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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1955
Page
4
The Lubbock Community Chest moved about $10,000 closer to its goal last week in a drive to fund 17 community agencies next year. Officials say a few more days remain to raise the remaining $49,620 needed to reach the target.
Dr and Mrs Warner L Peticolas visit his parents at 2411 21st St while Lt Kenneth L Gilbert adjusts at Reese AFB. Dr Garland G Hammer sails to Atlantic City for the American Vocational Association with stops in Philadelphia and New York City. Frances Abshire returns from Hobbs NM after a hip injury. Reservists Kinslow and Edwards head back to New Orleans after a Caribbean training cruise as volunteers rally support for local agencies aiming to reach a $65,000 goal. Marine Sgt Daniel Duke and sailor Alvin Smith are noted for promotions and assignments at Pendleton and Long Beach.
Charles W. Barton and Norman A. Newman, sons of Lubbock families, were advanced in US Navy ratings. Barton, from 4406 42nd St, becomes boilerman third class aboard USS Dashiell with the Atlantic Fleet. Newman, from 626 39th St, becomes boilerman second class aboard USS Taussig with the Pacific Fleet. Promotions follow August global examinations.
A damages suit filed Saturday in Judge Robert H. Bean's 140th District Court seeks $10 550 against Jerry Donald Randall. A. J. Prim and wife Charlie Nell Prim allege injuries to Mrs. Prim from a June 1 collision at the Gary Ave and 44th St intersection in Lubbock and seek related property damages.
Thirty two men are to be inducted via Lubbock Selective Service in December. They will ride to Amarillo Induction Station, then to Fort Ord California. Names include Gene Welch of Jacksonville and others from Slaton Idalou and El Paso with departure dates December 8 and December 9.
Odessa ODESSA Dec 3 UP J B Whatley 4 an Odessa rig builder was killed Friday when he fell from the top of an off field derrick three miles west of Odessa He was on the derrick helping to dismantle it He had disconnected a steel section and was grees it Se ermwi the mared his of a steel section his clothes and pulled hin Ave N Marvin E Turner 2907 E Elm Flavis D Drake Cros byton and Edgar J Temple Garland
Four local judges will select Tech's yearbook nominees for the Tech Beauty contest at the Bedcat Union ballroom at 1 30 p m today. From 217 nominees a winner will earn a full page portrait in the annual. Pat Boles, editor, notes plans for the selection follow Christmas holidays.
Chicago reports say Willis Warford, 32, fled after confronting a judge during a narcotics case. Bailiffs searched the city for Warford, but he remained at large as authorities pursued leads.
Reeves Photography studios along with Col. John J. Brennan Jr. of Reese AFB, Marinell and Frederic De Vries of Slaton, and W. O. Fortenberry of Fortenberry Investments are named in a regional photo services roundup.
Mrs Norma Joyce Robertson formerly of Lubbock now living in Seminole was admitted November 21 to Midland Memorial Hospital for observation before possible spinal surgery. Her condition is serious but not critical and she is the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Ben H Dixon.
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