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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1965

Page

2

Jesse A Parish Rites Set Today in Earth

Funeral services for Jesse Albert Parish 91 longtime Earth resident will be at 3 p m today at Earth Baptist Church with Rev C C Jordan and Rev Earl Landtroop officiating Burial will be in Valleyview at 4 30 p m Sunday Parish died Thursday night at West Plains Hospital Mule Shoe after a brief illness He was born in Calvert moved to Earth in 1923 and was a farmer and hardware store operator Survivors include three daughters four sons 24 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren Services directed by Lemons Funeral Home Plainview

Plainview Roy Lee Neal Calvary Baptist Church Roy Johnson Plainview Memorial Park Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Neal Medical Center Hospital Arcadia Grayson County Happy Hale County Vera Eldon Steelman Albuquerque N.M Jerry Holmes Dallas Mary Huseman Joe D Iowa Park Tex J. C Spur EARTH Jesse Albert Parish the Earth Baptist Church C. C. Jordan Earl Landtroop Clovis Baptist Church Valleyview Parish West Plains Hospital Muleshoe Calvert Charlotte Wilmeth Marie Ross Edwin Warrick Inglewood Calif Gus Clyde Clive Cecil Lemons Funeral Home

Public opinion shifts on immigration in Australia

A Canberra public opinion poll indicates decreasing resistance to non white immigration among Australians. The survey suggests growing acceptance and changing attitudes toward migrants across the country.

Canberra

George R. Wood Rites Set Today

George R. Wood 49 of 714 31st St died Friday in Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services are at 2 p.m. today at Franklin-Bartley Chapel with James P. Swinney of Vandelia Village Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven. Survived by two brothers H. D. and L. D., a sister E. C. Benton, and several step-siblings. Pallbearers named.

George R. Wood 31St St Methodist Hospital Franklin-Bartley Chapel James P. Swinney Vandelia Village

Mrs Zella Welch Services Pending At Parsons Funeral Home

OLTON Special Services are pending at Parsons Funeral Home for Mrs Zella Emily Clyda Welch 85 resident of Earth since 1926 She was born in Ballinger and died Friday Survivors include six daughters Rosa Bell Paul Julia Mary Jones Ada Lee Haddick Jessie Mae Simpkins Denton Jimmy B Bryant Cyprus Calif Evanora Christopher Wichita Falls four sons Amos Roberson Ira Welch John Melton Welch and one brother W W Yett Bakersfield Calif

Olton Parsons Funeral Home Zella Emily Clyda Welch Earth Welch Ballinger Rosa Bell Paul Tulia Mary Jones Wichita Kan Ada Lee Haddick Bledsoe Jessie Mae Simpkins Denton Jimmy B. Bryant Cyprus Calif Evanora Christopher Wichita Falls Amos Roberson Ira Welch Plainsview John Melton Welch W. W. Yett Bakersfield iCalif

Burglary Reports Include Impersonation and Looted Machines

A police impersonation incident and multiple break ins were reported to the Lubbock Police Department. Suspects allegedly impersonated detectives to stop a car and demand a fine, with about 70 cents stolen. Other thefts included diamond rings, vending machines looted for 50 to 60 dollars, towels, and two hogs stolen from pens. Names and addresses of victims are listed in the report.

Lubbock Alvin Hensley Ave. L Hensley Tom's Bar 19Th St Juanita Lara 10Th St Bill Gillespie 14Th St 9Th St Duane ‘McQueen James Watkins Sarah Mae West 62Nd St Ton Hwy

Rites Set Today for Roy Teal

Services for Roy Teal 67 of 1103 46th Street who died Friday in Methodist Hospital will be at 3 p.m. today in Sanders Memorial Chapel. The Rev D L Lowrie of Calvary Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Teal a retired hotel clerk had lived in Lubbock since 1916. He was admitted July 25 to the local hospital. Survivors include three brothers John Teal Bug Ore Sulse Rt 5 Lubbock and Will Teal Burkburnett and three nephews all of Lubbock.

