Jim Wilson Named Assistant City Manager of Austin
Jim Wilson 29 year old Texas Tech graduate and son of the late Vaughn Wilson is named assistant city manager at Austin succeeding Terrell Blodgett who resigned to become city manager at Waco. He will finish a masters degree in public administration at the University of Texas this term while serving as administrative assistant to City Manager W. T. Williams Jr. He received the Clarence E Ridley Scholarship in 1958 and previously served with the First Marine Division in Korea after graduating Lubbock High School in 1950. He is married to Joyce Lowe and they have a daughter Beckey aged four. He belongs to several professional groups including the International City Managers Assn and the American Society for Public Administration Austin chapters.
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Jim Wilson
Texas Tech
Vaughn Wilson
Austin
Wilson
Lubbock
City Hall
Tech
Terrell Blodgett
Austin Post
Waco
University of Texas
W. T. Williams Jr
Clarence E. Ridley
First Marine Division
Korea
Lubbock High School
Joyce Lowe
Meg. J. H. Lowe
9Th St
Beckey
International City Managers Assn
American Society For Public Administration
Texas Techexes
West Austin
William Bull Leaves Army After 20 Years Service
William Bull, a 39 year old chief warrant officer, has exited the U S Army after two decades of service including four overseas tours from World War II to Korea. He and wife Mrs. Bull plan to settle in El Paso while visiting the West Coast. A family reunion at 816 Ave B in Lubbock honored the officer and included multiple relatives and their families.
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William Bull
West Coast
Tom S. Lubbock High School
U. S. Army
Ft. Bliss
Ave
Mattie Bull
W. O
Bull
Jeff Compton
Fort Worth
Arville McDaniel
Lubbock
Dah Trein
Northeast Lubbock
Luther Bull
Indiana Ave
Railroad unions plan merger of two craft groups
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conducts and Brake-men, with about 230,000 members combined, tentatively approve a merger. Committees have met since February and both boards, led by W. P. Kennedy and James A. Paddock, approve. Members will vote early next year after final details. Headquarters are in Cleveland and Cedar Rapids.
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Gleveland
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Order of Railway Conducts and Brakemen
W. P. Kennedy
BRT
James A. Paddock
Orc&b
Cleveland
ORC
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Alpha Phi Omega Repaints YMCA Building
Ten Texas Tech members of Alpha Phi Omega repainted the YMCA Building interior under youth director Jim Pierson. Participants included Jerald Bell Rudy Dominguez Joe Gearheart John Ward Bull Riley Don Tillery Leroy Tillery Bill Benner Phillip Beebe and Jim Bear from several Texas communities.
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Texas Tech
Alpha Phi Omega
YMCA
Jim Pierson
Jerald Bell
Rudy Dominguez
Sundown
Joe Gearheart
John Ward
Fort Worth
Bull Riley
Dallas
Don Tillery
Leroy Tillery
Bill Benner
Lubbock
Phillip Beebe
Amarillo
Jim Bear
Breckenridge
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Chantilly
Service Fraternity
Night Stand
Mr. and Mrs. Dresser
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