Eight Pioneer Teachers Honored by Lubbock Delta Kappa Gamma
Eight pioneer teachers in Lubbock were lauded at a Delta Kappa Gamma dessert meeting of Alpha Sigma Chapter. Names include Mrs. R. C Douglas, Mrs. W. B. Burford, Mrs. J. T. Trigg, Mrs. H. P. Baker, Miss Mae Murfee, Miss Margaret Weeks, Mrs. C. S. Garrison, and Miss Mamie Crump, with biographical sketches and a roses presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Alpha Sigma Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
R. C Douglas
City
W. B. Burford
Rt. 1
Shallowater
J. T. Trigg
27Th St
H. P. Baker
28Th St
Mae Murfee
14Th St
Margaret Weeks
20Th
C. S
Ruth Russell
Anton
Joe Cobb
Lubbock High School
Carroll Thompson Junior High School
Elois Elliott
Douglas
Decatur
Decatur Baptist Junior College
Mississippi
Miss Weeks
Texas Tech
Texas Home Economics Association
American Association of University Women
Mamie Crump
Sam Houston State Teachers College
North Texas State
Amarillo College
Hereford
Amarillo
Russell
Murfee
C. S. Garrison
R. C. Douglas
Gene Mathis Rites Slated Here Today
Funeral services for Gene Mathis 29 killed in a car truck collision ten miles north of Sterling City will be held at 2 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Chapel with Rev. John Baker of Trinity Baptist Church officiating. Mrs Mamie Ellison McWhorter 21 of Lubbock also killed. services pending in Tahlequah Oklahoma. Mathis survived by parents and four siblings. burial at Tech Memorial Park.
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Gene Mathis
Sterling City
McDonald Funeral Chapel
John Baker
Trinity Baptist Church
Mamie Ellison McWhorter
Lubbock
Reed and Culver
Tahlequah
Okla
Mathis
Ralph Mathis
Allen Mathis
Muleshoe
Coy Mathis
Denver City
E. B. Sutherland
Axtell
Vernon Hill
Cliff Cathery
O'Donnell
Fay Mathis
Tech Memorial Park
Census Bureau Reports Cotton Consumption Rise in February
The Census Bureau announced February cotton consumption averaged 36 645 bales per working day, up from 34 852 a year earlier and 35 564 in January. Total February consumption reached 720 815 bales versus 711 286 in January and 685 546 a year earlier.
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Census Bureau
Washington
California police backstop to curb uranium stampede
Deputies and California Highway Patrols were stationed east of Bakersfield to prevent gun clashes as a uranium rush spurred by a tehachapis anomaly map drew weekend prospectors. Authorities note prior gunplay elsewhere and urge restraint amid disputes over mining claims while many carry firearms and geiger counters.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Wes
California
Atomic Energy Commission
Tehachapis
Randsburg
Shivers Named In Condemnation Suit
Cameron County files a condemnation suit in Edinburg seeking land for a $6 million Anzalduas Dam on the Rio Grande. The case names Gov. Allan Shivers and 37 water districts as landowners and sets March 31 for a three man commission to assess valuation. federal government previously indicated readiness to begin construction if local lands are provided.
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Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande
Allan Shivers
Cameron County
Hidalgo County
Shivers
Anzalduas
Mission
S. N. McWhorter
Brownfield VFW To Install New Officers At Meeting
Brownfield VFW will install M. O. Webb as commander Tuesday night at the Veterans Hall. He succeeds H. B. Parks as commander. other new officers include Parks Sr. as vice commander, L. L. McKay Jr. as vice commander, Billy Hamilton as one year trustee, Warren Scudday as chaplain, Dr. A. H. Daniels as surgeon, Virgil Crawford as advocate, and L. D. Bailey as quartermaster. The spring District 7 VFW convention is set for May 14-15, with committees to finalize plans at the meeting.
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Brownfield
M. O. Webb
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Hall
H. B. Parks
H. B. Parks Sr
H. L. McKay Jr
Billy Hamilton
Warren Scudday
A. H. Daniels
Virgil Crawford
L. D. Bailey
Methodist Men At Post Name Committeemen For Troop 123
Institutional representatives and committeemen for Troop 123 have been named by the Methodist Men’s Club. Bob Collier and Harold Lucas were named as institutional representatives and Jess Rogers as troop committee chairman. Wayne Brown is scoutmaster with assistants Joe J. DeArmon and R. A. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe J. DeArmon
R. A. Moore
Bank Robbery Yields Chicken Bones and Coffee Heist
Police described a Washington bank robbery as unique for producing chicken bones as evidence. The thief cut a wall hole at the National Bank of Washington, ate a chicken from a refrigerator, and stole 3 dollars from the employer’s coffee fund along with 4 pounds of coffee.
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Washington
Evi
National Bank of Washington
Mower Prize Turns Into Goat as Door Prize Upset
In Richmond Virginia Det A L Ford Jr attends a prize event hoping for an automatic lawn mower. He wins and brings home a young Billy goat instead, prompting surprised reactions as he considers the comical mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. L. Ford Jr
Janisabe
Ford
Billy Goat
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Channing
Oklahoma
Trigg
Baker
Plainview
Tennessee
Howard- Payne College
Baptist Home Mission Board
Mountain Territory
Miss Murfee
Lubbock County
Texas
State Department of Education
Tiny Oso
Paul Raynard
Caliente-Bodfish
Recorder’s
Brownfield Vfw
Pang Charge
A DE Soto
Mr. A. K. van Horne
Lubbock Area
Nat'l. Bank Bldg
Midland, Texas
Eric
HUB Furniture & Appliance CO
Ave
Courthouse
Slim Willet
KDAV
Cuckleburr Drennan
KSEL
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