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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1965

Page

6

Boxed 15 Pair Toed Feet Set At 2.50 Boutique

A Downtown Monterey boutique offers a complete 15 pair toe shoe set priced at 2.50. The box promises happy feet with butterflies bugs flowers and fruit themed footwear for 5 toed feet.

Free World’s Fair pavilions offered to visitors for relocation

Report notes exhibitors want to avoid demolition costs by letting the public take over many World’s Fair structures. Nineteen buildings will stay as permanent park structures, while the rest must be removed after the fair ends. Some pavilions on offer include Parker Pen, Scott Paper, Vatican, Spanish, Mexican and Jordan.

Fair Park Parker Pen Scott Paper Co Schaefer Center Restaurateurs Vatican Paris

Area Woman Mrs. Texas Runner-Up

Donna Colburn, 31, star of Donna's Notebook on KAUZ TV in Wichita Falls, was named Mrs. Texas. She will compete in the Mrs. America contest in San Diego next month. Runners-up were Jenny Pace of Houston, Jane Hicks of Seminole, and Don Wylie of Big Spring.

Houston Donna Colburn Kauz TV Wichita Falls Colburn San Diego Calif Jenny Pace Jane Hicks Seminole Don Wylie Big Spring

Prize Won, Family and Freedom Lost for Pools Winner

John Nicholson, a 51 year old former second hand car dealer from London, recalls a four year legacy of unhappiness after winning 400000 pounds on the football pools. He says his wife divorced him, he lost custody of his four children, and he served a month in jail. He laments the win as the turning point to misery.

London UPI John Nicholson

Chinese Chef Fined For Beating Waiter in Salt Dispute

Yung Yiu Nam, a chef at a Hong Kong restaurant, was fined about 87 dollars and awarded 26 dollars in damages after beating a waiter who complained the food was too salty. Magistrate D A Davies admonished him to control temper and reduce salt usage in the future.

Hong Kong UPI Yung Yiu-Nam Gistrate D. A. Davies Yung

The Lord's Prayer and Reverence for Name

A devotional piece recalling Luke 11 2 and the phrase Hallowed be thy name. It links reverence for God to honoring a fatherly figure and avoiding taking the Lord's name in vain. The author JULIEN C HYER emphasizes worship, respect, and protection.

Vernon Infant's Funeral Tuesday

Darrell Ray Vernon died at 5 a.m. Sunday in Dallas Children's Medical Center at one month old. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church Snyder with Rev. A. B. Lightfoot officiating. Burial will follow in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction. Survivors include the parents, a sister Debbie Louise, a brother Douglas Jr., paternal grandparents Alfred and Mrs. Vernon, and maternal grandparents Mrs. Zula Upchurch and Bill Petty.

Debbie Louise Douglas Jr Alfred Vernon Snyder Zula Upchurch Bill Petty San Angelo

Assassins Try to Kill Bhutan King Near Paro Dzong

An official Bhutanese note says assassins fired rifles and a hand grenade at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck near Paro Dzong, about 30 miles from Thimphu. The king was reported safe and sound. The 1964 assassination of Premier Jigme Dorji Palden was blamed on China.

Calcutta India Bhutan Jigme Dorji Wanchuk Paro Dzong Thimbu Punakha Jigme Dorji Palden

Burma’s Ne Win Returns from Red China goodwill visit

Gen. Ne Win, chairman of Burma’s Revolutionary Council, arrived home Sunday after a goodwill tour to Red China. He met Chinese leaders during the visit and discussed regional relations.

Rangoon Burma Burma's Revolutionary Council Ne Win Redna

Death notices and events in Lubbock area

Obituaries for Mrs. J. B. Potts Mrs. Gussie McCleary Susan Lovelady and Harvey Hitt with services in Broadway Church of Christ Sanders Funeral Home Englewood Cemetery and Resthaven Memorial Park memorials in Lubbock and Slaton. Civic Khorassan Nomads conclave opens at KoKo Palace. Rainwater family gathering at Idalou Club Kitchen with multiple relatives listed.

