Serving the High Plains
February 1955
• Yucca staff took a field trip to the Princess Theater. The projection room of the theater was the object of a field trip taken by the staff in order to see how the movie programs are operated.
After an interesting explanation was conducted by E.F. Ayers and D.B. Majors, projector operators, the students reluctantly left the show. Ray Paulson, sponsor, treated all the staff members to a malt at the Crescent Creamery before returning to school.
• William Gaskins was named president of the Citizens Bank by the bank's directors replacing the late J. Herman Askins. H. W. Ingram, a vice president, was elected chairman of the board Rosalie Gaskins was named cashier, succeeding her husband.
Gordon Fulkerson is assistant cashier, Steiner Mason continues to serve as a vice president.
• On sale at Cooper's Market: bacon, 45 cents a pound; picnic hams, 39 cents a pound; arm roast, 49 cents a pound; flour, 50 pound bag, $3.29; T-bone steaks, 69 cents a pound.