Back to school edition highlights 1973 74 season
The Country Editor previews the 1973 74 school year with back to school specials from Lamesa merchants and notes September as Oil Emphasis month. It covers oil and cotton industry promotions, a new county logo, and remarks from James Harwell on rural Texas industrial development and regional cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber Oil and Gas Committee
Abilene
Texas
James Harwell
The
Texas Industrial Commission
Harwell
Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
West Texas
Plainview
Levi
Lubbock
High Plains
Dawson County
Area Schools Open Registration for 1973 74
Area school registration begins this week across Lamesa and nearby districts. Neal Chastain notes enrollment between 3500 and 3600 with a Friday August 24 first day. Separate schedules set for elementary middle and high schools with staggered registration and early dismissal.
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Lamesa
Neal Chastain
Chastain
Little Britches Rodeo Entries Needed at Lamesa Grounds
Dawson County 4 H Clubs prepare a Little Britches Rodeo next weekend at the Lamesa Rodeo Grounds. Entries are sought from young cowboys and cowgirls for a weekend of compact, energetic competition and community celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa Rodeo Grounds
Clintonna Smith
Shelly Jones
Dawson County
Howard
Liberty School Homecoming Invites Liberty residents to reunion Aug 26 at Pioneer Park
The community invites former Liberty School residents to a homecoming at Pioneer Park in James. Liberty, established near Lamesa after 1900, built a two room school on donated land, enrolling 32 first semester in 1907. The history mentions eventual difficulties and closure.
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Liberty
Pioneer Park
James
Grid Tickets On Sale For Lamesa Tornadoes Home Games
Tickets for six home games at Lamesa high school are $9 with reserved seats kept for past buyers for two weeks before public sale. Home opponents include Carlsbad Seminole Snyder Lakeview Brownfield and Colorado City. Away games are at Pecos September 21 Dunbar October 19 Estacado November 3 and at Sweetwater November 16.
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Lamesa
Tornadoes
Carlsbad
Seminole
Snyder
Lakeview
Brownfield
Colorado City
Tornado
Pecos
Dunbar
Estacado
Sweetwater
Texaco seeks recompletion in Dean No. 1 BF Painter area
Texaco Inc filed an application to re-enter and plug back to 8,978 feet for recompletion in the Dean at No 1 BF Painter. The site lies in the Tex-Hammon multipay field of Dawson County about a mile southeast of the nearest Dean well and 11 miles south of Lamesa. Dean production in the field runs from 8,972 to 9,400 feet.
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Lamesa
Texaco Inc
No. 1
Painter
Montoya and Fusselman
Dawson County
Heroin Crackdown Continues in Lamesa Arrest
Local authorities kept up the heroin crackdown as Lois Rowland Esparza, 37, was arrested Wednesday on heroin sale charges and held on a $30,000 bond set by City Judge Dorothy Miller. She was the fourth arrest of the week, as three men including a 17-year-old were also charged. Police also investigated a break-in at Trinity Compress and a nearby residence theft, with a vending machine target at the plant and minor losses at the home.
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Lamesa
Lois Rowland Esparza
Dorothy Miller
Trinity Compress
Jack Brooke
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Walter Buckel
West
W.Z. Rogers
Dawson
Borden County
Gail, Welch
Flower Grove
Klondike
Ackerly
QC Donnell
Marla St
Is di
Kathy Freeman
Lamesa High School
Cowboys
Liberty School
Gary Jones
Dan Harp
Troy Howard
Doc Edwards
Girard
Lake Brownwood
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Dean
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