East Texas Oil Field Marks 25th Anniversary
East Texas oil field quietly marks 25 years since the No. 3 Daisy Bradford well began production on Oct 3 1930 in west Rusk County. The boom boosted regional life, fixed prices amid wild market swings, and the field produced over 3.2 billion barrels through June with substantial untapped reserves remaining.
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East Texas
Dallas
C. M
Dad) Jones
Daisy Bradford
West Rusk
Railroad Commission
Woodbine
Texas
Free Hair and Scalp Consultation in Lubbock
Hair and Scalp Authority offers a no charge, private consultation by Trichologist W. T. Loesch at Hotel Caprock in Lubbock, Texas, from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday October 10 1955. Examinations and progress checks promised with guaranteed results or no charge.
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Lubbock
Texas
Caprock
Loesch Hair and Scalp Consultants of
Brownfield Sets Adult Education Program For Year
Brownfield announces a second year of adult education opportunities in liberal and practical arts. Registration is at 7 30 p m Monday in the high school library. Liberal arts include World Affairs Are You Affairs Parenthood in a Free Nation You and Your Community and Great Books. Practical arts offer conversational Spanish typing shorthand and speech with additional courses possible if demand meets ten students. Tuition is 12 per course. Classes run 7 30 to 9 30 p m each Monday.
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Brownfield
Robert Hoey
Brownfield Public Schools
Brownfield High School
Hoey
Parenthood In
Delwin Webb
Brownfield Schools
Floydada Homecoming Set With Slaton Game
Floydada High School hosts annual exes homecoming on Friday with a 8 p.m. kickoff against Slaton in the Whirlwinds first conference game. Queen coronation during halftime features seniors Joyce Hammonds Doris Campbell Gayle Clark and Fontaine Fowler with committee chairs named.
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Floydada
Gayle Clark
Fontaine Fowler
Joyce Hammonds
Doris Campbell
Slaton
Floydada High School
Joyce Dell Hammonds
Miss Hammonds
Thespians
Lubbock
C. T. Hammonds
Miss Campbell
Girlie Campbell
Doris
Miss Clark
L. L. Clark Jr
Miss Fowler
Sam Fowler
Keith Armstrong
Pat Robertson
Melvis Lawrance
Becky Potts
Community Chest Budget Meet Slated Tuesday at Brownfield
Nine agencies seek inclusion in the Terry County Community Chest ahead of a Tuesday budget hearing in the County Courtroom chaired by Curtis Sterling. Each group gets a ten minute slot starting at 2 p m as the budget committee prepares a 1956 plan near 25 000 dollars with participants including Cancer YMCA Heart Fund Girl Scouts Red Cross Salvation Army Boy Scouts Crippled Children's Foundation and Girls Town at Whiteface. Directors voted to rename United Fund to Community Chest and approved new constitution and by laws.
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Brownfield
Terry County Community Chest
Curtis Sterling
Budget Committee
Board of Directors
Sterling
Cancer
YMCA
Heart Fund
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts
Crippled Children’s Foundation
Girls
Whiteface
United Fund
Community Chest
Doughty Named Manager of Texas Employment Office
C R Doughty appointed manager of the Texas Employment Commission offices in Gaines County. He assumed duties Monday and operates from the courthouse basement in Seminole with office hours 8 a m to 5 p m and evening contact from his Seagraves home.
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Seagraves
C.R. Doughty
Texas Employment Commission
Gaines County
Seminole
District Ministers To Conduct Services At Brownfield Church
A week of preaching begins Monday at First Christian Church with district ministers leading services. Speakers include Dudley Strain Harry Purviance Clifford Parker and Fred Jobs. Evening services start 7:30 p.m. through Thursday with youth emphasis on Thursday. A film on the Bible titled Our Bible How It Came To Us screens Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
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Brownfield
First Christian Church
William Speen
Dudley Strain
Lubbock
Harry Purviance
Lubbock View
Clifford Parker
Third Christian Church
Fred Jobs
Texas Tech Bible Chair
Spreen
Purviance
Indian floods claim about 1000 in Ravi and Beas region
The Hin nye Times reported that about 1000 people died in floods sweeping Gurdaspur district near Amritsar as Ravi and Beas rivers overflowed. Officials warned that such early figures are often exaggerated and not officially confirmed.
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North India
Ravi
Beas
Hiram Hood Rites Scheduled Monday
Funeral services for Hiram S. Hood 68 longtime Lubbock resident will be at 2 p m Monday at Tabernacle Baptist Church Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery directed by Rix Funeral Home Hood moved to Lubbock 50 years ago from Wichita Falls and was employed by Texas Utilities Co until retirement Pallbearers named L E Sherrod Hunter Bryant N C Webb Floyd Halbert Floyd Wright and Vernon Watson
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Hiram S. Hood
Lubbock
Tabernacle Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Hood
Wichita Falls
The
Texas Utilities Co
L. E. Sherrod
Hunter Bryant
N. C. Webb
Floyd Halbert
Floyd Wright
Vernon Watson
River Yields Body North of Cotulla
The body of 64 year old Paul Fey of Bexar County was found Friday in the Nueces River near the Texas-Holland dam about 14 miles south of Cotulla. Officers said he apparently fell into the river while fishing.
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Cotulla
Texs
Paul Fey
Bexar County
Nueces River
Texas-Holland Dam
Littlefield To Give Prizes In Fire Prevention Contests
Littlefield to award cash prizes in four schools for Fire Prevention Week posters and 100 word themes. Prizes range from 2.50 to 7.50 per school with a noon October 14 deadline. Mayor Ray Keeling and chamber safety committee organize the observance.
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Littlefield
Littlefield Chamber of Commerce
Safety Committee
Charrber of Commerce
O. T. Vinson
L. V. Piesce
Ernest Connell
Harold Clement
B. W. Armistead
Elmo Jones
J. D. Hagier
Weldon Findley
E. J. Foust Jr
J. L. Walraven
Ray Keeling
Georgia Behrman
The
Chambers of Commerce
Gulf Canal Lines Buys Sea Lion Tugboat for Gulf Coast
Gulf Canal Lines Inc. announced the purchase of the Sea Lion tug, the Gulf Coast’s largest in service. Built in 1943 for the U.S. Army as a rescue tug, it measures 143 feet and cost $900,000.
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Houston
Gulf Canal Lines, Inc
Gulf Coast
Sea Lion
U.S. Army
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Hair and Scalp Authority
Loesch
Leesch
W. T. Losech
Shannon
Wichita
Kences
Brownfield Church
New Delhi
India
Hinnye Times
Gurdaspur
Amritsar
Hiram Hood
Endaco
Mendaco
Westinghouse Laundromat
Westinghouse
the Hardware Department
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