Local legends and modern stars span a life of fame and glory
The note recalls Ken Maynard as an early singing cowboy and Western icon who died at 77 in Woodland Hills, Calif. It praises the Big Four of Westerns—Maynard, Buck Jones, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson—and contrasts nostalgia with UCLA basketball star Bill Walton's national title run and Kent McCurley’s All-State selection. The piece also mentions Meridian Oil Corp. completing No. 1 Smith in Dawson County and a Turkington well, detailing oil production and fracture data.
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Ken Maynard
Woodland Hills
Calif T
Buck Jones
Tom Mix
Hoot Gibson
America
Hollywood
Villian
Maynard
Bill Walton
UCLA
Bruins
Walton
Johnny Wooden
Uclans
Lamesa
O.W. Follis
Community Pride Group Plans Coordinated May Cleanup
The Community Pride Committee of the Chamber of Commerce mapped plans for this year’s cleanup, aiming to assign town sections to different groups and recruit civic leaders for a coordinated May campaign. Attendees included chairman Owen Taylor and Chamber President Bob Capps, with a kickoff date to be set.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Owen Taylor
Chamber
Bob Capps
Dallas Woods
Billy R. Smith
John Hutchison
Art Roberts
Doyle McAda
Midland Girl Killed in Sunday Night Highway 349 Crash
A 20 year old Midland girl, Bari Ann Blackaller, died in a one car wreck about three miles south of Lamesa on Texas Highway 349 at 11 39 p m Sunday. The Texas Tech student was ejected as the Oldsmobile 442 overturned twice. Debris stretched over 100 feet. no passengers were in the car. Funeral services were held in Midland.
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Dawson County
Bari Nn Blackaller
Midland
Texas Tech Coed
Justice of the Peace
A.L. Standefer
DPS
Ben Burch
W. Shankles
Lamesa
Chasis
Stephen Henry
Texas
Bari Ann Blackaller
Hughes
Department of Public Safety
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Lamesa Trustees Postpone March Meeting To Friday Session
The Lamesa Independent School District Board will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at 7 30 pm in the School Business Office. The March session was moved from the usual third Monday due to conflicts. A discussion with parent Dale Tate is on the agenda.
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Lamesa Independent
Dale Tate
Lamesa
Lamesa High School
Dawson County approves bids for equipment and roofing projects
Dawson County Commissioners awarded West Texas Equipment Company the contract for a Caterpillar motor grader at 37,160 with a 22,377 trade in, and Brown Roofing won the Boys Club reroofing bid at 6,983.46 to fix leaks and improve climate control.
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Dawson County Commissioners Court
Boys Club
West Texas Equipment Company
Precinct 4
Brown Roofing
Brown
Industrial Roofing Company
King Building Company
Local Tax Office Open Late for License Tags
Dawson County residents can buy car license tags Friday as the final day to tag autos before Sunday deadline. Tax Assessor-Collector Leland Miller said the Dawson County Tax Office will stay open until 10 p.m. Friday to accommodate late customers.
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Dawson County
Leland Miller
Regional Science Fair honors sweepstakes winner from Lamesa
Fritz Gleghorn of Lamesa won the Sweepstakes trophy in the Elementary division at the Permian Basin Regional Science Fair in Odessa. The event featured many local students earning top prizes across biology physical science and other divisions with multiple award sponsors and named winners.
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Lamesa
Fritz Gleghorn
Permian Basin
Odessa
Fritz
Paula Tune
Jerry Doss
Bobby Amaro
Monty Cleveland
Clint Scott
Mark Hansard
Lamesa Middle School
Shannon Roger
Marsha Daffern
Central
Central Elementary
Rance House
Bonnie Bell
Ardita Groat
Linda Clemmens
Jay Plunkett
Saturday Classes Set In Lamesa
Lamesa residents are reminded that all schools will hold classes this Saturday from 9 30 a m to 2 p m. The sessions finish the required make up days after weather closures earlier in the year.
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Lamesa
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Kent McCurley
Meridian Oil Corp
No. 1
Smith
T&p Survey
Turkington
Walter Buckel
Burch
West Barrow Ditch
Branon Funeral Home
Lamesa Ambulance Service
Par
Ents
Peters
the County
City
Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
Commissioners
Bill Gerber
Local Tax Office
American Pharmaceutical Association
Bill Bristow
Eastman Kodak Company
Naval Institute-Marine Technology Society
National Science Foundation
Lee Harris
V.Z. Rogers
NASA
Ray Stevens
Air Force
Rebecca Levacy
Army
Todd Allen Sons
North Elementary
Sheri Strahan
Cleet Griffin
South Elementary
Daniel Watkins
North
Sam Hansard
South
V.Z. Roger
Sam Oliver
W.Z. Rogers
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