Letters from readers describe West Texas winter welcome
A letter from a reader in Brownfield recounts leaving North Dakota on December 12 during an ice storm, noting the warmer sun and longer days in West Texas. The writer, wintering in West Texas for the fourth time, compares Levelland and Brownfield to home and signs off with a personal greeting.
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Brownfield
North Dakota
West Texas
Levelland
Texas News
Texas Weather News
Lubbock
Texas
Paul Bunyan
Johnny Appleseed
Grain Sorghum Test Discussed Near Lamesa Demonstration
A grain sorghum variety demonstration by Pieper farm, three miles north of Lamesa, shows moisture as a key factor in variety choice. Excel 606 yielded 5,100 pounds per acre versus 3,500 for Paymaster Pawnee, with rainfall 10.5 inches boosting yields and late blooming Excel 606 performing better under plentiful moisture. Yields and irrigation details are reported by Dawson County Agricultural Agent Lee Roy Colgan.
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Elizy Pieper
Lamesa
Pieper
Paymaster Pawnee
Lee Roy Colgan
Dawson County
Colgan
Ed Crow Addresses Brownfield Rotary on 1968 Challenge
The Rev. Ed Crow pastor of First Baptist Church spoke at noon to the Brownfield Rotary Club. He described the war within us as the major problem Americans face and urged self acknowledgment, accountability, and accepting help from God to achieve victory in 1968. Mack Ross presided. guests D. M. Davis, Harold Klein, and Raymond Beck attended.
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Ed Crow
First Baptist Church
Brownfield
Services Held For Alys Gregg
Funeral services for Alys Gregg 55 were conducted at First Baptist Church in Ropesville with ministers Garnie Atkinson and Phillip Goodrum presiding. Burial followed at Meadow Cemetery. Gregg, a longtime Ropesville resident, died Thursday night in Highland Hospital Lubbock after an extended illness. He worked for Bowers Butane Company. Survivors include his wife Annie two daughters two brothers four sisters and three grandchildren.
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Alys Gregg
First Baptist Church
Ropesville
Garnie Atkinson
Northside
Victory party planned for Terry County United Fund
The 1967 campaign exceeded its $27,065 goal under John J. Kendrick president and Vernon Clem general chairman. Workers will hold a victory celebration at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Flame Room of the Pioneer Natural Gas Building.
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Terry County United Fund
Pioneer Natural Gas
John J. Kendrick
Vernon Clem
Unemployment Tax Reduction Benefits Texas Employers
Texas employers will see a four tenths of one percent cut in unemployment payroll tax starting Jan 1 1968. About 30 000 firms or 40 percent of Texas employers in the unemployment insurance system will have their rates reduced to 0.1 percent. The cut follows a trust fund level above 300 million dollars as of Oct 1 1967 and reflects a healthier unemployment picture in the state.
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Texas
W. S. Birdwell Jr
Texas Employment Commission
Birdwell
Exas Employment Commission
TEC
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Arthur Olstad
Ers
Reece
Carmel G
DEES
Norton Tricot
Neverton
Rae
Reg
Daws
Sian Sree
MENC
Abe
Kau
Fah
Bedliey
Coats
Mens & Boys
SPE
Hey
Youl
Fred Smith
Brownfield High School
el Paso
Darla Turner
Shelia Daniel
Vickie Norman
Rotary Club
Geevisort
Berkeley
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