Bride-To-Be Loses Head Auction Spending Spree
Miss Garon Graham 19 spent 509 at a public office auction with fiancé Charles L. Daugherty, buying 100 cuff links, luggage, jewelry and 10 cuckoo clocks. She regrets the spree, blaming lack of companionship and calling for husbands to attend shopping trips.
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Garon Graham
Charles L. Daugherty
Miss Graham
Charles
Daugherty
Graham
John W. Graham
General Motors
Pontiac, Mich
Horse Death After Truck Strike On Highway 137
A horse was killed and a farmer's co op truck sustained 550 in damage when a horse was struck on U S Highway 137 about 20 miles north of Stanton. Driver Dudley Anderson escaped injury as he headed to Lubbock with grain.
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Stanton
U. S. Hwy. 137
Here
Dudley Anderson
Lubbock
Anderson
Portales Rites Slated Today For Mrs. Ross
Services for Mrs. Millie Ross 91 will be held at 2 30 p m in Wheeler Mortuary Chapel. She died Friday at Miller Hospital. Ernest Wheeler will officiate. Burial follows in Portales Cemetery.
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Portales
Millie Ross
Wheeler Mortuary
Ross
Miller Hospital
Ernest Wheeler
Portales Cemetery
Rites Set For E G Jay Monday At Macle Baptist Church
Funeral services for E G Jay will be held at 4 p m Monday at Macle Baptist Church with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. He died Saturday at his home. Survived by wife a son Walter Dallas a daughter Edna Arnold Bushland four brothers and four sisters and five grandchildren.
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E. G. Jay
Macle Baptist Church
Jay
Eeven
R Bynum
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Idalou
Lorenzo
Lubbock
Walter
Dallas
Edna Arnold
Bushland
Sweetwater
Ike
Abilene
Fred
Hamlin
Robert
Berkley
Calif
Leila Browning
White Flat
Ruth Bryant
Stanford
Winnie Rolland
Eileen
Berta Stevens
Silvester
Rites Set Monday For Mrs Hyder In New Home Church
Services are scheduled at 2 30 p m Monday in the Church of Christ in New Home for Mrs Bru nie Hyder 73 Rt 1 Wilson. Gerald Paden minister will officiate with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction. Pallbearers named Waymon Smith C E Roper Tom Russell N W Barnett J A White and G B Mayfield. Mrs Hyder died Friday in a local convalescent home. She is survived by three sons three daughters two sisters 19 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Church of Christ
Rites Pending Here For Perman Caddell
Services were pending Saturday night at McDonald Funeral Chapel for Perman Caddell 66 who died in Belew New Mexico. He was survived by his wife three sons Ray of Lubbock Howard and Buster both of Albuquerque two daughters Mrs Virgil Baulduree of Aspemont and Mrs A W Goodwin of Brownfield Highway and 15 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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McDonald Funeral Chapel
Perman Caddell
Belew
N. M
Ray
31St St
Lubbock
Howard
Buster
Albuquerque
Virgil Baulduree
Aspermont
A. W. Goodwin
Brownfield Hwy
New Cotton Gin Set to Open in Aguascalientes
In Mexico, a new cotton gin will begin service next month to handle the upcoming local cotton crop in Aguascalientes. The project signifies expansion of processing capacity for the region's textile output and supports seasonal harvest operations.
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Mexico
Aguascalientes
Mex
Funeral Monday for Mrs Wilhite in Hale Center
Funeral services for Lizzie M. Wilhite 95 of 1011 Ave G Hale Center will be at 10 am Monday in Hale Center Church. She died in a Plainview rest home and had lived in Hale Center since 1917. She was a Methodist and is survived by daughter Lella M. Wilhite. Burial will be in Hale Center Cemetery.
