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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1959
Page
11
Rupert T. Hughes announces his son 12 year old Special Ronty fH Hughes was released from Lockney General Hospital after a broken right foot sustained while walking on sully. He is a Little League baseball player.
In Lamesa the Methodist church announces Youth Week activities for the senior MYF. Chairmen lead committees including Pray Nutt for activities and foods, Joan Tartér for worship, and Donale Wilton for recreation and discussion groups.
The Wilson Methodist Church begins its annual revival today with services through Friday. The Rev. DeWitt Seavo of Floydada will be guest speaker, starting with an 8 pm service. Daily services are at 7 30 pm this week led by Pastor Harlold B. Torler. India will provide glider training.
A Verona New Jersey resident Miss Dingley marked her 100th birthday on a Saturday. The card signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower celebrated her longevity and her three trips abroad. She recalled Salem witch trial ancestry and noted she never drank to excess.
Fort Bliss hosts the 413th GmP Affairs Military Government Company for its second week of summer training. In four days the unit will practice an advance with a combat division, warfare in desert terrain east of Paso, and occupation problems with guerilla and airborne threats. Support units from Albuquerque and Abilene join, with Lubbock officers and local captains delivering combat instruction. Maj. Gen. Gard inspects, while the unit trains on tactics, government classes, and weapons firing before returning to Lubbock Saturday.
A 27 year old Negro woman Mrs Billy Jean Douglas was arrested in Pact Friday in a Dallas mail theft and check forgery ring. She is jailed in Lubbock County on a 1.0 dollar bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner Frank R Murray. Postal Inspector R H Dawson and Garza County Sheriff Carl Rains led the arrest at 2 a.m. Friday. The case ties to May indictments involving about 27 people in Dallas and a theft of mail containing treasury checks valued between seven and one hundred dollars.
Austin hosts a statewide coordination conference of the Texas Society of CPAs this weekend. Derman and Smith from the Libhock chapter chair two committees while White is detained. the two day event at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel includes speeches by Woodward Lanier Allison Juncker Allen Breeding and others.
Bailey County declares the week of July 27 as Bailey County Vegetable Week. State Sen Andy Rogers issued the proclamation in Austin. Store windows will showcase vegetables and their growth. Polly Briscoe 17 sent a sack of onions and potatoes to Sen Rogers. Gov John Burroughs of New Mesco is expected to receive vegetables.
A continuous swim meet runs 1 to 7 p.m. at the ABC Boys Club on Ave K. Paul Vo Keen Jr, swim director, says any member of Optimist or ABC Boys Club may enter any time. ribbons go to first three in each race across Pee Wee Juniors and Seniors for ages 5-15. Races cover 2½ yards in freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke, with Steve Bayless assisting. The club funds come from the Lubbock Community Chest.
The 8th annual Jaycee Berleo opens August 13 in downtown Ralls with a parade and nightly rodeo performances. Rodeo queen Miss Linda sae leads floats as Sheriff’s caber and riders participate. Six events including calf roping and barrel race, Goat Mayo’s string to perform, with Ken Jacobs roping and John Townsend announcing. Proceeds fund bonds for the Ralls swimming pool.
Miss Michael Reid of Silverton returns from the National Intercollegiate Rodeo in Klamath Falls Oregon with the national championship in aiding barrel racing. She attends West Texas State College and was accompanied by her parents and sister Sue.
The article defines whalebone as baleen a horny substance from certain whales it grows from the upper jaw. The description notes its texture resembles fine gernails and is a feature of oathless whales.
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