Inside indestructible character amid city squalor satire
The piece discusses a play's hopeful core amid vivid images of skyscrapers and ghetto life, arguing New York audiences may embrace its mix of humor and social critique. It notes Simon’s work as optimistic amid civilizational strain and suggests a cultural appetite for resilient human spirit. It also reports on two incumbents contesting re election in a school district race with Mayfield and Henson filing, and notes elections April 4 with absentee voting starting March 12.
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New York
Simon
H. H. Wright
Sherman Mayfield
Darrell Henson
Mrs Nick McBurnett Sr 82 Rockdale resident dies
McBurnett Mrs Nick McBurnett Sr 82 of Rockdale died Tuesday in a Rockdale hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 4 p m Thursday at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home chapel with Rev Norman Wilcoxen officiating. Burial was in IOOF Cemetery. Surviving are four sons two daughters three brothers and two sisters.
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Nick McBurnett Sr
Rockdale
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
Norman Wilcoxen
IOOF
Pas McBurnett
R. G. McBurnett
Enzil A. McBurnett
Corpus Christi
Nick McBurnett Jr
Houston
Wavy D. Charles
Buna M. McElroy
Ames Davis
Hosea Davis
San Antonio
Lindsey Davis
Hanford
Calif
Sabinal Woman and Oregon Woman Court Family Ties
Mrs Elmer Wooten of Sabinal and Mrs Ennis Harrison of Oregon, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren are referenced in a local family notice highlighting kinship and lineage.
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Elmer Wooten
Sabinal
Ennis Harrison
Oregon
Pauline Foster Stephens Rites Held in Waco
Pauline Foster Stephens longtime Waco resident died March 5 in Salt Lake City. She served the State Democratic Committee and was trustee of the Franklin Lindsey Education Foundation. Survived by son Col John Foster Stephens, sister Mrs E E Glenn, brothers Hubert N Foster and William M Foster Jr, Major Gen John H Foster, four grandchildren. Funeral 1 pm March 7 at St Pauls Episcopal Church Waco. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pauline Foster Stephens
Waco
Salt Lake City
Utah
Col
John Foster Stephens
U. S. Army
E. E. Glenn
San Antonio
Hubert N. Foster
Birmingham
Ala
William M. Foster Jr
John H. Foster
USAF
Stephens
John Henderson Sr
Cameron
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Obituary for Rogers Resident Underwood Rit Underwood
Rogers resident Underwood Rit Underwood 77 died Tuesday night in a Temple hospital after two years of failing health. He married Alma Morris in 1913. A Santa Fe Railway retiree, he belonged to First Baptist Church of Slaton. Funeral at 4 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Rogers with Rev. Ernest Deavers officiating. Burial Reed's Lake Cemetery. Survived by a son Billy R. Underwood, a brother W. E. Underwood, a sister Mrs. Harry Hieronymous, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Survivors also include widow Lynn Dinges Peck of Alexandria, daughter Mrs. Charles Hesson, two sons Dave and Scotty, and several other relatives.
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Rit Underwood
Rogers
Temple
Alma Morris
Underwood
Santa Fe Railway
First Baptist Church of
Slaton
First Baptist Church
Ernest Deavers
Killeen
Reed's
Lynn Dinges Peck
Alexandria
Charles Hesson
Watertown
Tenn
Dave
Scotty
Earl Peck Sr
Cameron
Bill Peck
Earl Gray
Bryan
Peck Funeral Service for Earl Peck Jr.
Funeral services for Earl Peck Jr. 52 of Alexandria Tennessee were held at 3 p.m. Sunday March 1 at Avante Funeral Home with burial at Hill View Cemetery. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the DeKalb County Board of Education.
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Earl Peck Jr
Alexandria
Tenn
Avante Funeral Home
Hill View Cemetery
Peck
DeKalb County
Funeral set for Joe Denton in North Hollywood
Denton Joe died March 3 during surgery in California. Survived by wife Roberta of New York City, daughter Audrey Lynn, son Andrew Morris, four brothers Kenneth Northridge John Dickinson Tere Ernest and Donald with the Navy, sister Joyce Whitworth Hawaiian Gardens, father Joe O. Denton Arkansas, mother Opal Herrington Cameron, grandparents Reverend Butterfield Cameron. Pending service at Laurel Veterans Memorial Cemetery West Los Angeles California.
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Joe Denton
North Hollywood
Calif
Laurel Veterans Memorial Cemetery
West Los Angeles
Joyce Whitworth
Hawaiian Gardens
Joe O. Denton
Arkansas
Opal Herrington
Cameron
Rev
Butterfield
Memorial service for Mrs June Schrank held in Temple
Mrs June Schrank 39 of 617 North sth Street Temple died Tuesday in Temple. Funeral service Thursday 1 30 p m at Green s Funeral Home chapel with Rev Ervie E Braun Lutheran minister officiating. Burial at Hope Lutheran Memorial Park Buckholts. Survived by husband Clayton Schrank Temple two daughters Theresa and Lavita Doss three sons Nolan Pat and Billy Lee Doss Rockdale and Clarence Schrank Temple mother Mrs Willie Ellis three brothers Ventura California one sister Mrs Elsie Roundtree Waco pallbearers Edward Fox Kenneth Arnold Leslie Massingale Aud Matthews Edwin Lehman R B Eickenhorst.
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June Schrank
North Sth Street
Temple
Chapel of Green
Ervie E. Braun
Hope Lutheran Memorial Park
Buckholts
Clayton Schrank
Theresa Doss
Lavita Doss
Nolan Pat
Aldridge Claude Aldridge R. Rockdale Man Dies in Texas
Claude Aldridge 59 of Rockdale died Tuesday in a San Antonio hospital after years of heart illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home chapel with Rev. David Mindel. Burial in IOOF Cemetery. Survived by his mother Mrs. Laura Aldridge of Rockdale, brother Clyde Aldridge of San Antonio, and sister Mrs. Maude Daniels of Laguna Niguel California.
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Claude Aldridge
Rockdale
San Antonio
Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home
David Mindel
IOOF
Laura Aldridge
Clyde Aldridge
Maude Daniels
Laguna Migue
Calif
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Willie Alexander
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Land O’ Lakes
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Emia
Sete
Eer
Roegel
CREST
Franks
Llewant
Kol
Sug
Ln Fenena
Savines and Loan Association
Texee Temple
Texas
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Aly
Denton
Schrank
Aldridge
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