Death and Funeral Notices from Blackburn and Area
Obituary notices report Flora Spreen 87 of 1823 Polk died recent. Mother of Cleo Floyd and grandmother of Deborah and Billy Floyd. Also Clifford Eugene Brown 50 of 316 Masters died Saturday, father of Donogene Kenneth Fred, son of Mrs. Brown. Grace Truman Mester, Nannie May Womack, Ruth Louise Beck burial at Memorial Park. E E Blackburn 77 of 607 N Tyler died Saturday. body shipped for burial. James Ronis B N 88 of Buren died Sunday. mother of Effie Anderson and Laconia Law. service Tuesday. Thomas B. Smith 55 of 1916 Polk died Saturday. husband of Bertha, service 4 PM Sunday at Memorial Chapel, burial Argonia Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spreen
Flora M. Spreen
Polk
Cleo Floyd
Deborah
Billy
Bill Floyd
Emma Meder
Memorial Park Metery
Clifford Eugene Brown
Donogene
Kenneth
Fred
Brown
Claude
Ernest
Bill
Hal
Grace Truman
Nannie May Womack
Ruth Louise Beck
Amarillo Church of Christ In
Blackburn
E. Blackburn
N. Tyler
Dave Blackburn
Elmo
Thomas Cotton Tate
Jim
M K. Elbert
Ben
Stella Allen
Labelle
Jame
Ronis
Buren
M. C
Obituaries and service notices for Rodriguez and Carlson families
Abert Rodriguez 26 of 1703 Arthur died Friday. Husband of Georgia and father of seven. Carlson H. G. Carlson 47 of 1013 West 13th died Sunday. Husband of Vera and father of Mrs. James H. Randall. Griggs to handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodriquez Abert Rodriguez
Arthur
Georgia
Carlson H. G. Carlson
W 13Th
Vera
James H. Randall
Oscar Carlson
Frank Roc
Wilbur
Floyd
Griggs
Renner Ida May 74 dies. services set in Grover Tex
Ida May Renner, 74, of 833 Louisiana, mother of Mrs. B F Gibbs and Elmer Lester Lee, 10 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren, died Friday. Service 2:30 PM Tuesday at Church of Christ in Grover, burial Hansford aeety. Clarence James White died Sunday. wife Zella, daughter Ernestine Blount of Dallas and Helen Jean Hale of Bor, mother Mrs. Mary White, sister Lester Rinefield. grandchildren Barbara Jean and Martha Blount Sue Ann Hale. Service tentatively set Ivy Chapel, Tuesday PM, Boxwell Bros. John Henry Quayle, 50, 1519 Fannin, husband of Goldie, father of Mrs. Ray Biggs, brother of Mrs. John mes and Arthur. service pending with Boxwell Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renner
Ida May Renner
Louisiana
B. F. Gibbs
Elmer Lester Lee
D. W
Church of Christ
Grover, Tex
Hansford Aeety Hite
Clarence James White
Zella
Ernestine Blount
Dallas
Helen Jean Hale
Borer
Mary White
Lester Rinefield
Alpha
Horace
George
Olin
R. B
Barbara Jean
Martha Blount
Sue Ann Hale
Ivy Chapel
Boxwell Bros
Quayle
John Henry Quayle
Fannin
Goldie
Ray Biggs
John Mes
Arthur
Boxwell Brothers
Ban gor & Aroostook Rail Line Linked To Potatoes
Portland Maine reported that the Ban gor and Aroostook railroad, an all Maine line, likely carries more potatoes than any other U.S. railroad. In the prior year 40 cents of the line’s revenue came from potato shipments, totaling 11,710,950 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
U.P
Bangor & Aroostook
H. G. Carlson Funeral Set
Last rites for H. G. Carlson aged 47 will be held tomorrow at 2 pm in the First Christian Church with burial in Llano Cemetery. Carlson, a Santa Fe locomotive engineer, was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot in an Amarillo apartment yesterday morning. Survivors include his wife Vera and a daughter, plus his parents, sister, brother, and step brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Carlson
First Christian Church
Llano
N. S. Griggs and Sons
Mr. Carlson
West Thirteenth
W. C. Garver
Mayden
Carlson
The
Santa Fe
Baptist Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Amarillo
Fremont
Neb
Vera Carlson
James H. Randall
Snow Traps Hundreds of Fishermen in California Mountains
Heavy weekend snows trapped hundreds of trout fishermen east of Fresno with 750 marooned at Huntington Lake and 100 cars still snowbound in Kings Canyon. Rescue crews delivered tow trucks, blankets, food, and medical aid as one life was reported lost when a boat capsized on Lake Bishop.