Roy Teal 46Th St Methodist Hospital Sanders Memorial Chapel D. L. Lowrie Calvary Baptist Church City of Lubbock Teal Lubbock John Teal Bug Ore Sulse Rt. 5 Burkburnett

John Lee Nisbet Rites Set Today

Funeral services for John Lee Nisbet 77 will be held at 4 p.m. at Lemons Funeral Home Chapel Plainview with Rev William S Smith officiating. Nisbet a Lubbock resident five years moved from El Paso and had lived in Plainview Sonora and San Angelo. He was a Mason Shriner and member of Scottish Rite. Survivors include his wife a daughter a brother a sister and grandchildren and nephews. Pallbearers named.

John Lee Nisbet 40Th St Methodist Hospital Lemons Funeral Home Plainview William S. Smith Lubbock Westminster Presbyterian Church Plainview Cemetery Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Nisbet el Paso Sonora San Angelo Dee Ora Masonic Lodge Vaun Johansen Dallas Walker San Angela Frances Boiskou Arlington Heights Kathy Walter Alice Johansen Alli iCarey Nesbett Tommy Nesbett Hooker

Morton Festival To End Tonight

The third annual Country Music Festival in Morton runs from 10 a.m. to night with foot-patting music and rodeo rough riders. Amateurs and semi-pros compete for 250 dollars in cash. Tonight is the second night of events due to Friday the 13th, with the rodeo final Sunday night at 8 p.m. A brief rain halted Friday’s second night work.

Morton

Kipling’s pagoda sustains Lost Battalion veteran

Will M. Biffle of Lubbock recalled Kipling’s Burma pagoda helping him endure 30 years as a prisoner of war after the S S Houston crew and Texas National Guard members were captured at Java. The Lost Battalion, about 635 captured, faced harsh work in Burma and near the Kwai River before liberation in 1945. More than 100 members registered for the Odessa reunion, with five Lubbock men in attendance.

Odessa Lubbock Lost Battalion of Texas Rudyard Kipling Will M. Biffle 46Th St Biffle Moulmein Rangoon Bangkok Thaiand Mandalay Burma Thailand 131St Field Artillery 36Th Division Texas National Guard Brownwood U. S. S. Houston Philippines Australia Pearl Harbor Java Indian Ocean United States Little Kwai River Kipling Saigon Mineral Wells Eldredge L. Rayburn 31St St Glen B. Self Buffalo Lakes Mevin G. Holton Ave. Q O. L. Darden 27Th St

Thompson Rites Set Sunday

Sidney L. Thompson 59, a former Brownfield and Dawson County resident, died Friday in his Lamesa home. Services Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Bryan Street Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Turner officiating. Burial at Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors: wife Clara and three sisters.

Sidney L. Thompson Brownfield Dawson County Thompson Lamesa Bryan St. Baptist Church Ray Turner Lamesa Memorial Park Branon-Philips Funeral Home Clara Dessie Mears Lubbock L. G. Wood W. H. Earles Kemp

Mrs Donald rites set Sunday at Slaton First Baptist

Services for 82 year old Slaton resident Mrs Bessie M Donald will be at 3 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church with Rev Clarence Wylie officiating Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral Home direction She is mother to W D Donald and R C Reese Donald printers at The Avalanche Journal Lubbock and survivors include another son two daughters a sister 14 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren

First Baptist Church J. T. Bolding City of Lubbock Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home Royce H. Waters Irving Willette Merrell Avenue P Edith McLarty 27Th St Slaton Bessie M. Donald Clarence Wylie Englewood Williams Funeral Home Donald W. D R. C. (Reese) Donald Avalanche Journal Lubbock

Mrs. Malinda Webber Rites Held in Lamesa Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Malinda Webber 70 wife of a retired Baptist minister will be at 10 a.m. today at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Burial follows in Lamesa Cemetery under Branon Philips Funeral Home direction. She died Thursday at home and is survived by her husband one son two daughters five sisters four brothers 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

Lamesa Malinda Webber Mount Olive Baptist Church Buria Branon- Philips Funeral Home

Pick-up Trucks to be Built in Rhodesia

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports a plan to construct pick-up trucks in Rhodesia. The notice appears in a Morning Edition edition of the Lubbock newspaper, printed in Lubbock, Texas, with standard postage and publication details.

Salisbury Rhodesia Lubbock Avalancheer-Journal Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sth Avelone J Lubbock Texas Hun Tex

The Shepherd ONE FATHER: Malachi Verse 10

An old religious reflection by Julien C. Hyer on Malachi 2 10 noting the question Hath not one God created us The piece contrasts ancient debate over favored status in God’s sight and nonmodern views about spiritual unity.

