Lamesa Lions invite Jerry Sadler talk at noon August 21
Lamesa Lions arrange a high profile noon luncheon at Forrest Park Community Center featuring land commissioner Jerry Sadler who has sparked controversy over dress codes and a sunken treasure stance. Also notes Nazarene youth depart for Haiti and Preston Montgomery’s remarkable recovery story from disability, amid visiting Californians admiring Dawson County cotton fields.
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Lamesa Lions
Jerry Sadler
Forrest Park Community Center
Sadler
General Land Office
south Texas
Lion Club
Nominations Open for New Directors at Lamesa Chamber
Lamesa Chamber manager Bart Burnett said voting is underway to nominate ten candidates for the chamber board and Board of City Development. Ballots mailed to members will select ten, with the top eight to be directors and four to join the city development board, out of sixteen total directors including eight holdovers. The ideal board should reflect diverse local business interests. Current directors listed include Charles Baldwin, Betty Ann Taylor, Dalton Myers, Neill Patterson, Dick Amos, Art Bizzell, Alvin Cannady, Bob Crawley, and others.
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Lamesa Chamber of Commerce
Bart Burnett
chamber
Board of City Development
Chamber of Commerce
Lamesa
City Development
Burnett
Charles Baldwin
Betty Ann Taylor
Dalton Myers
Neill Patterson
Dick Amos
Art Bizzell
Alvin Cannady
Tahoka Man Wins Landslide in Dawson County Runoff
E L Short, 43, of Tahoka, won the Texas House seat for the 73rd district in a special runoff, carrying five of six counties including Dawson, Yoakum, Martin, Gaines, and Andrews where Jim Clack led locally. Short secured 64 percent districtwide amid statewide constitutional amendment turnout.
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E.L. Short
Texas
Andrews
Jim Clack
Short
Clack
Dawson County
Warren Shotwell
Tahoka
Texas House of Representatives
Dawson
Yoakum
Martin
Gaines
Randy Pendleton
Lynn County
Gaines County
Yoakum County
Martin County
Andrews County
Dawson County Oil and Gas Pumps 30 Million Into Local Economy
A Texas study shows Dawson County produced about 30.6 million dollars in value last year from oil and natural gas wells. Oil wells valued at 29.9 million and natural gas at 0.673 million, with 10.2 million barrels of crude oil and 5.2 billion cubic feet of gas, supporting royalties of 3.8 million and state taxes of 1.4 million. The report notes drilling costs of 5.6 million and 247 workers on payrolls totaling 1.6 million.
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Texas Mid-o nent Oil and Gas Association
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Congress
Corbin J. Robertson
Association
Texas
Dawson
Flower Grove
Klondike
Ira Rinehart
The
Texas Employment Commission
Oil and Gas Journal
Trustees Postpone Budget Approval for Further Study
Lamesa school board, at a special meeting, recommended a 48 cent tax rate increase for the coming year and asked administrators to study the 1969 70 budget for potential reductions. The proposed budget totals an increase over 1968 69 by about 290 thousand dollars, driven largely by bonded indebtedness and teacher pay raises, amid a local decline in oil valuations. A final decision awaits further board review before the August 20 deadline.
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Lamesa board of education
Lamesa
Cannady
Local Optimist Club backs STEP cleanup drive in Lamesa
The Lamesa Optimist Club voted to remove junk cars from streets yards and vacant lots as part of the Steps To Encourage Pride program led by STEP chairman Jim Norris The club will oversee the project with Gary Laughlin of Southwestern Investment Co handling title and legal issues and aims to mobilize other civic groups for cleaner safer and more attractive community work The Lions Club also plans a similar junk appliance roundup announced too late for this edition
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Lamesa Optimist Club
Optimist
STEP campaign
Jim Norris
Optimists
Norris
club
Lamesa
Dawson County
Gary Laughlin
Southwestern Investment Co
Laughlin
Lamesa Evening Lions Club
S.T.E.P
Evening Lions
Don Bryant
Volunteers To Survey Rural Housing In Dawson County
A 35 member volunteer team begins a countywide rural housing survey sponsored by Dawson County Home Demonstration Council and Steps To Encourage Pride. The project aims to identify living conditions, education, transportation, fire protection, and law enforcement needs to guide future programs and build a lasting rural information network. Interviewers will gather housing data plus family income and size to inform planning.
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Dawson County
Mildred Crump
league of volunteers
Lamesa
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