Recruiter duties and community notices in Lubbock area
Services for Renee Genelie Corps recruiter at 2 p.m. at St. Luke Baptist Church are announced with details on burial. Sgt. Saiz, previously a recruiter in El Paso, is now assigned to the Marine Corps recruiting sub-station in Lubbock. Also noted are funeral services for Agnes Megginson in Corsicana, and upcoming meetings of Lubbock Citizens Traffic Commission and Allen Brothers Post American Legion withOfficer nominations and Junior baseball progress given. Troop 111 scouts returned from Tres Ritos New Mexico after a week trip including a 50 mile hike to Santa Barbara.
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Renee Genelie
Scott
Lubbock
Marine Corps
George Scott Jr
el Paso
Jamison
Allen Brothers
American Legion
Ave. Q
J. Louis Murfee Jr
Boy Scouts
Troop 111
Tres Ritos
N. M
South Plains Council
Santa Barbara
Nils H. Akeson Rites Today In Plainview
Services for 65 year old Nils H. Akeson a Hale County resident will be at 10 a.m. in Lemons Memorial Chapel. The Rev T J Orbun will officiate. Burial will follow at Plainview Cemetery. He died Sunday in a Temple hospital after months of illness. Surviving are three sisters Mrs John Culp of Gainesville Mrs Irving Lake of North Ridge Calif and Roberta Akeson of Plainview.
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Plainview
Nils H. Akeson
Hale County
Lemons Memorial Chapel
T. J. Orbun
First Baptist Church
Hale Center
Plainview Cemetery
Akeson
Temple
Plainview Masonic Lodge
John Culp
Gainesville
Irving Lake
North Ridge
Calif
Roberta Akeson
House Break-Ins Plague Officers
Lub bock police report a series of house burglaries with entries through windows and kitchens. Rosie Gonzalez reports $80 in watch and clothing stolen from 918 Idalou Rd. Don Daniels reports $50 in clothing stolen from 1816 F Brown St. Coins totaling $54.60 taken from 5416 33rd St. Rosie Jones reports $5 in corn meal and a bath towel stolen from 1409 8th St. Monday or past week.
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Lubbock
Rosie Gonzales
Idalou Rd
Don Daniels
F. Brown
William F. Sizemore
33Rd St
Rosie Jones
8Th St
James Pat O'Brian Rites Pending
Services for James Pat O'Brian 57 of Perryton who died Monday in Amarillo Veterans Hospital are pending at George Price Funeral Home Levelland where he lived 1949 to 1958 He was a cook and survived by his wife former Levelland resident Josephine Durham.
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Levelland
James Pat O'Brian
Perryton
Veterans Hospital
Amarillo
George Price
O'Brian
Josephine Durham
Mrs. Daniels Dies Monday in Lubbock Home
Mrs. Dewey G. Daniels 70 of 914 34th St. died at Ray's Hospitality Home at 8 p.m. Monday after a year of ill health. Native of Fannin County she previously lived in Jayton. Services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband three sons Billy Teddy and Jerry Daniels two daughters Mrs. Bob Dillashaw and Mrs. Sylvia Jo Stone four sisters eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Dewey G. Daniels
34Th St
Lubbock
Ray
Fannin County
Daniels
Jayton
Sanders Funeral Home
Billy G. Daniels
Services set for Marvin G. Davis in Ralls and Glen Rose
Marvin Glenn Davis 27 died Monday in Crosbyton Convalescent Home after an extended illness. Services are 10 a.m. today at Acuff Church of Christ with Lawrence Ward officiating. graveside 10 a.m. Wednesday at Ward Branch Cemetery Glen Rose. Davis of Lorenzo was a farmer. Survivors include son Tommy and daughter Tammi of Lubbock, mother and stepfather Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Miller of Ruidoso N.M., and sister Susanne Miller of Ruidoso. Funeral directed by Carter Funeral Home Ralls.
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RALLS
Marvin Glenn Davis
Crosbyton
Acuff Church of Christ
Lawrence Ward
Travis Boyd
Aspermont
Ward Branch
Glen Rose
Carter Funeral Home
Davis
Lorenzo
Tommy
Lubbock
Tammi
M. B. Miller
Ruidoso
N.M
Susanne Miller
Man Loses Arm In Tahoka Rock Crusher Accident
William Walker 58 of Tahoka suffered a crushed arm when his right limb was torn from his body in an industrial accident on the R. W. Fenton Jr. farm about five miles southwest of Tahoka. He underwent surgery and was in serious condition at Methodist Hospital Monday night. He was evacuated to Tahoka by a fellow worker and transported to the hospital by White Funeral Home ambulance.
