Slaton honors Nieman Moore at 45th chamber banquet
Slaton community officials named Speedy Nieman editor of the Slatonite and Mrs Amrina Moore Woman of the Year at the Slaton Chamber of Commerce banquet. Newt Hielscher delivered a humorous but pointed speech on happiness. Outstanding Club honors went to the Slaton Lions Club for local charity projects.
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Avalanche-Journal
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J R Whatley Dies Rites Scheduled
J R Whatley 85 of 012 23rd St West Texas resident since 1891 died Monday at University Convalescent Home. Funeral at Broadway Church of Christ chapel 10 a.m. Wednesday officiated by Horace Coffman. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife Rhoda three sons seven daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Memorials to Lubbock Christian College.
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City of Lubbock
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Rhoda
Ernest
Dallas
Hubert
Raymond
Los Angeles
Calif
Jessie McCoy
Ropesville
Lola Morrow
Effie Collins
Martin
Maggie Whatley
Allison Gainey
Seminole
Nitai Salonen
Henryetta McGuire
Las Vegas
N.M
Norman Igo
Jimmy Milner
Don Avery
Lynn Davis
Roger Dickson
Bobby Black
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Funeral Set for Gabrielle Chanel at Paris Parish Church
Gabrielle Chanel known as Coco Chanel will be laid to rest Wednesday in the Madeleine church near her Paris atelier. Burial planned in Lausanne private per her wishes. She died at 87 in the Ritz Hotel after a day of work on the spring collection.
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Gabrielle ‘Coco
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Chanel Perfume
Mrs Robinson Funeral Stated in Post
Mrs. Robinson 95 died Monday at Garza Memorial Hospital after a several day stay. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church with Rev. Bernard S. Ramsey officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery under Hudman Funeral Home direction. Survivors include two sons five daughters a brother twelve grandchildren eighteen great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
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Dai Petenson
Garza County
Garza Memorial Hospital
First Christian Church
Bernard S. Ramsey
Terrace Cemetery
Hudman
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Recie Hamilton
E ‘Cajon
Allie Mae’ Moore
Abingdon
Til
Vernon Douglas
LaGrande
Ore
Mrs Merrell Rites Planned in Plainview
Mrs. James I. Merrell aged 80 died after a long illness at Central Plains Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. at Lemons Memorial Chapel with Rev. W. F. E. Wainscott officiating and burial in Plainview Cemetery. Survivors include her husband and four daughters.
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James I. Merrell
Central Plains Hospital
Mrs Parrish rites to be held in Grassland Nazarene
Funeral services for Estelle Parrish 73 longtime Lubbock resident are set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Grassland Church of the Nazarene. She died at her Albuquerque home early Monday. Survivors include four daughters and two sons along with multiple grandchildren and great grandparents. Burial will follow in Grassland.
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Estelle Parrish
Lubbock
Church of the Nazarene
Grassland
Parrish
Albuquerque
N.M
Bob Fuller
Opal Wells
East Helena
Mont
Lorene Murphy
Waco
Vernon Lee Mathis
Ft. Worth
Loyd
Idalou
J.W
San Angelo
Clyde Riddenhour
Bowie
John
Des Riddenhour
Nocona
Grassland Cemetery
Services for Mrs Melba Butler in Cyril Church
Services for Mrs. Melba Butler 60 of Sunray will be at 2 p.m. today at Cyril Oklahoma Baptist Church with burial at Fletcher Oklahoma Cemetery. She died about 5 p.m. Saturday at her Sunray home after an apparent heart attack. Mrs Lois Batton 64 Lovington will have services at 2 p.m. today at Robert Lee United Methodist Church with burial at Robert Lee Cemetery. She died Sunday at Good Samaritan Home in Dean after a year’s illness. Civil jury selection in Beneficial Life Insurance Co. v. case postponed in 140th District Court Monday.
