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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1961
Page
6
Seep fly Bacardi makes more at drinks than any other liquor. Daiquiri Bacardi Cocktail Collins Old Fashioned Sour Highballs On The Rocks etc. Keep Bacardi handy to please yourself and charm your guests. Bacardi Imports Inc New York. Rum 80 proof.
Junior officers include Rex Nolen as president Billy Lawson as vice president Jane Shipley as secretary Maxie Aldridge as reporter Jim Anderson heads the freshman class Reinhard McKinney is secretary treasurer John Young is vice president and Julie Ryan reporter Neiman Marcus Texas store unveils a new gimmick box lunches sent to fitting rooms for shoppers.
Duane Howell reports Plains farming nemesis Hanetan to attend Milking Shorthorn events at Panhandle South Plains Fair. Cobbs of Plainview dominate Milking Shorthorn shows with grand and reserve championships before dispersal. Noel, starting with three cows, acquires Cobbs Dew Drop for a strong debut. Seed distributors converge in Lubbock for Paymaster Seed Farms conference highlighting new hybrid planting seeds and two cotton varieties for 1962. Hog sale planned at Lamesa by Griffin Hog Farm featuring multiple breeds and a 12:30 p.m. start. Cotton quality shows high white fiber percentages and favorable staple lengths across Brownfield, Lamesa, and Lubbock classings with micronaire readings strong in most lots.
The improved 19th Street from College Arena west to Brownfield Highway is now completed. Oscar L. Crain, district engineer, notes a divided roadway with three lanes each way, plus acceleration and deceleration lanes and a two way local traffic service lane. Public cooperation during construction is acknowledged and special thanks given to the Lubbock police for traffic handling. Madrid plans urbanization of Spain's San Juan de la Playa.
Rep Jim Wright of Fort Worth will headline a field day at the High Plains Research Foundation tonight. The program ends after a 5 30 p m barbecue, with Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White also presenting. Guided tours of the 320 acre research farm run 130 to 530 p m to showcase flame cultivation plant breeding and other ag displays. The event emphasizes soil and water conservation and improved rainfall and irrigation use drawing visitors from the area.
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