Students Return To Classrooms In Lamesa Area
Lamesa and surrounding districts proceed with student registrations and first-day classes. Lamesa High School registration runs Tuesday and Wednesday with grade-specific times. New teachers and administrators join the district at the Kiwanis Teacher Welcome Dinner Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa School
Borden County
Dawson
Klondike
Flower Grove
Sands
O'Donnell
Lamesa Kiwanis Club
Lamesa
Forrest Park
Lincoln
Sunset School of Preaching
Lubbock
Sweetwater High School
Texas Christian University
Abilene Christian College
Charles Keese
V. Z. Rogers
W.Z. Rogers
Neal Roberts
VZR
Could Be No. 1 Again Bumper Cotton Crop Seen
County Agent Leroy Colgan told the Press Reporter Dawson County could produce a 200,000 bale cotton crop for a second straight year if favorable conditions persist. With 265,000 acres planted and overall 425,000 acres, harvest may begin in late October with most in November. Ricking cotton is urged to handle anticipated bumper yields as gin capacity may lag.
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Dawson County
Leroy Colgan
Colgan
Nineteen Tax Suits Set for Sheriff Sale in Lamesa
Nineteen separate properties will be sold to the highest bidder at 10 a.m. on September 3 in tax suits brought by the Lamesa Independent School District and the City of Lamesa. Sheriff Sale Notices posted on the courthouse bulletin board list properties with legal descriptions. Delinquent taxes range from 219 to 2891 dollars for parcels in Hollis Compton College Original Town Forrest Penix Turner Bolton Young Key Jackson and Lee additions. Some owners may pay prior to sale to retain title.
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Lamesa Independent
City of
Lamesa
Guy Kinnison
Hollis
Compton
College
Original Town
Forrest, Penix
Turner
Bolton
Young, Key, Jackson and Lee
City Issues Three Commercial Building Permits
City Hall filed three commercial construction permits totaling 87,800 for offices and expansion. The largest goes to Dr C M Southall for a 37,000 office building at North 15th and Bryan with Joel Fletcher as contractor. The Church of God starts a new building on Seminole Highway with Area Builders of Lubbock as contractor. Also approved is a 27,000 therapy wing remodel at Medical Arts Hospital. A residential permit for 40,000 to C and H Builders covers a home at 2101 South 5th, and a 12,000 remodeling permit to Marshall Middleton for 1009 Juniper Drive.
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City Hall
C.M. Southall
N. 15Th and
Bryan
Joel Fletcher
Church of God
Seminole Highway
Lubbock
Dawson County Farm Tour Schedule Emphasizes Cotton Work
The Dawson County Farm Bureau Lamesa Chamber of Commerce and partners host a Thursday afternoon farm tour starting at 1:30 pm from Forrest Park Community Center. County Agent LeRoy Colgan directs demonstrations across Lamesa Union and Munger areas focusing on cotton disease, cotton fertility on dryland, and various crop plots with several stops listed by farm names and times.
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Dawson County
Forrest Park
Dawson County Farm Bureau
Lamesa Chamber of Commerce
Lamesa Cotton Growers
LeRoy Colgan
Lamesa
Union
Munger
End of Era Ice Man Retires in Lamesa
Marion Clepper, longtime manager of the Lamesa Ice Company, retires ending a 58 year plant history begun in 1915. The tale traces ownership shifts from R.B. Red to West Texas Electric to Texas Electric Service, Southland Corp, and Herman Kelley, with Clepper's 25 plus years of daily 4 am openings and his great grandson Rusty Parsons helping since 1963. The piece marks the closing of an era tied to classic American life and the old ice house culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Buckel
Eugene O'Neill
Lamesa
Marion Clepper
Lamesa Ice Company
Texas Electric Service Company
Texas Public Utilities
The
Electric Company
West Texas Electric
A.C
Fats’’ McClendon
Big Spring
TESCO
Mr. Clepper
Brad
Palo Pinto County
Kelley
West Texas
Southland Ice Plant
Southland
Herman Kelley
Clopper
Rusty Parsons
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Wall Street Journal
Far East
Press-Reporter
Teresa Aguilar
Larry Donop
Frank Judah
Charles Reese
Lee Kiwanis Fete
Walter Ay
Gross
Doyle Terry
Dewey
Covington Farm
Buddy Barron
Ronnie Ray
Ice Man
Southland Corporation
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