The First Thirty Years History of Tech Founding
Texas Tech president Dr. E N Jones announces May 3 publication of Ruth Horn Andrews history The First Thirty Years detailing Tech's founding and growth The limited first edition prints 2000 copies priced at 4 75 with a mail edition at 5 Proceeds go to Tech The work covers six presidents and divisions including Agriculture Arts and Sciences Engineering Home Economics the Graduate School and ROTC It includes a 48 page picture collection and sections on religious life student life and Lubbock relations
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E. N. Jones
Texas Tech
Tech
Ruth Horn Andrews
College Pook
Paul W. Horn
Gaduate
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Lubbock and Tech
Buffalo Lakes Committee Hears Bond Plan Details
Thirteen members met at the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce to discuss the 1.859 million bond election set for April 17 funding the lakes recreation project. They planned an information brochure and a media program to answer public questions and aid voter understanding. Members present included Watkins Hamilton Parksfill Cooper Terry Sexton Marin Kerr Mahoney Maner Bates Clapp Farris and Farris.
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Buffalo Lakes Committee
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
A. B. Watkins
O. L. Byrd
Watkins
A. C. Hamilton
Lubbock
Gordon Parksfill
S. C. Cooper
O. A. Terry
O. J. Sexton
Ruel Marfin
Earl Kerr
Henry Mahoney
Otis Maner
David Bates
K. N. Clapp
W. J. Farris
Bird
O. RB. Ratliff
S. A. Peavy
W. L. Sage
L. J. Stokes
Woodrow DeBusk
Elmer East
J. S. Edwards Jr
Wayne Liles
Ken Bozeman
O. G. Bates
Writing Contest Winners At Springlake Are Announced
Winners were announced Saturday in the ready writing contest of the District 15 Interscholastic League meet held Friday at Springlake High School. First and second place in high school went to Anita Messer and Genevieve Scudder, both Springlake, with Janet Kuykendall and Glenn Tarrett of Sudan taking third and fourth. Grade school winners were Tim Kent of Sudan, first. Judy Smith of Friona, second. James Gee of Friona, third. Beverly Provence of Springlake, fourth. Elsie Wilson of Sudan High School led the contest and Sam Bryan, Happy School superintendent, was general director.
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Springlake
Springlake High School
Texas Tech
Anita Messer
Genevieve Scudder
Janet Kuykendall
Glenn Tarrett
Sudan
Tim Kent
Judy Smith
James Gee
Friona
Beverly Provence Springlake
Elsie Wilson
Sudan High School
Sam Bryan
Happy School
Texas Tech Names 1956 Contract Bridge Champions
Royce Cawthon and Sam Findley led Texas Tech to the 1956 contract bridge title among 20 entrants in a National Interscholastic Bridge Tournament. Cawthon and Findley also placed third in the South Central Zone while Kay Jones and Judy Calmes represented Zeta Tau Alpha. A permanent plaque will honor the four winners in the Tech Union.
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Texas Tech
Royce Cawthon
Odessa
Sam Findley
Haic Center
Kay Jones
Perryton
Judy Calmes
Dallas
Tech
Cawthon
Findley
Tech Union
Jones and
Caimes
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Raymond Flege
Lubbock Bridge Club
Beer raid nets 209 quarts seized near Lubbock farm
Liquor agents confiscated 209 quarts of beer from a garage at a farmhouse near Idalou Road and Niter Avenue in Lubbock. A suspect said he stored the intoxicants for others for a $10 monthly rent. James Ray Butler pleaded innocent to liquor possession in County Court-at-Law with a $500 bond.
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Liquor Control Board
E. L. Brewer
Billy Jones
L. E. Boling
Lubbock
Idalou Rd
Niter Ave
James Ray Butler
Rt. 1
Labor-Management Arbitrator Dr Guild to Visit Texas Tech
Texas Tech hosts labor arbitration expert Dr Law rence R Guild of the University of Southern California for a campus visit. Phi Kappa Phi members host a coffee in the Student Union Anniversary Room, and Alpha Chi plans a spring banquet where Guild discusses Human Resources. He has 15-plus years in arbitration and teaches at USC after long stints at Carnegie Tech and USC.
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Lawrence R. Guild
University of [Southern California
Texas Tech
Tech
Phi Kappa Phi
Dr. Guild
Guild
Alpha Chi
Union Building
Southern California
Carnegie
Yale University
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Association of College Honor Societies
Man jailed for peeping at Vereeniging girls’ hostel
Daniel Makhone aged 25 was arrested for peering through a hostel window in Vereeniging South Africa. He received a five month jail sentence for the offence.
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Daniel Makhone
Vereeniging
South Africa
Beard contest set for Old Settlers Day in Floydada
Floydada Lions Club sponsors a board-growing contest for Old Settlers Day May 28. Participants must not shave after April 20. non entrants face a $2 fine and a compulsory western tie for 28 days. Fines go to Lions Club Crippled Children's Camp and to fund a Floydada Boy Scout’s trip to the 1957 National Jamboree.
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Floydada
Lions Club
Justice Of Appeals Court Speaker At County Bar
Judge James R. Norvell, a perorate justice of the Fourth Supreme Court district, spoke to the Lubbock County Bar at Caprock Hotel. He warned that lawyers must adapt to changing conditions while upholding core professional fundamentals.
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Justice of Appeals Court
James R. Norvell
Norvell
Court of Civilisans
Anout
Lubbock County Bar
Caprock
Supreme Court of Texas
Plains Egg Producers Inc charter approved in Littlefield
The Plains Egg Producers Inc charter was approved by the Secretary of State in Austin and becomes effective April 3. Temporary officers include Chesher land as president and Burrow as vice president with directors Mangum Byers Jr Jameson Shelby Waits and others from Lamb County. Judge Norvell is noted as an associate justice with 16 years on the bench and prior roles.
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Littlefield
The
Plains Egg Producers, Inc
Austin
Jim Mangum
Lamb County
Bill Burrows L. Byers Jr
Jamesson
Springlake
F. L. Shelby
Pleasant Valley
Monroe Waits
Abernathy
A. C
Norvell
State Bar Committee On Administration of Justice
University At San Antonio
Price Cuts Reported on Chinese Children's Books
Peiping radio announced discounts of eight to twenty percent on children’s books in Communist China. The Tokyo report notes the price cuts as the broadcasts aired Saturday.
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Tokyo
China
Peiping Radio
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Hong Kong
Chu Kuang
Canton
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DR. L, RB. Guild
Stacy Mason
Houston
Levelland
19Th ST
United States
Drexel
Haywood Wakefield
Thomasville
Barcalounger
Hotpoint
Bendix
Keylon
Simmons, Kroehler
Valentine Seaver
Sarna
Dekor
James Lees
Ranch Oak
Stacyjason
19Th
St. Furniture Co
Marshall
Texas
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