Spirit Of Christmas Nurtured Year Around In Florida Town
In Christmas Florida a small fort built on Dec 25 1835 gave name to the town that thrives on Christmas spirit. Postmistress Juanita Tucker ran a busy 350000 December mail load in 1967 and added personal greetings to boost mail flow, saying the season’s joy lasts all year.
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Christmas
Fla
UPI
Florida
Fort Christmas
Orlando
Cape Kennedy Space ‘Center
Juanita Tucker
Orange County
Mrs Joe Pool 67 Funeral Today in Lubbock
Mrs. Joe B. Pool of 513 Ave O 67 died 10 30 p.m. Tuesday in Big Spring hospital. Funeral at 2 30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev David Ray. burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include husband three daughters a son her mother a sister three brothers and nine grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Joe B
Big Spring
Pool
Collin County
Becton
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Faith
Charles
Kokomo
Ind
Earl Stargel
44Th St
Arthur Burnett
59Th St
Harold Pool
Conduge
N.M
Ida Sexton
Denison
George Harper
Durant
Okla
Cleo Sexton
Wheatley Sexton
Jay Sexton
Calera
FE. G. White Jr
Lonnie Edwards
Mrs. Eva Gray services today in Lubbock church
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Gray 80 of 2013 38th St are set for 2 p m at Central Baptist Church with Dr Harold Henderson officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include a son A D Gray two daughters Mrs Tom Ball and Mrs Ruby Wright, two half siblings, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Eva Gray
38Th St
Central Baptist Church
Harold Henderson
Jack Welch
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Grayson
Lubbock
Ray
Bovina
A. D
Tom Ball
Ruby Wright
Wichita Falls
Walter Masters
Charles Masters
Bowie
Myrtie Griffin
Idabel
Okla
Bryce Etheredge
J. L.taggart
Paul Sparkman
Ralph Thompson
Berk Horton Jr
Ben Womack
Christmas Sauna Steam Bath Shared by Family and Neighbors
A fragment notes a sauna steam bath shared with family and neighbors during Christmas in Finland. The concise reminiscence hints at warm communal tradition and social gathering around the Finnish holiday customs.
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Finland
Shorty Warren's Services Slated
Shorty Warren 79 of Plainview will have funeral services at 2 p.m. today at Wood-Dunning Colonial Chapel with Rev. Roland Moore and Jimmie Wood officiating. Burial follows at Plainview Memorial Park. A native of Sweetwater he died Tuesday at Plains Convalescent Home after living in Plainview since 1917. He was a charter American Quarter Horse Assn. member and a longtime rancher. Survived by Maggie his wife Tom son Mrs. C. C. Choate daughter six sisters six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Plainview
W. E
Shorty) Warren
Wood-Dunning Colonial Capel
Roland Moore
Wayside Methodist Church
Jimmie Wood
Columbia Street
L of Christ
Plainview Memorial Park
Warren
Sweetwater
Plains Convalescent
American Quarter Horse Assn
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Assn
Maggie
Tom
C. C. Choate
J. L. Preston
Lora Ballard
Kerrville
Myrtle Brown
Wewoka
Okla
P. L. Sawyers
Big Spring
Dave Busley
Uvalde
Frank Morgan
Stockton
Calif
Burglars Target Business and Homes in Lubbock
Burglars hit Andy's Grocery at 1602 Ave Dj stealing about 100 cigarettes, a dozen cigars, a match and rolls. Delma Daniel of 3614 22nd St reports five manila envelopes with assorted coins missing. Losses total about $33. Hale at 2613 1st St says 13 Christmas gifts missing and two large wreaths taken from the Lubbeck building. Women's Club at 2020 Broadway mentioned in report.
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Lubbock
Andy
WD. Hale
1St St
Lubleek
Women's Club
Broadway
Russians Complete Pacific Launchings
Moscow reports the Soviet Union successfully completed carrier rocket launchings from Pele bases into the Pacific area. No further details were provided in the brief AP dispatch.
