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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1962

Page

3

Phone changes connect Reese IDALOU area to Lubbock

Lubbock area residents gain direct toll free dialing to Reese AFB and housing area using 885 prefix and to Idalou with 832 prefix. Non toll direct service links Lubbock with Idalou Shallowater Wolfforth and Ida lou callers can reach Lubbock without long distance charges. General Telephone Co. and Southwestern Bell coordinated the switch.

Lubbock Reese Air Force Base Idalou Afb Porter Exchange Reese Government Harlwood General Telephone Co Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Avalanche Shallowater Wolfforth

Wylmar Abdill Dies In Clovis

Wylmar De Leon Abdill, 39, died at 1 p m Saturday in Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services are tentatively set for 2 p m Tuesday in C V Steed Chapel with Rev. Harry Darby officiating. Burial place pending. Survivors include wife Mary two sons Charlie and Leroy two daughters Jeanette Lee and Melia Ann all at home a brother Spencer G Clark Chula Vista Calif and mother Mrs Mabel Smith Clovis.

Clovis Wylmar Deleon Abdill Clovis Memorial Hospital C. V. Steed Chanel Harry Darby Mary Charlie Leroy Jeanette Lee Melia Ann Spencer G. Clark Chula Vista Calif Mabel Smith

Olton Young Farmers to Hear George Mahon Speaker

George Mahon congressman from the 19th district will address the Olton Young Farmers at a 7:30 p.m. gathering in the Olton High School Auditorium with an informal Q and A. The public is invited to attend.

George Mahon Olton Young Farmers Olton High School

Otis E. Sasser Funeral Slated

Otis E. Sasser 59 a Phoenix Arizona resident who died after a long illness is to be buried Monday at Lawn Haven Memorial Park in Clovis Funeral services will be at 2 p m in Our Chapel of Memories Mortuary with Dr Herbert Bergstrom of the First Baptist Church officiating Survivors include wife Edith three sons Pat Farmington James and Donald both of Phoenix mother Mrs Anna Sasser Clovis sister Mrs Glen Emenhiser Beaumont Calif and brothers Al and Nolan both of Clovis Pallbearers named Wesley Quinn Paul Garrison Terrence Reed Willis Crook and Gus Delonas

Clovis Otis E. Sasser Phoenix Ariz Chapel of Memories Herbert Bergstrom First Baptist Church Will Lawn Haven Memoral Park Sasser Arizona Edith Pat Farmington James Donald Anna Sasser Glen Emenhiser Beaumont Calif Nolan

Ex City Resident Herbert Lowrey Dies in Corpus Christi

Former Lubbock resident and King Ranch accountant Herbert Lowrey died at 2 30 am Saturday in a Corpus Christi hospital after two weeks’ admission. Funeral at 2 pm today at Church of the Good Shepherd Corpus Christi burial in Comfort Texas. Survivors include wife Elma nee Pierce daughter Mrs Earl Domengeaux Houston brother Robert H Lowrey Lubbock sister Mrs W R Kershner Rio de Janeiro and grandson Maury Domengeaux Houston. Another brother E J Pinkie Lowrey was a well known Lubbock High School teacher.

Herbert Lowrey Lubbock Corpus Christi Church of the Good Shepherd Comfort Tex Mason Lowrey King Ranch Texas Quicksall-Pryor Co Elma Pierce Earl Domengeaux Houston Robert H. Lowrey Slide Rd W. R. Kershner Rio de Janeiro Maury Domengeaux E. J. (Pinkie) Lowrey Lubbock High School

Funeral Pending for Local Pilot Killed in Texas Crash

2nd Lt. John Bernard Keck 23 student pilot died Friday when his T 37 trainer crashed five miles south of O Donnell Texas. Webb AFB investigators led by Col Rex D Fryer probed wreckage while River Funeral Home prepared services for Keck son of Baltimore residents.

