Pioneer Jubilee draws 130 Oldtimers in Dawson County
In Lamesa May 25 the County Oldtimers Assn held its Pioneer Jubilee with 130 plus members attending. Awards recognized 85 year old W. W. Pettaway and Mrs J L Supert as the oldest participants, while W B McWhorter and Ralph Reagan were honored for longest residence and travel distance respectively. New officers and co chairs were elected for an all day future jubilee planning.
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Lamesa
County Oldtimers Assn
R. B. Snell
A. B. Heffernan
Big Spring
W. W. Pettaway
J. L. Supert
W. B. McWhorter
Dawson County
Ralph Reagan
Baytown
McWhorter
Dawson
Jesse Merrick
Louie White
R. R. Townsend
Ross McDonald
Wee Fred Henderson
Extension officials to discuss cotton suction at Ralls
Four Texas Extension Service officials will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Monday in the Ralls High School auditorium to cover all phases of cotton suction. Present will be Dr F M Fuller Fred Eliott Joe Jones and John Box Crosby County Agent Lee Luther says Crosby County farmers and ten interested persons may attend.
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Crosbyton
Texas Extension Service
Ralls High School
F. M. Fuller
Fred Eliott
Joe Jones
John Box
Crosby County
Lee Luther
Air Wave Blamed For Severe Weather Patterns
Analysts link sun spot activity with recent heavy rains floods and tornadoes noting 1953 as a parallel peak. Namias of the Weather Bureau cautions about long range forecasts while describing the planetary wave train and jet stream driving this spring’s stormy pattern across drought affected regions.
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Brooka
Namias
Weather Bureau
Drouth
United States
California
Utah
Mexico
Lake
New England
Central Atlantic Ocean
Tidewater Oil Co Grants 6 Percent Pay Rise Across Rank
Tidewater Oil Co announces a 6 percent wage hike for non organized employees and offers the same increase to union represented workers. The plan includes vacation and holiday benefits as part of the package.
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Oil Company
Houston
Tidewater Oil Co
E. B. Miller Jr
Tidewater
Sixteen Nominated For Clean Up Prize
Sixteen letters nominating neighbors for the Clean Up Drive were received by the Chamber of Commerce committee led by Bill Meeks. A $100 prize will be split between the two proposers, with judging delayed by bad weather. Jaycees painted at the residence of a elderly Latin American widow and at the Negro Boys Club, with supplies donated by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.
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Jayores
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
2Nd St
Jaycee
Don Page
Howard Parsley
Conway Thetford
Lowell Richardson
Rex Titsworth
Jaycees
Lubbock Negro Boys Club
Steff
Bill Meeks
Lubbock Jaycees
Jaykees
Negro Boys Club
E. 2Éth St
Jerry Sanders
Bill Watson
Don Kittrell
Clarence Smith
Norman Igo
Dick Strong
Tommy Cooper
Coffee Conner
Melvin Lisman
Pittsburgh Plate Glase Co
Caprock
Paint Co
Meeks
Cooke County Reunion Slated Today at Slide Ra Clubhouse
A Cooke County reunion for past and present residents is planned today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Slide Rae Clubhouse. Joe Nislar serves as president. Prizes will be awarded for oldest and youngest members, the furthest traveler, largest families, and contest winners.
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Cooke County Rownlow
Cooke County
Joe Nislar
Last Rites Pending For Myrtle O'Neal
Myrtle O Neal 67 a Dawson City resident since 1910 died in Lamesa General Hospital at 1230 PM Funeral services at Second Baptist Church with Rev A E Hughes officiating Higginbotham Funeral Home pending time Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park She is survived by three sisters Miss Cora O Neal Miss ...
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Lamesa
Myrtle O'Neal
Dawson Inty
Lamesa General
Second Baptist Church
A. E. Hughes
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Lamesa Memorial Park
O'Neal
The
Baptist Church
Lubbock Man Injured in 24 Foot Fall at Sorger Worksite
James Aubrey McCrummen of Lubbock suffered serious injuries after falling 24 feet onto a concrete floor while working in Sorger. He sustained a fractured pelvis four broken ribs a broken collar bone and a broken wrist. He is survived by parents Mr and Mrs Claxton McCrummen and sister Mrs H D Waller with a wife formerly Lucille Cope of Lubbock. Additional relatives include Mamie O Neal two others and nine nieces.
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James Aubrey McCrummen
Lubbock
Sorger
Claxton McCrummen
H. D. Waller
Lucille Cope
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Pioneer
Extension Service
San Antonio
Raymond Garcia
Frank Longoria
Bill Brown
Plainview
Bill
American Founders Life Insurance Company
AM Ouly Line Legal Kb
Thei Litt Insuranc! Company
Frey
Austin, Texas
Berger
Mamie O'Neal
Aro ‘Newby
Richlander
James Giraude
Tramentt
Sears
Homart
Sears Easy
Dally Thursdey
Querentee
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