Olton Chamber fete honors 1972 citizens at banquet
Don Newbury urged Olton crowd to declare war on confusion as the 15th annual Olton Chamber of Commerce banquet installed new officers and named Basil Sherman as Outstanding Citizen of the Year. Sue Cannon received Woman of the Year honors, Dan Quigley was named Farmer of the Year, with Gene Trotter becoming president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olton
Don Newbury
Fort Worth
Tarrant County Junior College
Olt Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Newbury
Lucille Bryant
Sue Cannon
Northern Plains of
Texas
Cannon
The
Avalanche Journal
Dan Quigley
Olton Grain Co-Op
Chamber
Raymond Lewis
Quigley
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Lamb County Farm Bureau
Lions Club
Ken Burgess
Gene Trotter
Melvin Rape
Mike Smith
Sherman
WTCC
D. M
Bob’’ Holt
Ronnie Travis
Hopewell Baptist Church
Larry Garvin
Harold Carson
Jean Craft
Kathy Langford
Rancher Logsdon Wins 1972 Keeter Award at HSU
Abilene rancher Charles Wesley Logsdon has been named the 1972 John J. Keeter Award recipient at Hardin-Simmons University. The honor honors a graduate for service to the university and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
West Texas
John J. Keeter
Hardin-Simmons University
Charles Wesley Logsdon
HSU
Murder charge filed in Odessa killing
In Odessa a fight Sunday near an apartment ended in the death of 45 year old Guy William Stith. Billy Dee Wise, 29, faces murder charges with bail set at 4000 dollars and detains at Ector County Jail. Autopsy cites head injuries as cause. Rites for Stith pending. survivors include two daughters and several relatives.
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Odessa
Guy William Stith
Billy Dee Wise
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Wise
Ector County
Stith
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Debrah Berrow
Denver
Colo
Yvonne Stith
Palo
Camp Kiwanis Dedication Set In Lubbock Today
The Kiwanis of Division 7 Texas Oklahoma District schedules a 2 30 p m dedication in the Lubbock State School gym with Bill J Doggett as guest speaker. The camp serves West Texas children with mental or physical handicaps and is funded by nine Kiwanis clubs. Phased construction begins this summer with completion expected by 1973.
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Kiwanis
Texas-Oklahoma
Lubbock State School
Bill J. Doggett
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
Vernon Smith
Hub City
Lubbock
Burglars Strike At City Stores
Burglars hit Four Corners Farm Store on Rt. 5 stealing herbicide worth 6.0. Deputies report intruders broke into the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union office at 2002 Ave J and took a small safe containing three credit cards and about 66 dollars. An attempted entry occurred at Ironworkers Local No 789 office at the same address. A public address system valued at 150 to 200 dollars was stolen from Mackenzie Terrace Baptist Chapel at 516 N Quirt Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Four Corners Farm
Rt. 5
Sheriff's
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
2002
Ave. J
Irony Workers Local No
Mackenzie Terrace Baptist Chapel
N. Quirt Ave
Boys Counseled In City Thefts
Eleven persons were arrested by police after a series of thefts and burglaries. Five youths aged 8 to 16 were counseled by juvenile officers for raiding trucks at Farr's Inc. warehouse and merchandise was recovered. Police stopped a car at Clovis Road and Emory Street, recovering a stereo, radio, and clothing from the trunk and arresting three occupants. Later three men were taken after tampering with a car in the city impound lot, with a loosened radiator and other items found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farr’s Inc
Clovis Road
Emory Street
Airplane Belly Landing Near Midland Injures No One
A twin engine Cessna belly landed about a mile west of Midland Odessa Regional Airport at about 1 pm Monday. The aircraft burned after landing. Pilot Emil Stadoni of California led a crew of Smith International executives including Donald E. Graham A M Birnie and Dale Boyer. Stanley C Moore lived in Midland.
