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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1954

Page

4

Contest Slated At Fairgrounds For Sixth Annual All Breed Dog Show

Entries for the sixth annual All Breed Dog Show of the Heart of the Plains Kennel Club close at noon Thursday. Event to be held Sept. 8 in the new Women’s Building at the Panhandle South Plains Fairgrounds with judging at 8:30 a.m. Several hundred entries expected from Texas and other states. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children. Local obedience training sessions ongoing at Tsang Po Kennels.

Heart of the Plains Kennel Floyd Jetter 19Th St Lubbock West Texas Panhandle-South Plains Fairgrounds Texas Tsang-Po Amarillo Fair Park Pavillion Tri-State Fairgrounds Plainview City Auditorium Odessa County Coliseum Heart of the Plains Kennel Club Vincent Geno Bates St N. A. Allen Brownfield Highway W. D. Livingston

Kent County Records Move Under Legal Scrutiny

Kent County faces a legality question over the shift of county records from Clairemont to Jayton. County Judge John Montgomery says a decision on returning records will come at Tuesday’s Commissioners Court, after weeks of rumor and a ruling from the attorney general’s office.

Kent County Commissioners’ Court Jayton Clairemont John Montgomery Jayton Clairemont Soa Missioner Mark Cave Montgomery Attorney General's Office Clairemont Cave

Safe Driving Awards for 13 Reese AFB Airmen

Col. C. P. West honored thirteen Reese AFB airmen for accident free driving in government vehicles over periods from one to twelve years. Top awardee M Spt Hosea Farrow logged twelve years without incident.

Col C. P. West Reese Air Force Base M.spt Hosea Farrow AIC James D. Isom ARC Ronald F. Silva Ssgt Donald L. Hollingsworth Raymond_.J. Gerschefske Lawrence R. Humphrey Jackie D. Smith Emzie Woodard Albert P. Mann Frank Messerole Tallie Warr John Lampman John R. Bozeman

Colonial Currency In Early Colonies Regulated as Tax Payment

Bullets tobacco and Indian shells served as money in the early colonies and were made legal tender by colonial legislatures to pay taxes, reflecting colonial attempts to standardize value and enforce taxation.

Carolyn Nowlin Crowned Lynn County Farm Bureau Queen

Carolyn Nowlin, daughter of C B Nowlin, Rt 1 Meadow, was named Lynn County Farm Bureau Queen at a Friday program in Tahoka. Nine contestants competed as local civic leaders and 400 attendees heard remarks from C H Devany and Hub King.

Carolyn Nowlin C.B. Nowlin Rt. 1 Meadow Lynn County Farm Bureau Tohoka High New Home High School Homemakers of America New Home Girls Lakeview Baptist Church Nowlin Pegey Hemmeline H. C. Hemmeline Rt. 4 Tahoka Martha Roper C. E. Roper C. A. Verner Guy Smith Lynn County Farm Bureau C. H. Devany Coahoma Texas Farm Bureau Hub King Brownfield District Farm Bureau Tahoka High School

Earliest Illustrated Book of the Dead Described

The ancient Egyptian papyrus known as The Book of the Dead dates to about 1500 B C and features vibrant painted pictures illustrating the text.

Navy to court martial sailor over inheritance telegram

At Quonset Point Rhode Island a sailor Gary L Stone III faced potential court martial after announcing he had inherited 18 million dollars by telegram. Stone said the telegram was a publicity stunt by a press agent to boost his acting career and named John Porter of New York as the agent.

Quonset Point R. I Navy Gary L. Stone UI Stone John Porter New York City

Lubbock Man Elected Head Of Institute

A Lubbock man was named head of the 1955 Association Management Institute which closed a session Friday in Austin. He succeeds William J. Strickler of Baytown. The fifth annual institute ran August 16 to 20, drawing credit bureau merchants association managers assistants and supervisors. Sponsors from the University of Tennessee extension offered practical instruction in association work including management business law credit fundamentals and communications.

Associationagement Institute Austin William J. Strickler Baytown Association ‘Management Institute Credit Bureau Merchants Association Univers 7Au

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