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Hale Center
Lizzie M. Wilhite
Ave. G
Hale
Wilhite
Plainview
Methodist Church
Lella M. Wilhite
Mrs Manuel Castillo Rites Scheduled Here
Services are set for 3 p.m. Monday at Pentecostal Church for Mrs Manuel E Castillo 29 of 310 N Ave R deceased on arrival at 2 35 a m Saturday at West Texas Hospital Rev P Hernandez will officiate with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of McDonald Funeral Home Survivors include husband two daughters Irene and Syliva two sisters Mrs Irene Sanchez Dallas and Mrs Connie Trevino Winslow Colo two brothers Moslovio Escobedo 312 N Ave R and Baldomier Escobedo 602 Ave N
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Pentecostal Church
Manuel E. Castillo
N. Ave. R
West Texas Hospital
P. Hernandez
City of Lubbock Cemetery
McDonald Funeral Home
Irene
Syliva
Irene Sanchez
Dallas
Connie Trevino
Winslow
Colo
Moslovio Escobedo
Baldomier Escobedo
Ave. N
Texas Poultry Leader Dies Aboard Cruise
Lillard Chessher 45 a nationwide poultry business figure died unexpectedly at sea while aboard the Matson Liner Lurline which docked in Hawaii. He founded Chessher Farms Inc and a Nixon Texas broiler plant described as one of the nation’s largest. He was a former mayor and school board president and led poultry associations.
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NIXON
Lillard Chessher
Matson
Lurline
Hawaii
Chessher
Nell
Barbara
Bill
Chessher Farms Inc
San Antonio
Short and Long Tons Defined By Weight Standards
A short ton equals 2,000 pounds while a long ton comprises 2,240 pounds, clarifying common tonnage measurements used in shipping and industry.
Funeral Pending At Hobbs For Drowning Victim
A Hobbs area child Vincent Lemors Smith drowned Friday in a bathtub at Mrs. Wardell Henry’s home during a visit to Hobbs. Parents Willie Lee Smith and Doris Jewell, a sister, a brother, a half brother, and four grandparents survive. Griffin Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Griffin Funneral Home
John Shehorn Rites Slated Here Monday
John Shehorn 43 of Tucumcari N M died Thursday in a Lubbock clinic after living in Abernathy 1924 1950 then California 1950 1959 returning to Lubbock until moving to Tucumcari four months ago where he owned Pine Lodge Burial will be in Lubbock City Cemetery with services at First Methodist Bowman Chapel officiated by Dr Chess Levern Pallbearers listed Ebb Coffman Doyle Evans Bryce Ethridge Archie Nystel Leroy Land John Blocker.
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John Shehorn
Tucumcari
N.M
Bowman Chapel
First Methodist Church
Chess Levern
Shehorn
Lubbock
Abernathy
California
Pine Lodge
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Ebb Coffman
Doyle Evans
Bryce Ethridge
Archie Nystel
Leroy Land
John Blocker
Postmaster Beatrice Frase Dies in Weslaco Hospital
Donna postmaster Beatrice Frase, 63, died Friday night in a Weslaco hospital. The AP report notes her as longtime local postal official and resident of Donna. She served as postmaster prior to her death.
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Donna
Beatrice Frase
Weslaco
Fleming Rites Are Today at Missionary Baptist Church
Franklin Forest Fleming 50 dies in Big Spring VA hospital after Friday. Rites at 2 p m today at Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Richard Bolt officiating. Burial in Buck Creek Cemetery. Survivors include wife a step daughter Mrs Calvin Campbell Balmorhea sister Mrs Willie Thompson Rockport Mo and brother Clifford Fleming Tulsa. Pallbearers listed as Frank Ballard Calvin Reed Jack Webb Bob Thomas Jack Worley and George Ray Bearden.
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Paducah Eee
Franklin Forest Fleming
Missionary Baptist Church
Richard Bolt
Buck Creek
Seco of
Norria
Hom Fleming
Big Spring VA
Calvin. Campbell
Balmorhea
Willie Thompson
Rockport
Clifford Fleming
Tulsa
Frank Ballard
Calvin Reed
Jack Webb
Bob Thomas
Jack Worley
George Ray Bearden
Funeral services for Slaton businessman Ray Mudgett
Funeral services for 49 year old Ray W. Mudgett of Slaton, killed in a traffic crash near Chickasaw, Oklahoma, will be held Monday at 3 p.m. in First Methodist Church Slaton with Rev. Rollo Davidson and Rev. Weldon Thomas officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, under Williams Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his wife, three daughters Sunny Roberts Lubbock Dixie Cate Fort Sill and Terry Mudgett, four brothers Jerry Stanley Sidney W A, and a sister Olive Meyers.
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Slaton
Ray W. Mudgett
Chickasaw
Okla
First Methodist Church
Rollo Davidson
Weldon Thomas
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Williams Funeral Home
Mudgett
Slaton Motor Co
Sunny Roberts
Dixie Cate
Fort Sill
Terry Mudgett
Jerry
Stanley
Sidney
W. A
Hope, Ark
Olive Meyers
Lockney
Bee Sting Fatal For Child
A 6 year old, David Swan Jr., of Edmore Michigan died after a bee sting while visiting grandparents in Custer. Dr. Benjamin Doll Mason County coroner said death appeared nearly instantaneous and the child died on arrival to Ludington hospital.
