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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1955

Page

8

Texas Social Welfare Assn Confab Sets Full Day Meet

The third annual Region 18 conference of the Texas Social Welfare Association meets at First Methodist Church in Lubbock with 200 attendees from 22 West Texas counties. Theme Social Problems In Our Changing World includes seminars on segregation and health education with leaders from Lubbock and Austin. An opening program features Rabbi Adolph Philipps, Rev. Robert Tate Jr., and Dr. Esther Snell.

The Texas Social Welfare Assn First Methodist Church West Texas Texas At & Church E&.m Adolph Philippsborn Congregation Shaareth Israel Ervin Fisher Bie Spring Area Welfare Assn Bass Roy Bass Lubbock Nat Williams R. A. Pillow A. W. Paulson Fisher Social Welfare Robert S. Tate Jr San Antonio Tate J. Chess Levern Esther E. Snell Lubbock Cerebral Palsy Center TSWA Jerry Chapman John White Lubbock Children’s Home Waggoner Carr

Girl Scout Troop Formed At Anton

Anton Sept. 10 Special A new troop of Intermediate Girl Scouts organized under Mrs Koh R Biffle with assistants Mrs Lynn Williams and Mrs Wyatt Batson The Anton Study Club sponsors the troop Members of the troop committee include Mesdames V L Bridges Nelson Stark Douglas Teague L E Haenel and Miss Sharon Cox Officers elected for the year are Janice Ha nel president Brenda Biffle vice president Delores Batson secretary Linda Mott treasurer La Jean Reed reporter Carolyn Lair Bonnie Williams team captains Kay Biffle and Shirley Bullard game leader Meetings are held each Thursday after school in the American Legion hall.

Delores Batson Linda Mott La-Jean Reed Carolyn Lair Bonnie Williams Kay Biffle Shirley Bullard American Legion Hall

Potomac River Pollution Question Stirs Chemist Answer

Washington report notes a chemist working on Potomac cleanup as saying the best solution is to stop dumping waste into the river. He stresses changing behavior over new methods to curb pollution.

Washington Potomac River

New Liquid Kills Roaches and Ants

Scientists recommend controlling crawling insects with Johnston's NO-RDACH a colorless odorless coating that kills roaches and ants and lasts for months. It is applied without moving dishes or pans and is marketed by Hemphill-Wells on the second floor with price points for pt 89c and qt 2.98.

Johnston

City to Hold Annual Barbecue and Commission Meeting

The City of Lubbock schedules a 6:30 p.m. Monday meeting at Mackenzie Park Terrace with mayor and City Commission in attendance. Invitations have been mailed to over 250 board and commission members, and a city tour will precede the session, departing at 4:30 p.m. by air conditioned buses for a two hour circuit through key city sites. Mayor Murrell Tripp will preside.

Mackenzie Park Terrace 4Th St Ave. H Amarillo Hwy 19Th St City Library College Ave 6Th St Texas Tech Auditorium Coliseum Auditorium- Coliseum Tech Slide Rd 34Th St Indiana Gardens Monterey High School 50Th St 46Th St

Era recalled as a wage earner's lost renition tale

A cryptic note recalls a era when real money mattered to workers. It hints that Job never fully embraced the wage earner role and kept a key link to his automobile, implying a shift in economic status and identity.

Veterans urged to bring extra funds for initial Korean GI Bill delay

The Veterans Administration advised Korean GI Bill enrollees to have enough personal funds to cover two months of training. Initial monthly allowances arrive after the end of each month of study, with checks issued about 20 days after certification. Rates are $110 for no dependents, $135 for one, and $160 for multiple dependents.

Veterans Administration

Vietnamese Officers Complete Leadership School Class

The first class of 250 South Vietnamese army officers has finished training at a leadership school run by U S officers under the military aid program. Most graduates will become instructors in South Vietnam's army.

Saigon South Viet Nam U. S

Merits and Local Notices From West Texas Summer Term Honor Roll

Joe Verl Pettiet of Shallowater, a College of Agriculture junior at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville, made the summer term honor roll among 12 students. The Lubbock County Farm Bureau will host a family night at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with barbecue at Plains Coop Oil Mill, R. A. Boyd presiding. Lon C. Ingram a Corsicana state highway engineer and former Lubbock resident is in critical condition after a gunshot wound to the right temple. he served as Lubbock highway engineer from 1930 to 1938. Relatives lack details on the shooting.

Joe Verl Pettiet Shallowater College of Agriculture University of Arkansas Lubbock County Farm Bureau Plains Coop Oil Mill R. A. Boyd Lon C. Ingram Corsicana Lubbock Ingram

Old Dobbin and the buggy driver’s breath test remark

A compact quip notes that old Dobbin had faults yet the buggy driver was never given a breath test, implying lax enforcement or humorous irony about driving behavior.

Dobbin

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Texas Social Welfare Assoc Johnnie Weaver J. J. Brown Austin John Hutton District Office Social Security Administration T. PD. O'Brien Big Spring Russell Denison Lubbock Federation of Church Women Robert Hall Association Salvation Army Viola C. Stoughton Lubbock Veterans Administration Frances Cranfill John Jordan Lubbock Sal Vation Army Harry Sharp Anton Arena Brady Lowe Lubbock Savings & Loan Avenue Q Rodrick L. Shaw and Ralph S. Daniel Great Plains Shaw and Daniel Attorneys At Law Porter Lee Complete Optical Service Broadway Lee Optical Core Lee Pi Zazen
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