New Postage Rates Take Effect January Seventh 1968
Postmaster L B Bratten lists local rate changes set to begin Monday January 7 1968 First class letters six cents per ounce cards four cents Air mail letters eight cents per ounce cards six cents parcel post rates follow the air parcel post plan plus a half cent per piece For second class newspapers only Wellington Leader is noted as a user Third class direct mail advertising single piece four cents first two ounces two cents each additional ounce and bulk rate eighteen cents per pound with minimums Books and catalogs twelve cents minimum two and a half cents Annual bulk mailing fee thirty dollars Fourth class educational materials nine and a half cents per pound library materials four cents first pound one cent each additional pound Permit imprint fee fifteen dollars Congressional Record mailed free in Washington D C with post office noting change in rate Also mentions holiday visits by James Stavengahens family to HopeArk and Rufus Bensons visit to Frank Andersons home in Shamrock Arkansas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Bratten
Air Mail
Parcel Post
Air Parcel Post
Wellington Leader
Congressional Record
Washington, D.C
Bratten
School Lunchroom MENU for January week
School lunch menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with items such as ground beef patty on a bun spaghetti pinto beans and cornbread turkey with rice and beef vegetable soup plus sides and half pint milk or chocolate milk each day. The page includes multiple days with canteen style offerings and standard school dessert options.
Colemans Attend Aunt Ruby Carter’s Funeral in Coweta
Mr and Mrs Dee Coleman and John Coleman traveled to Coweta Oklahoma near Tulsa on Sunday December 30 to attend the funeral of their aunt Mrs Ruby Carter age 93. She was sister of the late Mrs S L Coleman and had lived in Coweta since 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee ‘Coleman
John Coleman
Coweta
Okio
Tulsa
Ruby Carter
S. L. Coleman
Christmas Guests Visit Officer Joe Childress Family
The Christmas holidays bring visits from many relatives to Joe Childress, night police officer. Guests include Roy and Mrs. Childress and family from Alvin and Amarillo, Dee Gibson from Borger, Joe Childress Jr. and A. J. Childress from Phillips, Denton Anthony and Co L. Winn from Newlin, plus John Hilgenfeld and Watters Fain families from Canyon. Also visiting are Mrs. W. W. McGlaskey’s daughter Mrs. David Armstrong and her daughters from Lubbock, and the Mottenbocker and Wood families from Amarillo who joined Christmas Day and New Years Day gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Childress
Roy Childress
Alvin
Clinton--Childress
Amarillo
Dee Gibson
Borger
Joe Childress Jr
A. J. Childress
Phillips
Denton Anthony
Co. L. Winn
Newlin
David Armstrong
Lubbock
W. W. McGlaskey
Keith Smith
Ann
White Christmas Visitors Over Holiday in Lubbock Area
Local Christmas greetings note extended holiday traffic and visiting relatives. Rudell White a student at Lubbock Christian College returns home with his parents Mr and Mrs Ople White. Other college students and family guests include the Boyce brothers from South Plains College Levelland and numerous relatives from Clarendon Odessa Abilene Austin and Wellington among others enjoying the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudell White
Lubbock Christian Col
Nega
Ople White
M. A. ‘Boyce
James ‘R. ‘Ross
F. L. Bourland
Jamie Ross
Clarendon
R. G. Dillard
Sharon ‘Kay Dilard
Frank Jeffrey Dillard
Richie Dillard
Austin
Bob Sorgel
Louisville, Ky.i
Virginia Robey
Wellington
Dillard
Evelyn Lowe’s Baylor Holiday Visit Noted
Evelyn Lowe, a Baylor University student, spent the holidays with Wave, Miles Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Billy
Evelyn Lowe
Baylor University
Wave
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Stavenhagen
J. L. Murphy
Hope, Ark
Rufus Benson
Shamrock
Frank Anderson
Colemans
J. C. Mottenbocker
Jess Mottenbocker
Jessica
Dana
Alva Wood
Jess Motsenbocker
Helena Rubinstein
Ultra Feminine
DuBarry
Prince Matchabelli
Young
Young Promise Night Dream
Ciro
Tussy
Ham Holton
Jimmy Cochran
Prince
Tames
Stephens
Odessa
Jerr Stephens
Mr. Sand
Mrs! Tack
Witlin ‘Hagler
Amsrillo
Land Mee
Joga
Chris
Polly
Mra
Chester L. Harrison
Optometrist Contact
Usda Good — Armor
Chuck Roast
Wright
Iit
Cate
Pound
Roxey
Dog
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