Lamb County Fair closes with 7000 attendees and top winners
The Lamb County Fair in Littlefield ended after about 7000 people visited the grounds. Grand champions were named across beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and art with winners including Bonnie Haberer and Deryl Machen alongside multiple 4H and FFA participants. Peterman calls this year the best yet.
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Littlefield
Lamb County
V. L. Peterman
Bonnie Haberer
Pleasant Valley
Luther Hill
Wayne Bodkin
Olton
Royce Turner
Deryl Machen
Jackie Pinson
Thomas Moss
Douglas Walden
James Blessing
Amherst
Chester White
Bobby Johnson
Doyle Turner
Max Barnett
Inter
Johnny Fields
Darryl Mote
Rene Elkins
Buck Rabbit
Johnny Richardson
Star Route 2
Doe
Sudan
Ronnie Carden
Jody Bussanmas
Judy Fay Penn
B. L. Boling
Peterman
Hazel Hickman
District Methodist Youth Planning Conference Ended
About 35 representatives from Methodist churches across the Panhandle and South Plains attended a half day planning conference at St John s Methodist Church to outline class and camp programs for summer 1955. John Davis of Crosbyton led sessions as youth conference president. The event followed three days of Northwest Texas Conference meetings led by Bishop William C Martin of Dallas.
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Panhandle
South Plains
St. John's Methodist Church
John Davis
Crosbyton
Chicken Village
Executive Youth Council
Davis
Two Women Travel to Japan to Visit Soldier in Tokyo
Mrs. Billy Jack Boren and Miss Carolyn Boren depart for Tokyo to visit their husband and brother in law Pfc Billy Jack Boren who has been stationed in Korea since January. They fly Amarillo to Los Angeles then to Honolulu for a weekend layover before continuing to Tokyo for a 30 day furlough.
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POST
Billy Jack Boren
Carolyn Boren
Tokyo
Jpan
Fother
Pfc
Pfe
Boren
Korea
Japan
Rural Youth Day Draws Texas Farm Kids To State Fair
Thousands of farm and ranch youngsters arrive for Rural Youth Day at the State Fair of Texas. The manager reported 3 435 buses on grounds by 1 a.m. The Anton group of 374 boys stayed in barn dorms as others arrived from El Campo Wellington Monahans and Kemp. Winners from Wellington Monahans and Kemp receive 100 each for group projects.
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Dallas
Texas
Charles Watson
Fair Gates
Watson
Newton
Tex
Anton
Hockley County
Lubbock
el Campo
Future Farmers of America
Fair Grounds
Welington
Monahans
Kemp
Jo M. Covey
Wellington
Homemakers of
America
Alma S. Hale
Joan Barton
Tom H. Barnes
Kaufman County
FFA
Treasry
Floyd County 4 H Girl Honored at State Fair Banquet
Sherry Ramsey of Harmony Community Floyd County was guest of the State Fair at a banquet in Dallas Adolphus Hotel and Rural Youth Day. She earned district safety demonstration victory and competed in state 4 H Roundup at College Station. Her group’s prize money funds educational trips for Ward County 4 H members as she notes the group traveled 1400 miles in Texas last year.
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Floyd County
Floydada
Sherry Ramsey
Harmony
Adolphus Hotel
Miss Ramsey
Sherwood Ramsey
College Station
Dallas
Chest Drive Third Of Way Toward Goal As First Week Ends
Lubbock 1954 Community Chest reports one third of $207654.29 goal raised in week one with $81463.29 total gifts. Co chairmen Gene Alderson Cliff Widener lead Industry Employe Division. first meeting captains named. Campaign praise from Dave Casey notes progress ahead of last year and highlights benefits to Boy Scouts Girl Scouting Camp Fire Milam Home Day Nursery Well-Baby Clinics and Salvation Army services.
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Lubbock
Cliff Widener
Jack Allman
H. B. Clifton
Ernie Ledford
John Lowery
Weldon Gibbs
Clem Boverie
Dub Rushing
Bob Gee
A. B. Watkins
Barney Rushing
Advance Gifts
T. Fain
Preston Smith
Dave Casey
Casey
Salvation Army
Milam
Lubbock Day Nursery
Albino Birds Shunned by Own Kind Said National Geographic
The National Geographic Society notes that white albino birds often face social ostracism from their own species despite some protective behavior by certain animals.
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The
National Geographic Society
Smyer Postmaster Stanford W Arnett Dies at 56
Stanford W Arnett 56 Smyer postmaster and longtime South Plains resident died of a heart attack Saturday night at West Texas Hospital after being stricken at home. He moved to the area in 1908 from Coke County and was a World War I veteran. Funeral services are pending at Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Patty Jean, a daughter, a brother J Benito, three sisters, and his mother.
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Stanford W. Arnett
Smyer
South Plains
West Texas Hospital
Arnett
Coke County
Rix Funeral Home
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Hazel
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Buick
Conroe
IPS
Texas-Bult
San Better Auto
Dial
Milton Berle
Altera
Scoggin-Llichey Buick Co
W. Arnett
Patty Jean
Jean
J. Benito
Sa ‘Eck Miller
Sacramento
Calif
Mildred Arnett
Sherman
Delmar Sears
Austin
J.C. Arnett
Westinghouse
Mahogany
Westinghouse TV
Menecke Bros
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