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!„i GOING, (iOINfi, GONE—Joe Grizzle. a Bnpti«| preacher nf near Lamcsa. serves as auctioneer for s| the third annual emergency aid fund auction of .hi* Community Club of the Country C'iub Addu. yr. Tuesday nighl. lie is the son of C. G. Grizzle. president of the club. Held at the corner of N. Ave. jr1 J and Krskine St.. the club put up an estimated 400 items for sale, netting $96 for their emergency fund. (Staff Photo.)j,; Annuol Sole Adds $96 To Fund DvBlJSk PlSFChdSCS: Community Club Defeats Old Cliff AiiarlffieitlsManuel DeBusk. Dallas aiinr-'’ey. was juii'cojisfiil bidder nn Hie purchase nf Hie Cliff Apart-Weather jinx, To the accompanimeni of |an auctioneer s chant, mem- ; hers of the Community Club : '• of the Country Club Addn.- conquered the jinx of the elements Tuesday night in holding their third annual *• emergency aid fund auction j '• — and added S% to the fund. ;L Each of the two previous !sales had he**n shortened or fl dispelled entirely by wind and I i rain.••We were beginning to r. think Hint whenever Lubhoek i'i needed rain, all we had to a! do was plan our auction. t* said C. Ci. Clrlzzlo. president of the Club.More Than 75 Bid dj But Mother Nature kept the wind nd rain at a distance -! Tuc / .* night despite weather .orecasts to the lt;-on-t I trary and the auction, held at the corner of North Avenue1.1 and Erskine Street, one block west of the Plainview highway, attracted more than | 75 bidders.Items- ranging from a deep free/e unit and a kitchen stove to dolls, bags of sausage. diapers and car wheels L filled four r.2-foot tables prior to 1he sale.Holds Auction(frizzle estimated lhat be-iween 400 and 500 items were pm up for sale during the auction.Some Items I nsnldBidding was spirited in most instances but a few of I hr items had to bo returned ro the Storeroom for lack of bids.drizzle and his -on. .Toe a Baptist preaeli'-r from near Igtmesn. served as aue'ion-r«rs for ir*r Tuesday night sale. The items were donated hy members and by Lubbock nirehanls. or came from the club's sto-k room.men's in the opening of bids hv the Federal Housing Administration in Washington. DC. Tuesday. James H. Ashby, riireelor of the I.'ihbrv l; office of the FHA ■monum-cri Til ••’.clay afternoon.DeBusk's hid of S7.5tj.6l6 was among ’» bids entered from the states of Illino’s. New York. New 'Jersey. North Carolina. Ohio and Texas.Closing of the tran-adion will If mart* in a bom a month, Ashby said. Delhi k is m pay S5l.fil6 rash and Hie KIIA will carry a S70O.G00 mortgage on the piop-eity.DeBusk. formei Sy ol Idaiou and ' gradual of Texas Tech. is also; We keen all the goods in a .storeroom here. lt;a:d drizzle. jand the tuemb*; bring in •items rluy r.n longer need from .lime 10 lime.Entertainment an*: refresh-.menu preceded ihe ;*« ction sale. jClub member Arthur We'ibrook was entertainment chairman. and 'Mrs. Westbrook ane. Jim Blanton were co-chairmen of refreshments.Fall Auction llinied , The crowds overflowed (mu ihe corner into the strceis around the area, and drizzle, apparently pleased hv the turnout, said the See ACCTION Page 2owner 01 rim- Baylor Square Apartments iformerly San Jose Apartments' her*The Cliff Apartments, formerly the Canyon View Apartments, were huilt ahoul five or six years ago and contain I’M units. They are situated along Y«Jlowhouse Canyon between Cornell and Erskme streets and west o! N. Ave. l\KIIITHS ( LIMBWASHINdTOX - During 1055 some 4.045.000 children were born in the l/niicd States, about 25.000 more titan the record high number of births in 1051
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Lubbock Evening Journal

Lubbock, Texas, US

Wed, May 02, 1956

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