Big Spring John Bernard Keck Lamesa River Funeral Home Keck William E. Keck Baltimore Webb Afb O’donnell U. S. 87 Rex D. Fryer Webb

Clovis Rites Planned for Chester Crow

Chester Crow 39 died Friday at Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services set for 10 a.m. Monday at C. V. Steed Memorial Chapel with Fred Landers officiating and burial at Lawn Haven Memorial Park. Crow, a Clovis resident for one year, worked as a restaurant cook. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gordon. Pallbearers named Homer Hailey, Riley Brewer, Herman Jenkins, Frank Murray, Frank Johnson and Lester Banister.

Clovis Chester Crow Clovis Memorial Hospital C. V. Steed Homer Hailey Riley Brewer Herman Jenkins Frank Murray Frank Johnson Lester Banister

Funeral Set Monday For H. D. Meredith

Last rites for Hubert Dawes Meredith 67 Floyd County resident since 1916 will be at 3 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church. The Rev. F. C. Bradley to officiate with Dr. W. Winifred Moore assisting. Burial with Masonic rites at Floydada Cemetery under Harmony Funeral Home. He died Saturday afternoon at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo after a two year illness. Survivors include Myrtle his wife and a daughter Mrs. H. C. Burke of Amarillo, two grandchildren, brother C. M. Meredith of Floydada, three sisters Miss Vera Meredith of Floydada, Mrs. Clay Muncy of Lockney, and Mrs. Will Parker of Novice.

Floydada Hubert Dawes Meredith Floyd County First Baptist Church F. C. Bradley W. Winifred Moore Amarillo Floydada Cemetery Harmony Funeral Home Meredith Northwest Texas Hospital Louisiana Myrtle H. C. Burke C. M. Meredith Vera Meredith Clay Muncy Lockney Will Parker

Auto Mishap Victim's Rites Scheduled Today

Funeral services for Wesley Weems, 39, will be at 2 30 p m today in the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Portales. He died in a car accident near Portales early Thursday. Grover C. Ross, a former minister, will officiate. Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery with Wheeler Mortuary directing.

Portales Wesley Weems Fourth Street Church of Christ Weems Grover C. Ross Portales Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary

Mrs Bell Coady Dies In Andrews

Dora Coady an 86 year old resident of Andrews died Saturday morning at Permian General Hospital Services were pending at Watts Funeral Home Madill Okla prior to moving to Andrews Local arrangements were through Singleton Funeral Home She was a Tennessee native Survived by three daughters Mrs W T Eubank Andrews Mrs Ben Hatfield Borger and Mrs Madge Kilgo Houston two sons John R Lovington N M and Ivy Oklahoma City a sister Mrs Ellen Jolly Clute 14 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren

Services For Boy Set In Andrews

Services are at 2 30 p m today at Frankel City Baptist Church for Craig Eugene Stackhouse nine son of Mr and Mrs W C Stackhouse who died Friday evening in Permian General Hospital after an extended illness. Burial is 10 a m Tuesday in Greenwood County Cemetery Eureka Kansas. Local arrangements are by Singleton Funeral Home. Surviving relatives include grandmothers Mrs Edna Torrance Sulphur Springs Arkansas and Mrs May Stackhouse Eureka Kan a sister Diane and a brother David W.

Relative of City Residents Die

L. C. Green Jr. 45, San Angelo insurance man with Dun & Bradstreet for about 20 years, died of a heart attack at 12:30 a.m. Friday in San Angelo. He was a nephew of Mrs. Ivy G. Savage and of G. M. Green and C. L. Green, who plan to attend a 10 a.m. Monday funeral at Johnson Chapel. Burial is in a San Angelo cemetery. Born in Brownfield, his parents moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico, over 15 years ago and ranched until the father retired. Surviving are his wife and three children.