George Rosie Rainwater Idalou Club A. J. Rainwater J. M. Harris Curtis Rainwater Carolyn Rainwater Donald Rainwater Brenda Woods Robert Pryer Judy Pryer Lubbock

Etolia White Dies In City

Mrs. Etolia White 66 a Lubbock resident since 1959 died about 11 55 a m Sunday in a local nursing home after 18 months illness She native of Gunter Tex lived in Spade Morton and Lubbock She survived by four sons two daughters a sister and three brothers plus 10 grandchildren Burial in Morton Memorial Park Funeral services in Henderson Funeral Chapel Alfred Ferguson Levelland officiating

Etolia White Adrain Lubbock Gunter Tex Spade Arthur White Morton Tulane Wanda Crain E. Auburn Bessie St. Clair Bessie Gray Houston Fred Morrison Loyd Morrison Chilicothe Jack Morrison Galveston Alpha May Morrison

Man shot in leg. suspect a 40-year-old woman identified

George Edward Hudson, 2906 Cornell Sr., received emergency treatment at Methodist Hospital after a shooting in the 1300 block of 23rd St. Police say the assailant is a 40-year-old woman. Hudson was shot in the leg, this being the second time in a month. Nancy Ponce, daughter of Margaret Montoya, 2127 Cornell, remained in serious condition at Methodist after a Saturday fall from a pickup truck, with ICU care ongoing.

George Edward Hudson Cornell Sr Methodist Hospital 23Rd St Hudson Nancy Ponce Margaret Montoya Cornell

Suspected Indonesian saboteur bombs near U.S. consulate in Singapore

A suspected Indonesian saboteur planted a four pound bomb near the U.S. consulate in Singapore on Saturday. Explosive disposal experts dismantled the device after an anonymous caller tipped off police, according to a police spokesman.

Singapore UPI U.S

Singer Marian Anderson to christen USS George Washington Carver

Newport News Virginia slated to host launching ceremonies August 14 as Marian Anderson will christen the Navy's newest Polaris submarine the USS George Washington Carver.

Newport News Marian Anderson Navy

Burial Insurance by Mail Offers $1,000 Policy

A mail order life insurance ad from Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance promotes a $1,000 burial policy with no medical exam and guaranteed level rates. It claims qualification for many and urges sending name, address, and year of birth to Dental Security Life Insurance Co. Dept. M-2063.

OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Dental Security Life Insurance Co West Rose

City Resident 45 Years Dies

Edd Calhoun an 85 year old Lubbock resident died at 10 45 am Sunday at a local convalescent home A retired cement contractor he was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Broadway Church of Christ Services will be at 4 pm today in Broadway Church of Christ with Horace Coffman officiating Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Rix Funeral Home Survivors include his wife Emma two sons J B and Richard a daughter and 14 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Pallbearers are listed as Granville Roberts Jack Tarter Raymond Evans Jack Strickland Lee Johnson and Jess Ellis

Edd Calhoun Duke St Lubbock Calhoun Masonic Lodge Broadway Church of Christ Horace Coffman City of Lubbock Rix Funeral Home Emma J. B Tulane Richard Midwest City Okla Bob Evans 30Th St E. L. Flatt Levelland Don Stricklin Austin Jim Truitt Holcomb Kan Granville Roberts Jack Tarter Raymond Evans Jack Strickland Lee Johnson Jess Ellis

Mrs. Mary Argo Dies At Slaton

Mrs. Mary Alice Argo 86 died Sunday in Mercy Hospital Slaton born in Titus Texas Services set for 2 p m at Evangelical Methodist Church Slaton with Rev Linam Prentice and Rev Eastman officiating Burial in Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home in charge Survivors include three daughters Mrs J C Champion Mrs George Taylor and Mrs Coy Sullivan ten grandchildren fifteen great grandchildren five great great grandchildren Grandsons to serve as pallbearers

Slaton Mary Alice Argo Mercy Hospital Titus Tex Evangelical Methodist Church Linam Prentice Eastman Westview Baptist Church Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home J. C. Champion George Taylor Coy Sullivan Plainview R. E. Barber Anson Ida Williams Dallas

Funeral today for Mrs Rush in Floydada First Methodist

Funeral services for 80 year old Mrs Sam E Nora Rush of Floydada will be at 3 p m today at the First Methodist Church. Officiating will be Rev Hollis Shook of Albuquerque. Burial will be in Floydada Cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters a son seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren four brothers and four sisters.

