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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
3
It's Playtime in Sweetwater Texas highlights the city's large recreation program with over 2500 acres of land and substantial funds. The piece notes two city playgrounds, a municipal swimming pool, and two major lakes offering fishing opportunities.
Lake Sweetwater spans 1 750 acres with 25 miles of scenic roads and abundant picnic areas. An 18 hole golf course is nearing completion and seasonal stocking by state hatcheries boosts bream crappie bass and catfish. Visitors W P Hicks and daughter Edna Lee from Eastland join local residents Carl Underwood Nanah Pitol and Mig Willie Mae Kelley for a weekend visit.
In Texas at the University of Texas the Package Loan Library serves about 10 000 topics with 25 to 100 daily requests. Miss LeNoir Dimmitt runs the information desk helping a 65 percent population lacking public libraries. Requests include quotes from Edgar Guest poems and updates on mule raising, sales tax, retirement funds, and homestead exemption law.
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