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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1968

Page

11

Tech Theater and Orchestra Present Puccini One-Act Operas

Tech Music Theater and Tech Chamber Orchestra staged two Puccini one acts The Cloak and Gianni Schicchi at the Municipal Auditorium Friday night about 500 attended The production credits go to Charles Lawrie with Joanna Lawrie costuming Paul Ellsworth conducting and a strong supporting cast The English translations aid dialogue but mute some musical themes creating mixed audibility for student voices

Jack Sheridan Avalanche-Journal Tech Music Theater The Tech Chamber Orchestra Hooqq’y UT Tysayog JuuLjy Municipal Auditorium Texas Tech Charles Lawrie Lawrie Joanna Lawrie Schicchi Paul Ellsworth Tech Symphony Robert Collett Lynda Sudduth Charlie Helmer Carolyn Fincher Gerre Joiner Johnny Wilson Sandra Degge Diane Ramsey Becky McCarty Judy Crow John Gibson Jerry Neuenschwander Gianni Schicchi Florentine Dick Phillips Dana Gibson Pablo Pedraza Ellen Fuller Zita Joseph Dennis Simone

Desert Water Boom Plan Aims for Canadian Supply to 17 States

Canada’s Liard-McKensie basin could supply up to 58 trillion gallons annually, says Lewis Smith. His $75 billion plan would route water from Centennial Valley Montana through a Rocky Mountain aqueduct, feeding High Plains and southern states including Texas via the Rio Grande, with oil shale development funding part of the financing.

Austin South- West Arctic Ocean Texas Water Development Board Liard-McKensie Canada Lewis Smith Smith Bureau of Reclamation United States Centennial Valley Rocky Mountains Colorado High Plains Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico Texas Panhandle West Texas Rio Grande Wyoming

Mrs Campbell Funeral Planned in Matador

Mrs. R E Campbell Sr 80 resident of Matador for 30 years will be laid to rest at 2 p m today at First Baptist Church Matador with Rev Gene Hawkins officiating Burial will follow at East Mound Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home direction She was a Knoxville Tenn native and survived by her husband two sons a brother a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren

Matador R. E. Campbell First Baptist Church Forrest R. E. Jr H. C. Carl Tolar Tex Sterling Price Concord Calif

William Jones Rites Planned

Services for William B. Jones Jr. 47 who died in a three car crash near Anton at 8 am Thursday are set for 3 pm today at Sudan Church of Christ. Officiating will be Willard Cox. Burial will be in Sudan Cemetery. Jones was a farmer, World War II veteran, and longtime Sudan resident. Survivors include his wife Verna Lee two sons Clinton and Michael a daughter Susan his mother Mrs W B Jones Sr a brother H A and two sisters Floella Baccus and Dorothy. Pallbearers are Calvin Wiseman Bill Boyles Eddy Boyles J C Doty Leon Hardwick and Ralph May.

Sudan William B. Jones Jr Anton

Touring Crane Killed In Crash

A young female whooping crane migrating from Texas to Canada apparently died in Kansas when it struck a power line. An autopsy revealed multiple fractures including skull and neck injuries. There was no gunshot evidence. The bird was found April 15 near Dorrance, Kansas.

Washington UPI Texas Wood Buffalo National Park Canada Kansas Interior Department Dorrance Kan

Obstacles and Faith by Julien C Hyer

A devotional reflection on how visible obstacles frighten and block our path yet can be overcome by faith. The piece cites Isaiah 8 14 and warns against fear driven by doubt and imagined threats while urging steadfast trust to reach goals.

Texas campus police academy urged to rival UT

A Texas Liquor Control Board lawyer urged lawmakers to create a police academy as large and well funded as the University of Texas. He argued campus officers need broader powers and training to handle student misconduct and campus protests.

Jack Keever Austin Texas’ Liquor Control Board University of Texas Bill Daniels Texas Tech Houston Paul Floyd Daniel Floyd Daniels James Slider Naples Tech Lynwood Elliott Liquor Control Board Elliott Department of Public Safety

Judge rules peyote use in Native rites constitutional

Dist. Judge E James Kazen freed David Clark and found Article 726-D unconstitutional as applied to peyotism in the Native American Church of North America. The ruling says peyote in good faith religious practice is protected and Clark is not guilty. The judge noted peyote is classified as a dangerous drug but not narcotic and not harmful to users.

