Some Oppose Rose as National Flower
Washington February 5 Some letters oppose making the rose the national flower arguing it is British and Oriental others urge indigenous options like goldenrod or laurel A Massachusetts woman calls the rose the worst possible choice while supporters point to the rose as favored by most respondents and note prior failed bills on flowers with no clear outcome yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Sibbison
Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Congress
Orient
Greenbush
New Castle
San Francisco
District of Columbia
New York
North Dakota
Iowa
Massachusetts
Union
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Sen. Smith
Fordyce
Ark
Lynn County Sets Goal of Conserving Every Acre
Lynn County Soil Conservation District aims to include every acre in the county in a conservation plan. In 1954 there were 730 active cooperators and 210166 acres under conservation practices with contour farming cover crops and terracing among methods used. A grass clinic is planned for February 17 at the Lynn County Courthouse with tours and schools scheduled through October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahora
Lynn County
Kay K. Moore
Lynn Coun
J. C. Ebersole
SCS
Moore
Leroy Davis
Price Thomas
G. C. Wells
L. A. Forsythe
N. B. Hancock
Wilson
New Home
Ellis Barnes
O'Donnell
Draw
Army Reserve Inspector Heads To Lubbock Visit
Col Harold O Pinther of the inspector general's office 4th Army Fort Sam Houston arrives in Lubbock for a two day inspection tour of local Army Reserve units He will visit Texas Tech ROTC Monday confer with Dr G E Giesecke and meet Col Hampton Green then tour the reserve unit on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold O. Pinther
Inspector General's Office
4Th Army
Fort Sam Houston
Lubbock
Lubbock Army Reserve
Pinther
Texas Tech
G. E. Giesecke
Hampton Green
Tech German Club Launches Toylift Drive This Month
The Texas Tech German Club begins its Operation Toylift this month with an initial shipment to the Oberlin Seminar in West Berlin. The first delivery includes toys paints clothing crayons handicraft materials and books for underprivileged and crippled children some of whom are refugees behind the Iron Curtain. The club also plans its fifth annual musical show a mock television program and a marionette play titled One Must Get Married. Club officers include Karl Dockray Alvin Gregg Faith Christine Macina and James K Dowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech German Club
Oberlin Seminar
West Berlin
Theodore W. Alexander
Texas
400 Expected For Baptist Meet Here
A monthly worker’s conference of the Lubbock Baptist Association will be held Monday at Calvary Baptist Church. Host pastor Rev. W. E. Thorn will lead with about 400 attendees. The program features WMU sessions, a supper, praise service, devotions, and messages from church and area pastors as part of the theme Let Us Go On. The Sousa medal note appears beside a Vienna anniversary reference.
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Lubbock Baptist Association
Calvary Baptist Church
W. E. Thorn
WMU
Ralph Davis
Jack Pearce
Lorenzo
Bryan Ross
West View Baptist Church
Slaton
Roy Shahan
Post
R. H. Dilday
Texas Forest Fire Loss In 1954 Worst Since 1939
Texas forest fires in 1954 burned more than 116000 acres of timber, with 4184 fires recorded. Blazes were blamed on campfires, discarded cigarettes, and arson, while hunters contributed to many autumn fires. Damage was about 876000 dollars. fire control officials urged safety and prevention measures.
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College Station
Texas
J. O. Burnside
Forest Service
Fire Control Department
Burnside
Widow Of Window Washer Welcomes Baby Son
In Houston on Friday night the widow of a window washer who died after a fall from the 10th floor of an office building gave birth to a healthy son. Mrs Zane Doyle aged 29 and the 7 pound 11 ounce infant were reported in good condition. Doyle died minutes after joking with an elevator operator about the hazards of his job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Zane Doyle
Doyle
Mystery Woman in Unearthed Casket Identified
In Monroe Louisiana workers unearthed a well preserved female corpse dating 141 years, later identified as Mira St John Tennelle from the Prominent Tennelle family. Historians link her to a Dec 1813 estate paper and suggest she may have died in New Orleans and was moved to Monroe for burial.
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Monroe
Burail
Louisiana
John Humble
B. S. McRaney
Ouachita Parish
Mira St. John
Benjamin Tennelle
Humble
Bayou Dessard
Mira
New Orleans
Robert Hall
Lynn Students Urged to Enter Conservation Essay Contest
Lynn County students from elementary to high school are invited to the 1955 Soil Conservation Service essay contest. The essay title is Why We Must Conserve Our Soil and Water. Essays must be original and under 300 words. Prizes will be awarded by the Lynn Conservation District and winners honored at the Chamber of Commerce Banquet in March. Entries due February 12.
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Lynn County
Soil Conservation Service
Lynn Conservation District
Chamber of Commerce
Students invited to enter state contest with cash and medals
The state contest awards include a vacation trip and prizes totaling 250 dollars plus 100 medals for winners. Students should talk to their teachers or Lynn County Soil Conservation District supervisors Kay K. Moore E. L. Blakner Walter Dubree Ellis Barnes Lonnie Howell and others in Tahoka. An estimated 27 million people played an instrument last year.
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Lynn County
County court approves salaries and jurors payments
The court allowed paying county employees and jurors on Saturday but barred honoring other checks unless countersigned by County Auditor Donato Serna. The court reversed parts of Briggs ruling and maintained tense authority disputes with the county auditor, while directing the First State Bank of San Diego to honor only salaries and jury pay if countersigned.
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Donato Serna
Senna
Briggs
C. Woodrow Laughlin
San Diego
Corpus Christi
Laughlin
Alice
First State Bank of
Rna
Seek deckhand A B Turner missing after barge accident
Rescue workers searched Bray's Bayou for A B Turner 23 a deckhand who slipped on a rain soaked deck of a barge Friday night witnesses saw him surface once before he disappeared under the water Saturday effort continued near Houston with no trace found.
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Deckhand
Houston
A. B. Turner
Bray
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Aveles
Ned Hannon
Enniscorne
Eire
Merry Marine Ballroom
Ovat
Army Reserve
Tech German Club
Karl Dockray
24Th St
Alvin Gregg
Plainview
Faith Christine Macina
Shamrock
James K. Dowling
16Th St
John Philip Sousa
Vienna
Sousa
Jeanette Reames
Mary Ruth Brice
Sherman
Boone Brack
Ett
Tina Macina
Theodor W. Alexander
Bob McCarty
Trixie Austin
Matador
Jim Dowling
Lynn
Duval
Sherrod Hardware Co
the Hardware Department Store
Ransburg
China
Crystal
Lotus
Lady Ruby
Revere
the Economy Department Store
Twistalent
Comal Fabris
Jaffetas
Anne
Faille
Lapery
Cannon Face Towels
Chambray
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