Soap Box Derby Show At Midway Theater Next Saturday
A community Soap Box Derby event is set for Saturday morning May 27 at 10 o clock at the Midway Theater 1808 Broadway. The program includes a viewing of the All-American Derby finals film from Akron Ohio and guidance on the Lubbock Derby on July 4 with prizes and sponsor reports.
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Lubbock
Avalanche J Nal
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Lubbock Exchange Club
Two Men Burned in Pecos Gas Tank Farm Explosion
On May 20 an explosion at a bottled gas tank farm one mile north of Pecos seriously burned Bud Hart, owner of a bottled gas transport truck, and lightly burned Ed Gattis, a Pecos truck driver. They were loading and unloading cylinders when the blast and fire started.
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Pecos
Bud Hart
Ed Gattis
Hart
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Local Briefs From Lubbock and Beyond In Brief
George Wolffarth to return home after two weeks as a patient at Lubbock Memorial Hospital with heart ailment improved. Moving pictures of babies to be shown at First Methodist Church chapel. Mrs. J P Giles visiting sister Mrs Clyde Beadles of Chicago who is seriously ill. another sister Miss Ann Kelly returned from Chicago. Rabbi Julius Kerman to speak at Lubbock Social Welfare luncheon on cooperatives in Israel at Hilton. reservations urged. Seaman apprentice Walter Neeley to arrive Newport RI after Mediterranean cruise aboard USS G K Mackenzie. Odd Fellows lodge to confer second degree on Esther Amburi at 1913 Ave E. meeting. Calvin C Hamilton of Littlefield bound for Seventh Fleet on USS Valley Forge with stops at Honolulu and Guam en route to Philippines. Robert J Smith Jr of Pioneer Air Lines to speak to American Business Club at Hilton. A Cape Town boy rescues a dog from an express train.
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Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Wolffarth
J. P. Giles
Twenth
Clyde Beadles
Chicago
Ann Kelly
1620 Ave. M
Beadles
Julius Kerman
Congregation Shaareth Israel
Lubbock Social Welfare Association
Hilton Hotel
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Israel
Walter T. Neeley
USN
Hale Center
Newport
R. I
Mediterranean
G. K. Mackenzie
Europe
Asia
Africa
Western Pacific
Seventh Fleet
Far East
Calvin C. Hamilton
Littlefield
Valley Forge
San Diego
Calif
Philippines
Honolulu
Guam
China
Japan
Shelton Announces Candidacy for District Attorney
Travis Shelton resigns as assistant county attorney effective June 1 to run for district attorney of the 72nd judicial district serving Lubbock Hockley Crosby and Cochran counties. He cites 13 months in the post and more than 100 criminal trials as basis to serve with cooperation from courts and law enforcement to fight crime.
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Lubbock
Hockley
Crosby
Cochran
Shelton
Mary
72Nd Judicial District
Lubbock County
Texas
Six Lubbock Men Licensed To Preach At Meeting
Six young men from Lubbock and one from Brownfield were licensed to preach at a quarterly meeting of the Lubbock district Methodist church in Brownfield. The group includes Wayne C. Mote of Brownfield Cecil Eugene Matthews Bobby Clarence Monk Mation Fisher Baumgardner James William Rodgers William Rollan Stephen Overton Methodist church and Horace Guene Sorley of St. Johns Methodist church.
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Brownfield
Methodist Church
Wayne C. Mote
Cecil Eugene Mathews
Bobby Clarence Monk
Tion Fisher Baumgardner
James William Rodgers
First Methodist Church
Lubboc
William Rollan Stephen
Overton
Radio serenade at 2 a.m. costs St Louis man $200
ST LOUIS May 20 UP His scheme G Elbrecht was fined $200 and given six months probation for disturbing the peace by blaring a radio at 2 a.m. from an open window facing neighbor Joseph Passiglia. He said he did it to get even after the dog barked continuously.
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ST. Louis
Herschel G. Elbrecht
Joseph Passiglia
Elbrecht
Passiglia
O Donnell Proclaims Clean Up Week
Mayor Jimmie Hash of O Donnell proclaims May 22 to 27 as Clean Up Week. He organizes a town wide blitz against trash urging every citizen to participate and improve the southern Lynn county town. Hash, a popular young leader, served three years in the U S Army in Europe and the Pacific.
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Shelton
Lynn County
8. L. Shelton
Tahoka
Wilson
Texas Tech
Tech
Armed Services
Pacific
Law
O'Donnell
Jimmie Hash
O’donnell
South Plains
Hash
U.S. Army
Savings Forecast If Price Props Ended
A Chicago industrialist predicts ending farm price supports would cut average American food and clothing costs by 15 percent, while a federal official warns such cuts would raise overall prices. Richard F. Uhlmann of Uhlmann Grain argues end of supports saves 7.3 billion dollars. Frank K. Woolley of the Commodity Credit Corporation cites lower retail costs without cotton price supports. Farmers want supports, spokesmen stated at a conference.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Chicago
Richard F. Uhlmann
Uhlmann Grain Company of
Uhlmann
Frank K. Woolley
Commodity Credit Corporatn
Suppor Bey
Birthday Surprise Party For Husband Spoiled By Druggist
Milwaukee story notes a secret birthday plan disrupted when a drug store worker delivered ice cream and cigarettes to the husband at the door. The tale centers on Richard Brown, who unknowingly revealed preparations for a birthday surprise in May 2007.
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Milwaukee
Richard Brown
President Prasad Calls for Large Honors Luncheon
Dr. Rave Prasad urges public to host large luncheon or dinner parties in his honor amid India's food show. The report notes policy context and price concerns from a University of Pennsylvania sponsored discussion on market protection and business viability.
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India
Rave Prasad
University of Pennsylvania
Brownfield Church Leaders Attend Northwest Texas Conference
Rev and Mrs Ho Thurston J L Newsom and Keith Purtell will represent the First Methodist church of Brownfield at the 41st session of the Methodist Northwest Texas conference opening at 10 a m Wednesday at the First Methodist church in Big Spring
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Ho Thurston
J. L. Newsom
Keith Purtell
First Methodist Church of
Methodist Northwest
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