Panhandle-South Plains Firemen to Convene in Levelland
Firemen from 41 Panhandle South Plains counties plan a Tuesday convention in Levelland. The event features pumper and water polo competitions at the courthouse square with prizes, a street dance at City Hall, and remarks from city and state officials.
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South Plains
Levelland
Emen
Pansth Plains
Seth Geil
Courtsas
Femist Church
Bbark
Courthouse Square
the Panhandle Association
Johnson
Clay Floyd
Dalhart
B. W. McMeans
W. E. Hefner
Childress
J. L. Healy
Amarillo
Secretar
P Cowan Appointed Brownfield Schools Chief
S P Cowan 37 formerly Ingleside high school principal has been named Brownfield public schools superintendent succeeding T E McCollum who left for McAllen. Cowan studied at Tarleton SMU and Daniel Baker and earned an M A from the University of Texas in 1940. He taught at Lampasas Burnet and Blanco and led Blanco schools before Army service in 1942. He is married with two sons and the family will move in June.
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S. P. Cowan
Ingleside
Tex
Brownfield Public
T. E. McCollum
McAllen
Cowan
John Tarleton
Stephenville
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
University of Texas
Lampasas
Burnet and Blanco
Only One Absentee Ballot Cast In City Library Bond Election
County Clerk Louie F. Moore reported only one absentee ballot had been cast by Saturday in the 2.5 million city library bond issue set for May 24. Absentee voting began Wednesday and continues through May 20 for residents away from the city. The text also notes eggs as a protective food recommended by home economists.
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Louie F. Moore
Majority Of Texans Favor Teachers Pay Boost
The Texas Poll finds 72 percent support paying teachers $2,000 or more yearly and 75 percent back paying teachers at least $2,000. Support varies by income with 82 percent of the upper fifth willing to pay higher taxes to raise salaries versus 66 percent of the lower five fifths.
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Austin
Texas
New Bus Service Between Lamesa and Hereford Set
The Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma coaches will start a new bus line from Hereford to Lamesa on May 20. The Levelland to Hereford route leaves Levelland daily at 12 30 p m and 6 15 p m with stops at Lou Welch Brownfield Levelland Whitharral Littlefield Springlake Dimmitt and Hereford arriving about 3 15 p m. Return trips depart Hereford at 3 40 p m and reach Lamesa at 8 p m.
Sheriff Jim Pritchard Tough Local Lawman in Coal Region
In Benton Illinois Jim Pritchard, a World War II veteran and longtime sheriff, earned fame for dismantling the Birger gang after a series of murders. He surrounded the Birger home, captured the gangster, and oversaw Birger’s hanging in 1928. Oil emerges as Mississippi’s new natural resource with 14 producing fields since 1939.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Benton
Ill
Jim Pritchard
Franklin County
Jim
Big Jim
France
Charlie Birger
Birger
Illinois
Pritchard
West City
Benton County
Charlie
Mississippi
Rapid Population Increase At Crosbyton Shown By Records
Crosbyton's population is about 2 300 according to city water meter records. The city has 511 meters, up from 311 in 1940, suggesting a 700 person gain or roughly 43 percent since the last census. An aside notes a florist's trick using colored water.
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Crosbyton
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