History Comes Alive For Museum Visitors
South Plains students from Lubbock and nearby towns toured the West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus. During the year 11 208 students visited, with 104 groups from 29 towns bringing 3 557 children and teachers for tours such as Pioneer Lubbock and Trailing Cowboys and Cattle.
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South Plains
West Texas
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Idalou
New Deal
Sweetwater
Plainview
Silverton
LeFors
Reudy Rhodes
Lubbock Junior League
Zoom Lenses May Redefine Normal Vision Standards
Dr William Feinbloom announced a new zoom eyeglass lens that could boost vision by 30 percent for both normal and impaired eyes. After 11 years of development and tests on 800 people, he proposed shifting the standard from 20 20 to 20 15 and said the lens aids travel work driving and precision tasks while benefiting normal vision enthusiasts.
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New York
William Feinbloom
New Jersey
Six Andrews Boys Head to Camp Hoblitzelle
Six Andrews youths join more than 2,000 national youths for a week at The Salvation Army Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas. Local campers depart June 18 and return June 25, traveling with Marshall Cooper.
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Andrews
Salvation Army Service Unit Committee
Salvation Army
Camp Hoblitzelle
Dallas
Big Bend Park Marks 17th Anniversary Observance
Big Bend National Park celebrated its seventeenth anniversary on June 12 1961 per Superintendent Stanley C Joseph. Park officials highlighted progress under Mission 66 and noted bids opening June 22 for the Administration Visitor Orientation building to boost visitor education. Publicity and writers activity in the past year spurred greater regional interest in Big Bend and West Texas attractions.
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Big Bend National Park
Stanley C. Joseph
Harold Brodrick
Chisos Basin
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
Big Bend
West Texas
Personal News: Lloyds Plan Texas Trip and Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lloyd along with Deana and Michael Lloyd departed Saturday for a vacation to Fort Worth and Waxahachie. They will attend a family reunion in Quitman this weekend.
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Ben Lloyd
Deana
Michael
Fort Worth
Waxahachie
Quitman
Know Your BUSINESSMAN Dennis C Nix Owner of Nix Famous Food
Dennis C. Nix, owner of Nix Famous Food in Andrews for ten years since moving there in 1929 from Roscoe, is a Lions Club member, president of the local Restaurant Association chapter, secretary of the State Board of Directors, director at Commercial State Bank, and a member of the First Baptist Church. He married Fern Simmons in Roscoe in 1928 and has three children Cora Ree Gavitt, Millie Ree McDonald, and Drexell M. Nix. His hobbies include fishing and school sports.
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Dennis C. Nix
Nix Famous Food
Nix
Andrews
Roscoe
Lions Club
Restaurant Association
Commercial State Bank
First Baptist Church
Fern Simmons
Nix's
Cora Ree Gavitt
Millie Ree McDonald
Drexell M. Nix
Telephone official gets lots of wrong numbers
Demonstrating long distance dialing in Memphis Tennessee John Ryan a phone company official repeatedly connected to wrong numbers. After three failed calls he reached the Montreal weather bureau where a French forecast was given.
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Memphis, Tenn
John Ryan
San Francisco
Drifter crosses country with expired plates and no license
James V. Donathan, 26, of San Francisco drove 3,500 miles from Mexico City to Rhode Island without a valid license and with two year old California plates. A state trooper in North Smithfield, R I, stopped him and he was brought before a district judge, fined $40 and costs.
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James V. Donathan
San Francisco
Rhode Island
Mexico City
North Smithfield
R.1
Donthan
California
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Chevy
Chevrolet
Fisher
National Automobile Dealers Association
Findrews County
Frank Crown
Gary Murrell
Bobby Gooch
Gene Allen
Monty Gaberil
Harvey Henry
Donny Gross
Marshall Cooper
Hoblitzelle
Midlothian
United Fund
Big Bend Park
Dennis Nix
News Office
NW 3Rd
NW Ave. L
Bill Burford
Har
Old Cox
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Shup Andrews
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