Bracero Dies Under Cotton Stripper Near Lamesa
A 34 year old bracero, Pedro Patlancazares, was crushed when a cotton stripper trailer rolled over him at a farm north of Lamesa. The fatal injuries occurred after he stepped from the trailer to check a choke-up while the machine operated. An inquest ruled accidental death. arrangements are with Branon Philips Funeral Home in Lamesa.
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Lamesa
Here
Pedro Patlan Cazares
L.D
Bennett
Cazares
Dawson County
J. P. Standefer
Branon-Philips Funeral Home
City Merchant Martin Singer Dead in New York Auto
Martin Singer 47 a Lub bock area merchant was found dead in his running car parked near Mackenzie Park in New York City Police reported a hose leading from the exhaust into the car and a note on the dashboard indicated cremation wishes A verdict of death by asphyxiation was returned Survivors include wife Julie son Alan Nelson Singer daughter Michele Ann Singer and his mother Frances Singer plus brother Phillip Singer Local arrangements were by Franklin Bartley Funeral Home
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Martin Singer
54Th St
Riverside Memorial Chapel
New York City
Singer
Lubbock
Mackenzie Park
J. J. Seal
G. D. McGrew
Justice of the Peace F. R
Julie
Alan Nelson Singer
Michele Ann Singer
Frances Singer
Miami Beach
Fla
Phillip Singer
Coral Gables
Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home
Anderson Infant's Funeral Is Friday
Carey Jeanette Anderson seven week old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eddie Anderson of Earth will be buried Friday in Earth Cemetery after services at Earth First Baptist Church The Rev M B Baldwin will officiate Child died Wednesday morning at home in Earth Survivors include sister Mona Louise and grandparents Rex Sherry Olton and C E Anderson Springlake
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Olton
Carey Jeanette Anderson
Eddie Anderson
Earth
First Baptist Church
M. B. Baldwin
Earth Cemetery
Parsons Funeral Home
Mona Louise Anderson
Rex Sherry
C. E. Anderson
Springlake
Dallas Newsman B C Jefferson Dead at 70
B C Jefferson, longtime editor of the Dallas Times Herald, died Wednesday in a Dallas hospital at age 70 after a period of illness. Born in Fairfield East Texas, he began at the Times Herald in 1919 as a cub reporter and obituary writer and rose to editorial writer and board member.
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Dallas
B. C
Jefferson
Dallas Times Herald
Fairfield
East Texas
Times Herald
Miller Infant Rites Scheduled In Snyder
Grave side services for James Leroy Miller, day old son of Mr and Mrs James Lee Miller, will be held at 10 am today in Snyder Cemetery with Rev John Duke of Northside Baptist Church officiating. Burial under Bolger Funeral Home direction. He died at 430 pm Tuesday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a sister Laura Jo and maternal and paternal grandparents.
Civil Rights Leader Returns From Europe
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Returned from Europe where he received the Nobel Peace Prize He told reporters at Kennedy Airport the reception there would give new determination and vigor to carry on the civil rights movement.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Europe
Kennedy Airport
Pfeiffenberger Funeral Set for Local Cotton Technologist
Pfeiffenberger 36 died Tuesday at St Marys Hospital in Lubbock. Funeral Mass at 10 30 AM today at Christ the King Catholic Church with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Survived by widow daughter Ann and son Will Jr. Rosary held Wednesday at Rix Memorial Chapel. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
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Christ the King Catholic Church
James Fitzgerald
George W. Pfeiffenberger
60Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
W. W
Wilmer Smith
Don Jones
Donald Johnson
H. F. Dean
D. A. Fanning
James Parker
Pfeiffenberger
The
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock
Chicopee Manufacturing Corporation
Chicopee Falls
Mass
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chicopee Corp
Otto Goedecke Co
National Cotton Council of America
Memphis
Mrs. Kathryn Patton Rites Held in Clovis
Funeral services for Kathryn Jennie Patton 68 longtime Clovis resident were at Central Christian Church with burial in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery under C V Steed Funeral Home. She died Tuesday in Clovis Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness leaving a son David R Patton Jr and four daughters among other relatives. Pallbearers named were Andy Andrews Horace Echols Less Hubby Layton Woody C D Kelley and Ralph Williams.
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Clovis
Kathryn Jennie Patton
Central Christian Church
Stanley Letcher Jr
Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery
C. V. Steed
David R. Patton Jr
Las Cruces
Doris Waters
Omaha
Neb
Billie Jacobs
Patsy
Thomas
Washington, D.C
W. L. Lard
Miami
Tex
Claude Lard
Amarillo
Ivy Hale
Perryton
Pearl Fulston
Shattuck
Okla
Grace Morris
Alice Foreman
Pampa
Andy Andrews
Horace Echols
Less Hubby
Llayton Woody
C. D. Kelleys
Ralph Williams
Mrs. John A Hagood Rites Planned at Hale Center
Services for Mrs. John A Hagood 84 Hale Center resident since 1920 will be held at 2 p m today at Hale Center First Methodist Church The Rev Raymond Dyess assisted by Rev Rex Mauldin will officiate Burial will be in Center Plains Cemetery under Hale Center Funeral Home directions Mrs Hagood native of Wise County Texas died about 430 a m Wednesday at her residence Surviving are two sons Earl Hale Center and Warner Lubbock two daughters Mrs Jessie Faith Larson Mount Pleasant and Miss Hazel Hagood Hale Center 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild
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Hale Center
John A. Hagood
Hale Center First Methodist Church
Raymond Dyess
Rex Mauldin
Center Plains
iHale Center Funeral Home
Hagood
Wise ‘County
Tex
Earl
Warner
Lubbock
Jessie Faith Larson
Mount Pleasant
Hazel Hagood
Mrs. Collins Dies In City
Mrs. T. M. Collins aged 93 died at 8 p.m. Wednesday at University Convalescent Home after ill health since August. Funeral at Sanders Memorial Chapel Friday 2 p.m. with R. W. Poynor officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors: three daughters, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Lubbock resident since 1925, previously Austin resident.
