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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1947
Page
3
County Judge Walter Davies presided as the budget was approved setting the tax rate at 70 cents. The session included board members R O Short Ben Mansker Ottis Tsom and Pat Corley with Louie F Moore serving as secretary.
D W Sherrill county agent reports continued poor surface moisture in Lubbock County. Grain sorghum ranges from spotty to good, cotton yields projected at about three fourths bale per acre on gated land and one fourth bale on dry land. Wheat dry feeding noted. moisture sought for planting. Livestock and pastures show stress. potatoes and lettuce projects mentioned. labor normal. Vernon tax rate drops seventy cents from 295 to 225.
Funeral services for Lewis W. Davis 36 will be held Monday at the Abernathy Baptist church. Davis died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday near Denver while vacationing with a friend. He was a World War II veteran. Burial will be in Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of R Funeral home. Survivors include brothers Archie J. Davis and Troy Davis.
The New Home School in Lynn county will open Monday September 8 after a consolidation project that joined New Home Petty Lakeview and Joe Stokes. A. L. Pace says the 54 by 120 foot building includes six classrooms offices a reception room rest rooms a study hall and library facilities with 104 lockers. New staff includes J N Denning principal teaching mathematics and assisting in athletics and Miss Sadie Kornegay commercial teacher Mrs Modelle May home economics and Mrs Jesse Ganus English. Grade faculty lists five names with two vacancies remaining and a teachers meeting is set for September 5. Parents should bring birth certificates.
A community sing at the Party House in Mackenzie State Park will conclude the weekly season. A. C. Hamilton, superintendent of recreation, says Sundays since June 22 drew several hundred attendees with choirs from city churches and audience participation.
Spur public schools begin a new term with a war assembly at 9 am in the high school gym. A. Z. Hays, superintendent, says Rev. Lester L. Hill will address faculty and students. Registration is scheduled for opening day with formal classwork starting Wednesday.
Levelland officials announce that public schools will begin Monday with a staff of 59 teachers and about 1900 students. Registration will fill the first day, with classes starting Tuesday. The new West Elementary School, offering 12 classrooms, is ready for the September 8 opening. A lunchroom will be overseen by Mesdames Murray Net Juanita Warren and Ione.
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