Floydada Sam E Nora) Rush Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo First Methodist Hollis Shook Albuquerque Rush Southwestern Convalescent Center Floydada Cemetery Moore Funeral Home Aeryce Whigham E. E. Hinson Earnest Rush Alaska

Services Set Today For Bennetto Gomez

Services are held today at 4 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church Brownsville for Bennetto Gomez 3 son of Mr and Mrs Simon Gomez of 1109 E 56th St. Burial follows at City of Brownsville Cemetery under Delta Funeral Home. He died after being struck by a car in front of his home and arriving dead at West Texas Hospital Friday. Survivors include his parents four brothers and two grandmothers.

Bennetto Gomez Simon Gomez E. 56Th St Immaculate Conception Church Brownsville City of Brownsville Delta Funeral Home West Texas Hospital

Rites Slated For MATADOR Man Elmer Smallwood dies at 72

Elmer L. Smallwood 72 longtime Motley County resident died at 5 30 am Sunday in Stanley Hospital after a long illness. A retired farmer he lived in Matador five years. Services today at 3 pm in First Methodist Church with Rev W F Gaede officiating burial in Eastwood Mound Cemetery under Seigler Funeral Home direction. Survived by Myrtle three sons Leon Bill Robert all of Matador five daughters Mrs Earl Thompson Mrs Marion Norris both of Matador Mrs Lorene Cooper Skellytown Mrs Lillie Mae Cooper Denison and Mrs Beatrice Hickman Clovis a brother Everet Smallwood Matador 16 grandchildren nine great

Elmer L. Smallwood Motley County Matador Stanley Hospital Eastwood Mound Cemetery Seigler Funeral Home Myrtle Leon Bill Robert Earl Thompson Marion Norris Lorene, Cooper Skellytown Lillie Mae Cooper Denison Beatrice Hickman Clovis Everet Smallwood

Former Lubbock Resident Dies

H Y Smith 66 of 1507 Nassau St died 11 15 p m Saturday at Plainview Hospital He was born in Mineral Wells and ordained member of the Church of Christ He had worked for the Plainview Grain Exchange Services set for 4 p m at the 10th and Utica Church of Christ with burial in Plainview Memorial Park Survivors include his wife a son Emmitt in Arlington a daughter Betty Joe Lang Albuquerque NM three sisters and three brothers and two grandchildren

Plainview H. Y Mineral Wells Utica St Church of Christ W. T. Hamilton Plainview Memorial Park Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Emmitt Arlington Betty Joe Lang Albuquerque N. M Raymond Burkett Graham Paul Atwell Big Spring Velma Smith Hawaii Clarence Grand Prairie Herbert Percy Houston

Funeral services for Koni Adam Underwood

Funeral set for Koni Adam Underwood 19 lifetime Plainview resident killed in an airplane crash Thursday in Newburg Maryland. Services at 2 p m in Wood Dunning Funeral Chapel with burial at Oddfellow Cemetery. Pastor Tim Trammell of First Baptist officiates. Survivors include parents Jimmy Underwood Fairfax Virginia brother Ronnie Underwood grandmother Osha King and grandparents Bird and Nashville Underwood all of Nashville Tennessee.

Painview Koni Adam Underwood Plainview Newburg Wood-Dunning Tim Trammell First Baptist Church Oddfellow Cemetery Jimmy Underwood Fairfax Ronnie Underwood

Randolph Moses Sr. Dies in Ralls Residency

Randolph Moses Sr., 55, longtime Ralls resident, died about 1 a.m. Sunday at his home. Services are pending at Carter. Survivors include his wife Alliene, a son Randolph Moses Jr., Elfrieda Ariz., two daughters Mrs. Jim Noble of Muleshoe and Mrs. Jimmy Kinney of Ralls, five brothers Earl Willard J. B. Moses of Ralls Don Moses Crosbyton and Lt. Col. Jack Moses in Omaha, Neb., a sister Mrs. Floyd Dunn of Ralls, and seven grandchildren.

