Lamesa
Page from the Past August 5,1953 70 years ago
Page from the Past August 5,1953 70 years ago
Moments in time
_ On Aug. 7, 1935, a tennis match in London was interrupted by, of all things, flying ants. The obnoxious critters didn’t just annoy athletes, but encroached on people’s kitchen pantries and piled up on their doorsteps. Authorities called it the worst pestilential attack in 25 years.
Transparency no longer required for school backpacks
Call it a learning lesson.
School supply drive nets pencils, pens, notebooks
If you drove past Joe Spikes Field, you probably wondered why a yellow school bus was parked just outside the field and not in the nearby bus barn.
Beck honored with hall of fame induction
More than 20 years after retiring from a highly-successful career as a vocational agriculture teacher, Danny Beck continues to impact the lives of local high school students by helping coach FFA teams.
Lamesa teen dies in Martin County accident
A two-vehicle accident claimed the life of a local teenager and sent three other area residents to the hospital.
One of God’s creations
I’ve taught elementary Sunday school for about 15 years because helping children have a relationship with Jesus is my passion. It’s been joked about that children tell all the family secrets when teachers ask for prayer requests, but I’ve found this to be untrue. We mostly pray for their pets. Their dogs and cats are extremely important to them, so that makes them important to me, therefore, we spend time praying for our animals.
About birds and bees
If the headline for this piece doesn’t elicit at least minimal interest of most readers, perhaps I should find the goose, select the spot with is a paucity of plumage and stick my quill back in.
