Annual City Meet Set Aug 20 in Lubbock Pool
City Recreation department outlines free swimming classes age 6 to 10 and 12 and older, lifeguard and life saving courses, and the annual city wide swimming and diving meet to be held August 20 at the city pool. Entries close an hour before the event. Prizes include pennies and free pool passes.
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Lubbock
Tex
Avalanche-Journal
Sun
Aspices
City Recreation Department
Clessex
Buffalo Lakes
Sears
Beth
Boss
Gaines County Farm Bureau Plans September Membership Drive
Gaines County Farm Bureau outlines a six day membership drive from September 4 to 9 with Seth P Woltz heading the effort and a community supper planned for September 1. President Dale Puckett announced the drive and detailing that Cr De Vaney, district director, reports a plan to use Mexican alien labor in the cotton harvest. Local farmers seek deep plowing loans alongside PMA and secure 1000 freight railway cars from a Scotland manufacturer.
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Seminole
Gaines County
Farm Bureau
Dale Puckett
Seth P. Woltz
Puckett
Cr. de Vaney
Rmers
PMA
Deadline Extended For Oversize Garbage Cans In Lubbock
The August 1 deadline to replace trash cans with 32 gallon or smaller galvanized, water tight containers is pushed to September 1. City health director Gerald Jarvis urges immediate compliance to avoid penalties and ensure city pickups with the new ordinance.
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L. D. Fletcher
Lubbock
Gerald Jarvis
Jarvis
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Offers Draft Age Men Free Swimming Instruction
The Lubbock county Red Cross unit will run a free functional swimming course for draft age men and reserve personnel at the city pool from August 1 to 17. Instructors Ben Wilson and Gerald Davis will teach underwater swimming and use of improvised life saving devices. The program, already operating for Reese Air Force base cadets, will also serve men awaiting military service and aligns with increased Red Cross activity due to the Korean conflict.
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Lubbock County
American Red Cross
RAFB
Ben Wilson
Gerald Davis
Red Cross
Reese Air Force Base
Korea
George C. Marshall
India seeks private capital for refugee housing plan
New Delhi government aims to house refugees with private capital. Officials estimate the cost at billion rupees while the government can spend 90 million rupees. States are asked to form housing companies with mixed capital and private firms may be encouraged by three years rent guarantees.
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Jarvis
New Delhi
India
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