Former City Man Picked For Ford Foundation Grant
James M. Barnett, born in Lubbock in 1932 and former Dallas resident, named among 42 federal employees to receive Ford Foundation study grants through the National Institute of Public Affairs. He will begin a year of advanced study in September likely at Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration, to improve university and public agency communication and aid midcareer executives. Barnett, with the Public Health Service in Washington, D. C., has a record in New York City Youth Board and venereal disease control programs and now lives in Falls Church, Virginia with his wife and three sons.
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James M. Barnett
Dallas
Lubbock
Ford Foundation
National Institute of Public Affairs
Barnett
Public Health Service
Washington, D.C
Harvard University Graduate School of Public Administration
City
Dupre
Sunset High School
Yale
Princeton
Columbia University
New York School of Social Work
New York City Youth Board
New York
Washington
E. M. Barnett
W. G. Cross
36Th St
Falls Church
Virginia
Lubbock men purchase 2228 acre Cochran tract west of Morton
Claude B. Hurlbut F W Holder Jr and associates announce the $500000 cash purchase of a 2228 acre Cochran County land tract five miles west of Morton. The parcel includes 831 acres cultivated with two irrigation wells drilled last year and is among the South Plains’ few large tracts. Hurlbut recalls early days when vast ranchland west of Lubbock was pasture and gas stations were nonexistent, requiring a five gallon petrol can for travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude B. Hurlbut
F. W. Holder Jr. and
South Plains
Morton
Hurlbut
Lubbock
Cochran County
Lifesaving Class Slated In City
The Lubbock County Red Cross Chapter and City Park and Recreation Department announce a junior lifesaving course starting Monday at the K. N. Clapp Pool. Open to ages 12 to 18 who meet basic swimming requirements, the 15 hour program runs Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 to 9 30 a.m. and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 8 to 10 a.m. Registration is at 9 a.m. Friday. Courses taught by Mrs. Ethel Wigersma and Danny Hood aim to prevent aquatic accidents and teach rescue skills.
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Lubbock County Red Cross Chapter
City Park and Recreation Department
K. N. Clapp
Ave
Ethel Wigersma
Red Cross Water Safety
K. N. Clapp Pool
Wigersma
Danny Hood
Red Cross
Low Bid For Work At College Is Accepted
South Plains College board of regents accepted a low bid of 132,149 for library and student center additions and gym remodeling funded by a 690,000 bond issue approved in February. Contracts for other bond projects will follow after architect plans are finished.
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Levelland
South Plains College Board of Regents
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