Beep Box Derby Draws 103 South Plains Boys
About 103 youths from the South Plains are building and testing soap box racers for Lubbock ninth annual Derby sponsored by the Avalanche Journal Ralph Penney Chevrolet Co and the Lubbock Exchange Club. Winners go to Akron Ohio for national finals with scholarships up to 5000 dollars.
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Arvalanche Journal
Ralph Penney Chevrolet Co
Lubbock Exchange Club
Soap Boy
Rai
Akron
U.S
Canada
Alaska
Germany
Ireland
South Plains
Bangor
San Francisco
Chevrolet
General Motors
Henry A. Ferrell Services Are Today
Funeral services for Henry A Ferrell 75 Rt 7 Lubbock will be held at 2 pm today at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev FE L Ryn tam officiating. He died after a heart ailment and is survived by wife, three sons Elmer Eugene Billy, a daughter Vinita Ferrell, two brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren. Burial at Beck Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction.
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Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ave. N
L Ryn Tam
Grover Levens
Capek
Ci Ferrell
Robert Fon
Noy
Mississippi
Lith Bork
Okshama Hl
Labhock Hardware and Sippy
Beck Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Ferrell
Elmer
Fugene
Billy
Labhock
Vinita Ferrel
Luboock Tew Brothers
John
Cue Plaine
Bonham
Fannie Shipman
Florence Loutin
Paris
Iferod
Oklahoma Square Dancers Planned California Trek
A group of 200 Oklahoma square dancers departs today in a caravan to attend the Fifth National Square Dance Convention in San Diego California with Lubbock as a principal stop en route Howard Thornton of Midwest City serves as caravan director for the Oklahoma State Federation of Square Dance Clubs. The dancers are to arrive in San Diego.
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Oklahoma
San Diego
Calif
Lubbock
Howard Thornton
Midwest City
Okla
Oklahoma State Federation of Square Dance Clubs
Lubbock Jaycees to Host Tri-Regional Meet
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce will host a tri regional Jaycee convention for Regions II and WI July 7-8 at the Caprock Hotel. 22 area cities will be represented. Registration begins 1 p.m. July 7 with events including an open house, ladies party, and a 9 p.m. dance.
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Lubbock
Jaycees
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
San Angelo
Clapp Party House
Garrett
Four South Plains Towns Start Action On White River Dam
Representatives from Ralls Crosbyton Spur Post and three other towns agreed to pay Fort Worth firm 2324.67 for core drilling as a precursor to a 2 million dam on the White River near Crosbyton. The group also voted to send 215 to the State Board of Water Engineers for forming a White River Municipal Water Authority. Meetings will rotate with next in Spur on July 21.
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South Plains
Crosbyton
Spr
Post
Fort Worth
White River
Here
State Board of Water Engineers
Tom Boucher
Spur
Freeze. Nichols Co
Brazos River
Dallas Rites For Son Of Lubbock Resident
Funeral services were held at Oakcliff Baptist Church in Dallas for Orville McLeod son of J H McLeod a teacher and football coach at a Dallas school died Friday night of a heart attack He is survived by his wife two children four brothers and three sisters Two brothers live in Lubbock at 1901 33rd St and 2104 30th St A sister Mrs Walter Nichols also lives at 2716 2nd Place
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Oakcliff Baptist Church
Dallas
Orville McLeod
J. H. McLeod
McLeod
Dallas Schoo
Lubbock
C. W. McLeod
William C. McLeod
Walter Nichols
Marine recruit hangs self at San Diego depot
An 18 year old Marine recruit at the San Diego training depot, who had been at the depot since June 4, left a note stating he loved the Marines and died with great love for his girl. Drill instructors described him as quiet and conscientious and said he had shown leadership promise, having been made a squad leader. The identity was withheld.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
Vandals Suspected In Sign Theft From Methodist Church
Police suspect vandals stole a church sign from the front of a Methodist church at 10 N Avenue M on Friday. The sign, valued at 40 dollars, was removed and the incident prompted a call to study the commandments with potential church attendance if caught.
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N. Ave. M
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