Ralls Randolph Moses Sr Carter Funeral Home Alliene Randolph Moses Jr Elfrieda Ariz Jim Noble Muleshoe Jimmy Kinney Earl Moses Willard Moses J. B. Moses Don Moses Crosbyton Jack Moses U.S. Air Force Omaha Neb Floyd Dunn

Mrs. Boyd's Funeral Set Today In Lamesa

Mrs. Sarah Magdalene Boyd 83 a native of Murray Kaw and longtime Dawson County resident died Sunday at her home in Lamesa. Funeral services will be held today at Second Baptist Church with Rev Clifton Igo officiating. Burial will follow at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors include her son Elmer of Lamesa two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Lamesa Sarah Magdalene Boyd Murray Kaw Dawson County Second Baptist Church Clifton Igo Lamesa Memorial Park Branon-Philips Funeral Home Elmer

Yarbrough Rites Today in Lubbock Funeral

W. W. Yarbrough 70 of 719 Hub Homes Lubbock died Sunday in St. Marys Hospital. Services at 2 p m today at W W Rix Funeral Chapel with Rev Q O Byrd officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife a son L G and daughter Mrs Betty Jean Acktinson, a sister Mrs Mattie Coleman, Denison. Pallbearers named Clifford Holley N F Fisher Charley Patterson Clifton Adair J W Boyd G D Butler.

W. W. Yarbrough Lubbock St. Mary’s Hospital W. W. Rix QO. C. Byrd Southside Baptist Church City of Lubbock L. G 10Th St Betty Jean Acktinson 38Th St Mattie Coleman Denison Clifford Holley N. F. Fisher Charley Patterson Clifton Adair J. W. Boyd G. D. Butler

Stephens Rites Set In Lubbock Today

Services will be at 11 a m today in Southcrest Baptist Church for W L Stephens 59 Smyer longtime Lubbock area resident who died Saturday after a lengthy illness J Ralph Grant pastor of First Baptist Church with the Rev I D Walker assisting Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under direction of Rix Moving to the Smyer area in 1941 Stephens came from Lemasa where he had lived for 20 years He leaves three sons three brothers two sisters the mother and four others.

Harvey M. Hitt 23Rd St Bowman Chapel First Methodist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home Southcrest Baptist Church W. L. Stephens Smyer Lubbock Area J. Ralph Grant First Baptist Church I. D. Walker Rix Funeral Home Stephens Lamesa

Lifetime Resident Of Post Dies In Lubbock

John L. Pike of Rt 2 Post died Sunday in a Lubbock convalescent home. He worked at the Postex Cotton Mill. Survived by wife, three sons L J Charles and Jack of Texas and Missouri, four daughters Ruby Willis Springfield Miss Norman Hurt Nolan Tex Glenn Manning 1809 E Brown Sr and Mrs Charles Maron Post. Services pending at Rix Funeral Home.

John L. Pike Peat Post Lubbock Pike Postex L. J Charles Jack Towa Ruby Willis Springfield Miss Norman Hurt Nolan Tex Glenn Manning E. Brown Sr Charles Maron Rix Funeral Homie

Mrs M M Cobb's Funeral In Haskell

Mrs M M Cobb died at 1 30 p m Saturday in Stamford Hospital. Funeral services will be in the Baptist Church at Haskell with burial in Haskell Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Burl Bunkley of Altus Oklahoma son Glen Cobb and three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

M. M. Cobb Glen Cobb Stamford Stamford Hospital Baptist Church Haskell Burl Bunkley Altus Okla

Murder Trial Set To Begin In Plainview

In Plainview the murder trial of J. C. Simpson 65 a retired farmer charged with murder with malice in the shooting of his wife Irene Simpson 49 is scheduled in 64th District Court. A special venue 300 has been summoned to report at 10 a.m. about 30 witnesses have been subpoenaed by the defense.

Plainview J. C. Simpson Irene Simpsson 64Th District Court

Population of Hong Kong Sets Record at June End

Hong Kong population estimated at 3,804,000 at end of June per government gazette. The figure marks a rise of about 64,400 over six months, reflecting steady growth in the British Crown colony.

Hong Kong UPI

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Susan Crane Downtown Monterey New York General Electric Kodak Mrs Texas The Julien C. Hyer Vernon J. B. Potts 140Th District Court Robert H. Bean Sanders Memorial Chapel Gussie McCleary San Antonio City of Lubbock Cemetery P. L Susan) Lovelady Far Western Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan Santha Association of the Nomads of Avrudaka KoKo Palace Burial Insurance Mary Argo Mrs. Rush W. F. Gaede W. B. Yeuwin Mataor Randolph Moses Norman Rockwell Collier’s South Plains Monument CO Behrens Drug Co Sanders Lub Main Street Lubbock, Texas Order OF the’ Golden Rule
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