Thirteen Abernathy Boys Sign Up for Soap Box Derby
A total of 38 boys have registered for the All American Soap Box Derby in Lubbock with 13 Abernathy entrants announced on Saturday. The event, sponsored by Avalanche Journal Kuykendall Chevrolet Co and Lubbock Exchange Club, will award international scholarships and a trip to Akron for the national champion amid entries from eight former competitors.
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Abernathy
Reid Chevrolet
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Kuykendall
Chevrolet Co
Lubbock Exchange Club
Chevrolet
General Motors
Akron
U.S
Canada
Alaska
Germany
Freddy Evans
J. D. Evans
Joe Thompson Implement Co
Tommy Boone
Fred M. Boone
Buford Davenport
Jimmy Herring
B. Herring
Jaxey Lumber Lubbock
Carol Dean Powell
B. V. Powell
Powell
Magnolia Station
Mike Struve
Arno Struve
McCurdy Lumber Co
Reginal Stephens
Marvin’Stephens
County Line’ Co-Op
Lane Tannehill
Frank Tannehill
T. & J. Electric
Bo Wright
Derby
Nelson David Ward
D. Z. Ward
International Harvester Company
Jimmy Dye
Clyde Dye
McAlister Grocery
James Magee
J. Magee
White’s
Auto
Horton Struve
Struve Mercantile Co
Mike Fowler
L. G. Fowler
Fowler Manufacturing Co
Ellis Chevrolet Company
O'Donnell
Ellis Chevrolet Co
Modern bowling alleys rise at Ave Q site
Work has begun on a 16 lane bowling complex at 4020 Ave Q by Southport Development Corp led by Leland D. Payne. The Lubbock Bowling Club operators will lease the lanes, with the project featuring air conditioning, central heating, brick and tile construction, 97 by 129 feet, glass front, parking, maple lanes, mechanical pin setting and submerged ball returns.
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Ave. Q
Southport Development Corp
Leland D. Payne
Ren . Malcolm
Doc) Scales
E. A. Christensen
Lubbock Bowling Club
Main St
United States
Firm Planning 56 New Residences In McCulloch Addition
Wines Construction Co plans 56 homes in McCulloch addition on 43rd Street with three bedrooms baths and carport in a 936 square foot frame with brick trim priced about 9100. Another 13 homes rise in Jarvis and Itasca Avenues at 864 square feet costing around 7800. Manhattan Heights progress totals 40 new homes built on land by Southeast Development Corp an affiliate of the city government for Negro protection.
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Jarvis and
Itasca Aves
Manhattan Heights
Southeast Development Corporation
Langston J. Whitlow
E. 2Th St
Daniel Austin
Hardin Brown
Brown
E. 25Th St
Whitlow
Dunbar
Austin
Lubbock
Willis E. Smith
45Th St
Smith
Burl M. Fluty
Jarvis
Fluty
Lubbock Compress Co
Joe Ward
Ward
Lubbock Electric Co
Six Seek Trustee Posts in Post Independent School District
Six candidates enter the race for three trustee seats on the Post Independent School District board with a April 2 election. Incumbents Henry Wheatley Ira Farmer face challengers Mrs Lee Davis J L Ballentine Clint Herring and Giles McCrary as voting takes place in the junior high library supervised by election judge Walter Crider.
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Garza County
County Board of Education
George Ramage
J. C. Fumagalli
Ramage
Fumagalli
H. F. Wheatley
Sam Ellis
Doyle Justice
Southland
F. W. Callaway
Walter Stolle
Herman Dobbs
Weldon McGehee
Wendell Saunders
Robert Mack
Clarence Basinger
J. H. Huddleston
R. L. Haliburton
Dillard Dunn
Wesley Scott
Mack Ledbetter
A. D. Oden
Luther Bilberry
Jim It
Jack Brown
Joe Taylor
Bryan Maxey
Melvin Stewart
Leo Cobb
A. O. Parrish
Dillard Thompson
Hollis Drake
Grassbury
A. I. Cross
Russell Wilks Jr
Gamnolia
C. W. Carpenter
Carl Jones
B. W. Francis
Thurman Francis
D. C. White
Bryan J. Williams Jr
E. L. Short
Justiceburg
Roland Sullenger
A. V. McCowen
H. F. Ainsworth
Elton Nance
Lee Reed
Raymond Key
Henry Key
Marsh Drops Bill to Bar Bureau as Government Name
California assemblyman William F. Marsh a North Hollywood Democrat withdraws his measure prohibiting the word bureau in government names. He cites objections raised by the California Farm Bureau Federation and the Sacramento Better Business Bureau.
