10, 1919 in Lakeview, Texas, to Emmitt and Lillie Mae Crabb Harper. She married Troy Dunn in Memphis, Texas, and he preceded her in death in 1949. She then married Robert Edward Slough in […]
McKnight, Annie
December 3, 2003
Annie May McKnight, 92, of Fort Sumner, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003 at Retirement Ranch in Clovis. She was born Nov. 3, 1910, in Wheatland, Quay County, territory of New Mexico, to Early Ray and Emma Dotson Ray. Her mother died when McKnight was very young and she spent most of her youth in St. […]
‘Big hearts’ help court services volunteers face challenges
November 7, 2003
By Eric Butler Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a series of United Way agency profiles scheduled for publication each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday through Nov. 21. The organization’s name doesn’t tell the whole story of Family and Children’s Court Services in Clovis. Yes, advocates from the group often are called upon to tell, […]
Local speller ousted
May 28, 2003
Staff and wire reports WASHINGTON — One by one they strolled to the microphone, all 251 youngsters in the 76th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. Each got a word in the one-and-done mistake format; 175 got them right. The rest drew a single clang of the bell, signifying it was time to be escorted to […]