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Melba Butler
Sunray
Cyril, Okla., Baptist
Fletcher, Okla
Lois Batton
Lovington
United Methodist Church
Robert Lee
Newby Funeral Home
140Th District Court
Beneficial Life Insurance Co
Ward McCool's Services Today
Ward McCool 35 former Muleshoe resident died Sunday in Houston Veterans Hospital. Services at 10:30 a.m. at Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel Amarillo with Lynn Camp and Curtis Camp officiating. Graveside rite at 2 p.m. Springlake Cemetery. Singleton Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Betty four children mother and three brothers.
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W P Stephenson Dies Rites Set
W P Stephenson 70 of 212 Ave T died about 12 15 pm Monday at Rays Hospitality Home after a long illness. Funeral services at 3 30 pm Wednesday at 25th Street Baptist Church with Rev Mancil Webb and Rev Lloyd Riddle officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Annie Mae son Willis four daughters a sister a brother 11 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Pallbearers listed.
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Flint Avenue Baptist Church
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Ray
Decatur
Ala
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Annie Mae
Willis
Burma Lou Honnicutt
Ann Dement
Betty Fife
Hubert Tabor
Earl Stephenson
William Marvin
Groom
L. D .Farley
Cliff Holley
Charles Paul Lawless
C. D. Garrett
Hussein Admitted To London Clinic For Heartbeat Irregularity
King Hussein of Jordan was admitted to a London clinic for an irregular heartbeat. A spokesman said the 35 year old monarch is resting well and not in serious condition. He will stay until January 14 and then return to Jordan. His wife Princess Muna and the couple’s four children are in London.
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R. E. Steffens Sr. Rites Arranged
Robert Edward Steffens Sr. 62 died at his Nazareth home. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Church Nazareth with burial in Holy Family Cemetery. He was born in Hinton Oklahoma and survived by daughter Mary Lou Benhaus Enid Oklahoma son Robert Jr. Dallas plus four brothers and four sisters named in Slaton Levelland Idalou and nearby towns.
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Robert Edward Steffens Sr
Nazareth
Holy Family
Holy Family Cemetery
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Joe
Levelland
Tony
Bernard
Sylvester
Slaton
Lena Restenbeck
Mary Shenzler
Rose Shenzler
Ella Berkamp
Idalou
Herrera Infant Rites Stated
Two month old Louis Herrera son of Mr and Mrs Manuel Herrera of Snyder died about 1120 am Monday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Services will be at 10 am today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Rev Francisco Lopez. Burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include parents and grandmothers Felicita Galletos Midland and Lionora Martinez Snyder.
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Midland
Lionora Martinez
Snyder
Laws Based On Code Washington Heighteen States
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Let Not Thy Thoughts Trouble Thee Optimism Note
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Mrs. Susie Edna McKnight Rites Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Edna McKnight 50 of Lubbock will be held at 2 30 p m in Dickens Baptist Church with Rev Harmon Bishop officiating Burial will follow in Dickens Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction She died Sunday in Golden Age Nursing Home after a long illness She had lived in Lubbock since 1954 Survivors include her husband Charles a son Calvin of Dallas four sisters and a brother Pallbearers are Fay Slough Johnny Phillips Lewis Hawly Logan Singleton Johnnie Cumbie and James Simpson
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Viet Nam veteran Bobby Stratt found dead in Clovis home
Bobby Lee Stratt, 39, of Clovis was found dead at his residence about 7 50 am Monday. Curry County coroner Dr James M Moss ordered an autopsy. Services for Stratt are pending at Sherwood Mortuary of Clovis. Survivors include a son Bobby of Austin, two brothers Lawrence and Billy Joe of Sherman, and three sisters Mrs Hazel Ruffins of Clovis Mrs Helen Stevens of White Rock and Mrs Clara Craddocks of Sherman.
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White Rock
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Water District Elections Set in West Texas
Polls open today for two area water district elections in West Texas. D. M. Waller and R. M. Wizer seek unopposed seats on the Lubbock County Water Control and Improvement District board serving Buffalo Springs Lake. Voting sites include the county courthouse and multiple city halls in Wolfforth Shallowater Idalou and Slaton. Counties in the High Plains race include Armstrong Bailey Castro Deaf Smith Palmer Potter and Randall. Lubbock voters won’t vote in that election.
