Help Me Please My Name Is Gordon W Dally
Letter from Gordon W Dally seeks help identifying birth parents and siblings. He recounts a 1930s adoption arranged in West Texas involving a preacher and First Baptist Church of Slaton, with connections to Lubbock and Abilene. He provides a birth date January 20 1931 and requests names, places, events, or circumstances to locate biological family. He lives in Prescott Arizona and lists a contact phone number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Wayne Dally
Chester Dally
Leecy Thornton-Dall
Chester
Leecy
San Diego
California
Texas
Lamesa
Lubbock
Dallys
West Texas
Hardesty
First Baptist Church of
Slaton
Abilene
Buckner’s
Gordon
Gordon W. Dally
Copper Basin Rd
Prescot
Brownfield Texas Receives Stranded Travelers Kind Hospitality
A group stranded near Brownfield after a Christian Youth Conference thanks Gary and Barbara Smith and other locals for open doors and warm help. They credit the First Baptist Church and store staff, noting police and motel workers aided them amid a night of travel chaos. The writers praise Brownfield’s community spirit and express gratitude for strangers turning into hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brisendine
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Brownfield
Gary
Barbara Smith
Barbara
Oung
First Baptist Church
Texas
Fight at Westside Park prompts local concerns about disorderly conduct
On March 4 1998 a confrontation at Westside Park involved two juveniles and led to arrests for disorderly conduct and an additional incident of shaking a butt. A Brownfield resident questions city law and police conduct while seeking clarity and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westside Park
Brownfield
Sara Tapia
Stop Unwanted Calls and Mail, Reader Advice
A reader provides addresses to stop telemarketing and junk mail. Telephone Preference Service and Mailing Preference Service locations in Farmingdale New York are listed for residents seeking to curb unwanted calls and mail. Freida Allison signs off.
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D.M.S. PO
Farmingdale N.Y
Freida Allison
Denison Texas Connects Rail With Nation 125 Years Ago
Denison marked the 125th anniversary of the first southern rail link to the national network when the Houston and Texas Central and Missouri-Kansas-Texas lines joined on March 10, 1873. L S Owings, former Arizona governor and Denison mayor, telegraphed mayors from Galveston to San Francisco as the city touted its role as a connecting link. Denison later commemorated the event with a 1993 reenactment and marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Maguire
Denison
Texas
Promontory Point
Utah
U.S
Houston & Texas Central
H&tc
Missouri- Kansas-Texas
All America
L.S. Owings
Arizona Territory
Galveston
Houston
New York
Boston
Chicago
St.Louis
San Francisco
Atlantic
Pacific
Texas and Georgia share notable Texas and Georgia links
Texas and Georgia both claim notable roots with former presidents among residents Jimmy Carter in Georgia and George Bush in Texas. The piece notes Texas peanut production surpassing peaches in Georgia during 1997 with over 400 tons, shaping regional agricultural history and pride. It also covers weather dangers to men, citing a meteorologist’s warning of 70 percent of weather fatalities among men and the dominance of 30 to 39 year olds among lightning victims. It adds context on Stephen F. Austin and translations of colonization laws, noting the 1829 70 page book’s price and collector status by 1836.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Georgia
U.S
Jimmy Carter
George Bush
Stephen F. Austin
Jack Maguire
Cotton industry partners expand training and support services
Plains Cotton Growers and the Texas Workforce Commission unveil new services to help cotton producers meet I-9 and EPA training, farm safety, and machinery hazard needs. Officers list area TWC offices in 806 area code, with calls to nearest location and PCG updates online.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Workforce Commission
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
PCG
TWC
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas Department of Agriculture
Lubbock
Levelland
Littlefield
Brownfield
Floydada
Plainview
Plainscotton.org
Plains
Hendrik Verfaillie
Monsanto Company
Monsanto
Texas Peanut Producers set election date for directors
The Texas Peanut Producers Board announces a biennial election on April 30 1998 to fill three expiring director terms and three new seats. Eligible voters include peanut producers across districts II III IV and V. nominations due March 30 1998. Ballots for the director election and a nationwide peanut assessment referendum available April 16 30 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Peanut Producers
Texas Peanut Producers Board
Dallam
Hartley
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Palmer
Bailey
Cochran
Yoakum
Gaines
Andrews
Loving
Winkler
Ector
Texas
Gorman
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San Antonio
John Willing
Cotton News
Shawn Wade
Texas State Support Committee
Cotton Incorporated
TSSC
High Plains
Texas High Plains
Austin
Martin, Dawson
Terry
Hockley
Lamb
Castro
Randall
Potter
Moore
Sherman
Hansford
Hutchinson
Carson
Armstrong
Briscoe
Floyd
Crosby
Garza
Hale
Lynn
Borden
Howard
Mitchell
Scurry
Kent
Dickens
Motley
Hall
Donley
Gray
Roberts
Ochiltree
Lipsomb
Hemphill
Wheeler
Collingsworth
Childress
Cottle
King
Stonewall
Fisher
Nolan
Midland
Glasscock
Sterling
Jones, Haskell
Knox
Foard
Hardeman
Wilbarger
Baylor
Throckmorton
Shackelford
Stephens
Young, Archer
Wichita
Clay
Jack
Palo Pinto
Erath
Bosque
Somerville
Hood
Parker
Wise
Montague
Cooke
Denton
Tarrant
Johnson
Hill
Jackson
Calhoun
Refugio
Bee
Live Oak
McMillen
la Salle
Dimmit
Webb
Duval
Jim Wells
Nueces
San Patricio
Kleberg
Kenedy
Brooks
Jim Hogg
Zapata
Starr
Hidalgo
Willacy
Cameron
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