Texas Atty Sam Houston Clinton Jr The American Civil Liberties ‘Union Karen

Judson W. Jones Funeral Planned in Lockney

Judson W Jones 89 died Friday after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carter Funeral Home Lockney. He was a retired farmer and longtime resident since 1943. Survivors include five sons four daughters four sisters twenty seven grandchildren and thirty seven great grandchildren.

Lockney Judson W Jones Carter Funeral Home Jones W. W. Jones Lufkin Joe B Jake Kress R. M Lubbock Ralph Silver City N. M Clyde Wyegal Wolfforth Homer Sheats Ve. Oq, Crawford Muleshoe RK. L. Crawford Ralls Roy McCubbin Duncan Okla

Japanese tax bureau uncovers 110 evasion cases

The Tokyo tax bureau reports 110 cases of evading 1967 taxes. The article notes the total unreported amount exceeds $18, with a mention of John Keats and his epitaph line about water writing a name.

John Keats

Museum guide outlines threefold museum role

The guide states a museum should be an archive to collect and preserve past objects, a research center to study their history, and an educator to interpret them. It argues displays, classes, and seminars enhance knowledge and offer aesthetic delight as secondary services.

Museum director outlines roles and limits for community heritage

The speaker described a museum as a living entity guided by community needs, with a director and staff as its backbone and a perceptive board setting goals within clear limits. New executive committee members and trustees were named, with officers to assume duties in September.

Lubbock J. J. Willingham Clem Beverie F. William Holder Jr William C. Clark Charles Maedgen James Baker Frank:Chappell Jr Coffee Conner Christine DeWitt Richard Dickey Harold Hinn John Lott Reginald Martin L. G. Pierce Jr Barney Pyle House

Henry Driver Rites Arranged in Lubbock

Henry Lee Driver 69 of 1508 21st St died at 6 55 a m Friday at Methodist Hospital. Services set for 2 p m today at Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers with George W Ivy pastor of First Street and Avenue O Church of God officiating. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park under Resthaven Funeral Home. A retired furniture salesman he came to Lubbock in 1944 born in Aurora Arkansas later moved to Huntsville Arkansas. Jennie daughter Mrs M C Pool of 4730 31st St and three pallbearers A F Cannon Tom Moore E R McGee Joe B Pate Elmer Grinstead Leonard McCarty.

Henry Lee Driver 21St St Methodist Hospital Ini Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers George W. Ivy 1St Street Avenue O Church of ‘God Resthaven Memorial Park Resthaven Funeral Home Driver Lubbock Aurora Ark Huntsville Jennie M. C. Pool 31St St Tom Moore E. R. McGee Joe B. Pate Elmer Grinstead Leonard McCarty

Dallas Educator To Speak Here

A three day Missionary Conference at Grace Chapel 4501 University Ave continues with Dr George Peters professor of world missions at Dallas Theological Seminary as main speaker He will address services at 7 p m today and 10 40 a m and 7 p m Sunday Reports by missionaries serving in the United States and abroad will be given at a 2 30 p m today Discussion of What Wilt Thou Have Me Do will be led by conference participants Sessions for adult college junior high and beginner groups begin at 9 30 a m Sunday The Lord's Supper opens at 6 p m

Grace Chapel University Ave George Peters Dallas Theological Seminary United States Peters

Meddie Gray’s Funeral Today

Meddie Thomas Gray 70 of 9214 36th St died 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Funeral 1 p.m. today at First Christian Church with Dr. Dudley Strain officiating. graveside 5:30 p.m. today at Foard County Cemetery, Crowell. Survivors include wife Lucy, three sons and two daughters, plus five sisters, five brothers, and 16 grandchildren.

Meddie Thomas Gray 36Th St Lubbock Methodist Hospital First Christian Church Dudley Strain Nastor Foard County Crowell Rix Gray Lucy Johnnie Ray. Gray Alaudia Fla Jerry Gray Westminster Calif Roy Gray 31St St John W. Graham 32Nd St Eldon Crownover Chillicothe Homer Martin Gillland Lester Statser Espanola N. M Litlie Grimes Tulsa May Hubbard Hereford Bob Jones Biz Spring Jim Gray Amarillo Jiggs Gray Seattle Wash Fart Gray Emery Gray Rufus T. Gray Eastland

Hubert Price Funeral Services Today

Hubert H Price 82 of 2119 Matin St dies after a three week illness in Highland Hospital Funeral services set for 4 pm in Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church burial in Resthaven Cemetery directed by Sanders Funeral Home He was a retired United Fidelity Life Insurance agent and longtime First Methodist member Survivors include wife Tagg son Howard A daughter Verlon Bigham nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren