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Fresno
Cal
California
Huntington Lake
Sierra Nevada
Here
Fresno County
E. T. Scoven
Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Parks
Kings Canyon
Jerry Levine
San Diego
Lake Bishop
Southern California Edison Co
Big Creek
Three City Water Project Launched in Texas
Ground was broken yesterday by officials from Big Spring Odessa and Snyder for an 11 million dollar water project in southwest Scurry County. The dam will serve domestic water for Big Spring Odessa and Snyder as part of the Upper Colorado River Municipal Water District. Clearing began weeks ago and dam construction starts soon.
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Big Spring
Odessa
Snyder
Upper
Colorado River
Tainted Food Downs 39 at Church Meet
Sixty people attend a Texas Lutheran Augustana convention in Ericksdahl were struck ill by suspected food poisoning. Thirty nine were hospitalized in Stamford with twenty released after treatment, including Rev Carlson and several Houston Galveston and Stamford residents. A ham meal at Bethel Lutheran Church was blamed as the likely source.
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Ericksdahl
Tex
Texas
Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Church
Bethel Lutheran
Stamford
Here
Bricksdahl
Bethel Lutheran Church of
Hugo B. Haterius
Erick Forsell
Fort Worth
H. E. Olson
Carlson
Robert L. Ohls
Kenneth C. Larson
C. T. Nyberg
Houston
Christine Bergwall
John Hagland
W. A. Erickson
Galveston
J. A. Lundgren
R. C. Burleson
Okey Richards
Amarillo man Paul Maxwell killed in Santa Rita mine accident
Paul Edward Maxwell, 25, former Amarillo resident, died in a Kennecott Copper mines accident at Santa Rita NM when an electric train he operated jumped tracks. Survived by wife Faye Cole and two daughters. Burial in Amarillo to follow. funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Edward Maxwell
Amarillo
Kennecott
Santa Rita
S. M. Maxwell
Johnson
Faye Cole
Bagot Hardware Company
A G Rodriguez Funeral Held at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Albert G. Rodriguez 26 of 1703 Cleveland died Saturday from pistol wounds in St. Anthony's Hospital. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church officiated by Father A Rodriguez. Survivors include his wife Georgia five sons Fred Danny Albert Ray and B B Rodriguez two daughters Emma and Stella and three brothers Mack Enes and Henry of San Antonio. Burial followed at Llano Cemetery per N B Griggs and Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert G. Rodriguez
Cleveland
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Father A. Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Phipps Construction Company
Georgia
Fred K. Rodriguez
Danny Rodriguez
Albert Rodriguez, Jr
Ray Rodriguez
B. B. Rodriguez
Emma
Stella Rodriguez
Mack
Enes
Henry Rodriguez
San Antonio
Llano Cemetery
Griggs
Defends Policy In the Far East
Secretary of State Acheson told the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington that U S policy in Korea has shown successes and that victory hinges on sticking to the line. He warned that widening fighting in the Far East would shift responsibility to the Kremlin and its agents in Peiping, with Senator Taft to follow.
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Washington
Acheson
Korea
United States Chamber of Commerce
Far East
Kremlin
Peiping
Taft
Chinese Slaves Toil In Russian Mines
Lu Ching shih of the Free China Labor League says about half a million Chinese workers are enslaved in Russia and Soviet satellites, with another million on the Chinese mainland. Reports also claim Chinese laborers mine coal in Poland and uranium in Czechoslovakia, observed by refugees from Iron Curtain nations.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Free China Labor League
Russia
Lu Ching-shih
China
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Texas tavern operator charged in Iowan death
R G Vaughan 50, Cameron tavern keeper, released on 3000 bond after fatal shooting of Jack Parker 38, a Kelly Iowa resident at a GI auto mechanics school. Parker was killed in Vaughan s tavern after a taxi fare dispute Saturday midnight.
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Cameron, Tex
R. G. Vaughan
Jack Parker
Parker
Kelly
Iowa
Vaughan
Burglary suspect held in county jail for Carver Hall break in
An 18 year old Negro youth is being held for investigation in county jail in connection with the burglary of Carver Hall located at 107 North Hughes last Thursday night.
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Carver Hall
North Hughes
Parker Flees Prison Farm
Sugarland reports a 29-year-old convict E. C. Parker escaped the central prison farm after reportedly hiding in a vehicle that departed the facility. Parker, with a 17-year sentence for theft and sodomy from Amarillo Big Spring and Canyon, was convicted in 1947 and linked to Huntsville jailbreak charges adding two years.
