United Way Advance Division Kick Off In Lamesa
United Way campaign starts with 7 AM event at Forrest Park Community Center. Chamber of Commerce reports record 69 new members, pushing total past 400 as Dorothy Haney tops signups. Campaign goal set at 37 250 and funds aid Scouts, Senior Citizens, Boys Club, Day Care, Goodfellows, USO and Red Cross. Poster contest work underway in Lamesa School system with mid October judging.
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Forrest Park Community Center
Advance
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Senior Citizens
Goodfellows
U.S.O
Family Planning
Red Cross
Bob Brown
Richard Crawley
Perry Roberts
Elwood
Don Bethel
Drive
Bill Gerber
Rotary Club
Lamesa
Membership drive pushes chamber over 400 mark
The Chamber of Commerce reached 400 members after adding 69 new members in this year’s campaign. President Bob Capps announced at the awards luncheon that the total membership is the highest on record.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dorothy Haney
ol Walton
Bob Capps
Delegation Traveling To Austin For Interstate Route Bid
A Lamesa led delegation will appear before the Texas Highway Commission in Austin to seek interstate designation for U S 87 from Lubbock through Lamesa Big Spring to San Angelo. The effort has Midland Odessa San Antonio Corpus Christi and Lubbock backing with Armi Rust of San Angelo presenting. The group includes J D Dyer Jr Skeet Noret Bob Capps Walter Bucker Judge Leslie Pratt Alton Addison Dalton Myers Lloyd Cline Carroll Taylor and Art Roberts.
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U.S. 87
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Commission
Austin
Lamesa
Lubbock
Big Spring
San Angelo
Midland
Odessa
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Open House Highlights Texas Highway Department Functions
Visitors from local middle and high schools toured the Texas Highway Department facility on the Lubbock Highway during National Highway Week. They learned about engineering plans for Farm to Market Road 1066, the materials testing labs, and the Maintenance Department which oversees 296 miles of paving plus 600 miles of ditches and signs.
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Lubbock Highway
highway department
Lubbock
Austin
U.S. 87
US. 137
Welch
M. Sanford
Norman Ross speaks at Lions program on oil industry
Norman Ross production superintendent for Kewanee Oil Company West Texas District addressed the Noon Lions to summarize a month long effort to acquaint Dawson County business and civic leaders with the oil and gas industry. Ross, a former resident of the area, was the principal speaker.
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Norman Ross
tendent
West Texas
Kewanee Oil Company
Ross
Lamesa
Odessa
Lions Club
Welch Field
Travis King
Australia
King
Chamber of Commerce
George Duncan
Crop Harvesting Problems Due Airing Here Friday
A Friday meeting at Forrest Park Community Center will share facts on harvest aid chemicals cotton harvesting and field storage. Lee Roy Colgan says planning can save producers money and the session features Roy Childers and Robert B Metzer of the Extension Service.
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Lee Roy Colgan
Forrest Park Community Center
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South Plains Development Program
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Lubbock
Roy Childers
Robert B. Metzer
Area Agronomist
cotton
SPD
South Plains
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