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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1970
Page
8
A group of 24 judges in the Yule Trail contest notes decor must be viewable from the street and not blocked by cars or driveways. They emphasize lighting visibility and urge residents to inspect their displays from the curb for optimal judging.
Prominent rancher Stephen C. Currie 71 was shot to death by an intruder at his Garden City Texas home. Funeral services were held at Big Spring with many local business and government offices closed. Currie owned Currie Cattle Co and a 10,000 acre ranch. Police say motive appears robbery.
In Lubbock at First United Methodist Church the Boy Scouts and guests heard Texas Tech coach Jim Carlen deliver an address at the annual Recognition Dinner honoring Eagle Scouts and district honor scouts. Joan Brand received top recognitions with a plaque and scholarship. other honorees include Harrison Oehler Randy Weary and Dennis Wisdom, all earning Eagle Scout ranks and related honors.
City and university briefs note Mayor James Granberry will speak to the American Marketing Association Tech chapter on Wednesday in room 57 of the Tech Bodliness Administration Build. Ricky Alexander of the Texas Youth Council will speak at 11 a.m. Sunday at First Unitarian Church on Youth and Social Change. Reginald Rushing announces a $1,000 donation from Price Waterhouse split between a fellowship and curriculum research. Services set for Abernathy farmer Frank James Johnson at 2 p.m. Sunday. Michelle McDonald injured in crash near Lubbock. 10 hurt. Mrs Geneva Lois Southerland and Mrs Simona Joves Carrasco services listed with funeral arrangements.
Services for C. E. Lynn, 93, of Texas, will be held in Lubbock after a career as a Methodist preacher in Odell Texline and Floydada from 1910 to 1920. He later served as a justice of the peace in Lubbock County in the 1940s. Survived by four sons Craig, Wilton Lynn, C W, and Harold, two daughters Geron Smith and William Strainback, and two sisters De Lemon and others of Lubbock.
R A Triggs Jr 64 of 2703 39th St died at his residence about 8 am Friday after an illness His body remains at Rix Funeral Directors until 3 pm today then will be transferred to Marek O Burns Funeral Home in Cameron Services will be at 2 pm Sunday in the chapel of the funeral home Burial will be in Little River Cemetery in Cameron Triggs came to Lubbock in 1941 from San Antonio He was retired from Sledge Manufacturing Co Survivors include his wife Lois one son Richard A Triggs Jr of 34 53rd Street one daughter Mrs Gloria O Neill of Oklahoma City one brother George Triggs of Sharp and seven grandchildren
Carmen Vega, 19, died in a hospital days after falling 45 feet from a bridge over the Rio Grande on the Juarez side. Rosa Marie Reyes, 22, reportedly tried to prevent Vega and also fell. a third woman was questioned. Police say Vega threatened to jump as the trio crossed the bridge and climbed the guard rail before tumbling.
Mrs C N James 86 of 2012 31 St died Friday in Highland Hospital after a long illness Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home She and her late husband C N James moved to Lubbock in 1929 from Alvin Survivors include three daughters a son Noble a brother Lynn Dehoney and three sisters eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren
Funeral services for 73 year old Mrs Maudie Harrison are set for 11 a m today at the First United Methodist Church in Floydada with Rev C B Melton officiating. Burial will follow in Floyd County Memorial Park. She died Thursday in Hale Center hospital after moving to Floydada from an earlier residence in 1968. Survivors include son Aubrey of California and daughters Mrs Dorothy Nelson of Dalhart, Mrs Nadene Jackson of California and Mrs Neva Baxter of Floydada.
Services for Mrs Pear Belle Copeland 85 longtime Ropesville resident will be at 3 p m today at First United Methodist Church with Rev Carroll Jones and Rev Homer D Henderson officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park She was born in Tarrant County and moved to the area in 1903 A charter member of First Methodist Church and lifelong WSCS survivor include four daughters two sons two brothers one sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Services for 51 year old Lewis E Brians of 2400 44th St Apt 150 will be held at 2 p m today at the Lubbock First Ward Chapel. Officiating are Bishop Robert E Larson and Ray Hellberg. Masonic graveside rites follow under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home direction. Brians a native of Little Rock Ark who lived in Lubbock since 1966 and worked for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. He graduated from Howard Payne College and South Texas School of Law and was in Brownwood Masonic Lodge and the Khiva Shrine Temple Amarillo. Survivors include a son L E of Lubbock a brother D F of Abilene and three sisters Mrs Chester Morris Fort Worth Mrs Inez Etheredze Snyder and Mrs Mona McMillan Dallas.
