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Groceries General NewsSportsLubbock Morning AvalancheLubbock, Texas, Tuesday, November 16, 1954Section5VrIr5i517lr'm ■ » - 4 • - ■ *I1t5yt51*nTi!nNEW LAUNCHER—The launching equipment above, used to launch the Martin B-61 guided missile, was specially constructed to operate in an area of only 100-feet, without the use of a runway. (AP Wire-photo.)tfrMAIL ENTRIES MAY BOOST LIST FOR NOV. 22 EVENT11 In Cotton Maid Contest As Deadline Passesr I ► {i_ kI fThe entry list for the South f Plains Maid of Cotton contest next Monday night rose to 22 Monday as the deadline for entries passed.Six more contestants announc-, ed for the contest Monday and officials said the entry list probably will grow even larger as the result of entries already in the mail but not yet received at the Chamber of Commerce office.They said, for example, that West Texas State College inform-l j ed them late Monday that the institution will send five girls here for the contest instead of the three previously announced.Tech Students EnterThe latest entrants Monday were Barbara Cowherd, .18, of Dallas, and Joanne Barney, 19, of Amarillo. Both are freshmen at Texas Tech.Earlier Monday. Patricia Boyd of Idalou, Dian Tuckey of Ballinger, Pat Davenport of Lake-i view and Mary Jane Miller of! Midland, all Tech students, entered the contest.The South Plains Maid of Cotton pageant will be held at theFair Park Coliseum Monday night and the winner will go to Mem-Iphis in January to compete in the National Maid of Cotton Contest. Miss Beverly Pack of El Paso, the 1954 national maid, will be here for the South Plains contest. Another recent entrant in the★ ★ ★NINA KAY PORTERpageant is Nina Kay Porter. 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tliur-man Porter of Lubbock.Entry Is Art MajorMiss Cow'herd, one of the latest entrants, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowherd of Dallas. She is an applied arts major at Tech, is 5 feet 6 and weighs 118 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes.During high school days, she was selected as a high school beauty, was runnerup in a Miss Flame Contest,” was a member of the Student Council, Dramatic and Speakers Clubs, a cheerleader, a member of the Good Scholarship Club and queen of a fire station in Dallas. In college, she is a helper in the dean's office, a pledge of Kappa Alpha Theta and was a finalist in the Rose of Delta Sig contest.Miss Barney is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Barney of Amarillo. She is a speech major at Tech, is 5 feet 5, weighs 122 pounds and has brown hair and green eyes.While in high school, Miss Barney was a member of Tri-Hi-Y, the Student Council and other clubs, was a mode! for the Fash-8ee COTTON MAID Page 8
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Tue, Nov 16, 1954
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