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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1956
Page
8
The 24th Tech Engineers Show runs 2 to 10 p m Friday and Saturday with 6 000 to 8 000 expected visitors plus 2 000 high school students for Region 1 Interscholastic League events. Exhibits include a scale model nuclear reactor and sun powered radio among many department displays.
Wilmer Smith of Lynn County an official of Plains Cotton Growers Inc will speak to Garza County cotton farmers and businessmen at 8 pm Friday April 27 in the district courtroom Metcalf Jr Garza County director says Smith will report on his recent Washington D C visit with other PCG representatives
Seagraves April 14 Special a survey on prevailing bracero wages in Gaines County from Oct 21 to Nov 9 1955 is led by the county Farmers and Stockmen's Association under Jim Ward director Cotton producers statewide who employed Mexican labor last fall are urged to return forms listing wages paid for pulling cotton and noting land use and whether contacted by state or federal officials.
Howard N. King of York Pennsylvania will speak at a noon luncheon in the Tech Union Building next Friday. The event is sponsored by the Lubbock Advertising Club and Tech journalism department for South Plains advertising men, newsmen, printers, and others. Tickets are 175 each at Reeves Photo Engraving Co or Tech journalism dept. Reservations by phone. King serves as typographic counselor to Intertype Corp and is a past president of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. He is vice president of Maple Press Co and designs a house organ while contributing to trade journals.
Slaton high school auditorium hosts a talent show Tuesday night sponsored by the Slaten Classroom Teachers Association. Serenaders from Lubbock perform as the main act, with entries received by Mrs. Bob Van Meter, Mrs. M. W. Kerr, and Mrs. J. D. Perkins. Proceeds fund the A. C. Strickland Scholarship for graduating seniors aiming to teach. Burdine Becker and Barbara Grigsby compete for the $100 prize, following last year’s winner John Richey.
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