Preston E Gill of Lubbock Dies
Preston Edwin Gill, 30, of Lubbock, died this morning at 2 40 in US Veterans Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He operated a retail ice cream business and was a World War II Army veteran. Born Oct 10 1920 in Greca Tex he attended Groom High School. Survived by wife Margaret a daughter Martha Kay his mother Mrs Bess Gill of Amarillo a sister Mrs Fred Krill and brother Raymond Gill of Amarillo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
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Preston Edwin Gill
Lubbock
US Veterans Hospital
Gill
Mr. Gill
Greca
Tex
Groom
Baptist Church
Margaret Gill
Mrs. Georgia Reynold Rites at Blackburn-Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Beulah Reynold age 60 wife of W J Reynold will be held at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon in the Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel with Arthur L Golden officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. She died yesterday afternoon at 2 30 at the family home 2119 Buchanan. She was a Baptist. Survivors include her husband three daughters Mrs D Sexton Forks Wash Mrs R D McClelland and Mrs W O Allen Amarillo her father G E Lingo Groom and a sister Mrs W E Jarvis Pampa plus mine grandchildren.
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Georgia Beulah Reynold
W. J. Reynold
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Arthur L. Golden
Eastside
Church of Christ
Llano Cemetery
D. Sexton
Forks
Wash
R. D. McClelland
W. O. Allen
Amarillo
G. E. Lingo
Groom
W. E. Jarvis
Pampa
Assault charge against Kelley filed in county office
A charge of aggravated assault was filed this morning against Elvin E. Kelley of Tucumcari New Mexico. Kelley a construction worker at the Pantex AEC plant was charged in connection with an alleged offense against 37 year old Mrs Veo Penteria of Floydada. The offense allegedly occurred in the 600 block on North Grand last night while Kelley was taking Mrs Penteria home from a night club.
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Elvin E. Kelley
Tucumcari
Kelley
Pantex Aec
Veo Penteria
Floydada
North Grand
Night Blooming Cereus Shows Off Four Blooms
Robert A. Cooper reported a night blooming cereus with four blossoms Monday evening. The plant belongs to Mrs. Billa Moore. Cooper noted this bloom count nears a record, as he has not heard of cereus with more than five blooms. Tropical by nature, the plants must be grown indoors in this area.
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Robert A. Cooper
Pierce
Billa Moore
Jackson
Cooper
Darrell Gauts Visit Families
Reverend Gaut and his wife visit his parents at 1919 Tyler and her parents at 4124 Parker. He is a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and pastor of the First Baptist Church in Vaughan.
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Darrell Gaut
Royce Gaut
Tyler
C. W. Guthridge
Parker
Gaut
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
Vaughan
Cathedral of the Pines Hosts Seasonal Services Near Rindge NH
The Cathedral of the Pines an outdoor sanctuary near Rindge New Hampshire welcomes visitors from many states and nations. During a recent East trip Mr and Mrs J H Askew and family toured the site noting weekly services led by visiting pastors and choirs. The stone pulpit sunken organ and baptismal font frame sermons reflecting the sanctum’s open to all faiths dedication by Douglas and Sybil Sloane in memory of Sanderson Sloane World War II. Organ recitals occur in summer with winter use limited to shelter. The bier and cross memorials include stones from 48 states and around the world. A Lone Star stone from Texas was provided by the Texas Society in Austin.
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Denver
Rock
Lone Star State
The
Texas Society
Austin
Primrose Party Planned Aug 3 for Amarillo seniors
Amarillo residents aged 70 and older will gather at Ellwood Park on Friday August 3 for the annual Primrose Party sponsored by the Amarillo Council of Church Women. A special program includes prizes and favors. Planning chair is Mrs Howard Robbins with a large volunteer group coordinating invitations transportation program publicity prizes favors refreshments and park arrangements.
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Primrose
Amarillo
Ellwood Park
W. M. Burke
Ralph Bristol
Tom Boyd
Spencer Baird
Harry Holland
George Erlandson
R. B. Wingate
Otto Landis
Officer pleads not guilty to drunk driving case
James Elbert Richards of Amarillo Air Force Base was released on recognizance in Potter County Court after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated. The bond is returnable August 7. The charge stems from a minor crash on North East Eighth early Sunday, with a female passenger hospitalized for observation.
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James Elbert Richards
Amarillo Air Force Base
Potter County
Richards
North East Eighth
Plainview Youth Fined for Liquor Violation
Pablo Silvas a 19 year old of Plainview was fined 200 dollars and costs in Randall Court after pleading guilty to transporting beer in a dry area. He was arrested Saturday afternoon on Canyon Highway when officers found 600 bottles of beer in his car.
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Pablo Silvas
Plainview
Randall Court
Silvas
Canyon Highway
Amarillo Visitors Routed Through West After Floods
Kansas floods sent Cincinnati visitors to Amarillo on an unexpected western route. Mrs. W. H. Wireman and daughter Mrs. Miles Lipscomb plus grandchildren were sent from Chicago to Amarillo via Denver. They are guests of D. M. Wireman and wife at their ranch east of town.
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Kansas
Amarillo
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. H. Wireman
Miles Lipscomb
Chicago
Denver
D. M. Wireman
Town
Lipscomb
Irish builder's sand pie idea spawns fast house method
Watching children making sand pies, an Irish builder devised a quick simple process for building houses now widely used in Great Britain, Belfast reports.
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Great Britain
Belfast
German centenarian learns she long celebrated wrong birthday
Marie Schuet of Oberndorf Germany recently turned 101 but discovered she was born two days earlier than she believed and had celebrated the wrong birthday for a century. The finding shifts her official birth date and honors.
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Marie Schuet
Oberndorf
Germany
Walther Stagg HQ to shift from Los Alamos to Albuquerque
The Pantex AEC Plant headquarters will move to Albuquerque Oct 19, transferring about 300 positions with a $1.5 million annual payroll. Santa Fe Operations will vacate Los Alamos for East Gibson Avenue, with the finance division first moving Aug 29 and various divisions following through Oct 18. The move changes headquarters responsibility but not the Pantex organization.
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Walter Stagg
Pantex Aec
Los Alamos
Albuquerque
Santa Fe Operations
AEC
East Gibson Avenue
Sandia Laboratory
Office of Engineering and Construction
Stagg
Information
Office of Security
Stage
Pantex
Bubba Church Earned Nickname From Baby Sister’s Speech
Phillies pitcher Bubba Church, a right hander, acquired his nickname due to his baby sister’s inability to say brother. The anecdote highlights a family-origin backstory tied to early career lore.
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Bubba Church
The
Phillies
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Atkinson Drug CO
Polk &T
Brooks’ Drug Store
Polk St
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Herbert Drug Store
Dickson Drug Store
Kirk DR
West 36Th Ave
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Volle
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Carolina
Lewis
River
Prescription Laboratory
Polk Street
Ratliff Drug CO
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S & H Drug
N. BE
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S & M Drug Store
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