Lubbock Soap Box Derby Boosts Registration Drive
Officials push for more entries to the eighth annual Lubbock Derby with a preorder May 1 deadline. A Derby party April 21 at Kuykendall Chevrolet Co features a film Boys A-Building and sponsors Avalanche Journal and the Lubbock Exchange Club. Winners earn a trip to Akron and a shot at $15,000 in college scholarships. national champion gets $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Kuykendal Chevrolet Co
Texas Avenue
Kuykendall
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock Exchange Club
Kuykendall Chevrolet Company
Kuykendall’s
South Plains
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Postal Receipts At Dimmitt Rise Over 1954 Figure
Dim mitt Post Office reports first quarter 1955 gross receipts of 5 610 03, up 435 69 from 1954. Postmaster Tom Rice cites population growth for the gain as a new post office under construction will replace the old building and add about 100 more boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimmitt
Tom Rice
Rice
Forum To Tap 18 Tech Coeds In Campus Ceremony
Eighteen Texas Tech senior coeds will be tapped for membership in Forum the senior women's honorary. The ceremony will open with the Matador Song from the Administration Building tower and members will process to classes in black skirts and white blouses. This is the first such ritual on campus and Forum seeks Mortar Board affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Tech
Mortar Board
National Women's Honorary Organization
Forum
Mark Doak
Thelma Lockwood
Dorothy Durrenberger
Lubbock Westminister Presbyterian Church
Texas University
Martha Blankenship
Morse
Lois Cleavinger
Dimmit
Frances Edwards
Lubbock
Dorris Ellis
Sweetwater
Linda Hudson
Brownfield
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Albuquerque
Shirley Massey
Odessa
Sue Shawver
Megargel
Association of Women Students
Annlee Turner
Fort Worth
Gwen Williams
Sue Rainey
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. K. Palmer
A. A. Holmquist
Optometrists
Lester
Xas
Dorothy
Durrenberger
N. M
AWS
Texas Tech Photo
ORTHO
Garden Supply Stores
California Spray Chemical Corp
99Th District Court
James G. Denton
Alvin Cleo Sellers
Ave. B
A. N. Sellers
Duncan
Okla
Lubbock City
Sellers
Jewel Schmitz
Asst
George H. Gilkerson
Marion
Ohio
Here
Ronald B. Burkhart
Findley
Arthur J. Durst Jr
Pittsburgh
Nancy Gebhardt
Donald D. Yoder
Carapolis
U. S. National Parks
Iron Curtain
Ell Air Force Base
Atrion Smithin
Defenee
Texas
Glacier Park
MTC Hue
Yelowstone
Colorado
Cte
MAI
Worth
Denver
Tibbock
Bephye
Vecation
Town & Sete
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Plains
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!