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Sugarland
E. C. Parker
Central Prison
Parker
Amarillo
Big Spring
Canyon
Ernest Clouse Parker
Potter County
Tulsa
47Th District Court
FBI
Huntsville
Nab Abilene Man In Kidnap Case
Floyd Greenwood is charged with kidnapping after allegedly taking his 2 year old daughter from his ex wife an hour after their divorce. Police tracked him near San Angelo in a high speed chase, two shots were fired at his car. one hit the vehicle but missed the man and child.
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Abilene
Floyd Greenwood
Elwanda Greenwood
Greenwood
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Slaying case details emerge as suspect questioned
Miss Ruthe Hulen, 20, daughter of the slain woman and key figure, is questioned again as authorities outline that her father was not jailed in Austin. Sheriff Gaither indicates new timing certainty. The mother’s nude, hacked body was found when Ruthe returned to the Birmingham address after visiting her father at 309 North Lamar.
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Capital
Hulen
Austin
McLaughlin
Camp Mabry
State Department of Public Safety
Ruthe Hulen
Gaither
Miss Hulen
North Lamar
Birmingham
Housewives Defy Tax on Domestic Helpers in Marshall
In Marshall on April 30 a group of housewives openly refused to collect pay or report Social Security taxes for their domestic helpers. They warned of fines and imprisonment and argued the law makes them involuntary tax collectors and insurance sellers for the government. The action follows a lines of constitutional protest and claims no formal group or officers.
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Marshall
Abney
Rat Race Leaves 14 Without a Home in Richmond
In Richmond California on April 30 a four year old boy Denny Ray Washington followed his pet white rat into a clothes closet and lit a match too near cleaning fluid. The resulting fire destroyed the Washingtons two flat home and damaged another leaving fourteen people homeless.
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Richmond
Cal
Denny Ray Washington
Denny Ray
Washingtons
Temperature guidance for storing hatching eggs dates
The United States Department of Agriculture states that 50 degrees Fahrenheit is the optimal temperature for storing hatching eggs to maintain quality and viability.
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US Department of Agriculture
Trial on Bond and Burglary Charges Reported
He was out of jail on bond from the Montgomery Ward charges. In the second instance, he faced burglary charges for United Super Market in Childress.
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Montgomery Ward
United Super Market
Childress
Veal Conversion Impacts Beef Tonnage And Prices
Cattle growers face long term planning as calves 250 to 300 pounds will be veal fed to market. With grass or feed, same calves could reach 600 to 800 pounds, representing a sharp loss in beef tonnage. Credit tightening on beef production followed OPS order issued Saturday night, prompting concern over price changes. Taylor notes the industry’s need for stability amid regulatory shifts.
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Taylor
Cattlemen Oppose Price Stabilizer Order Over Beef Supply
Texas leaders warn price control will curb production and revive black markets. President Ray Willoughby of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association says the Saturday night order by Price Stabilizer Michael V DiSalle will discourage the industry, force small packers out, and push cattle to back street operators. He notes his group has 9,000 members across four states and would not join any producer strike. The old wartime lesson shows where control leads to black marketing.
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Texas
Ray Willoughby
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Willoughby
Michael V. DiSalle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Louisiana
San Angelo
OPA
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Shaw Funeral Directors
Buthker’s
Jefferson
Boston
Osgood Monument CO
Buchanan
Paul E. Maxwell
A. G. Rodriguez
Amarillo Retail Druggists Association
Amarillo College
Beery's Prescription Shop
Atkinson Drug CO
Polk St
West 1Th St
Brooks’ Drug Store
Cretney
Barfield
Castleberry Drug CO
Phos
Dickson Drug Store
FOX Drug Store
4Th and
Pierce Streets
Gholston Drug Store
Taylor Street
Herbert Drug Store
Herring
Herring Hotel
Kirk Drug Store
West 36Th Ave
Lincoln Drug Store
East 10Th Hone
Maxor Drug Store
8Th Phone
Nelson Drug Store
Wolle's Prescription Shop
N. Fillmore
Taylor's Pharmacy
West 15Th
Waller Diggs Drug NO
Carolina
Lewis Drug and Jewelry
River Road
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
N. E
Newton Drug
S & M Drug Store
North Fillmore
Seiwell Drug Store
Uncle Sam
Mrs. Abney
America
Internal Revenue Department
Canada
P.S
Canadian Government Travel Bureau
Ottawa
OLD Crow
Bond Case
James E. Pepper
Bond
Cascade
Walker
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