County Commissioners Approve Purchases and Contracts
Lubbock County Commissioners Court approved buying two typewriters for the tax office and a one year supply of anti-freeze from Red Barn Chemicals. They also moved eight time deposit transactions, approved a public weigher bond, a county telephone intercom system, a farm market road project, two gas pipeline crossings, and a used elevator grader purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Irish
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County Commissioners Court
Hester
McGlain Office Supply Co
Lubbock Printing Co
Baker Co
Red Barn Chemicals of
Siaton
Quicksall- Pryor
McLain Oil Co
Gulf Oil Co
Slstz
Continental Oil Co
General Fund
Jury Fund
Road and Bridge Fund
Billjr “Rutcher
Southwest
Om Bell Telephone Co
Texas Highway Department
Hockley
Shallowater
Highway Department
Commissioner Province
HH. Austin
Lester Baccus
F.M. 400
Underwood Service Co
N. J. Babnett
98Th St
College Ave
Alton Brazel
Precinct 4
All Texas Air Tour to Visit Lamesa Today
The 13th annual All Texas Air Tour arrives in Lamesa at 10 45 a m with about 50 planes and 125 persons aboard. Aviation committee of the Chamber of Commerce hosts with Ben Allen airport board chairman. Welcoming dignitaries include Mayor Guy Weekes and City Manager C A Taylor. The group will fly from Carlsbad New Mexico to Littlefield and Plainview, ending Oct 17 in Austin.
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Aviation Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Wright G. Boyd
Airport Board
Ben Allen
Commissioner’s Court
R.F. Spraber
Guy Weekes
Junior League Sets Lectures on Social Causes
A fragmented notice describes lectures by the Lalbbeck Junior League and their guests focusing on social reform and freedoms. It mentions a Fire Prevention Day observed earlier in 1911 with President Warren G. Harding proclaimed the first such day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren G. Harding
Fruitful Talks Hinted Not Found in Berlin Negotiations
Analysis notes no fruitful basis for Big Four talks on Berlin as U S and Soviet leaders push for pragmatic steps. Rusk Kennedy calls for cautious moves while Soviet demands threaten to stall talks. Western allies seek to avoid war and pursue integrated NATO defense while pressuring on Berlin.
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Berlin
J. M. Roberts
Associated Press
London
Treaty Organization
Defense
Kennedy
West Berlin
West
USS
Canadians greet movie makers in Quebec celebration
Four thousand jubilant French Canadians welcomed the arrival of Walt Disney's film crew near a Quebec town. The crowd joined in polkas and danced as the crew's “Big Century” project was introduced, marking a festive greeting to the movie makers.
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Quebec
Canada
Here
Walt Disney
Hardin-Simmons University freshmen elect leadership slate
Hardin-Simmons University elected Charles T. Merritt of Helmleigh as freshman class president in a runoff. John P. Clayton of Tulia was named vice president, Jeannie Mallow of Plainview secretary, and Jeanne Jackson of Hobbs women’s social chairman. Cheerleader Mertie Lewis also elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Merrit
Herm
Leigh
Hardin-Simmons University
Fridday
John P. Clayton
Tulsa
Jeannie Mallow
Plainview
Jeanne Jackson
Hobbs
N. M
Mertie Lewis
Lockney
Merritt
Cone J
Plainview High School
Miss Jackson
Roy E. Jackson
Breckon
Hobbs High School
Bus veers into canal kills 24 agricultural workers near Cairo
Twenty four agricultural workers died when a bus veered into a canal about 60 miles north of Cairo, according to Al Ahram. The accident underscores transport safety concerns in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
al- Ahram
Plainview High School Plans Fourth Homecoming
Plainview High School schedules the fourth annual homecoming for October 28. A planning committee of class secretaries organized activities including a 2:30 p.m. registration and a 5 p.m. banquet at Estacado Junior High cafetorium before the 7:30 p.m. kickoff with Plainview versus Tom St. Lubbock. Ex-Student Assn. president Roy Daffern notes school classrooms will stay open for class gatherings and banquet tickets cost $1.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Plainview High School
Ancient Egypt Decorated Tombs With Party Scenes
In a belief the sun would endure, Egyptian tombs featured joyful banquets and scenes of revelry. The decorations reveal how pleasure and festivities were valued in mortality and the afterlife.
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Egypt
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Home Indemnity Co
New York
L. L. Glazener
Plains
Cotton Compress Assn
Tauffalo Lakes
Lamesa
Texas
Sepia
Sean Iatsonal
Siethern Fund
Bork
MLS. Tech
Tate
DeWitts
PPA
Clvic
Helen
Jenne
Karen Chalmers
Rexicense
EH Pearen
Tor Busnen
Lalbbeck
Baesque
Bach
Bate
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Plitowu
Florida
Atlntic
Plateau
Fae
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Genecke
United States
Britain
Hardin-Simmons
Plainview States
Gwlesons Honey
Gulistan
Lubbock
19Th St
9Th and
Texas Avenue
America
Lubbock Auto CO. Inc
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