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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1948
Page
4
The document outlines strict limits on car construction and braking for a race. It requires a single centered brake, prohibits aids for starting, tapes on wheels or wind resistance reduction, and mandates two itemized material lists with item prices. Entrants must prove they built their own car and stay within cost limits.
The body of Green, killed in action on Bougainville March 14 1944, was returned for graveside services at Englewood cemetery this morning.
Funeral services are set for 3 30 p m Sunday at the Baptist church in Slaton for Pfc. George L. Green son of Mr and Mrs George G Green. Rev W F Ferguson will officiate with the VFW conducting the service.
A full slate of officials will be present Monday to run the Avalanche Journal Chevrolet Soap Box Derby in an efficient, orderly manner. Derby director Roy Finley, general chairman A. C. Stump Hamilton, track director Wayne Sullivan, hilltop operations C. J. Griggs, heats director D. D. Humphries, and assistants John Hall Wayne Finnell lead the staff with judges Pat Pattison and assistants John Wilson Tip Mooney. Registrars Mrs J E Davenport Mrs D B McCarroll, clerk Earl Scudday, assistant Dick Cook, chief inspectors E F E Key and G N Manning, master of ceremonies Robert J Macdonald, weighers R F Miller George Miller Roy Kinney, and Exchange club Soap Box Derby committee Charles Cathey chairman H A Watson Jr Horace Humphries Jim Kilpatrick.
Dr and Mrs M H Benson returned from Milwaukee where he attended an Academy of Pediatrics meeting. J P Giles and family depart for a two week vacation through Colorado Oregon Washington and Canada. J E Eagan led Ami Life Insurance agents in June volume for the company. Don Maddox and family visited in Lubbock. Maddox is a 1934 TTU graduate and heads Textiles Inc in Gastonia. Pvt Truett W Norrell, 23, killed in action on New Guinea Dec 18 1942, funeral today at Canyon Community Church. Funeral burial at Idalou. M F Thurmond cancels lunch meeting due to Santa Fe conference. Judge Pardue closes term of 9th district court and opens new term with holiday observance. Grace Jones among 30 UNM students with GPA 2.25 or better per dean’s release.
Trieste appoints its first mayor since the postwar international dispute. The attorney leads the Italian faction implementing reform in the American British administered zone. The note ends with an unrelated sentence about birds.
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