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Pacific
Moscow
Soviet Union
Not an Ache Workman Survives 13-Story Fall in Baltimore
Ervin Watts Jr., 20, of Westinghouse Elevator, fell 13 stories from a broken second-floor scaffold into two feet of water at the Arlington Federal Savings and Loan building on Dec 6. He survived with only minor bruises and abrasions, and his memory of the incident is blank.
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Baltimore
Ervin Watts Jr
Westinghouse Elevator Co
Watts
Arlington Federal Savings and Loan. Association
Edwin Thomas Dies in German Auto Mishap
Edwin Waynes Thomas, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Wilford W Thomas of 2416 32nd St, died in an auto crash in Munich Germany early Wednesday. An Army Counter Intelligence Corps member stationed in Germany, he came to Lubbock in 1954 and graduated from Lubbock High School in 1962. He entered the Army in 1965 and belonged to Broadway Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents and a sister Karen, plus grandmother Lola Towe of Dixon Kentucky. Funeral arrangements are pending with Sanders Funeral Home.
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Edwin Waynes Thomas
Wilford W. Thomas
32Nd St
Sanders Funeral Home
Thomas
Munich
Germany
Counter Inteligence Corps
Lubbock
Lubbock High School
Texas Tech
Army
Broadway Church of Christ
Karen
Lola Towe
Dixon, Ky
Ada Hanley Funeral Today in Levelland
Services for Ada Hanley 77 longtime Levelland resident who died Tuesday evening at South Plains Hospital will be held at 2 p m today at First Assembly of God Church. Rev Charles Gibson pastor will officiate with burial at Level Cemetery under George C Price Funeral Home. She had lived in Levelland 38 years and was a member of the church.
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Ada Hanley
South Plains
First Assembly of God Church
Charles Gibson
Level ‘Cemetery
George C. Price
Levelland
First
Assembly of God Churchalyde
Aater
Florida Father Drops Challenge and Acknowledges Soldier as Son
After three days of dispute the Hettich family in Sarasota accepts Army identification of a dead Vietnam soldier as Cpl. Donald Hettich. The fiancé and siblings challenge the find, noting differences such as shoe size and scarring. Army and FBI officials provided forensic confirmation.
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Sarasota
Fla
Army
Vietnam
Fred H. Hettich
Donald Hettich
Richard F. Rivera
Washington, D.C
Hettich
Tucker Services Planned Today for M H Tucker
Obituary item notes M H Tucker aged 75 will have services at 10 am at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Francis Wilson and Rev Royce Calhoun officiating Burial in Idalou Cemetery directed by a funeral firm He resided at 2514 ith St died Monday morning after living in Lubbock 26 years a retired builder and member of Trinity Baptist Church Surviving relatives include a son three daughters two sisters and eleven grandchildren Pallbearers named D B White Earl Kerr Oscar Tapp Pat Lo Cascio Tom Squires and J B Benefield
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M. H. Tucker
Trinity Baptist Church
Francis Wilson
Royce Calhoun
New Name
Idalou
Sanders Funeral Home
Ith St
Lubbock
Tucker
Levelland
Idalou Valores
D. B. White
Earl Kerr
Oscar Tapp
Pat Lo Cascio
Tom Squires
Ij. Be, Benefield
Funeral Today for Mrs Crow of Ropesville
Services for Lucy Crow 73 of Ropesville are set for 3 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Ropesville with Sanders Funeral Home in charge. She died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Survived by son Mike of Hobbs, daughters Nell Holt and Marjorie Pointer, two sisters M B Armstrong and E R Clifton, pallbearers include W W Platt Wilbur Burks Alvin Ryals George Whitten Charles Thomas and Marshall Armstrong.
