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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
6
Hemphill-Wells announces a liberal exchange policy for gifts bought at Hemphill's. Customers can return items to the original department in either downtown or Monterey locations to swap for the correct color size or suitable gift. The store pledges friendly handling of exchanges to ensure customer satisfaction.
In Da Nang a UPI report describes Marines wounded on Christmas Day despite a 30 hour ceasefire. Pfc Rodney Wright of Wilton Maine and Pfc Dale Fabel of St. Clair Shores Michigan recount sniper fire and lax attitudes during patrols. Fabel notes a bullet pierced his flak jacket and a quick Medivac evacuation followed.
Sidney Johnson Blankenship 93 a longtime Denton resident died about 9 30 pm Sunday in a Lubbock convalescent home The body will be sent to Denton where funeral plans will be announced by Goen Funeral Home Henderson Funeral Directors handle local arrangements He was born in Alabama and had lived in Lubbock the last 18 months Surviving are six sons W C Big Spring Floyd Lorenzo M W Hereford J D Garden City Tex Alton Denton S W Blankenship Dallas five daughters Mrs Leon Copeland Lawn Tex Mrs Brittle Bledsoe 3718 47th St Mrs Ernest Exum 4404 W Mth St Mrs J L Waller Cleburne Mrs J L Long Dallas two brothers Sam Lawn and John Blankenship California a sister Miss Rebecca Blankenship Lawn 22 grandchildren and many great grandchildren
Funeral services are set for 10 a m today at W W Rix Chapel for A H Duncan 74 who died at 6 55 a m in a Slaton rest home The Rev W W Kitterman of Modern Manor Presbyterian will officiate with the Rev James A Kelly Slide Baptist and the Rev Billy Sanders First Church of God assisting Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction Surviving are his wife three daughters a son two sisters a brother 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren
Services for Shelia Monroe daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Monroe will be held at Highland Baptist Church at 2 pm with Rev I D Walker and Rev Jack Albright officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Shelia died at 8 15 am Sunday at Methodist Hospital after being ill since Thursday. She lived in Lubbock and attended Haynes Elementary School. Surviving are parents two sisters Deborah and Rhonda a brother Bruce paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C P Monroe maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W T Zuber four great grandmothers and a great great grandmother Pallbearers named Charles Quisenberry J C Damell Herschel Mortun Pete Wheeler.
In Amarillo a house fire left two young children dead and a fourth severely burned. Isaiah Powell Jr. four months and Pamela Powell one year old died of suffocation while Kenneth Henderson four years old suffered extensive burns. The mother Isaih Powell Sr. 17 was away at a grocery store when the blaze started. Investigators had not determined a cause.
Lake Gore aged 68 relative of two Lubbock residents died after a brief illness in Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Services held at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Surviving include uncles Vincent Carr Lubbock Marvin T Warlick Houston and cousin Mrs Anna Casey Lubbock.
Services for Mrs. RK Jefferson 71 are planned at 10 am Tuesday at Hale Center First Methodist Church. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park follows under Hale Center Funeral Home direction. Surviving: husband, two sons, two daughters, two sisters, eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren.
Rites for Mrs Vera Maud James 66 former Friona resident who died Saturday at Adair Hospital Clarendon will be held at 2 p.m. today at Friona First Methodist Church with Russell McNally pastor. Burial in Friona Cemetery. Surviving: husband four daughters two sons sister and two brothers eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She moved from Friona to Clarendon six years ago.
A reflective note credits Y HOPE as mentor for guiding a dream through faith and work. FAITH pushes to pray and act, CON SCIENCE provides ethical rules, PERSEVERANCE offers resilience, COURAGE sustains effort, and LOVE confirms the dream’s value despite early failure. JULIEN C HYER.
Funeral services for 96 year old Laura Elizabeth Reddell will be held at 10 a.m. at Idalou First Baptist Church with Rev. B. H. Kendrick and Rev. Glenn Reddell officiating. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Burial follows Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Bridgeport under Hawkins Funeral Home. Reddell, longtime Idalou resident since 1955, leaves two daughters, two sons, three brothers, 15 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. Local arrangements by Carter Funeral Home, Ralls.
Services for Doyle Lee Johnson Sr. will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in W. W. Rix Chapel officiated by Rev. EL. Bynum of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Johnson, a former Wikkon Meat Packing Company salesman, died after a heart attack Sunday at West Texas Hospital. He was 58, native of Haywood Oklahoma, moved to Lubbock in 1963 from Hobbs. Survived by his wife Edith, four sons Floyd Don Cash Doyle, two daughters Judy and Mrs Hal Johnson, two stepsons Joe and John Strange, stepdaughter Dorothy Pearl Strange, a sister Lena Klebold, a half-sister Mrs. J. W. Fulgham, and his mother Mrs. J. W. Fulgham.
Swedish can dy exporters announce plans to raise prices amid market pressures. The move signals anticipated higher costs and could impact buyers in Europe and globally as markets adjust to new pricing.
Marvin A. Childers a former San Patricio and district judge and longtime Methodist Church and Masonic leader died Saturday in Colorado City He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1910 practiced in San Antonio from 1972 served as county judge from 1914 to 1918 and district judge 1918 to 1922 He held many church leadership posts including conference leader and judicial council president Survivors include two sons a daughter and eight grandchildren Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Travis Park Methodist Church with burial in Mission Burial Park under Grand Lodge of Texas auspices. Monks arrive to help London Buddhist temple as English Buddhists number about 300000
In a New Year message from Whit Rix and Arien P. Trice of Rix Funeral in Lubbock they urge neighbors to think beyond private gain. True happiness comes from helping others, not self centered plans, with a hopeful community greeting for new beginnings.
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