Mary Methodist Church Wins Broad Growth in City
The Mary Methodist Church serves the southwestern city area and marks its majority with a special evening program. Organized June 19 1923 as Nineteenth Street Methodist, it progressed from a tent to a Twentieth and Avenue T location, with remodeling and a new plant planned as enrollment nears 500.
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Isbury Methodist Church
Nancy
Nineteenth Street
Texas Tech
Walker
G. P. McCollum
Te Church
Seaexecution
Twentieth and
Avenue T
McCollum
West Texas Veterans Benefit Staff Are Local Texans
West Texas veterans and dependents in 81 counties served by the Lubbock VA regional office will have their compensation pension and hospitalization claims adjudicated by West Texans. Robert W. Sisson says the office will be staffed by native locals to serve local veterans. Adjudication division leaders include A M Armstrong former Sweetwater resident and WWI veteran. Dr E C Price former Quitaque physician. J H Goodman longtime Lubbock attorney. Other adjudicators include C H Crotty Samuel K Charness Henry L DeBusk Tom Main Hervey Chessley Frank W Laurant C W Gill Barcus Robert G Smith Jeff G Smith among many West Texas attorneys and one school administrator.
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West Texas
Lubbock VA
Robert W. Sisson
A. M
Jack) Armstrong
Sweetwater
Armstrong
Texas
Texas Department
American Legion Band
VFW
American Legion
American Red Cross
Waco VA
E. C. Price
Quitaque
Lubbock
J. H. Goodman
Goodman
C. H. Crotty
San Angelo
Navy
A. V. Weaver, Jr
Samuel K. Charness
Army Air Forces
Henry L. DeBusk
Abilene
Tom Main
Cochran County
Hervey Chessley
Morton
Frank W. Laurant
C. W. Gill Barcus
Big Spring
Robert G. Smith
Jeff G. Smith
Baylor
Stonewall
Knox
Castro
Upton
Production Up in New York Over Weekend Amid Surging Rates
Weekend production in the United States rose sharply with an 8 to 104 percent increase compared with 96.3 percent the previous week. The report notes a broad advance across sectors and highlights rising activity in key markets.
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New ‘York
United States
American Association
Marines Lower Proficiency Bar for Honorable Discharge
Marines discharged under honorable conditions since March 1 1945 may qualify for review to receive an honorable discharge. Headquarters directed the proficiency mark to 3.44 retroactive to 1945 03 01. Eligible veterans may forward discharge certificates to the Board of Review Navy Department Washington DC for action.
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Marine Corps Headquarters
United States Marine
R. J. Metcalfe
Lubbock
Marine Corps
Board of Review and Dismissals
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Brakeman Killed on Temple-Cleburne Train Run
Santa Fe brake man J. D. Stewart of Temple died after slipping and falling from a train on the Temple Cleburne route. The second item mentions ancient monuments and bread shapes like muffins, with no clear relevance to the incident.
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Temple
J. D. Stewart
Santa Fe Railroad
Temple-Cleburne Run
Seven-Year-Old Benny Rucker Helps Dad With Bees
Benny Rucker, seven, helps his father B. T. Rucker of 2421 Twenty-fifth in Lubbock County to manage eight bee colonies including Spanish Russian and Italian varieties. He poses with a honey-filled super as they experiment with queen introductions and methods to keep bees calm, using smoke and protective measures.
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Benny
B. T. Rucker
Lubbock
Benny Rucker
Roscoe Wilson School
Lubbock County
South Plains
Rucker
Father and Son
State Experiment Station
Jones
Don L. Jones
Madrid
Two War Buddies Reunited In Lubbock
J. P. Carver of Chattanooga and C. E. Wendt of Lubbock were reunited during Carver's May Navy release trip. Both served as B-24 photographers in the fleet air photographic squadron from Guam Iwo Jima and Okinawa and photographed China Kyushu and Tokyo harbors during the war. Carver, after arriving in Lubbock, plans to enlist aid for beekeeping amid a suspected foul brood outbreak. Rucker declined an inspector role but urges standard equipment and cleanups to stamp out the disease.
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J. P., Carver
Chattanooga
Tenn
C. E. Wendt
Fourteenth
Carver
Lubbock
Navy
San Diego
Fleet Air Photographic Squadron
Guam
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
China
Kyushu
Tokyo
State Division of Entomology
Lubbock County
South Plains
F. L. Thomas
Texas A. & Mt. College
Rucker
Heat And Drouth Injure Crops In Lubbock County
The weekly crop report for Lubbock county notes continued heat and drought reduce soil moisture. Cotton on dry land suffers from high temperatures, while irrigated cotton faces insects in some areas. Wheat harvest about 70 percent done, yield around 10 bushels per acre on summer fallow. Commercial potato harvest expected June 25.
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Lubbock County
USDA
W. B. Griffin
City Limits Extended in Longview Charter Vote
Longview residents approved a city charter amendment extending the city limits in a vote held yesterday. The measure expands the municipal boundaries and will affect local governance and services.
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Longview
Harold Kendrick Returns Home From Navy Service
Harold L. Kendrick electronics mate second class U S Navy and third son of Mr and Mrs H J Kendrick 4015 Twenty first Street returned home last week from San Pedro California where he had been stationed since June He enlisted May 3 1944 and served eleven months on Midway Island His brothers Alton R Kendrick private first class in the Army Air Communications system and Lowell Kendrick captain in the armored engineers had been discharged.
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Harold L. Kendrick
U. S. Navy
H. J. Kendrick
San Pedro
Calif
Alton R. Kendrick
Harold L
Army Air Communications System
Lowell Kendrick
Armored Engineers
Harold Kendrick
Navy
Midway Island
Strikers and Bosses Picnic at White Motor Co
Four thousand workers on strike since June 4 joined White Motor Co executives for the annual picnic in Cleveland. Union members and bosses shared a meal and camaraderie despite industrial action.
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Cleveland
U.P
White Motor Co
Governor appoints Robin Swift to U S Senate
Montgomery June 15 Gov Chauncey Sparks named Robin Swift of Atmore to succeed the late Senator John H Bankhead in the U S Senate. Swift's appointment completes a historic transition and places a new voice in the Senate for Alabama.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Robin Swift
Atmore
U. S. Senate
John H. Bankhead
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Herman Weiss
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Texas Technological College
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Houston
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Senger Gap
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