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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1953

Page

2

Lubbock Panhandle Fair boosters tour 41 towns on four trips

About 240 boosters and The Fair News staff contacted 100000 people across 41 South Plains and eastern New Mexico towns during four air conditioned bus tours September 15 17 22 and 24. The trips drew enthusiastic welcomes with stops from Slaton to Portales New Mexico. A RAFB musical unit backed the tours and Adair Music Co provided equipment.

Lubbock Fair Lubbock South Plains New Mexico Rey Somen Slaton Ihland Post Tahoka Wilson O Donnell Lamesa Seminole Seaec Oon Reese Air Force Base AIC Henry Russell Gary Garner Bert Needham Fenton Katz Gilbert Robbins Adair Music Co E. Y Gibbs

Lamesa Girl Scout Troop 3 Elects New Officers

In Lamesa on September 26 special report notes Troop 3 at Mrs. J Kilgore’s home elected Sissy Roger as president Gayle Kilgore as secretary and Pamala Price as treasurer Attending were Mitzi Green Louan Parks Janis Shepherd and Sandra Pratt Troop 11 planned a camp at Sweetwater for Oct 4 with leaders Mrs Buster Reed and Mrs John Palmore and many members.

Lamesa Buster Reed John Palmore Sylvia Reed Sunny Palmore Sue Vaughn Linda O'Neil Karen Campbell Karen Blair Mary Lee Taylor Joe Harris Sandra Kay Robinson Barbara Jo Harris Cartie Johnson

Medals To Be Awarded To Post School Students Put On Display

Eight medals and two statuettes will be awarded to outstanding Post High School students after the 1953 54 term. The statuettes honor valedictorian and salutatorian. Medals, awarded for the first time this term, recognize citizenship mathematics music English commercial subjects vocational agriculture science and home economics with one medal for each division.

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Lynn County approves budget and tax rate for 1954

Lynn County Commissioners Court approved the 1954 budget and tax rate. The tax rate remains $1.55, with the budget rising to $305,189.23 from $292,569.25, largely for road and bridge improvements and a $1,000 increase to the jury fund.

Lynn County Commissioners Court W. M. Mathis Tom Reid

Purge of East German Workers Reported by West Berlin Press

Western papers say about 1800 East Germans were handed to the Soviet supervised secret police after the June revolt. Reports also claim the USSR is reorganizing the secret police in Soviet Germany along MVD lines. Officials announce future censorship of incoming parcel post as a tightening of the food blockade.

Berlin West Berlin Germany MVD Russia Red Germany

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