Slaton Plans Big 39th Birthday Celebration
Slaton marks 39th anniversary on June 17 with a matched and jackpot roping contest featuring Sammie Baugh and Red Whatley, a giant parade, floats prize money, a square dance clinic, fiddling contest, and old settlers recognition. Santa Fe officials attend. square dance show 7 to 8 pm. Class of 1930 reunion and booster trips on June 13-14. beard-growing promotions headline the promotional drive.
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Lubbock County Sheriff's Posse
Post
Slaton
Westerners Square Dance Association
Santa Fe
Odis Echols
Melody Boys
Lubbock
Garza Street
Vernon Carr
Brooksmith
Slaton High School
American Legion Hall
Haskel
Losater
Slaton Piggly Wiggly
Slaton Frontier
Court of Beards
Elton Smith
Ned Burns
Ted Gentry
J. J. Maxey
Weldon Martin
Milton Jockets
Henry Thorn
Lasater
P. G. Meading
Slaton Chamber of Commerce
Deadline Set for Rural Telephone Applications
Poka-Lambro Rural Telephone Cooperative directors set June 10 as the deadline for rural telephone service applications. About 1,000 forms have been received across eight counties served by Syntegar Electric Cooperative. President Sam Allen of Lamesa and board members will fly to Washington on June 15 to seek fiscal year recognition. W H Wheatley of Johnson community is secretary.
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Brownfield
Poka-Lambro Rural Telephone Co-Operative
Syntegar Electric Co-Operative
Tohoka
Sam Allen
Lamesa
Allen
Tom Garrard
Garland Pennington
Washington
W. H. Wheatley
Johnson Community
Co-Operative
Three Zone Change Requests Erroneously Listed As Okayed
Three zoning change requests were misprinted as approved by the city planning commission after Thursday night session in Friday’s Journal and Saturday’s Avalanche. The unapproved cases include No. 130 for BE L Klett et al on the Main area of F.W. and D.C. Ry from Ash and East 20th to 34th and Quirt from Ave A to L. No. 143 for D Rochelle Carroll’s Re subdivision Block 5 from A to L on N side of 34th between Quirt and Magnolia. No. 144 for Dan H Bearding Original Town Late 11 12 13 14 Block 79 from Ke to F on N Y corner of Ave A and 9th.
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City Planning Commission
Journal
Avalanche
BE. L. Klett Et al. R.O.W
F.W
Ash
D. Rochelle
Carroll
Quirt
Magnolia
Dan H. Bearding
Ave. A
9Th
Widow Seeks Taxes From Rival Over Johnston Inheritance
In Los Angeles a 73 year old widow of Edward A. Johnston of Chicago sues Miss Sue Wenzel to pay inheritance taxes on gifts totaling 665 762 dollars from the late International Harvester vice president who died in 1947. Wenzel, 36, testified she received gifts including a 19000 dollar trust while living with Johnston and hoped to marry him. The estate largely goes to the widow and three children after a decade estrangement.
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Los Angeles
Edward A. Johnston
Chicago
Sarah A. Johnson
Sue Wenzel
Johnston
International Harvester Co
Miss Wenzel
Scientists Weigh Sloth Reappearance Possibility
Scientists entertain the chance that the giant sloth long thought extinct may still roam in South American forests. Evidence and expeditions spur renewed interest as researchers evaluate sightings and ecological clues.
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South America
Crosbyton Sets 41st Birthday Celebration Week
Crosbyton announces its 41st birthday celebration over three days with a free barbecue Thursday 4 to 5 p.m. a parade at 6 p.m. and nightly rodeo from 8 p.m. President R C Wood expects the rodeo to be the best yet plus square dancing each night. Gov Tom Mabry of New Mexico and Rep Preston Smith of Lubbock are invited. The article also notes a National Geographic claim about the agogwe or little fur red people possibly being rare monkeys in East Africa.
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Crosbyton
South Plains
Tom Mabry
New Mexico
Preston Smith
Lubbock
R. C. Wood
The
National Geographic Society
East Africa
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