Large Ginners Meeting Planned for Plains Ginners Assn
About 300 to 400 ginners are expected at the Plains Ginners association annual meeting in Lubbock hotel ball room Saturday. W. O. Fortenberry of New Deal presides. program includes remarks by C. B. Spencer of the Texas Cottonseed Crushers association and K. N. Clapp on cotton markets. luncheon features Croft Bigham as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains Ginners Association
Lubbock
W. O. Fortenberry
New Deal
Horace Coffman
Broadway Church of Christ
W. H. Rodgers
J. H. Plemons
Smyerginner
WN. W. Ray
L. O. Buchanan
USDA
Jay Stilley
Texas
Eden Ginners Association
Dal
Drew Watkins
Stilley
Bruton
Spencer
Buchanan
O. L. Peterson
Fortenberry
C. B. Spencer
Dallas
Texas Cottonseed Crushers Association
Whiteface Schools To Open Sept 5
Whiteface schools will open September 5 with enrollment up about ten percent. New faculty include Fred Dahuke mathematics and science Mrs Fred Dahuke third grade Miss Betty Jo Barnett English Floyd Camp speech and librarian Mrs Graham fifth grade and Bob Salser social sciences in sixth and seventh grades. A vocational agriculture department is added and the eighth grade will move to the high school building. Full faculty of 30 teachers. Also a recipe for sour cream dressing with lemon juice sugar salt pepper served on lettuce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Clemons
Fred Dahuke
Betty Jo Barnett
Floyd Camp
Graham
Bob Salser
Clemons
Fresno Man Marries German Sweetheart After Eye Offer
Ex Army Sergeant Charles Eller of Fresno married Sy Else Beckmann, his German sweetheart, in a private home ceremony doled out amid media attention. The couple had sparked headlines when Eller offered to sell one of his eyes to fund her travel from Germany. A reception followed at the Legion canteen after the civil ceremony performed by Police Judge Milo Popovich. They were reunited recently on a New York radio show that financed her journey.
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Fresno
Calif
Charles Eller
Sy Else Beckmann
Milo Popovich
Eller
Germany
Arthur Selland
Legion Canteen
New York
Beckmann
Brother Of Lubbock Residents Dies Here Rites Slated Today
Turley N. Hopkins, 38, a Lubbock visitor from Artesia New Mexico, died at 4 30 Saturday at Lubbock Memorial hospital after years of illness. He worked for International Harvester in Artesia. Survivors include his wife and two daughters in Artesia, parents Mr and Mrs J N Hopkins of Hagerman New Mexico, three sisters in Lubbock Abilene and Hagerman, and a brother Jack Hopkins of Lubbock. The body will be transported to Hagerman for burial today.
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Turley N. Hopkins
Lubbock
Artesia
N. M
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
International Harvester Company
Wanda
Judy
J. N. Hopkins
Hagerman
Melvin Flake
Lubb
The Great Western First Regular Atlantic Steamship
The Great Western began regular transatlantic service as the first steamship to operate on a scheduled Atlantic route marking a milestone in maritime travel and technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Charles N Gould Dies Father of Oklahoma Geology
Norman Oklahoma Charles Newton Gould 81 known as the Father of Oklahoma Geology died in a rest home. He founded the University of Oklahoma school of geology in 1900 and the state geological survey in 1908. He helped discover several oil and gas fields and later served as National Park Service regional geologist touring parks nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
Charles Newton Gould
Oklahoma
Gould
University of Oklahoma School of Geology
State Geological Survey
Ohio
University of Oklahoma
Panhandle
South Bend
Texas
Poteau
Muskogee
Augusta
Kansas
National Park Service
Naming of Hospitals Director Postponed
Austin reports the state hospitals and special schools board delayed naming a new executive director. James W. Scarborough, currently chief of the eleemosynary division, will serve until Sept. 12. The board interviewed seven of eleven applicants and promised a full survey of all institutions before changes in operations or personnel.
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Austin
State Hospitals and Special Schools Board
James W. Scarborough
Eleémosynary
Board of Control
Epee
Gilmer
Sai Aes
Italians Send 500 Children to Denmark for Holidays
Five hundred Italian children will spend their holidays in Denmark under the International Union for the Protection of Children. Miss Claire Wenner, Italian delegate, said the independent organization aids those not covered by other schemes. The 1949 batch follows 1947 and 1948 programs with earlier numbers reaching one thousand last year.
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Rome
Denmark
International Union For the Protection of Children
Claire Wenner
Italy
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Avalanche-Journal
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Michael Rowe
Charles N. Gould
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Max Factor
Fech
Waly
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