Texas Tech coach to speak at 1981 Blizzard banquet
J. T. King head coach at Texas Tech College Lubbock will be the featured speaker at the annual football banquet honoring the 1981 Blizzards next Tuesday evening Dec 19. The event in the school cafeteria is sponsored by the High School chess leaders and Winters Boosters Club members are invited. Tickets go on sale at the High School principal's office until noon Dec 18.
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Texas Tech College
Lubbock
Marta Davidson
Jere Merck
Sharon Johnson
Linda Easterly
Ann Bean
Winters Boosters Club
Christmas Plans Ahead or Avon Cosmetics Ad
An advertisement fragment promotes Christmas plans and home work through Avon Cosmetics. It mentions a portable sharpening machine and a contact, Ervin R. with a phone number, inviting quick earnings from local representation.
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Ervin R. An Ane
Avon ‘Cosmetics
P. Q
It’s the Law in Texas Tom and Jane Lease Case
A young couple moves into a repaired old house on a two year verbal lease. Landlord sells the property three months later, ending the tenancy. Written leases bind both sides, and improvements may be compensated, but the tenant cannot enforce a long-term tenancy. The renter should seek a written agreement upfront.
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Tom
Jane
Loaded into a Station Wagon
A wry meditation questions if any item from squalling triplets to fresh garbage or new-mown hay to barrels of beer remains at home as everything is loaded into a station wagon and moved.
Producing Quality Peaches Is A Year-Round Job
Harlan Smith explains peach quality depends on year round care and disease control. He notes peach bacterial spot overwinters in cankers and must be sprayed after frost with copper sulfate and lime to prevent leaf curl and protect next year’s crop.
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Texas
Harlan Smith
Smith
Diamond Bessies Grave Marked in Cope Texas Cemetery
Diamond Bessie now rests in a well marked fenced grave in Cope Texas cemetery. The narrative notes she was a famed subject of local lore and a woman described as beautiful and diamond adorned.
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Bessie
Diamond Bessie
Cope Texas
Sta
Mysterious Jefferson Murder Tied to Banished Rothschild
A woman murdered near Jefferson shortly after her wedding to a Rothschild. The husband destroyed one eye in a self injurious attempt when charged with murder. He was twice convicted of first degree papers but freed on appeal. The trial spanned seven years.
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Jefferson
Rothschild
Fragmentary crime report notes injuries and casualties
A damaged line reads of Black and Negroes involved with a led 25 of the en d. Many are wounded, but no fatalities are stated in the fragment. Local details and context are missing.
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Dial
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Crews Highway
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Winters, Texas
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Bedford Insurance Agency
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Wood St
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Mord Tucker
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