Big shootout in Cotton Bowl looms as Jan 1 game nears
Walter Buckel notes the Texas Arkansas clash and Notre Dame passing on New Year Day 500 yard season memories. Tor basketball heads to El Paso with three wins and a tough schedule ahead. The county celebrates Christmas decorations and rising bale counts while Pat Fees and Mike Dukes spark college basketball. Continued on page 2.
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Austin Way
SWC
Joe Theisman
Notre Dame
Tor
el Paso
Follis
Kiwanis Club
Big Spring
Ian
Lamesa
Pat Fees
Baylor Bears
Mike Dukes
Levelland
Fees
Texas Longhorns
Jury Civil Docket Set for 106th District Court in Dawson County
The 106th District Court in Dawson County schedules 27 civil cases for jury trial beginning Monday at 10 a.m. Judge Truett Smith presides as District Judge, with several criminal cases possible if civil matters wrap. A total of 37 non jury cases are set for trial on Dec 29 as the court aims to clear dormant matters. Meanwhile, Dawson County cotton growers report 146,870 bales weighed so far this season with two weeks remaining in harvest.
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Dawson County
California
106Th District
Robert Smith
Truett Smith
Tohoka
Smith
106Th District Court
Lamesa
Texas Employment Commission
Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Production Testing At County Prospect Near Key
H L Brown Jr of Midland continued production tests at No 1 Smith a Dawson County Mississippian prospect 52 miles east of Key. Flow through perforated intervals at 9 934 9 988 feet produced 27 barrels of oil in 52 hours before pressure buildup and shut in. Also Green & Michaelson Producing Co tested No 1 Mathis wildcat west northwest of Flower Grove field with flow back oil through perforations 8 899 9 434 feet as ginning nears. Agricultural agent Lee Roy Colgan projected county cotton harvest end by Dec 15 with potential to exceed 150 000 bales amid shifting demand and fiber quality trends. Plans note earlier gloom and later improvements in cotton outlook.
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H. L. Brown Jr
Midland
Smith
Dawson County
Key
Green & Michaelson Producing Co
Mathis
Wildcat
Flower Grove
Fusselman and Canyon
Lee Roy Colgan
Weaver
T&p Survey
Lamesa
Rural Givers Key To Topping United Way Goal
United Way aims to beat a 37 500 goal with less than 500 dollars to raise. Chairman Jim Williams cites Area Rural Division outreach and a good cotton crop as factors boosting donor participation this year.
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United Way
Jim Williams
Williams
United Fund
Lamesa Five Lead 3-AAA All District Selections
Lamesa High School five Golden Tornado players earned first team spots on the 3-AAA All-District squad with three more receiving honorable mention. Aaron Manuel shared Co-Player of the Year honors with Jesse Lethridge of Estacado. Coach Harold Teal guided Brownfield to Coach of the Year as district coaches named the 25-member team.
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Tor
Aaron Manuel
Estacado
Jesse Lethridge
Manuel
Porterfield
Lamesa High School
Golden Tornado
Tors
Brownfield Cubs
Harold Teal
Snyder
Lamesa
Steve Pearce
Brent Jordan
Cecil Davis
David Sisson
Manuel Sisson
Davis
Estacado Matador
Artis Mollett
Kirby Marshall
Tony Williams
Williams
Mollett
Marshall
Sweetwater
Mustangs
Snyder and
Dunbar
Brownfield
Colorado City
Teal
Reading
Ors
Sisson
Mike Glasscock
Chris Stubblefield
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Dawson County Public Library
Amesa
Texas
Walter Buckel
Chamber
FHA
Tae OC
Robert Barron
Hall
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Jack R. Wright
Emeteria Milton
J. E. Issucs
J. D. Brock
Tomas Molina
Johnny Ed Stearns
Mae Wesley
Farr’s Inc
Charles Andrews
Isaac Ramirez
Clifton Sheen
L. C. Johnson
Pan American Insurance Co
Rita Salas
County Prospect
T&p
Colgan
Lubbock
Plains Cotton Growers Inc
High Plains
General Crude Oil Co
Hamlin
Frank B. Jones
Taylor Csl Survey
Shenandoah Oil Corp
Fort Worth
Loretta Spencer
Ers
Wes Bonemus
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