Kickapoo flood project gets first two dams bid
Lyles & Davis of Childress submits the low bid of 140 779 30 for the first two Kickapoo flood control dams. Eight bids were opened by Coke County Water Control and Improvement District directors. The second low bid came from T S Free Co Ballinger at 152 053 02. Construction expected to start around January 15 with 318 working days allotted.
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Kickapoo
Lyles & Davis
Childress
Coke County Water Cantrol ‘and Improvement District
T. S. Free Co
Ballinger
S. A. Construction Co
Dallas
F. S. Higginbotham
The
Water District
Barton Waldrop
W. D
Pete) McDonald
Bronte Prepared for Christmas Shopping Weekend
Bronte merchants anticipate a busy final Christmas shopping period with several stores closing early for the holiday weekend. Churches alter schedules with limited evening services while schools dismiss early and resume after New Year. Local farms plan drawings Saturday with free prizes for registrants as a large crowd gathers in town.
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Bronte
Church of Christ
First Methodist Church
Kickapoo Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Season's Greetings and Santa Letters From The Enterprise
Merchants and individuals send warm Season's Greetings in this Enterprise issue. The paper teases a Santa letters feature and notes the office will be closed Christmas Day and Tuesday. Signatures include Ben and Libby Oglesby and several local residents.
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Enterprise
Santa
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Will Chew
Last rites for Mrs. Will Chew 80 longtime Blackwell resident were conducted at Patterson Funeral Home in Sweetwater with Dr. Marshall Chew officiating. Burial followed in Blackwell Cemetery. She died Saturday in Simmons Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include nephew Le Roy Chew of Blackwell and two stepdaughters Mrs. L. D. Wilsher and Mrs. T. T. Watson of El Paso.
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Will Chew
Blackwell
Patterson Funeral
Sweetwater
Marshall Chew
First Methodist Church
Robert Butler
el Paso
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Childress Firm
Lions Club
Water Dis
Ben and
Libby Oglesby
Eddie Alexander
Jean Sheppard
Buddy Walker
Charles Ragsdale
Herbert Holland
Jack Corley
Mrs
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