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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1955

Page

2

Fred Gipson Addresses Library Group at Lubbock Event

Author Fred Gipson spoke to Teen-Age Librarians Assn members at Tom S. Lubbock High School about writing as drudgery and the link to real life. He described his novels Hound-Dog Man and The Trail Driving Rooster and noted his Los Angeles project to adapt a short story for television.

Fred Gipson True West Gipson Texas Grandma Reeves Mason Reader's Digest Corpus Christi San Angelo Paris Tex Denver, Colo Dist Vicki Bates Lamesa Junior High School Sandra Pratt Lamesa High School Sey

Fifty At Breakfast For Mrs Jessie Kelley Dies In Hub City

Mrs Jessie Maye Kelley 29 died at Methodist Hospital after being brought in by Rix ambulance. Funeral Monday at First Methodist Church with burial in Tech Memorial Park. She moved to Hub City 11 years ago from Iowa Park and was a Texas Tech graduate. The Kiwanis breakfast fundraiser reached $600 of a $1,000 goal for the Blind, with a sixth breakfast planned for Nov 19. Nigeria opened London offices to assist Nigerian students in England.

Jessie Kelley Rites Hub City Kiwanis Club Miller Hicks Jessie Maye Kelley 39Th St Methodist Hospital Rix Marie Shaw Lubbock Shaw Kelley First Methodist Church J. Chess Lovern Tech Memorial Park Rix Funeral Home Bill Barnett Bill Bates J. W. Duckworth Gene Gray Polk Robison Johnny Splawn Texas Tech Herman G. Mitchell Iowa Park Wichita Falls Billy Rex Kelley Green Bay Packers Graig Allison Jean Ann Harry L. Mitchell Robert L. Horton Abilene Neal McNabb Glen R. Miller Artis Sue Mitchell Sue Mitchell Amarillo

Civil dockets set for 72nd District Court October

Judge Victor H. Lindsey has scheduled at least 48 civil cases for hearing in the 72nd District Court through October. The docket will be called at 10 a.m. Monday with a 125-person jury panel ordered to report. Judge Lindsey will hear criminal Cochran County cases the week of October 24, with Judge Robert H. Dean presiding that week.

Victor H. Lindsey 72Nd District Emzy Pieratt Robert H. Dean 140Th District Lindsey Cochran County

Serving Children Better Theme For Teachers Conclave

The Texas Biennial Convention of ACEI International met in Amarillo with the theme Serving Children Better. Lubbock Branch members attended. workshop leaders included Mrs. Ruby Smith Bain and Mrs. Ellea Roberson. Keynote speakers were Dr. Helen Heffernan and Miss Frances Hamilton.

Texas The Assn Amarillo Jack Delaney Texas Tech Lubbock AEC Ruby Smith Bain Dallas Ellea Roberson McWhorter Helen Heffernan California State Department of Education Sacramento Frances Hamilton ACEI Washington, D. C Heffernan Amarillo High School Louise Orr Avondale Texas Assn Palo Duro Canyon Panhandle Plains Historical Museum

Air Conditioning Expected In Most U S Homes

Chicago report notes Edwin E. Hokin of Union Asbestos & Rubber Co says about 60 percent of American homes will have year around air conditioning within the next decade. A trend toward central air conditioning systems is evident.

Chicago Edwin E. Hokin Union Asbestos & Rubber Co

Higher ocean freight costs boost new air express service

A new air express service links coal and ore transportation and is boosting trade links between Bombay, India and London. The report notes higher ocean freight rates as a factor in shifting some shipments to air.

Air Express Japan Bombay India London

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Jackie Blair Tom S. Lubbock High School I. D. Walker R. W. Matthews Junior High School Monterey High School Carl Bailey Don Young Tulsa High School Lana Kay Smallin J. T. Hutchinson Junior High Billie Jackson Levelland High School Paula Brownd Plainview High School Nancy Rochelle R. T. Groves Waco Librarians’ Association Peggy Farrand Spears Chiropractic Sanitarium and Hospital Denver Colo Nigeria England FU Ati O. L. Slaton U. S Tings Ewelers Adile Broadway Lubbork, Texas T.M. Reg U.S. Pat Sleeprite Word Furniture Mart Broadway Lubbock, Texas
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