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Midland (Special
Midland- Odessa
Emil Stadoni
California
Smith International Inc
Newport Beach
Calif
Manager Lloyd Gilley resigns from Kermit Chamber
Kermit Chamber of Commerce directors accept the resignation of manager Lloyd Gilley effective Friday. He will take a similar post in Weatherford on March 1, ending his tenure as Kermit manager begun January 1, 1969. Gilley has chaired several regional chamber associations and served on Winkler County Fair board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
Kermit Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Gilley
Weatherford
Gilley
Spearman Chamber
West Texas Chamber of Commerces Managers’ Association
Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Winkler County iFair Assa
Feeder Pig Tour Begins Today
A four day feeder pig tour to production facilities in Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee starts today for 36 South Plains residents. They depart Lubbock Regional Airport at 7 25 a m and return at 4 35 p m Friday. Each participant pays a 200 dollar fee. The tour is sponsored by the Agriculture and Livestock Industry Committees of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
South Plains
Lubbock
Agriculture and Livestock Industry Committees
Springfield
Memphis, Tenn
Blacksmith Shop Dedication Set at Ranch HQ Museum
The Renderbrook Spade Ranch blacksmith shop dedicated at 11 a m today at the Ranch Head Quarters Museum site on the Texas Tech campus. Speaks include Charles C Scruggs and Dr Grover E Murray with Chappell family donors and Marian Bassham, descendants of Isaac L Ellwood.
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Renderbrook Spade Ranch
Ellwood Ranch
Colorado City
Texas Tech
Charles C. Scruggs
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Tech
Board of Regents
Grover E. Murray
Renderbrook Spring
Boost in Voter Sign Up Reported by County Office
An additional batch of voter registrations, about 4000, was mailed back to the county tax assessor collector's office on Monday. Applications are being mailed for voters to sign and return. certificates arrive by mail. Unregistered individuals may register in person at the courthouse. The new law makes registrations permanent if the voter ballots in at least one election per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell S. Hardin
Hardin
Ateast
City Man Chosen Board Chairman at Hardin-Simmons
Charles B. Perry of Lubbock is named chairman of the Hardin-Simmons University Board of Young Associates for a two year term. He is a 1958 HSU graduate and works in a Lub bock savings and loan firm. Bruce Arrant of Abilene is stepping down. Bob Hanna of Abilene is named vice chairman and David Nelson of Hereford is secretary. The board comprises HSU graduates under 40.
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Hamby
Tex
Logsdon
Plains
West Texas
Andrews County
New Mexico Line
Andrews
Abilene High School
HSU
Simmons College
Simmons
First Baptist Church
Eastern Star
Rotary
Hardin-Simmons University
Board of Development
Abilene
Charles B. Perry
Lubbock
Hardin - Simmons University
Young Associates
Perry
Bruce Arrant
Bob Hanna
H-Su
David Nelson
Hereford
Tahoka Chamber Banquet Honors 1971 Citizens of the Year
Tahoka a South Plains banquet honored Garland Thornton as Citizen of the Year for 1971 and Weldon Meador as Conservation Farmer of the Year. Meador suffered a recent heart attack and could not attend. E. R. Blakney and Boyd Barnes received special awards for Soil Conservation District work. Reagan Brown of Texas A&M spoke on stabilizing rural populations before industrializing. About 135 people attended at Tahoka High School Cafeteria.
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Tahoka
Syri Dent
First National Bank
Tohoka
Clint Walker
Thornton
United Front
Ini
Garland
E. R. Blakney
Boyd Barnes
Soil Conservation District
Lynn County
Reagan Brown
Texas A&m University
Reagan
Tahoka Chamber of Commerce
Stan Meador
Weldon Meador
Waldon Meador
Wilson
Garland Thornton
Engineer Fete Slated Today at Texas Tech Center Ballroom
The 22nd annual National Engineers Week Dinner will name Engineer of the Year and outstanding tech and city high school students. More than 300 engineers and guests are expected. Dwight Nesmith of Kansas State University will be the featured speaker. The event celebrates engineers during the week of George Washington's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
National Engineers
Texas Tech University Center
Dwight Nesmith
Kansas State University
National Society of Professional Engineers
George Washington
Washington
Winners Named In Spelling Bees In Lubbock ISD
Inez Russell 11 and Roger Huffaker 14 won school bees at Thompson Elementary and J T Hutchinson Junior High. Alternate winners Mary Armstrong and Terrilynn Hicks placed as alternates. Ray Grimes led the events with judges and staff assisting. Winners advance to the March 11 county bee at Smylie Wilson Junior High Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Inez Russell
Roger Huffaker
Inez
Tom Ansley
17Th St
Don Myers
Mary Armstrong
James Armstrong
Ave. T
Roger
James W. Huffaker
29Th St
J. T. Hutchinson Junior High School
Terrilynn Hicks
Clifford Hicks
30Th St
Terrilynn
Ray T. Grimes
Judy
iCoffee
Riley Usry
Ralph Caldwell
Ron Crow
Lubbock County
Smylie Wilson Junior High School
Pilot Sues Power Commission Over Crash Landing
Private pilot George M. Hattingh hit a power line in Pretoria and made an emergency landing. The court dismissed his damages claim but awarded the Electricity Supply Commission 8038 rand for damage to the power line.