Hubert H. Price Matin St Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church Price Highland Hospital Paul M. Bumpers Resthaven Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home Lubbock Amarillo United Fidelity Life Insurance Company

Services for John Ples John son set at Plains Baptist Church

Funeral services for John Ples John son 81 of 3206 E Main St are at 2 p.m. today at Plains Baptist Church with Sanders Funeral Home directing burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Surviving family includes his wife two sons a daughter a sister seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

John Ples Johnson E. Main St Plains Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home

Services planned in city today for McFarland

Numan H. McFarland 77, longtime Lubbock resident, died Thursday after a heart attack. Services at 4 p.m. in the J. A. Hodges Memorial Chapel First Christian Church. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. He was a former Kuykendall Chevrolet manager and later ran a body shop. Survivors include three sons, a brother, a sister, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.

J. A. Hodges First Christian Church Numan H. McFarland Lubbock Methodist Hospital Dudley Strain City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home McFarland 2Th St Ladonia Texas Kuykendall Chevrolet Co Khiva Temple Louie 25Th St Fred M 22Nd St Hugh McFarland Williams Afb Ariz Jim Greenville Tex Annette Milford Jack Clayton J. MM. Mullins, Jr Hugh Hazelwood W. E. Jones Royce Jackson Jim Benton

Spreading Rains and Hail Hit North Texas Area

Severe thunderstorms sparked heavy hail up to golf ball size and torrential rain across North Texas Friday night. Widespread warnings posted as storms moved from Hillsborough Waco line north and east through Dallas area and into Corsicana Ennis Terrell Athens Kemp and beyond.

Asweisted North Texas Weather Bureau Hillsboro - Waco Greenville Wacoté Hillsboro Waxahachle KBEC Wax Ahachle Dallas Ferris Kaufman Kemp Athens Clayton N.M Spearman Amarillo Presidio Cotulla del Rio Lubbock South Plains

Mrs Etheredge Rites Arranged in Snyder

Services for Mrs. W. L. Sadie Etheredge 64 who died Thursday at Coedell Memorial Hospital Snyder are set for 4 p.m. at North Side Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Bolger Funeral Home directs. She was born in Scurry County and married February 18, 1922 in Hobbs. Survivors include husband Etheredge two daughters two sisters and a brother and four grandchildren.

Etheredge Hobbs E. L. Edwards G.T. McMahan Snyder W. L. Murphy Amarillo A. L. McMillan Joe Peterson Visalia Calif

Mrs. Humphries Services Pending in Crosbyton

Martha Ann Humphries 89 a Crosbyton resident since 1944 died at a local nursing home around 6 30 p m Friday Funeral arrangements are at Carter Funeral Home Survivors include six daughters Mrs A W Wallace Crosbyton Mrs W H Shackelford Odessa Mrs B M Smith Van Nuys California Mrs Dave Hudson Arcadia California Mrs G H Pedigree t Lubbock and Mrs Wilkerson Matador Two sons H E Annona W H Dimmitt C E Mitchell Lubbock 35 grandchildren three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild

Crosbyton Martha Ann Humphries Carter Funeral Home A. W. Wallace W. Hh, Shackelford Odessa Smith van Nuys Calif Dave Hudson Arcadia G. H. Pedigree T Lubbock Wilkerson Matador Steesons H. E Annona W. H Dimmitt C. E. Mitchel

Bid Notice for Typewriters by Lubbock ISD

Lubbock Independent School District invites bids for Typewriters due by 2 00 P M CDT May 9 1968 in the Coordinator of Purchasing office at 1715 Street Lubbock Texas. Bids will be opened and read aloud. Bid forms available on request from Harold Glasscock Coordinator of Purchasing.

Lubbock Independent School District 1715Th Street Lubbock Texas Harold Glasscock Sith Street Labbhbock Independent 26Th Street Purchas

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Glisten Mrs. Campbell William Jones Aube Basted Julien C. Hyer Museum Association West Texas Museum Association L. G. Pierce Jy David M. Wigness Clem Bovetie Glen McLaughlin DPS Vince Cortazzo Cortazzo AiResearch Division Los Angeles Garrett Corp NASA North Pole Jean-Luc Bombardier Montreal Ralph Plaisted St. Paul, Minn Montreal International Plaisted Pole Judson W. Jones Tokyo Japanese Tax Bureau Henry Meddie Gray Hubert Price Lauretta Bailey Terry County Immanuel Baptist Church Brownfield Monteray Sam) Beckham Jal An Andrews St. Cecelia's Catholic Church North Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Tahoki
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