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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1959
Page
2
A research team led by Miss Mabel Erwin plans an Oldtime Lubbock style show featuring members of historic families and local clubs. The event will involve classroom and museum exhibits, with costumes donated to the museum after the show for use in future cultural programs.
The article details a plan by the South Plains Aviation Club and local volunteers to recreate authentic period costumes using drawings and patterns from 1879 to 1909. It notes donor deadlines, contact numbers for memorial gifts, and mentions honored local families while listing example outfits and show plans for September.
A Columbia economist estimates a $100 yearly food budget per person citing the Stigler diet of 370 pounds of flour 57 cans of evaporated milk 11 pounds of cabbage 5 pounds of spinach and 28 pounds of navy beans. He adds total construction and maintenance outlays will reach about $74 billion this year with $52 billion for new build and $22 billion for upkeep.
Mrs. Wolfe and five to seven children retreat from Lewiston to a Salmon River cabin to live as pioneers. They study lessons at 8:30 daily while hunting for food, hoping to restore social ties yet plan eventually to rejoin public schooling. The family faces distance of 181 miles to Lewiston and sparse neighbors.
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