Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
On this date ...
1974: Delegates for the New Mexico Conference of the United Methodist Church voted to recognize four churches as historic sites, including one in Amistad.
The Amistad United Methodist Church was built in 1909 — one of the last buildings in the dwindling town. Amistad only had a post office, a school, a grocery store and a service station, along with a few families.
The church also hosted its annual Amistad Thanksgiving Homecoming, where an estimated 100 former residents attended, including those from California and Colorado.
The church hosted its first Thanksgiving gathering in 1969.
— The U.S. Treasury Department was planning to sell 400-ounce bars of gold by auction from its bullion stockpile. It would be the first time the federal government had sold part of its gold supply in 40 years. Each bar was expected to fetch $70,000.
— The City of Tucumcari was finishing its installation of Christmas decorations on light poles.
— A collision between a truck and a car on U.S. 66 east of Tucumcari sent an 18-year-old man from Michigan to Trigg Memorial Hospital for treatment. The man apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
— The Odeon Theatre was showing the comedy “Uptown Saturday Night,” starring Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte.