Lubbock Post Office Runs Busy Yet Efficient
Avalanche-Journal staff writer notes the U S Post Office loses over 400 million annually but serves a growing customer base. At Lubbock main office 80 Broadway, 500 staff handle heavy mail flow with a parcel post annex and two sub stations. Night supervisor Glenn Ridge describes crowded conditions and rapid, precise handling from sorting to dispatch, including air mail to Houston Austin and San Antonio.
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Lubbock
Broadway
Ken Kennamer
Avalanche-Journal
U.S
Laubbock
Jet Glenn Ridge
Ridac
Ave
Ellwood
Boston
North College
M. College
Celine Protte
Threaweeff
Ray Walton
Rt. 7
Larb
Ridge
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
Louisiana
Arkansas
San Franccisco
New York City
San Francisco
Birthday Celebration Planned for Slaton Boy Despite Illness
Cliffs King, nine, son of Mr and Mrs Pete King, will celebrate his ninth birthday Sunday in Slaton after illness including pneumonia and a rattlesnake bite that injured his leg and left him wearing a brace. He recovered enough to attend the party with family and friends in attendance. The event follows a challenging period that also saw a polio attack and a broken leg earlier in the year.
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el Paso
Slaton
Chifford Younre
Harry King
Catey
City of Hobbs Seeks Bids for Anti Insect Aerial Spraying
Hobbs officials called for bids from insecticide makers and spraying firms to combat a heavy tent caterpillar outbreak. The city will seek input from County Health Officer Carl Crutchfield on the most effective and least harmful option. Bidders must submit full specifications at a special commission meeting Monday morning.
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Hobbs
Special Era Commission
Ahe
Carl C. Crutchfield
Deposits Rise at Zion National Bank in Year to June
Deposits at the Zion National Bank totaled 485,794.25 by June 20, up 272,872.57 from a year earlier. President Irby G. Metcalf Jr. credits favorable weather and crop outlook and says new business mid year boosted the gains. Deposits exceed figures from two years ago when 4,015,525.96 was on deposit.
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Zeist National Bank
Irby G. Metcalf Jr
Mass To Be Read For J. H. Fielder
A 10 a.m. mass will be read Monday at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church for John Fielder 69 of Rt. 3 who died Friday of a heart attack at his home near Grobe Ave and Erskine Road He was taken to St Mary's Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival Burial will be in Fort Worth under Robertson Muller Harper Funeral Home Fielder a salesman of Watkins Products returned from a Colorado vacation trip shortly before his death He is survived by his widow one son J H Jack Fielder Jr of Corpus Christi and two grandchildren.
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St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
John Fielder
Rt. 3
Grobe Ave
Erskine Road
St. Mary's Hospital
McDonald Funeral Home
Fort Worth
Holy Name Catholic Church
Bishop Avent
Robertson- Muller-Harper Funeral Home
Fielder
Watkins Products
Colorado
J. H
Jack) Fielder Jr
Corpus Christi
Post City approves easement for US 84 expansion
The Post City Council voted to grant the county a right of way easement at City Park for widening US Highway 84 to four lanes. County Judge Pat N. Walker said negotiations will start soon to secure additional easements, with most in Precinct 4 where bond funds support right‑of‑way purchases. About four miles run through Precinct 2 and 14 miles through Precinct 4.
India Agrees to Ship Iron Ore to Poland Over Three Years
India will supply Poland with 200000 tons of iron ore over the next three years. The tentative deal covers initial shipments and outlines phased deliveries to meet Poland’s steel industry needs.
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India
Poland
Tech Hosts West Texas Livestock Short Courses
Texas Tech University hosts two major West Texas livestock meetings this week. The Swine Short Course runs Monday and Tuesday with 8:30 a.m. registration in the Aggie Judging Pavilion. An Aberdeen Angus Short Course and Field Day follows Wednesday and Thursday, with the West Texas Aberdeen Angus Associations holding their directors meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday after the events.
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Texas Tech
Tech
Animal Husbandry Department
Texas and West Texas
Aberdeen-Angus Assns
West Texas
Aggie
Tech Agriculture Deaa
American Yorkshire Club
Lafayette
Ind
Robert H. Black
Coleman O’brien
Staniey Anderson
Anderson
Willard Smith
Leroy Burns Named Chief of Floydada Volunteer Fire Dept
Leroy Burns will head the Floydada Volunteer Fire Department for the coming year. He was named chief at a members meeting this week, with Johnny Bryant as first assistant chief Winfred Payne as second assistant chief and A G Tyler as secretary.
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Floydada
Leroy Burns
Burns
Johnny Bryant
Winfred Payne
A. G. Tyler
Profitable Panhandle Businesses for Sale Local Listings
Readable classifieds list multiple small businesses in the Texas Panhandle region for sale. Entries include a tavern in Cen Tet, a variety store, a gas station, a grocery market, a motel, a ladies wear shop, a hardware dealer, a drug store, a florist, a mercury dealer, a furnishing store, a theater, an implement store, a furniture store, and more with notes on location, gross sales, and owner readiness to sell.
Texas Coaching School Set to Open in Lubbock Aug 5
More than 2 500 people are expected to attend the Texas High School Coaches Assn annual meeting in Lubbock Aug 5 through Aug 11. Caprock Hotel hosts the coaching school with advance tickets on sale July 16 for football and basketball games. Cochairs Earl Collins Bruce Kattmann lead the program. women's events organized by Mrs Pewitt Weaver Mrs Marshall Pennington include coffees brunches and a guided tour of Lubbock and Texas Tech.
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Lubbock
Texas High School Coaches Assn
Caprock Hotel
Chamber Oat Commerce
Cochairman
Earl Collins
Bruce Kattmann
Chamber of Commerce
Victory
Vernon Thompson
Rd St
Texas Tech Student Union
Ralph D. DuBois
Caprock
Tom Pruitt
Corpus Christi
Eck Curtis
Guy Victory
Walter Alderson
Texas Tech
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Joe Leech
Lonnie Montgomery
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