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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1956
Page
6
Plainview special reports on 1912 car operation. A vintage car manual is recounted detailing steps from fueling to starting, ignition, throttle, and oil checks. The piece notes readers could sign with a mark and warns against jerky starts, reflecting early motoring quirks and humor.
The Southwestern Championship Junior Rodeo awards over 3500 in prize money plus belt buckles. Events include bareback bronc, calf roping, flag race, ribbon roping, girls barrel race, cutting horse, kid pony final, bull riding, and more. Open to contestants 19 and under with varied entry fees. Junior officers listed.
Jack Lancaster, long time Post school faculty member, elected elementary principal by the Post Independent School District board. He replaces J M Alderson who resigned after one year. Lancaster taught sixth grade language arts at Post Junior High during 1955 56 and served as elementary principal mid term 1954 55. The board also accepted the resignation of Malcolm Usrey who will join an Amarillo junior high for 1956 57.
New officers and directors of the Post Lions Club were installed at this week's meeting. H. W. Schmidt became president, succeeding Joy J. DeArmon. Directors Walker, Hudman, Casey, and Noah Stone were named. New officers include Weaver Norman secretary, Howard Maddere treasurer, Walter Johnson first vice president, Al Noris second vice president, Lewis Herron third vice president, Wilf Scarborough lion tamer, and Oscar O Neal tail Twister.
Texas Tech President E N Jones named to an advisory committee for the Third Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage to be held in May in San Francisco Representatives from 33 nations will discuss irrigation practices and related engineering economic and social aspects The Congress follows events in New Delhi 1951 and Algiers 1934 and is hosted by the U S National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage Dr Jones will join discussions on canal lining soil water relations hydraulic structures and irrigation drainage interrelations
A Denison Texas man was jailed in Hobbs on indecent exposure charges after police found him walking downtown in polka dot shorts and an undershirt. He claimed heat and a lost hotel led him to wander aimlessly.
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lanier were held at Tech Memorial Park at 2 p.m. Saturday with Henry F. Speck of the Broadway Church of Christ officiating. Rix Funeral Home handled arrangements. The baby was born Friday morning and died shortly after. Survivors include the parents and a brother, Barry.
Funeral services for Mrs. J B Hudman 80 longtime Post resident who died Saturday in a Lubbock hospital will be held at 4 p m Sunday in the First Baptist Church with Rev Roy Shahan and Rev Almon Martin officiating Burial will be in Terrace Cemetery Survivors include her husband a brother Sam Yates of Lawton Okla a sister Mrs Tom Marsh of Terrell five daughters and five sons plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren Jim Hudman died in 1948
Floydada July 7 Special Mrs L Harold Christensen director of music in the Floydada Public Schools and her son Eric left for Philadelphia where she will enroll at the Christensen Choral School for the first summer session. She will study choral instruction under Dr Olaf C Christiansen and voice techniques with D Pete Tkach. She will also take church music courses with Gerhard P Schroth. She plans to return to enroll at Texas Tech for the second summer term.
Hobbs city officials file a protest against a tavern under construction just north of the city limits. City Attorney Donald D. Hallam prepared the letter to the Liquor Control Division asking revocation of the license under a state quota law limiting licenses within five miles of an incorporated municipality.
Work is scheduled to begin on a 5.3 mile paved farm to market road extension from U.S. Highway 7 west of the Motley County line toward the White flat road. The State Highway Commission plans to let the contract July 17 for FM 2265 with an adjusted right of way to 106 feet.
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