Julien C. Hyer

Tech Professor Richard Duran Dies in Missouri Car Mishap

Richard Duran 43, associate professor of architecture at Texas Tech, died after a single vehicle crash on Interstate 44 near Joplin Missouri. He was dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital after his car ran off the road and overturned on a 50 foot embankment. Duran lived in Lubbock since 1951, previously of Illinois, and served in the US Navy in World War II. He is survived by a brother and sister in Tampa Florida.

Richard Duran Texas Tech Joplin Hurlbut-Mix-Rooe Duran St. John’s Hospital Interstate 44 Tech 32Nd St Lubbock Illinois United States Navy Tampa Fla University of Florida Illinois Institute of Technology Manuel Duran

Funeral services set for 5-day-old Daryl Keyton Young

Funeral services for Daryl Keyton Young five day old son of Mr and Mrs Joe L Young will be held at 3 p m today at Resthaven Memorial Park. Rev John E Schwen sen of Oakwood Baptist Church will officiate with Rix Funeral directing. Survivors include the parents one brother Lee and grandparents Mr and Mrs Glenn Keyton and Mr and Mrs Melvin Young.

Daryl Keyton Young Joe L. Young 24Th St West Texas Hospital Resthaven Memorial Park John E. Schwensen Oakwood Baptist Church Rix Funeral Home Lee Glenn Keyton 21St St Melvin Young Wolfforth

Funeral services set for Mrs Crystal Martin

Funeral services for Mrs. Crystal Martin aged 47 will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Anton Church of Christ. Rix Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Martin died in Dallas Friday and was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ira Griffith of Shallowater.

Crystal Martin Anton Church of Christ

Railroads protest Trinity River barge canal plan

Texas railroads representing 20 lines told a House Public Works subcommittee that the 911 million Trinity River project lacks economic justification for the barge canal. Army engineers backed the plan but warned benefits are limited to Dallas and Fort Worth, with potential harm to other Texas cities.

Washington Texas House Public Works Trinity River North Texas B. W. Reynolds Reynolds Trinity River Basin Army Engineer Spokesn Dallas-Fort Worth West Texas Panhandle South Plains Dallas Fort Worth Longview Wichita Falls Amarillo Lubbock San Angelo el Paso

Rites Set For Seagraves Girl

Seagraves mourns 34 year old Vennoye Nicole Riggs who died in a farm accident when crushed by a rotary irrigation unit. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Boyce Evans and Rev H F Scott officiating. Burial at Webb Funeral Home. Survived by parents Eugene and [unreadable] Riggs and grandparents Gene Riggs Hamlin and Edd Rogers Seagraves.

Seagraves Vennoye Nichole Riggs Eugene Riggs First Baptist Church Boyce Evans Lubbock H. F. Scott Seagraves Cemetery Webb Funeral Home Here Seagraves Clinic & Hospital Gene Riggs Edd Rogers Hamlin

Mrs Swepston Rites Pending in Tulia

Funeral services are pending at Wallace Funeral Home for Mrs J E Swepston 72 dead on arrival at Swisher County Memorial Hospital at 8 30 am Friday. She was born in Wise County and moved to Tulsa in 1933. She attended First Baptist Church. Survivors include son Howard Barnette of Lubbock sister Mrs C F Williams of Levelland and three stepdaughters Mrs Charles Dondlinger of Manitou Springs Colorado Miss Aldine Swepston of Portland Oregon and Mrs D H Taylor of Fort Worth two grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Tulia Wallace Funeral Home J. E. Swepston Swisher County Memorial Hospital Wise County Tulsa First Baptist Church Howard Barnette Lubbock C. F. Williams Levalland Charles Dondling

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H. O. Waters Rs. H. O Mabelle) Waters 13Th St Women's Missionary Union Church Waters Pioneer Needle Club Marshall, Tex Sanger O. H. Westlake Westlake Jesse A Zella Welch Rites Ingrid Fiffi Finger Long Beach California Watts Los Angeles Re Ie Thompson The Missouri Siberia Peter Kalishengo Gregory Sarapushkin Wales America Coast Guard Trinity River Project Ees Ee Ene Normei Town & Country Interiors College Ave Syd Moore Fn K
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