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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1946

Page

3

Egg Grading Demos Set In City For Week

County farm agent announces three egg grading demonstrations to educate housewives, hatcherymen, and producers. Events include a major Thursday display at Aggie Memorial auditorium Texas Tech and sessions at the county office with 4 H teams assisting Braddy and Griffin. Demonstrations cover egg quality, food value, selection methods, and consumer education.

Jason O. Goledon Aggie Memorial Audiitorium Texas Tech County Agriculture Office Avenue Q Fourteenth Street Superivision W. L. Braddy The Extension Service Gordon W. B. Griffin Braddy Texas

Reserve Officers To Meet Here Tuesday

Col Floyd FE Lindley senior VP of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States will visit Lubbock Tuesday August 20 to speak at an official conference for reserve officers in the area. He will address the meeting at 8 p.m. on the courthouse second floor and be at the Hitson hotel for consultations on forming a local association. He will discuss national legislation affecting reserve officers and answer questions on Air Corps matters and training plans.

Floyd FE. Lindley Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States Lubbock Lubbock and Hitson Hotel Reserve Officers Association Air Corps

Network of FM stations for Texas eyed

Arnold Wittman, head of the state education department plant division, told a University of Texas radio conference that tentative plans call for a 43 station network to be financed by the next Texas legislature. The proposal outlines a state wide frequency modulation system.

Austin U.P Texas Arnold Wittman State Department of Education University of Texas Wittman

Brownfield Boy Will Be Buried Today

Funeral service for Billy Joe Davis eight year old son of Mr and Mrs W T Davis will be held at Brownfield First Baptist church at 5 p m Survivors include his parents a sister Peggy Ann and grandparents Mr and Mrs M P Beck of Balls and Mr and Mrs M M Davis of Tahoka The boy died after injuries from being run over by a semi trailer in a parade behind Brownfield Junior High School Friday night

Brownfield Billy Joe Davis W. T Dick) Davis Brownfield First Baptist Church East Main Street Treadway- Daniel Hospital A. A. Brian First Baptist Church Sam Brian Terry County Memorial Cemetery Farley Funeral Home Peggy Ann M. P. Beck Balls M. M. Davis Tahoka

Becton Club Hosts Luncheon for Tuberculosis Group

The Becton Home Demonstration Club hosted a luncheon for the Lubbock County Tuberculosis Association at Beeton school house. Mrs. Robert Collier welcomed guests, Dr. J. W. Rollo presided, Sam Leifeste was principal speaker, Mrs. Ruby Wilson spoke on the work, and Mrs. Roy Sanford reported on 1945 and 1946 activities. Seventeen club members attended along with 16 guests.

Becton Home Lubbock County

Area Crops Hit By Heat and Drought

Weather kept temperatures around 100 degrees with light scattered showers. Dry land crops especially cotton and grain sorghums suffer from moisture shortage. Irrigated fields show rapid crop maturation and light bollworm infestations. Livestock in poor condition as pastures remain sparse. Irish potato harvest near finished. sweet potatoes ripening. Labor surplus reported.

Department of Agriculture W. B. Griffin

Flying Breakfast Set This Morning in Lubbock

The Lubbock chapter of the National Aeronautics Association hosts an 8 o'clock flying breakfast at Clent Breedlove airport expected to draw 100 plus pilots from West Texas and New Mexico. Prizes include oldest and youngest pilot and longest distance flyer, plus a wrist watch drawing. A short business session will decide the next breakfast city.

Lubbock National Aeronautics Association Clent Breedlove West Texas New Mexico Virgil Musick New Mexico City Lovington

Texans Attend Purdue Meeting at 18th Cooperative Session

Texas farmers will be well represented at the 18th annual American Institute of Cooperation session on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette Indiana from August 26 to 30. Six Texas speakers include Roy B. Davis of the Plains Cooperative Guns in Lubbock. The five day program features nine general meetings four early sessions and 46 sectional meetings with a Hoosier style barbecue music festival and a tour of an east of the Rockies cyclotron. The Breedlove port lies about three and a half miles southeast of the city.

Texas Lubbock American Institute of Cooperation Purdue University West Lafayette Ind Roy B. Davis Plains Cooperative Guns, Inc Rocky Mountains

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