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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1936
Page
2
Students will present a school play titled Fiesta featuring a market scene and a fiesta procession. The program includes guests of Dupre, a pictorial of Mexico, and scrapbooks showing Spanish lessons. Mrs. Harry Roberts will talk on Mexico’s early history next week.
Tech Y board outlines plans for the year at a meeting Monday. Members include Conner Riussen Bain and various officers and associates from the Tex Technet Lege scene. The session covers program aims, recruitment, and club activities for the coming months.
The report outlines a Saturday homecoming gathering with music and decoration details at the Tech campus. Names such as Jim Lind and Ned Brad appear among attendees while a large list of local residents and staff are noted for dates, roles, and affiliations.
A petition signed by 40 residents and property owners east of Avenue H and north of Tenth street seeks city action to locate maintain and operate street lights and markers in the northeast section. They cite a closed Sixth Street and railroad crossings with no lighting or markers, noting stalled cars and danger to life and property. W D Girand Jr delivered the petition to City Hall for presentation to the city commissioners.
The Merry Chatters Luncheon club meets Wednesday at 12 noon at the home of Mrs. Jack Griggs on 2006 Sixteenth Street. Miss Mary Hurts is among hosts at an open house given by the club of John Tarleton. Members are students of the college.
Dairy club members plan a Saturday alumni breakfast to honor former members. The event will feature remarks and a morning meal, with attendance encouraged from all former dairy club participants and local supporters.
Andrews reports Shafter Lake on the South Plains yields a clay mud used in oil well drilling. Four to five firms mine the mud along the lake banks and sell it to Permian basin drillers in West Texas and New Mexico. The clay stays moist, allows quick casing changes, and reportedly sells for a high price per ton.
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