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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1960
Page
14
Numerous city homes change hands in a roundup listing buyer names, addresses, sellers, and realty firms. Homes range from two to four bedrooms with features like garages, updated kitchens, central heating, and alowance for washers and dryers.
An advertising section of The Avalanche-Journal promotes Imperial Margarine with a 10c coupon redeemable on next pound. Lever Brothers and General Foods push products from margarine to desserts and quick meals, listing reps Verne Cline and Carl Bennett and various brands like Swans Down, Jello, Minute Rice, and Coconut Pastries.
Clyde Pilkinton opens Home Repairs Unlimited franchise at 2034 63rd St Lubbock. The firm promises fixed price minor home repairs and will operate from the current address until a permanent site is found. Workmen are bonded. home office is in Dallas. Pilkinton has worked in Lubbock since 1932.
Correction of a residential sale showing W L Blaylock buying from John T Dean. The address should read 2211 20th St instead of 2121 31st St though the home's description is correct.
Members of REALS heard J Collier Adams speak on Real Estate in Mexico. Twelve persons attended. The next meeting is April 14 with a tour of the Lubbock Board of Realtors office.
Last week 461 automobile registrations were recorded in Lubbock County with 150 new cars and 311 used vehicles comprising the total.
The Week's market action shows a mixed week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 0.58 on Monday and 1.09 on Tuesday. Wednesday saw a 3.97 big rise on bullish oil and easier-money signals, followed by a 1.94 gain Thursday and a 1.53 drop Friday as volume waned. The DJI rose 6.05 for the week, closing at 622.47 after trading in a 13.87 range.
A list shows residents relocating to city streets from Texas Oklahoma Denver City Arizona Dallas North Carolina Odessa Abilene and other locales. Names include S L Shaffer William Calvin Strickland Otho Noble Kendle Gerald A Wilson Jack Edgar Smith Homer S Brown B F Spero Knoal Jordan and others with street addresses.
Continued from page one items show home prices for numerous addresses across 45th and 46th streets. Names include C. T. Walden O A Palmer Burl Kizer B W Taylor Ray Howard Wayne Tharsh Weldon Putman and West Texas Builders with prices ranging from 10 000 to 60 000 dollars.
Dallas veteran Richard L. Tayloe will retire May 9 after 32 years with Sears Roebuck & Co. He will remain on Sears board and on the boards of Allstate Insurance Co and Allstate Life Insurance Co. His successor will be announced before retirement.
Five Lubbock decorators attended the south central regional conference of the American Institute of Decorators in Shreveport Louisiana. They were Mrs. Vernon Carroll, William W. Carroll Jr., Mrs. Anne Birkman Hubbard, Miss Martye Poindexter and Miss Quepha Rawls.
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell named Tracy C. Murrell as regional director of the Dallas Bureau of Employment Security. Murrell, deputy director in region eight since 1953, succeeds Ed McDonald who retired this month. The region serves Arkansas Texas Louisiana and Oklahoma. Murrell has 25 years in government service.
Wilshire Construction Co. has secured a building permit for the Parkway Manors Motel at 2608 Parkway Drive with a project value of 250000 dollars.
New York Life Insurance Co buys 3 million of a 5 million issue of cumulative preferred stock from Southwestern Public Service Co. The remainder will be bought by three other institutions. Proceeds finance part of the firm’s expansion in the Panhandle South Plains and Pecos Valley region.
Hunter Construction Co begins work on a commercial building at 602 Slaton Road with an estimated project cost of 74 000 dollars. The project reflects a mid size construction initiative in the area.
Australia plans to ship plywood boards from a large Sydney plant to the United States. The project centers on one of the southern hemisphere’s biggest plywood facilities seeking export markets in America.
The booklet outlines a three stage cabin plan costing about 3300 dollars if most work is done by the buyer. Stage two adds a kitchen, hot water, and sleeping areas for around 1200 dollars, with optional insect screening. A fireplace and tile upgrade at stage three push total costs higher, while a 4-foot module design speeds assembly and uses fir plywood panels.
The United States formalized a treaty with Hawaii on February 4, marking a significant diplomatic milestone between the two regions. The agreement outlines enduring relations and cooperation across unspecified domains.
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