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Ludington
Mich
David Swan Jr
Edmore
Benjamin Doll
Mason County
Custer
David
Rites Set Here For Resident Of County 34 Years
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Dee Paschal 64 will be at 10 a m at Sunset Church of Christ with Christine Brooks minister officiating. Burial at Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home. She died Friday at home after two years illness. A native of Willis Point she lived in Lubbock County since 1928. Survivors include a son Cylde of Shallowater four daughters M F Truelock of Shallowater Mrs Harold Hurd of 5105 46th St Mrs Don Lowell of Granite City Ill and Erie Arthur Dean of Fort Worth three sisters C V Spears Martie Green and Alice Greer five brothers Jewel Mullin C Dick Mullin Chapel Mullin Bruce Mullin both of Willis Point and Jack Mullin of Truth or Consequences and 10 grandchildren. Pallbearers: Elbert Lambert Lawson Farrar Paschall Kimbrew Curtis Spears Gaylord Kinard Hershall Pigg George Nixon Claude Spears.
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Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Paschall
Willis Point
Lubock County
Cylde
Shallowater
M. F. Truelock
Harold Hurd
46Th St
Don Lowell
Granite City
Ill
Erie
Arthur Dean
Fort Worth
Paschall Kimbrew
Curtis Spears
Gaylord Kinard
Hershall Pigg
George Nixon
Claude Spears
Clovis Rites Set For Mrs Merrill
Funeral arrangements for Elizabeth Merrill 84 of Clovis are set for 2 p m today at C V Steed Memorial Chapel with Pastor Wilbert Nelson officiating. Burial follows at Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Mamie Sumerland and several sons daughters and grandchildren.
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Clovis
Elizabeth Merrill
C. V. Steed Memorial Chapel
Wilbert R. Nelson
Church of God
Herbert Bergstrom
First Baptist Church
Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery
Steed
Merrill
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Mamie Sumerland
Mount Pleasant
Ed Crawley
Levelland
Nellie Elliott
Monument
Colo
Ben
Edmundson
Lee
Lynn
Hollie
Mrs. Stephenson Funeral At Spur
Funeral services for Annie Elizabeth Stephenson 73 of McAdoo are set for 2 30 p m today at McAdoo Church of Christ with Joe Lee officiating. Burial will be in McAdoo Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction. She died Friday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock after a year illness. Survivors include four daughters and six sons plus siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Annie
Elizabeth Stephenson
McAdoo
Montey J. McCoy
Ave. S. Lubbock
Carmie Fendley
Port Lavaca
Kermit Stanley
Paducah
Barney Watts
35Th St
Lubbock
Nathan Stephenson
S. J. Stephenson
Ontario
Calif
W. J. Stephenson
Swenson
Charlie Stephenson
N. Mulberry
Roland Waldrop
Abilene
Jim Garrett
Floydada
Jake Murphy
Las Vegas
N. M
Forrest Martin
Spur
Russian Atomic Scientist Dies in Soviet Accident
Pravda reports the July 28 death of Dr. Nathan A. Yavlinsky, head of a laboratory at the Kurchatov Institute, a Soviet atomic scientist and 1958 Lenin Prize recipient for thermonuclear research. The notice, issued by the State Committee for the Use of Atomic Energy, offers no details or timing explanation.
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Moscow
Nathan A. Yavlinsky
Pravda
Yavlinsky
Kurchatov Atomic Energy Institute
State Committee For the Use of Atomic Energy
Burns Prove Fatal In Silsbee Gas Explosion
Melvin Graham aged 28 of Silsbee died Saturday from burns suffered after checking a noise at the Eugene Paine house. He lit a match inside two miles north of Silsbee, triggering a massive blast that engulfed his body.
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Jay Rites
Mrs. Hyder
Rose Marie Reid
Cole
Thermo
Jac Bobbie Brooks
Broadway
Manuel Castillo
Texas
Jantzen
Catalina
DE Weese
Harburt
Rose Marie. Reid
Nardis
Ex Y Ladies Sportswear
Hobbs
F. F. Fleming
Mary Dee Paschal
Sunset
Christine Brooks
Cere Church of Christ
Mrs. Merrill
Stephenson
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