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Lucy Crow
Rt. 1
Ropesville
Ropesvile Church of Christ
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Crow
Methodist Hospital
Mike
Hobbs
Nell Holt
25Th St
Marjorie Pointer
Mrs. Lula Burke Dies in Amarillo Home
Funeral for 86 year old Lula M Burke a longtime Tulia and Littlefield resident will be held at 2 p.m. in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Ministers William Freeze and Harold Kennamer officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. She lived in Tulsa from 1915 to 1932 then moved to Littlefield and later resided at Bivins Rest Home in Amarillo. Survivors include a son, three daughters, a brother, two sisters, nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
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Tulia
Lula
M. Burke
Littlefield
Amarillo
Wallace Funeral Home
William Freeze
Church of Christ
Harold Kennamer
Tulsa
Rose Hill
Rochelle
Tex
W. C. Gardner
Arlington
W. A. Ford
John Cloud's Rites Planned
John B Cloud 63 retired trucker and Brownfield resident died Wednesday funeral set for Friday at 2 pm in First Presbyterian Church officiated by Revs Ralph O Dell and Albert McDowell Burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home in charge Survivors include wife two sons Johnny of Corpus Christi Joe of Friona two daughters Dee Walker Hobbs and Jean Latham Lubbock five brothers Richard Hobbs Wilford Red Woodsboro Earl San Antonio Pete Odessa Maurice Dallas five sisters Gladys Strawn Kenedy Cleo Pace Margaret Ronnie Dorothy Conn San Antonio and nine grandchildren
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Brownfield
John B. Cloud
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph O'Dell
Albert McDowell
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Johnny
Corpus Christi
Joe
Friona
Dee Walker
Hobbs
Bobby
Jean) Latham
Lubbock
Richard
Wilford
Red
Woodsboro
Earl
San Antonio
Pete
Odessa
Maurice
Dallas
Gladys Strawn
Rounge
Cleo Pace
Margaret Ronnie
Kenedy
Dorothy Conn
la Grange
David Cook
Paul H White Funeral Planned in Lubbock
Paul Henry White 27 of 4916 10th St. dies in an auto crash at 12 10 a m Tuesday becoming the citys 30th traffic fatality of the year. Funeral at St Luke s Methodist Church at 10 30 a m today with burial at Citizens Cemetery at Claredon. Survivors include wife two sons two brothers a sister and two half sisters. pallbearers listed.
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Paul Henry White
10Th St
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Lloyd Hamilton
Citizens Cemetery
Clarendon
Henderson Funeral Home
White
Lubbock
Yellowhouse
Waring Group Opens Texan Dome at South Plains College
Waring and the Pennsylvanians inaugurated the Texan Dome on the South Plains College campus in Levelland. The $750000 dome seats about 3200 and adds science and fine arts facilities to the 14-building campus. The show featured in the round, with Dr. Marvin Baker presiding and Laverne H. Kirby as designer.
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Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Levelland
Red Waring
Emilyvanians
South Plains College
Waring
Iewest
Lubbock
Municipal Coliseum
Laverne H. Kirby
Bob R. Hunter
Tex Ans
Marvin Baker
Sheriff grows marijuana plants in office in Oregon
Lincoln County Sheriff Everett Hockema says his department is cultivating cannabis in the sheriff’s office so deputies can recognize the plants. The move aims to aid identification and enforcement training.
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Lincoln City
Ore
UPI
Lincoln County
Everett Hockema
Services Today for Lancaster in Lamesa
Services for R N Lancaster 82 will be at 2 pm in Branon-Philips Chapel with Wesley Mickey pastor of the Downtown Church of Christ officiating Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park Lancaster a Marion County Ark native died Tuesday night in Medical Arts Hospital and had lived in Lamesa since 1941 He is survived by four sons Earl of Beulah E J of Rockford Til QO C of Bannings Calif and Raymond of Littlefield one daughter Mrs Artie Shaw Amherst four stepdaughters and a stepson nine grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and eight step pallbearers are named
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Lamesa
R. N. Lancaster
Wesley Mickey
Church ‘of Christ
Lamesa Memorial Park
Marion County
Ark
Lancaster
Medical Arts Hospital
Maudie
Earl of
Beulah
E. J
Rockford, Til
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Joe Pool
Shorty Warren
Workman
Edwin Thomas
Alvera
Mary Pallmer
Donald
Hawaii
Eddie
Tucker Services
Hong Kong
New ‘Territories
Lula Burke
John Cloud
Paul H. White
Hollywood
Jeff Cooper
David Niven
Lubbock's
Peaceful Gardens
Memorial Park
Tohoka Highway
Zale
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