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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1959
Page
12
The page lists multiple home purchases across neighborhoods with buyers such as Dorman Shaw Russell Geldmacher Claude Prit hes and Arthur Edwards. Homes range from 753 to 1,900 square feet with features including garages central heating asbestos siding brick veneer stucco tile and fenced yards.
Interest long constrained by rising rates drives more than a billion dollars in mortgage loans onto association books. Income growth boosts savings while government backed mortgage prices fall, widening yields. Treasury seeks higher rates to sell bonds and the Fed applies pressure on banks. Corporate capital spending climbs as inventories rise, signaling greater loan demand. Officials see limited impact on construction this year due to existing lending commitments supporting continued home building activity.
Pillsbury reminds readers of the last chance to enter the Bake Off contest with a $25,000 prize for the best recipe. June 30 is the final entry date. Collin Lockfield is Pillsbury’s Lubbock branch manager. Pen-Jel promotes jams and jelly with a coupon for a silver plated jelly server. E C Satterwhite Jr handles Pen-Jel in Amarillo. Canada Dry ads tout sugar free, non fattening flavors in six varieties with a hunger pang slogan stop between meals. J W Beauchamp is the Lubbock broker for Canada Dry. The Cameo Lady from Philadelphia teases a mystery portrait with the line She’s just arrived from Philadelphia.
The Avalanche Journal highlights Dr Scholl s Zinc Pads as a long time advertiser. West Texas rep is W M McMurray. Isodine Pharmacal promotes Calamatrum with six anti itch ingredients. Toni Company runs a two color 44 page Sunday Comics ad. Roi Tan Cigars campaign continues with Roi Tan Trumps and Five Pack. Tom Duncan of Fort Worth is district sales manager.
Thomas Lee Porter 27 resigns as Lubbock County juvenile probation officer effective July 15. He becomes a state vocational rehabilitation counselor assigned to Big Spring State Hospital after earning a BA in 1957 and an MA in 1958 from Texas Tech. Ronald Collier will move from junior to senior probation officer in the Lubbock office. new applications for Porter’s vacancy will be accepted in July.
New store addition shields shoppers from weather along the front and side of the building. A kiddie-homer will be set up for children. Six Piggly Wiggly Super Markets now operate in Lubbock, with additional locations in Littlefield, Muleshoe, Levelland, Brownfield, Seminole, Andrews, Floydada, Slaton, Post, Big Spring, Snyder and Tahoka all operated by Davis and Humphries Inc of Lubbock.
The Small Business Administration announces two leaflets. No. 23 promotes research relations between engineering education institutions and industrial organizations and offers cooperation suggestions. No. 43 explains how Better Business Bureaus help small business and their storehouse function. No. 23 costs 25 cents. No. 43 is free at SBA office 1616 19th St. Washington DC.
Groundbreaking in Slaton last week for the citys first bowling alley. The 12 alley facility will be concrete block with year around air conditioning. Features include automatic pin spotters ball returns snack bar lockers and modern scoring. W C Dub Williams and his wife will operate the business. Opening expected by August 15.
James R. Ellison and Lee Selden of Gellette Safety Razor Co. will attend a Denver sales meeting this week to discuss new advertising plans. The report notes that the cost of living squeeze and higher theater admission prices are cutting attendance in Argentina and Buenos Aires.
Westex, Inc. began construction on a 5224 7th St. residence featuring 2,200 square feet, three bedrooms, two baths, a living room, a pine paneled den kitchen, quarry entry hall, double garage, built in range and dishwasher, central heating and air conditioning ready, and a covered patio. Other permits list builders Sam Loomis, R. E. Walling, Hall Construction, Rocky Mountain Builders, Cherie Smith, Wayne Thursh, A L Graham, J H Hawkins, Damon Thomas, and several firms with costs ranging from about 6,100 to 60,000 dollars for multiple residences.
An early morning quake centered about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo caused no injuries or damage according to AP. No casualties were reported as residents felt the tremor across the city.
Nelson O. Roberts of Austin has been appointed sales manager for the Nash Philli Co for three new home additions in Lubbock. He has worked for the firm since 1952 and previously led his own real estate company. Roberts, born in Houston in 1928, studied at St. Edward's Military College. He is married with eight children. The Lubbock additions include Famous Western Homes Fashion Homes and Elliston Hills Ranch Home with Manhattan Heights planned next.
Alejos announced that Mitnick's visit spurred legislation to create a government housing program modeled after the U S FHA. The bill received its first reading in the Guatemalan Senate as a direct outcome of the visit.
Leaky window sashes waste heat in fold-up metal tubes. Caulking compounds come in metal tubes to keep hot air out in winter and can be removed in autumn if desired.
In France at Sain-Nazaire shipyards fourteen large tankers, some on order and others under construction, reach lengths up to 786 feet as the project progresses.
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