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William Walker
Tahoka
Methodist Hospital
Walker
R. W. Fenton Jr
Austin Fire Spreads Through City Block
A fire began at a paper company around 6 45 p m Monday and rapidly spread to a nearby area. By 8 45 two hours after ignition Austin fire crews from 11 units battled the Whit ley Paper Co blaze eight blocks from the Capitol.
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Austin
Whitley Paper Co
Capitol
The Widow's Mite in Hong Kong Fellowship
In Hong Kong Chinese Christians join The Fellowship of Smallest Coin each day placing by a penny. Though tiny, many add up to feed the poor support orphans sick and old. The widow who gave all is praised for her mighty quiet gift.
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Hong Kong
Jesus
Julien C. Hyer
Services Today For Fred Layer
Funeral services for Fred Layer 54 held at 2 p.m. today in Charleston Methodist Church Charleston Cemetery Delta County. Layer a former Lubbock resident in ill health several years died Sunday in Janes Hospital Cooper. He was a Mason and World War I veteran Survivors include wife Laney seven children including Mrs Charles L McDaniel of Lubbock 5543 17th St and 13 grandchildren
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Cooper
Fred Layer
Lubbock
Charleston, Tex
Layer
Janes Hospital
Laney
Charles L. McDaniel
17Th St
Mrs Iris Upshaw Services Pending at Local Funeral Home
Mrs Iris Upshaw 48 owner of Upshaw Drug Store in Levelland died Monday in a Temple hospital where she had been a patient five days. Survivors include daughter Brenda Jones of Boulder Colorado three sisters Alice Phillips Dallas Mrs Robert Jones California and Mrs Perce Lunn Canada and two grandchildren.
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Levelland
George Price
Iris Upshaw
Upshaw
Temple
Brenda Jones
Boulder
iColo
Alice Phillips
Dallas
Robert Jones
California
Perce Lunn
Canada
Drunken rampage nets 260 years for killer in Texas
Phillip Ray Allen, 27, of Alabama received 260 years in prison after pleading legally sane to murder rape two assaults to murder and burglary in a September 2 break-in. He killed 8-year-old Richey Leona Jones, raped the mother, and stabbed a carnival worker. Parole unlikely due to stacked sentences.
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Houston
UPI
Phillip Ray Allen
Allen
Alabama
John Robert Jones
Richey Leona Jones
Jones
Bob Bennett
Former Lubbock Resident Dies at 65 in Des Moines
Hugh Norman 65 formerly of Lubbock from 1930 to 1935 died July 3 in Des Moines Iowa. He was an advertising salesman and later advertising manager for the Avalanche Journal and earlier handled Globe News advertising in Lubbock. Norman later ran a Davenport radio station and, in recent years, a radio television newspaper brokerage in Des Moines. He is survived by his wife a son George Norman of Davenport and a daughter Paralee of Buchanan West Virginia.
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Hugh Norman
Lubbock
Des Moines
Iowa
Norman
Avalanche- Journal
Amarillo
Globe News
Davenport
George Norman
Paralee
Buchanan
W. Va
Donald E Blair Services Today
Services for Donald E Blair 53 found dead at his Amarillo home will be held at 2 p.m. in Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Harold Kennamer of Central Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Rose Hill Cemetery as an Amarillo inquest investigates the death. Blair, a 20 year Amarillo resident native of Mobeetie, was a WWII veteran truck driver, survived by a Tulsa brother Jack and five sisters in Pampa Artesia Miami and Lubbock.
