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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1947
Page
6
The Avala nche Journal reports plans for opening of schools amid record enrollment. Detailed boundary maps and grade transitions outline new classrooms. staff assignments and bus routes are arranged for Lubbock system integration.
A partial OCR reads Larrymore Dance Studio receiving a local arts award for contributions to community dance. Details are unclear. the item highlights a recognized studio and its role in regional cultural events.
In Levelland the Junior Chamber of Commerce conducts a city census under an order from the city commission to count residents. Potts Ted Darwin Jim Strand Harold Combs lead the survey, expected to finish in about five weeks. Also note Batavia reports rising Indonesian attacks on Dutch patrols in a separate dispatch.
School Business Manager A C Jackson announced seven buses will handle nine or ten loads to Lubbock schools to meet a new policy. Changes include no service in the Arnett Benson addition and modified pickups along Avenue H and East Broadway with final stops near Gray's Grocery Cameron addition.
Opening exercises for the Roosevelt schools are scheduled for tomorrow with Rev. Maxberr, pastor of the Acuff Baptist church, delivering the opening address. Superintendent Marvin Williams announced the faculty includes Olie Tomlinson, high school principal. LR Guest, the sad e school principal. D. Lind sey. Mrs. GK Bullock. Mrs. Mary Reth Pryant. Mrs. D. I. Tandsey. Mrs. TH Williams. Mrs. Dale McGowan. Mrs. J. C. Wilson. Mr. Pearl Currie. Mrs. L. R. Guess. Mrs. Lois Klinger. Mrs. Ollie Tomlinson. and Mrs. Mauriece Elbert.
In Andria Louisiana on August 30 masked men attempted to stop two Southern Trailways buses on a highway. Drivers beat off the attackers with folding chairs as assailants used clubs rocks and sticks. Trailways had resumed service after a major nine state strike involving 1100 employees.
Lubbock Public Schools will open with 318 teachers, the largest faculty in the district, reporting Monday at 9 am in Senior High auditorium to receive instructions and the superintendent’s annual bulletin. Principals will meet with staff afterward, with all city schools open in the afternoon for parent and student visits.
A jumbled OCR list outlines reactions to bee and wasp stings with alkaline and acidic treatments, then abruptly catalogs numerous school staff names, roles, and locations including MeWHORTER SCHOOL SANDERS SCHOOL COTTAGE SCHOOL ATW STRYEE SCHOOL DUNBAR SCHOOL and other figures, mixing principals and teachers.
In The Hague on August 30 two Dutch goldsmiths finished a solid gold sword with a stoneencrusted sheath to honor General Dwight D. Eisenhower for his role in liberating the Netherlands. The blade is reportedly to bear an engraving from Queen Wilhelmina to the general.
A fragment notes goldsmithing work on a sword and references a year, indicating a historic period or craftsmanship detail. The readable part suggests a decorative or commemorative piece with emphasis on metalwork and period context.
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