City Parks Announce Wide Craft and Tumbling Programs
Miss Zora Joy Gifford announces free supervised crafts and tumbling at city playgrounds with Corinne Bowlin teaching weekly at five parks. Morning and afternoon crafts run at Burns Carlisle Pioneer Rodgers Wagner and Booker T. Washington parks with registrations welcomed. Additional leather carving, metal tanning and basketry courses run by George Box and two women’s craft rounds at Mackenzie Terrace. Tennis instruction by Muss Blount expands June 22 at Wagner Park with age specific groups and no fee.
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Zora Joy Gifford
Corinne Bowlin
Rodgers Park
Amherst St
Wagner
26Th St
Elgin Ave
Pioneer
7Th St
Ave. T
Burns
23Rd St
Ave. K
Carlisle
Ave. W
Gladys Valentine
June Edler
Sue Valentine
Burns Park
Rodgers
Booker T. Washington
Cedar Ave
George Black
Pioneer Park
Mackenzie Terrace
George Box
Britain plans biggest ever atomic test at Woomera
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Express says Britain will explode the biggest ever atomic bomb at the Australian Woomera rocket testing ground early next year, marking a major nuclear test announcement.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
Woomera
Rites For Wreck Victim Set Today
Funeral services for Charles Russell Hays 27 who died from a car pickup crash on Highway 51 near Levelland will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at Littlefield First Baptist Church. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery. Survivors include wife and parents plus a brother. Two others injured in separate crash remained under medical care.
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Littlefield
Charles Russell Hays
Levelland
Highway 51
Littlefield First
Midland
Paul Kilgore
Ebb Hays
Guy Hays
Denver City
Hays
Kilgore
Phillips-Maupre Hospital
Dock King
Edgar-Renegar Hospital
George Lanev
Brownfield
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Laney
King
Rites Set Monday For Polk Infant
Funeral services for 1-year-old Suzan Polk will be held Monday at 19 a m in the First Nazarene Church Abilene Texas with Rev R B Kelly and Rev Milton Poole officiating. Burial will follow in Tech Memorial Park under McDonald Funeral Chapel direction. The infant was found apparently smothered Friday afternoon. Surviving are the parents a brother Michael paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James D Polk Tahoke and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Johnson Chandler Arizona.
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Suzan Polk
Jack Polk
45Th St
First Nazarene Church
R. B. Kelly
Abilene
Milton Poole
Lubbock
Tech Memorial Park
McDonald Funeral Chapel
Michael
James D. Polk
Tahoake
J. B. Johnson
Chandler. Ariz
Masons Install New Officers at Yellowhouse Lodge
A public installation for Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge No. 841 officers is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. Rayford L Ball will be installed as Worshipful Master with Hampton Hill Ells McClellan Lanham O Neal Julian Ri singer Patterson Leech and Johnson among officers.
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Yellowhouse
Masonic Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Rayford L. Ball
William L. Hampton
O. R. Hill
L. C. Ells
H. J. McClellan
Ollie Lanham
H. C. O'Neal
J. R. Julian
LV. Risinger Jr
D. R. Patterson
J. C. Leech
Henry Johnson
H. B. Bryan
Howard Ewaldt
James M. Phiilips
Fredrick Swetland
Rafe
C. A
Bill) Holmes
Nancy Davis
America
Gerre Hancock
Mendelssohn
Saint Saens
Victor S. Smith
Holmes
Leech
Hancock
Hospital Group To Meet Wednesday In Lubbock
The South Plains Hospital Council schedules a Wednesday meeting at the Plainsman Hotel Wedgewood Room. Registration opens at 10 a.m. The morning session includes the annual business meeting and officer elections with two reports. The afternoon features three legal-issues talks by Dr F B Malone Leo S Hay and Don Lewis. Joseph McWilliams is president.
