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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1967

Page

7

Dr. Joseph Chatman Dies. Rites Set For Monday

Longtime Lubbock physician Dr. Joseph Alvin Chatman 63 died Thursday night in Highland Hospital after chest pains at his home. Services are 3 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev. M. T. Reed officiating. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include his wife four sons granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. Memorials are asked to St Mary of the Plains Hospital Development Program.

First Methodist Church Joseph Alvin Chatman Lubbock Chatman Highland Hospital Date Ave Chatman Hospital Clinic M. T. Reed Mount Vernon Methodist Church City of Lubbock South Plains Funeral Home Navasota Mexia Chatman Hospital

Funeral Slated for Walter Frank Martin in Littlefield

Walter Frank Martin, 70, will be buried at Littlefield Memorial Park after services at First Baptist Church conducted by Dr. Lee Hemphill. Born March 24, 1896, in Van Zandt County, he died Friday at Lubbock University Hospital after a heart condition. He moved to Littlefield in 1943 from Chillicothe and is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, siblings, 10 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.

Littlefield Walter Frank Martin First Baptist Church Lee Hemphill Abilene Littlefield Memorial Park Hammonds Funeral Home van Zandt County Martin Lubbock University Hospital Buster Feagley Hooper McCown Ray Hulse Don Bell Otto Jones Roy McQuatters

Jim Kelley Services Held In Spur

Funeral services for Jim Kelley 61 of Spur were held at Lakeside Baptist Church with Rev. A Todd officiating. Burial followed in Spur Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home. He died Friday in Big Spring Veterans Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Linden Texas, lived in Spur since 1960, and was a World War II veteran with a Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife two sons Jim Jr and John six daughters Helen Hattie Jo Ann Essie Doris and Gloria all at home four sisters Flora Stafford Mary White Geneva Martin and Heloise Edmond.

Spur Jim Kelley Lakeside Baptist Church A. Todd Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home Kelley Veterans Hospital Big Spring Linden Tex Kent County The Baptist Church Jim Jr John Helen Hattie Jo Ann Essie Doris Gloria Flora Stafford Texarkana Mary White Geneva Martin Douglasville Heloise Edmond

Veteran Circus Clown Herman Joseph Dies at 78

New York AP Herman Joseph a famed Ringling Bros clown of the 1920s and 1950s died Tuesday at 78 in St. John's Hospital Queens from a coronary attack. He toured the nation for 25 years, later joined Mills Bros Circus in 1950 and remained active until three years ago. Survived by wife Marie and daughter Sister Mary Vincentia of Brooklyn.

New York Herman Joseph Joseph Ringling Bros. Circus St. John's Hospital Queens Ringling Brothers Mills Bros. Circus Marie Mary Vincentia Brooklyn

Alesa Ynell Jones Funeral Set Monday

Funeral services for Alesa Ynell Jones will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Plainview Baptist Church in Bogalusa Louisiana. The 5 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Shelby Jones died Friday morning in Big Spring after a short illness. Burial will follow in Plainview Cemetery. Survivors include her parents and three brothers.

Snyder Plainview Baptist Church Bogalusa Alesa Ynell Jones Shelby Jones Big Spring Malone and Hogan Foundation Hospital Plainview Cemetery Bell-Scale Funeral Home

Tractor driver killed in Floyd County collision near McCoy

Floyd County's first 1967 fatality occurred at 6 05 pm Saturday when Christova Aviles 48 of Floydada died after his farm tractor was struck by a truck trailer on Farm Road 54 west of McCoy. Detailing notes include survivor list and that a fifth death on the South Plains that year.

Floydada Floyd County McCoy Lockney Christova Aviles Rt. 1 Gerald Howard Dennie D. Britt Rt. 2 Olney Aviles Moore-Rose Funeral Home South Plains

J E Hammett Services Monday at Roosevelt Baptist Church

J E Hammett 67 of Slaton and Acuff area died Saturday on arrival at Mercy Hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Roosevelt Baptist Church with Rev W O Donley officiating. Masonic graveside rites at Englewood Cemetery directed by Williams Funeral. Survived by wife, son Earl of Acuff, two sisters, and four grandchildren.