L. C. Green Jr San Angelo Dun & Bradstreet, Inc Ivy G. Savage 31St St Roscoe Wilson Ig. M. Green 46Th St C. L. Green Brownfield Johnson Chapel Las Vegas N. M

Robert Mack Odell's Funeral Pending Here

Robert Mack Odell aged 82 of 3011 Duke died at 4 45 p m Saturday at West Texas Hospital services pending at Rix Funeral Survivors include his wife three daughters Mrs Ernest H Howard Modesto Calif Mrs Catherine Christ Dallas and Mrs Lester Nelson Sacramento Calif and a son Aubrey 3014 Duke

Robert Mack Odell Duke West Texas Hospital Rix Funeral Home Ernest H. Howard Modesto Calif Catherine Christ Dallas Lester Nelson Sacramento Aubrey

Services Slated For Mrs Harris

Rites for Mrs. L G Harris 64 longtime Enochs resident will be held at 2 30 p m Monday at the First Baptist Church Enochs with Rev Jess Terry officiating Rev R W Ike Harris of Lubbock will assist Burial will follow in Enochs Cemetery under direction of Singleton Funeral Home Mrs Harris moved from Motley County died Saturday in Green Hospital Muleshoe after a 12 day stay She was a native of Wood County Survivors include her husband three daughters Mrs Francis Riley Amarillo Mrs Neva Joyce Brannan Odessa and Mrs Zelma Phillips Levelland four sisters Mrs Edith Jenkins Lubbock Mrs Alene Martin Plainview Mrs Verna Jamison Whiteflat and Mrs Georgia Sparks Tecumseh Okla a brother Herman Norton Oregon nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers are Dale Nichols Dean Gilliam Arnold Archer J E Layton Harold Layton and Eddie Wallace

Green Hospital Muleshoe Wood County Francis Riley Amarillo Neva Joyce Brannan Odessa Zelma Phillips Levelland Edith Jenkins Lubbock Alene Martin Plainview Verna Jamison Whiteflat Georgia Sparks Tecumseh Okla Herman Norton Oregon Dale Nichols Dean Gilliam Arnold Archer J. E. Layton Harold Layton Eddie Wallace

Edgar Beason Rites Set In Amherst

Services for Edgar Steward Beason 44 former Amherst resident will be held at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Amherst Burial will be in Littlefield Cemetery under direction of Payne Funeral Home Beason of Sacramento Calif died there Wednesday after a long illness Reverend John Rankin pastor officiating

Amherst Edgar Steward Beason First Baptist Church Beason Sacramento Calif John Rankin Littlefield Cemetery Payne Funeral Home

French Seek Pure Water Buy Drinking Water Devices

In France demand rises for devices to treat drinking water as citizens pursue safer supplies. Manufacturers note widespread uptake across regions.

Paris France

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Reese Wylmar Abdill Remington Sewing Center Toh & M Clovis, N.M Abbott and Bowen Rent-a-Car Co Alton’ Abbott 36Th St South Plains Stamp Club Municipal Garden Arts Center Cordin Duke 44Th St Field Enterprises Educational Corp Chicago Hollis L. Caswell Columbia Teachers College Palmer House Hotel J. D. Coffman 13Th St Ave 3Rd St Burl V. Medlock Bates South Plains Sport Car Club Country Inn Oliver Spicer Dan Ehrhorn Jean Pearson Kent Clark Bryce Campbell Frances Spicer Ian Smith Clark Harley Mansker Baptist Roy Lowrey Plains Methodist Hospital Russell Balch New Home Smyer Hockley County Elizabeth Ann Stinson Leon Stinson 39Th St 34Th St Wesley Quinn Paul Garrison Terrence Reed Willis Crook Gus Delonas H. D. Meredith Andrews Robert E. Smith Crosbyton Robert Ernest Smith Chamber of Commerce Crosbyton Clinic Great Yarmouth England UPI Technical High School John Park Harris Resthaven Memorial Levelland Highway Prater’s Prater 114Th St South College Avenue Jean Neel North College
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