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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1963
Page
3
A giant kickoff rally is planned Tuesday at Lubbesk Municipal Coliseum to launch a citywide drive for SHINO to support health welfare and youth agencies. M G O Neil of General Tire will speak as civic clubs pause regular meetings to join the effort. Tickets will be sold at the rally and proceeds fund local community programs.
Miss Evelyn Oppenheimer will launch the city history reference book Challenge in a Monday night review at 8 p.m. in the West Texas Museum auditorium on the Texas Tech campus. An autographing party and reception follow in the downrotunda. About 1,000 invitations were sent to museum members and distinguished guests, including nine Tech professors who coauthored the book. The volume, priced at 10, covers Lubbock’s early history, growth, and culture with contributions and context from local officials, librarians, and civic leaders.
A 1963 buffalo hunting party from Lubbock traveled by jeep to the McNabb Ranch 30 miles southwest of Lubbock. After hours of waiting, a shooter finally dropped a large buffalo bull with a shot between the eyes. The group needed a block and tackle and a winch to move the carcasses from the hill.
A History of Lubbock from the West Texas Museum Assn edited by Dr. Lawrence L. Graves, with nine contributors, is on sale for $10. The volume covers founding, settlement, government, economy, religion, and culture, highlighting the cooperative spirit and merger of Old Lubbock and Monterey to form the modern city. Authors include Dr. W. C. Holden and Dr. Seymour V. Connor, among others, as the work traces Lubbock’s evolution through 15 chapters.
An advertisement promotes a one application Perma Fit plastic reline for dentures claiming better fit and comfort. It targets both upper and lower dentures, priced at $1.00 per reline, with complete satisfaction or money back guaranteed.
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