Slaton John E. Hammett Slaton and Acuff Mercy Hospital Roosevelt Baptist Church W. O. Donley Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Hammett Gorman Masonic Lodge Earl of Acuff Burt Hastings Nettie Kennison Sweetwater

Norwood Rites Pending for Friona Resident

Willie B. Norwood 75 a longtime Friona resident died at his home Saturday Services are pending with Cla Thorn Funeral Home He was a World War I veteran and American Legion member He had lived in Friona 26 years coming from Jacksonville Texas He is survived by Dora Belle two sons W B Jr Albuquerque and Jimmy T Friona two daughters Lois Norwood Friona and Mrs Jerry Belle Blaylock Goldsmith Texas a sister Mrs Grant Bumgarner Richland Washington two brothers T P Fort Worth and Carra W Lubbock and 11 grandchildren

Friona Willie B. Norwood Clathorn Funeral Home Norwood First Baptist Church American Legion Jacksonville Texas Dora Belle W. B. Jr Albuquerque Jimmy T Lois Norwood Jerry Belle Blaylock Goldsmith Tex Grant Bumgarner Richland Wash T. P Fort Worth Carra W. Lubbock

James L Suits Dies Owner of Petersburg Newspaper

Petersburg obituary for 76 year old James Lance Suits who owned the Petersburg newspaper and died Saturday in Plainview Hospital. Survived by wife Ella Mae two daughters Brice Engle and John Crisman a son Tom E. Suits a brother A. A. Suits and a sister Mrs. J. D. Norris. Services Pending at Lemmons Funeral Home Plainview.

Petersburg James Lance Suits Plainview Suits Lubbock Slaton and Ralls Lemmons Funeral Home Ella Mae Brice Engle Des Plaines John Crisman Wheat Ridge Colo Tom

Pioneer Sam H Johnson Rites Pending In Lubbock

Funeral services are pending in Lubbock for Sam H. Johnson 101 of 2102 Ave Ix a pioneer resident who arrived in 1889. Born April 17 1865 near Waco he claimed to have dug the first well here and once beat Annie Oakley in a Dallas shooting match. He died Friday night at home.

Sam H. Johnson Ave Lubbock Rix Johnson Old Fort Graham Brazos River Waco Plains Wylie Johnson Creek Mackenzie Park Lubbock County 50Th St John Caraway Hamilton County Sam Johnson New Mexico Colorado City Annie Oakley Dallas Matador Caprock Ave. K

Herbert Brock Rites Scheduled

Funeral services for Herbert E. Brock 83 retired Scurry County farmer will be at 2 p m today in Bell Seale Funeral Home Chanel. The Rev Bob Cres well will officiate burial will be in Pyron Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home direction. Brock a Methodist Church member died Saturday morning in a Mineral Wells convalescent. Survivors include two sons C D of Pensacola Florida and Louie of Mansfield a sister Mrs Bernice Bell of Tallahassee Florida two brothers Earnest Hermleigh and Fred Bryan three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

C. D Pensacola Fla Louie Mansfield Bernice Bell Tallahassee Earnest Hermleigh Fred Bryan

Faulkenberry Dies at 80 in Paducah

Thomas Washington Faulkenberry 80 of Paducah died Saturday in Richard Memorial Hospital. He was a longtime cattle county resident and retired farmer. Funeral services are 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Paducah with burial at Garden Memorial Cemetery Norris Funeral Home directing. Survivors include a son J G Faulkenberry Atoka Okla four daughters all of Littlefield two brothers and seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Paducah Thomas Washington Faulkenberry Richard Memorial Hospital Cattle County First Baptist Church H. H. Haston Robert Beck Garden Memorial Cemetery Norris Funeral Home J. G. Faulken

Lions Meet on Page One Style Show and Golden Anniversary Banquet

Sundown Maple Welch White face Whitharral Wilson and Wolfforth couples attended a Lions event. Wives of delegates joined a style show and art exhibit in the afternoon. The Golden Anniversary Banquet occurred Saturday night at Littlefield High School cafe. Master of ceremonies was C. W. Conway. Dist Gov Cheaney spoke. Lions royalty and district and state queens were present.

