Holiday House Inn to Open With Tours Sunday
Holiday House Inn announces a grand opening Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. with tours of the 21 room motel. Owners Mr and Mrs W T Gibbs note final touches remain and a swimming pool is due by June. Guests will find Spanish and Mediterranean decor, telephones, optional long distance soon, and in room amenities including color TV and air conditioning. The Gibbs family will manage with sons Danny and Tony and daughter Phyliss Ellis living in Lamesa. Local and distant customers from Dallas and Austin have been welcomed.
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Weekly school lunch menu from Monday to Friday
The notes list meals for each weekday including Monday beef and bean burritos with salad and fruit, Tuesday salmon croquettes with potato salad and peaches, Wednesday steak with rice and oranges, Thursday hamburgers with sides, and Friday roast beef with vegetables and cake.
Postal Rate Increases Announced By Postal Service
The Postal Service raises rates across several classes including a 4 to 4.2 cent first ounce for standard mail and higher rates for large mailings. Fourth class items rise to 14 cents per first pound, library rates up to six cents per first pound, and nonprofit circulars to 1.7 cents. Registered and special delivery fees increase, international rates rise, and parcel post remains unchanged as rate setting shifts to the Postal Rate Commission and governors.
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VFW Poppy Sales Planned at Local Banks and Stores
Veterans of Foreign Wars will sell poppies May 29 31 at First National Bank and Brownfield State Bank per Commander Hare old Jones. Rainbow for Girls assist. poppy booths to be set up at three local supermarkets and other downtown businesses.
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Amendment Four Called Clean Water Amendment
Voters will vote on Amendment Four at the May 18 election. The measure adds Section 491 to Article II and expands Water Development Board bonds and state matching grants for local waste water projects. Opponents warn higher debt and state costs amid tax concerns, while supporters cite increased funding and higher bond eligibility. Edward Everett delivered a lengthy Gettysburg address.
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Rev Johnny Lee resigns from Gomez Baptist Church
The Rev. Johnny K. Lee Jr the Gomez Baptist Church pastor for four years resigns effective May 9 and will assume the First Baptist Church on June 1. He and his family are on vacation until then. The Spade church awaits a new pastor. Lee moved from Lubbock after attending Texas Tech University Decatur Baptist College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. During his Gomez tenure no new members, 20 were added by baptism. He previously served as interim pastor at Terminal Baptist Church in Midland and helped organize a Baptist church in Germany while in the armed forces. He and Mrs Lee have a son Johnny Jr.
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Fort Worth
Brisk Temperatures Halt Summer Weather
Cold air from a midwest high pressure system brought well below normal temperatures to West and North Texas. Brownfield dropped to 38 degrees with freezing 30 in Dimmitt and 31 in Hereford as maximums lingered.
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President Asay to Speak at LDS Church in Brownfield
Carlos E. Asay, president of the Texas North Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and his wife, will speak on The Bible and The Book of Mormon at 7:30 p.m. Saturday May 22 at the LDS Church 402 East Lanny Street.
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Hix Practices Soil Stewardship All Year
Hugh Hix farms 360 acres north of Brownfield and follows soil stewardship year round. He uses crop residue, terraces and crop rotation to hold moisture on a dry land farm, praising ongoing conservation with support from the Terry Soil And Water Conservation District.
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