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T. M. Collins
University Convalescent
Sanders Memorial Chapel
R. W. Poynor
17Th Street
Avenue N Church
Christmas Feast Traditions in France on Twelfth Night
In France at Christmas on Twelfth Night they celebrate with feast and light. They dine on oysters truffles snails roast goose mullet and lobster tails and drink native wines. St Nicholas brings sweets and toys while children bake a ring cake to choose a King. local observances mix religious joy with festive pageantry and culinary fare.
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France
St. Nicholas
Services Today For Pioneer Games Woman
SEMINOLE Special Services for Mrs. Guy Stark, 87, pioneer resident of Seminole and Gaines County, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church. Rev. James Caldwell will officiate. Burial will follow in Seminole Cemetery. Mrs. Stark died at midnight Tuesday in Seminole. She was born in Brown County and moved to Gaines County in April 1905. Survived by seven sons Floyd Glenn Terry Calvin Hobbs Homer Frank Gayland. six daughters T A Elam Herbert Teal Ed Townsend R L Jones Jr Edna Stark A L Payne. sister Edna Johnson of Clovis. three brothers. 28 grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren.
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Guy Stark
Seminole
Gaines County
First Methodist Church
James Caldwell
Seminole Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Stark
Brown County
Seminole First Methodist Church
Floyd
Glenn
Terry
Calvin
Hobbs
Homer
Fort Worth
Frank
Kilgore
Gayland
Lubbock
T. A. Elam
Herbert Teal
Ed Townsend
R. L. Jones Jr
Edna Stark
A. L. Payne
Edna Johnson
Clovis
Longtime Anton Resident Mrs. Stephenson Dies at 76
Mrs. W. A. Stephenson, 76, longtime Anton resident since 1927, died at 8 45 am Wednesday at her Anton home. Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Anton First Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Watson and Rev. Ralph Campbell officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, under Rix Funeral Home supervision. Survivors include her husband and ten children, multiple grandchildren, two sisters and two brothers, with many additional relatives.
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W. A. Stephenson
Anton
Methodist Church
Light Sons
Z. B
Otto
Fort Collins
Colo
C. S
L. A
Hearn
Tex
D. D
Espanola
N.M
Delo
Floyd
Vernon
Boulder
Owen
Anaheim
Calif
Greathleene Fyffe
Kensington
Marietta Handson
Buena Park
Harris Infant Rites Planned in Lubbock
Graveside services for Terry O Neal Harris 20 month old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Harris will be held at 2 p m today at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Justice of the Peace George H McCleskey ruled death due to natural causes. Survivors include parents a brother James Edie and grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter E Gordon of Chicago and Mrs Helen Hunt of 2107 Ave O.
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City of Lubbock
Terry O'Neal Harris
Henry Harris
Avenue L
Peyton Fullingim
Plains Baptist Church
Rix Funeral Home
Methodist Hospital
Justice of the Peace
George H. McCleskey
James Edie
Walter E. Gordon
Chicago
Helen Hunt
Ave. O
Charlie Ainsworth Rites Slated Today
Services for Charlie N. Ainsworth 70 stock farmer and rancher are set for 2 p.m. at Fluvanna Church of Christ with Eddie Sweeney officiating. Burial at Fluvanna Cemetery. Ainsworth died 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. He lived in Scurry County five years and was a Cooke County native. Survivors include wife, a daughter Mrs. Albert Craig Canyon, two sisters and five brothers. Nephews will be pallbearers.
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Cooke County
Albert Craig
Canyon
Edna
Lawless
Brady
Jack ST
Olan
Millsands, N.M
Kercheval Rites Set In Slaton
Funeral services for Ernest A. Kercheval 50 of Slaton are set for 2 p m today at First Baptist Church with Dr Charles Wood officiating Burial will be at Englewood Williams Funeral Home He died Tuesday night at his residence 615 S 13th St of an apparent heart attack Survivors include his wife Ma home and his mother Mrs W E Kercheval a daughter Beverly of the Kercheval also of the home Singapore may lift some import controls.
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Slaton
Ernest A. Kercheval
First Baptist Church
Charles Wood
Englewood
Williams Funeral Home
Kercheval
Kertan' Studio
S. 13Th St
Ma Home
W.erie
Beverly
Albert Weeks Rites In Lamesa
Albert Newton Weeks 90 dies after brief illness in Medical Arts Hospital. Services at Downtown Church of Christ with Gipson and Mickey officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Survived by six daughters, three sons, a sister, a brother, 39 grandchildren, 56 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
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Ters
Opal Dixon
San Jose
Calif
V. C. Venable
Farwell
J. A. Fox
Fort Worth
Jim Corbin
Denver City
Hollis Wilson
Lamesa
Billie Gill
Tom
Welch
Roy
Carlsbad
Tex
A. E
Rosa Lee Hugh
Stamford
John
Oklahoma City
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Albert Newton
Church of Christ
John ‘Gipson
Wesley Mickey
Lamesa Memorial Park
Weeks
Damson County
Medical Arts Hospital
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Ene
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