Sundown Maple Welch Whitharral Wilson Wolfforth Littlefield High School C. W Chic) Conway Dist Cheaney

Lions International noted as largest service club body

Sharell and Shirley Harris from Lubbock and Phyllis Giles host Little field Lions Club queen. The Lions International ranks as the world’s largest service club with over 15,000 clubs and 600,000 members. It began in Chicago in 1917 with ten activity groups including youth and health programs. Texas Lions run a summer camp for crippled children at Kerrville.

Lions Club Phyllis Giles Littlefield Sharell Harris Shirley Harris Texas Tech Sharell Lions International Chicago Texas Lions Clubs Kerrville

Funeral services for Frank Conard in Hart

Frank Conard 81 dies Friday in a Dimmitt hospital. Funeral services at 2 p.m. today at Hart First Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Bass officiating. Burial in Hart Cemetery. Survivors include wife five daughters and four sons plus two sisters and 25 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren.

Hart Frank Conard Hart First Baptist Church Jimmy Bass Hart Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home Plainview Conard Hart High School Dimmitt Oklahoma C. E. Godfrey E. E. Burrows Orton Bob Daves Oklahoma City Ralph Higdon Amarillo Orbelle Woodward Earnest Conard Lubbock Roy C. Conard Milburn Conard Wilbur Conard Mesquite Emma_ Trusdell Filmore Calif Lucy Trusdell Kansas City

Mrs Anna Rose Monthey Funeral in Lamesa

Funeral services for 83 year old Mrs Anna Rose Monthey were set for 3 p m at St Paul Lutheran Church with Rev Charles Eckard officiating. She died Thursday in Medical Arts Hospital and had lived in Dawson County since 1924. Burial in Lamesa Cemetery under Branon Philips Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters two sons two sisters one brother 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

Lamesa Anna Rose Monthey St. Paul Lutheran Church Charles Eckard Monthey Medical Arts Hospital Dawson County Branon-Philips Funeral Home

Wartime Hungary Leader Miklos Kallay Dies at 79

Miklos Kallay former wartime prime minister of Hungary died at 79 in New York. He led Hungary in 1942 and was captured by Nazis in 1944 then liberated at Mauthausen. Exiled since, he lived in Italy and the United States and wrote Hungarian Premier in 1954. He is survived by three sons. Funeral is planned for Tuesday in New York.

New York UPI Miklos Kallay Hungary Kallay Germany Mauthausen Italy

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kitchens held in Slaton

Mrs. Mary C Kitchens 84 dies after long illness at Slaton Mercy Hospital. Funeral set today at Assembly of God in Slaton with burial at Hillside Cemetery Purcell Oklahoma. She is survived by three sons five daughters three sisters 96 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren. Williams Funeral Home of Slaton in charge.

Yoakumsee Purcell Okla Hillside Cemetery Kitchens Slaton Mercy Hospital Tennessee Williams Funeral Home of Slaton

Royal family favors US detective stories

The British royal members reportedly prefer American detective tales over books about British spies. Egypt sees sharp rise in rents as Cairo housing costs jump.

London

French ex minister dies after operation

Pierre Montel aged 70, who served in five governments during the Fourth Republic, died Friday night after an operation. He was an independent deputy in the National Assembly from 1948 to 1958 and at one time led the National Defense Committee.

Lyon France Pierre Montel National Assembly National Defense Committee

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dr. Chatman W. F. Martin NEAR J. E. Hammett W. B. Norwood James L. Suits Pioneer City San Antonio Broadway Herbert Brock Faulkenberry’s Services Anna Monthey Mrs. Mary Kitchens Cairo Resthaven Funeral Home Jacks U. S Jack B. Nimble Trademark Noar Homer Stout Bobby Lynch Boston Caprock Center
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