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Mrs. Copeland's Services Slated
Mrs. Carrie Alice Copeland, 98, Plains longtime resident and Terry County Hospital patient, died Monday in Brownfield. She moved from Gomez to Plains in 1920 with husband A. C. Copeland and was preceded in death by a daughter. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Plains with Rev. James Mosley officiating. Burial Plains Cemetery. Survivors include son Charlie Sr. of Plains, stepson George of Tatum NM, nine grandchildren and many great and great great grandchildren.
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First Baptist Church
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Tatum, N. M
Rites Scheduled For F L Hill
Funeral services for Floyd Lee Hill 54 will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at Flint Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Lloyd Riddles and Rev Henry McWilliams officiating Burial will follow in Afton Cemetery Hill died Monday at Highland Hospital after a brief illness He was a warehouseman for The Stephens Co Inc and had lived in Dickens County Audrey his mother and Condoy his son along with two sisters and three grandchildren survive him
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Grinnell St
Flint Avenue Baptist Church
Lloyd Riddles
Henry McWilliams
Afton
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Highland Hospital
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Cathy Brock's Services Set
Graveside services for Cathy Brock five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Brock of 316 43rd St will be at 2 p m today in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery with Rev W E Lovelace pastor of Bethel Baptist Church officiating Arrangements under Sanders Funeral Home The child died about 1150 am Monday in Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital following a brief illness Other survivors include two brothers Rodney and Danny and a sister Carolin all of the
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Carolin
Mrs. Sinclair Rites Planned in Lovington
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachael Isabel Sinclair 27 of Tatum New Mexico will be at 3 p m today at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel Lovington with Rev Joe Vernon pastor of Jackson Avenue Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Lovington She died Monday from injuries sustained when the car she rode in overturned several times north of McDonald New Mexico Survivors include brothers Art Zamora and Harry Zamora both of Santa Rosa California and sister Mrs Lillian Maestas of Daly City California
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Rachael Isabel Sinclair
Tatum, N.M
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Jackson Avenue Baptist Church
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Santa Rosa
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Daly City
Mannix Rites Planned for G T Mannix at Whitewright
George T. Mannix 76 a former Crosbyton and Lubbock resident died Monday in a Whitewright nursing home after years of ill health. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Horace Coffman and Curtis Jackson officiating. Burial in Crosbyton. Surviving: a son Dale of Temple. daughters Mrs Edith Gagle of 2207 3rd St and Mrs Kenneth Pixler of Oklahoma City. plus several others. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Gate City Post Veterans of Foreign Wars in Denison.
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Milt Cinnamon Rites Planned
Milt Cinnamon 60 of 906 E Ursuline St died Sunday after a yearlong illness at West Texas Hospital. Funeral 4 p.m. at Chapel with burial in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery. He lived in Lubbock 15 years, moved from Arthur Tennessee in 1955. Survived by wife Louise two sons Willard and Farrell two daughters Helen and Mrs Tommy McArthur a sister Hattie Ausmus and three grandchildren. Pallbearers listed: Thomas Gregg Claude Martin Rennie Spencer Dale Elmo Ray Sparks and H E Anderson.
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Milt Cinnamon
Baytown
Hattie Ausmus
Tennessee
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Claude Martin
Rennie Spencer
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Ray Sparks
H. E. Anderson
Floyd E. Hauk Rites Set for Wednesday in Lubbock
Services for Floyd E. Hauk 27106 73rd St. in W W Rix Chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday follow his death on Monday at Methodist Hospital. A World War I veteran who moved to Lubbock in 1929 from Indiana, he was a retired carpenter. Survived by Susie two daughters Elizabeth Bass and Ruby Simmons, a sister Goldie Heck and three grandchildren. Memorial Park.
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73Rd St
W. W. Rix
Methodist Hospital
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Elizabeth Bass
Ruby Simmons
Las Cruces
N.M
Goldie Heck
Shelbyville
Ind
Ski nursery helps parents ski Bromley Mountain
Manchester Vermont residents can ski Bromley Mountain while children stay in a staffed nursery. Trained personnel operate the on site facility to care for babies and toddlers, allowing parents to enjoy the slopes without arranging babysitters.
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