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Pretoria
South Africa
George M. Hattingh
Electricity Supply Commission
Commission
Mrs. Robertson Injured in Two-Car Crash at 28th Street
Mrs. 5B. R. Robertson 57 of 295-A 45th St was treated and released at University Hospital after a two car collision at 28th Street and Elgin Avenue around 9 15 a m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Robertson
45Th St
University Hospital
28Th Street
Elgin Avenue
95,000 Germans Emigrate From West
Bonn reports that about 65,000 West Germans emigrate this year, a figure lower than the roughly 100,000 who left at the end of the previous century, indicating ongoing emigration trends.
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Bonn
Lubbock Symphony Thrills With Siegel in Easter Ode Night
The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra under William A. Harrod delivered a moving Bach Easter moment and Franck and Wagner versatility at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. Jeffrey Siegel starred with dazzling keyboard fireworks in the Solo Piano and Orchestra Variations and the Concerto No 1 in E flat major. The concert, praised as a prime cultural possession, lasted about two hours and concluded in strong emotional gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
William A. Harrod
Jesus
Harrod
Mozart
Jeffrey Siegel
Baldwin
George
Lubbock Symphony
Four plead guilty in County Court at Law No 1
Judge Edwin H Boedeker fined four defendants for gun and check violations and denied revocation of probation for a DWI case. Names include Robert Scales Avella Salinas Arthur Simmons and Bonita Jenkins. In County Court at Law No 2 bonds were set for twelve defendants including seven charged with DWI and others for weapons and violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Boedeker
County Court - At - Law No. 1
Robert Scales
18Th St
Avella G. Salinas
50Th St
Arthur Simmons
Vanda Ave
Bonita Jenkins
30Th St
Boedeker
Fermin’ Saldana
Rt. 2
Sudan
DWI
Saldan
Denzil Bevers
Law No. 2
Luther McNeely
35Th St
Harry P. Cameron
32Nd St
Donald W. Walker
Lorenzo
Phillip Brasfield
Dex B. Moore
Lubbock
Robert P. Neff
31St St
Odessan Charged With Robbery
Jerry Don Tubbs a 25 year old Odessa man faces formal charges for the January 9 Odessa Elks Lodge robbery in which about 700 dollars was taken. He and another suspect were arrested Thursday. bond set at 5000 dollars. Tubbs has prior charges including a Midland Mr M Food Store robbery and a January 20 Odessa attempted armed robbery, with total bond now 37000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Jerry Don Tubbs
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Gavel
Keeter
Kermit Chamber
Avalanche
Aland Avenue
Tabhoe
Meador
Incoming Press
America
Tohoka Chamber of Commerce
David Midkiff
J. M. Small
Turner Rogers
J. D. Atwell
Leshion Knox
Midkiff
Calloway Huffacker
H. B. McCord, Jr
Ernie White
Frances Chestnutt
Horace Rogers
Harold Green
C. W. Roberts
Farrell Murph
Jackie Jaquess
Grady Lankford
Ross Smith
George McCracken
Harold Roberts
Lubbock Restaurants
Southcrest Baptist Church
Ave
Odessan
L&h
Univ
Zenith
Livingston
Mobile Home Division
Coleman Gas Grill
Air Mobile
Clovis RD
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