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South Plains Hospital Council
Wedgewood
Plainsman
Mildred Montgomery
St. Mary's Hospital
Cecil Hollingsworth
West Texas Hospital
Texas Hospital Association
F. B. Malone
St. Mary's Clinic
Leo S. Hay
Lubbock
Don Lewis
Gaines County
Seminole
Joseph McWilliams
Amherst Hospital and Clinic
Weather Almanac Hoax Idea: Lottery Forecast to Trick Taxpayers
Frederick C. Othman reports on a Senate hearing where officials discuss how farmers almanacs claim weather prowess. A new editor proposes random forecasts by drawing 365 rain or fair tags to simulate long range predictions, with Dr. Kincer noting it could work as well as any method far in advance for day to day weather.
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Washington
America
Weather Bureau
F. W. Riechelderfer
Senate Appropriations Committee
Joseph B. Kincer
Bureau
Reichelderfer
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Kincer
Federal Trade Commission
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
Almanacs under fire over weather forecasts and trust
A columnist critiques almanacs for vague forecasts and notes from Dr. Reichelderfer and Sen. Ferguson about predictive limits. The exchange questions reliability, cites general outlooks, and hints at a publisher rebuttal space for January 1 weather expectations.
Motley Singing Convention Holds Semi‑Annual Meeting Today
The Motley County Singing Convention meets at 10 a.m. today in the American Legion building. J. R. Whitworth notes strong local interest could set attendance records. the basket lunch remains part of plans and the Legion venue has been a permanent meeting site since two years ago. Motley County Singing Convention, organized in 1893, is the county’s oldest continuous organization.
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Motley County Singing Convention
American Legion
J. R. Whitworth
Pioneer
Whitworth
Legion
Fifteen Lubbock Scouts Begin Kit Carson Trek at Philmont
Fifteen Scouts from the South Plains Council of Lubbock travel to Philmont Scout Ranch Cimarron New Mexico to start a 13 day Kit Carson Trek No to hike 127000 acres living from packs. Participants include Ray Rutledge Jerry Carter Carlton Huneke Danny Brown Ben Rucker Bob Bradshaw James Harrell Bob Smith Alton Perry Neal Perry J D Key Ronnie Christian Cam Cunningham Phil Pendley Fred Chauncey Don Lawrimore Roy Teeteers Joe Welch and Johnny Hughes.
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Cimarron
N.M
South Plains Council
Lubbock
Philmont
Ray Rutledge
Jerry Carter
Carlton Huneke
Danny Brown
Ben Rucker
Bob Bradshaw
James Harrell
Bob Smith
Alton Perry
Neal Perry
J. D. Key
Ronnie Christian
Cam Cunningham
Phil Pendley
Fred Chauncey
Don Lawrimore
Roy Teeteers
Joe Welch
Johnny Hughes
West German airfields drilled for demolition in Soviet attack plan
A German construction firm under U S Army direction is drilling holes in concrete runways at Nuernberg airfield. Similar preparations are under way at Munich and Bremen as part of a defense scheme.
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Nuernberg
Germany
U. S. Army
Munich
Bremen
Bright Crop Found By Farmers
Cotton farmers near Bledsoe report a bright crop festooned with three to four inch strips of shiny aluminum foil. W G Griffin among first to notice foiled spots. Area spanning eight to ten miles shows similar findings. Postings from Reese Air Force Base and weather bureau gave no clear explanation. Some veterans theorize foil could be used for anti radar purposes.
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Bledsoe
W. G. Griffin
Lubbock
Reese Air Force Base
U. S. Weather Bureau
Air Force
Justiceburg Soldier Serves With Infantry Unit In Korea
Army Pvt. Samuel S. Bevers from Justiceburg has arrived in Korea and serves with the 3rd Infantry Division. He entered the Army last November, trained at Camp Chaffee, and is a field wireman. In civilian life he was a carpenter with Davies Construction Company and is a 1951 Post High School graduate.
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Post
Army
Samuel S. Bevers
O'Della
S. S. Bevers
Justiceburg
Korea
3Rd
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J. C
Jim) Morgan
South Plains Agency
Standand Building
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Lubbock, Texas
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