Federal officials report the arrest of two Peruvian airline employees at Miami International Airport. U S Customs agents say 88 pounds of cocaine were found after the arrests of Carlos Cortez, 39, and Jose Placencia Diaz, 27. The seizure is valued at about 100 million.
A brief verse list praising joy in religious life. It notes Psalm 66 1 and the Bible’s joyous passages. Jesus is described with a pleasant disposition attracting common folk and children, as quoted by Julien C Hyer.
A burglar who broke into Ray mond Taylor’s house at 2601 75th St took items worth nearly 700 dollars and then stole the kitchen sink. The Ranch Burger at 1111 34th St was also ransacked with a jukebox, cigarette machine and paper dispenser pried open and hamburger packaging scattered. A bloodstained coat, screwdriver and tin shears were found. investigators say a cut hand may have occurred during entry.
Warren S. Churchill, retired president and chairman of Arrow Drilling Co. of Tulsa and Dallas, died in a Tulsa hospital at age 75. Services set for 3 p.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church of Tulsa, Cremation planned. Churchill moved to Tulsa in 1919 after World War I service and led Arrow for 23 years expanding to Dallas and acquiring Arrow Drilling Co. of Canada. In 1954 he sold the company to a group that became Keir and Cawder Arrow Drilling Co., Ltd. He helped found the American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors and served on its board from its inception.
Brownsville AP reports Bill Long elected president of the Mr Amigo Association replacing A J Carnest on the top post. Long will remain on the executive committee as a member. The change is part of the routine leadership transition for the group.
Mrs. Lodusky Allen, 100, died about 11 am Friday in Highland Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for 10:30 am Monday at River-Welch Funeral Home Chapel Big Spring with burial in Big Spring Cemetery. She lived with a daughter in Lubbock at 4225 37th Street and was a Gold Star Mother who lost a son in World War I. Born in Brushy Township Texas she moved to Texas at age three and later built rent homes for Webb AFB servicemen. Survivors include five grandchildren four great grandchildren and five great greats.
An audit of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal in Baton Rouge found former clerk John E. Miller paid himself 14125 in questionable expense claims. Miller, who served Oct 1, 1964, to Sept 11, 19xx, admitted most expenses were fraudulent and repaid 12714 to the court.
A four alarm blaze in an unfinished East Side skyscraper trapped about 2,000 office workers and left three dead and 51 injured. Fire officials reported walls and glass exploded as flames swept the Carpet Center Building turning it into a tower of smoke.
Three men died from smoke inhalation on the fifth floor of a towering East 56th Street skyscraper as a blaze raged. Stanley Campbell 22 Theodore Walton 2 and George Messer 57 perished. One man killed by elevator doors, two maintenance workers identified. A workman blamed rug scraps and a blow torch. Fire officials criticized workers who fought the fire themselves. It took two hours for hundreds of firefighters to gain control. Eight firefighters and two policemen were injured. Elevators failed to operate and doors were reportedly chained on the first floor.
Services for Ernest Eugene Woods 82 will be at 3 p.m. today at the Church of Christ in Quitaque with Earlee of Rock Creek and Rev. Fred Martin officiating. Burial will be in Quitaque Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Phelps and Mrs Hamilton of Quitaque, Mrs Ruby Graham of Plainview, and another daughter named Conway. sons Willie Preston Carl Duke Durango Colo and J W of Stamford. a sister Mrs Ailmom Wilson of Liberty Hill. and four brothers Roy Kodiak Alaska Rodney El Paso G L of Oklahoma and Emmett Burnet.
A partial OCR snippet states that Stone was born in 1818 and discusses married women using maiden names, referencing the term Stoners for such women after marriage to Dr. Henry Black. It also mentions a long fight for women s rights and an estimate of 3.2 million white tailed deer in Texas.
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