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Bureau
Tahoka Officials Study Four-Lane Highway Plan
Tahoka leaders review a proposed four lane highway with the Texas Highway Department. Officials discuss right of way costs up to 90000 dollars at 3 percent interest and possible bond funding. Some favor maintaining the Sweet Street Main Street route while surveys run west of the high school.
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Tahoka
Earch
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
S. C. McCarty
Lubbock
la- O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Tohoka
Highway Department
Mitchell Williams
C. of C
Sweet Street
Courthouse Square
Main Street
Tahoka High School
McCarty
25 Area Men To Be Inducted This Week
Twenty five volunteers from Lubbock and nearby towns face induction this week at the Amarillo Examining and Inducting Station. Inductees listed for Tuesday include Kenneth Dale Young and others from Lubbock. Wednesday brings Billy Joe Thomas and teammates. Thursday adds John William Hutcherson and additional Lubbock men. Delinquents include Albert James Gibson of Los Angeles and Isabell Lazolla of Houston.
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Lubbock
Amarillo
Ava Lee McGlain
Selectiv System
Kenneth Dale Young
Billie Ross Thomas
George Ester
Leon Armstead
James
Darlin Flowers
Bobby Ray Henley
Lorenzo
James Clayton Foster
Wilson
Sammy Joe Pridmore
Tohoka
Billy Joe Thomas
Joseph Andrew Mathis
George Cal Parker
Kenneth Rodney Kirby
Jimmie Lee Porter
Morris Eugene Goad
Elmer Franklin Lindsey
John William Hutcherson
Lester Ray Caraway
Arthur Glynn
E. J. Owens Jr
Lester Hopkins
Thomas Glenn McGee
Savino M. Jaso
James Allen Lewis
Middletown
Conn
Walter Hollis
Idalou
Jimmie Lee Green
Hearne
Selective Service System
Albert James Gibson
Los Angeles
Calif
Frederick Lee Allen
Isabell Lazolla
Housa
Damages Sought in District Court Collision Case
James Carter Temple of Lubbock sues Edward J. Powers, Reese Air Force Base airman, for 24550 in damages from a Dec 10 collision at 19th Street and Ave U. Temple alleges he was eastbound on 19th Street when Powers pulled onto the street from Ave U and struck his motor scooter.
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Victor H. Lindsey
72Nd District Court
James Carter Temple
Edward J. Powers
Temple
Lubbock
Powers
Reese Air Force Base
19Th St
Ave. U
Swimming Pool Being Built For Plainsman Hotel Here
Engineered Pools Inc builds a Gunite pool for the Plainsman Hotel at 2nd and Ave Q with a white marble dust finish. The firm, led by manager D D Humphries, also constructs three private pools in Lubbock and offers a full line of pool equipment.
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Plainsman Hotel
2St
Ave. Q
Engineered Pools, Inc
College Ave
D. D. Humphries
Lubbock
Humphries
Colonial Governor's Palace Restored in New Bern NC
Raleigh March 19 restoration begins on the central section of the Colonial Governor's Palace in New Bern North Carolina once praised as significant in colonial royal governance. The effort aims to revive the historic venue though earlier destruction around the colonial era is noted.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
New Bern
Royal
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Pepe
Soe
Tien, Mom
Averend
McCulloch
Brecauseshee
Citizens National Bank
The
Forrest, JR
Forrest Lumber Company
Ratliff
W. F. Eisenberg
Biweed Estates
Good ‘Meter Company
W. B. Rushing
John A. Hughes
Harold Him
Harvest Queen Mill & Beveter Co
Clyde G. Tatum
Milla
D.M. Wiggins
William Ellwood Keeney
Geo.n. Atkinson, JR
EL Kutt
Klett, Boon & Evens
Raymond Burford
Baldridge Bakery
GT. McLaughlin Oil Operator
Frank H. Chappell, JR
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