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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1953

Page

5

Youth art contest winners named by South Plains Guild

Aleta Beth Hardin and Robert Davis win first prizes in the South Plains Art Guild youth scholarship contest tied to a June painting workshop at Texas Tech Museum. Runners up include Gayle Hunt and Rayford Thomas. Twenty contestants from Lubbock and Levelland city schools entered watercolors and drawings.

Aleta Beth Hardin Levelland Robert Davis Lubbock South Plains Art Guild Gayle Hunt Rayford Thomas Aleta Beth W. P. Hardin Indian Pueblo Palo Duro Canyon Frank Lawlis Levelland High School el Paso Robert R. W. Matthews Thomas Davis Dartmouth St Gayle Lubbock Senior High School Homer E. Hunt Ave. O Bruce Bryan Rayford James Thomas Lubbock Rt. 3 Jewel Foster R. W. Matthews School Thomas Sasser Texas Tech Sasser Littlefield High School Bror Utter Fort Worth Texas William A. Wilbanks 20Th St Mesdames T. R. Prideaux Avery Fix Douglas Witt Joe B. Foster Milton Wiseman Sudan Wilbanks Dale Hodges Clifford Hodges Ave. M. Jack Douglas R. C. Douglas

No Kiss No 10 Bet Shocks POW Escort Tale

Cpl Tibor Rubin of Long Beach loses a $10 bet on returning POWs not receiving a kiss from two nurses. Lt Margarete Riecken of Everett and Lt Joyce Shepherd of Baggett recount Rubin begging for a kiss to win the wager, while others laughed aboard the evacuation flight. Kingsfield England marks coronation year by re thatching its 500 year old church.

Travis Air Force BSE Calif Tibor Rubin Long Beach Margarete Riecken First St Everett Wash Rubin Joyce Shepherd Baggett, Mich Lt. Riecken Cpl Kingsfield England

Art Guild Festival Display Shows Student Works

Ray Vasek and Carolyn Bean lead a list of young artists with entries from Sudan and Fort Worth. The festival at Texas Tech campus features seven Utter demonstrations and four outdoor watercolors plus gouache studies and still life oils, with the public invited to view through Monday.

Ray Vasek Hub Carolyn Bean William Bean 15Th St Gloria Stewart Robert E. Stewart Patsy Smith W. W. Smith Zerlina Tollett Marvin Tollett Sudan Texas Tech Utter Fort Worth

British POWs Return From Korea Voice Red Line Critique

Twenty two British prisoners of war repatriated from Korea describe the conflict as stupid and useless. Trooper Arthur Surridge cites propa ganda lectures by Communists but questions the profit motive behind the war. Other veterans condemn American bombings and deny germ warfare charges while voicing disillusionment with the allied effort.

Lyneham England Korea Arthur Surridge 8Th Hussars United States Prat J. N. McNally Royal Ulster Rifles Surridge Britain Donald Large Gloucestershire Regiment

House Study Of Removal Of San Francisco Postoffice Murals

A House Public Works Committee hearing tackles Rep Scudder’s resolution to remove controversial Rincon Annex murals by Anton Refregier. The artist’s WPA work, criticized as propaganda and historically inaccurate, is described as cartoonish and insulting to California residents.

William L. Umstead Washington House San Francisco House Public Works Committee Rep Scudder Rincon Annex California Anton Refregier Works Project Administration

Son of Minnesota Governor Appointed at Texas Hospital

David Youngdahl 23 son of Judge Luther Youngdahl former Minnesota governor’s son named assistant administrator of Texas Conference Methodist Hospital at Texas Medical Center Houston. The appointment places him under the Texas hospital system and echoes his father’s judiciary career in Washington.

Houston Minnesota Texas Conference Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center David Youngdahl Luther Youngdahl Washington

Five Persons Including Family Of Four Killed In Plane Crash

Five people died when a small two seater plane clipped a tree top then exploded after takeoff from Lock Haven Municipal Airport. The victims include pilot Richard F. Smart 28 of Lock Haven, Don Larimer 26 of Pleasant Gap, his wife Genevieve 28, and their two children Barry 3 and Kem 18 months.

Lock Haven Richard F. Smart Don Larimer Pleasant Gap Larimer Genevieve Barry Kem

Udge Tables Fast Relief for Stomach Ulcer Pain

Advert says Udge Tables provide rapid relief from stomach ulcer pain indigestion gas and heartburn by cooling and coating the stomach lining with a protective film. Claims 253 million sold since 1928 and money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.

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