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Donald E. Blair
Amarillo
Wallace Funeral Home
Harold Kennamer
Central Church of Christ
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mobeetie
Blair
Tulsa
Jack
Clyde Gray
Pampa
G. E. Fairey
Artesia
N.M
Johnny Sladko
Miami
Fla
G. G. Aycock
George Tracy
Lubbock
Graveside Rites Set For Former Resident Hoyt O Smith
Graveside services for Hoyt O. Smith 66 of Fort Worth a former Lubbock resident will be at 2 p m today at Resthaven Memorial Park The Rev William E Young minister of Broadway Church of Christ will officiate Burial is by Henderson Funeral Directors Smith a Quanah native died Saturday in Fort Worth where he had lived since 1959 He moved to Fort Worth from Lubbock where he had lived 25 years He was a retired pharmacist and owned Smith's Pharmacy in Lubbock Survivors include a daughter Mrs Robert Richardson of Fort Worth a son Richard of Fort Worth three sisters and three brothers
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Hoyt O. Smith
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Resthaven Memorial Park
William E. Young
Broadway Church of Christ
Henderson Funeral Directors
Smith
Quanah
Robert Richardson
Richard
Rites Set for H. T. Wilson Former County Judge
Andrews special services for H. T. Wilson 71 longtime resident and former county auditor 22 years will be at 7 39 p m today at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Carl Grissom with Claude Danley assisting Burial in Andrews Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home Wilson died Sunday at Permian General Hospital after brief illness He is survived by wife Wilma Irene four sons and four daughters all named with residences and eight grandchildren
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Andrews
H. T. Wilson
First Baptist Church
Carl Grissom
Church of Christ
Claude Danley
Andrews Cemetery
Singleton Funeral Home
Wilson
Permian General Hospital
Wilma Irene
H. T. Wilson Jr
McMinnville
Ore
W. T. Wilson
Canton
Jerald R. Wilson
Big Spring
James R. Wilson
W. G. Beshears
Bayton
James A. Johns
Odell Johns
Fort Worth
Wreck Victim's Funeral Today
Services for Bobby Strickland 26 of 5507 42nd St. begin at 2 p m at W W Rix Chapel with Rev Horace Hitt officiating Burial is at Resthaven Memorial Park Strickland was killed Saturday in an auto crash near Hamlin He had lived in Lubbock 20 Carole and two daughters Jane and Rhonda his mother Mrs Louise Strickland of 2007 22nd St his father Kenneth Strickland of Abilene two sisters Mrs L R Taylor Jr of Ft Meade Md and Mrs Arthur Newton of Idalou a brother Richard of 2007 22nd St and grandmother Mrs Eunice Strickland of Rochester Pallbearers are Karl Hudgens Billy Hudgens Boyce Cox Bobby Tate Hicks McCormick and Bill Vines
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Bobby Strickland
42Nd St
W. W. Rix Chapel
Horace Hitt
Resthaven Memorial Park
Strickland
Hamlin
Lubbock
Carole
Jane
Rhonda
Louise Strickland
22Nd St
Kenneth Strickland
Abilene
L. R. Taylor Jr
Ft. Meade, Md
Arthur Newton
Idalou
Richard
Eunice Strickland
Rochester
Karl Hudgens
Billy Hudgens
Boyce Cox
Bobby Tate
Hicks McCormick
Bill Vines
Graveside Services Set For Paul Ybarra Jr
Graveside services for Paul Ybarra Jr. four year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Ybarra of 604 Hub Homes will be at 330 p m today at City of Lubbock. The child was pronounced dead on arrival at West Texas Hospital at 245 p m Sunday after collapsing at home. Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy said the cause of death was undetermined. Surviving are three sisters Ernestine Ida and Belinda and a brother Phillip all at home and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Rafael Esquivel of San Antonio and Mr and Mrs Ambrocio Ybarra of Greeley Colorado.
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Paul Ybarra Jr
Paul Ybarra
Hub
City of Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Ernestine
Ida
Belinda
Phillip
Rafael Esquivel
San Antonio
Ambrocio Ybarra
Greeley
Colo
Bedingfield Rites Slated Wednesday
John Earl Bedingfield 45 died in Methodist Hospital after injuries from a July 5 auto accident near Tohoka. Rites set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Resthaven Little Church of the Flowers with Chaplain Larry D. Mosley officiating. Burial follows. he lived in Lubbock since 1956, worked at Town and Country Barber Shop, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Survivors include a son, a brother, two sisters, and his mother.
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John Earl Bedingfield
Methodist Hospital
Tohoka
Unarmed Marine Nabbed After Abducting Girl in California
Thomas J. Scholfield, 22, a Camp Pendleton Marine, abducted two year old Vicki Lynn West in Marysville and fled with his wife Loretta. The child was returned unharmed 12 hours later after Loretta Scholfield drove home and surrendered. Sheriff said Scholfield hoped to flee to Canada to avoid Vietnam service.
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Dennis J. Opatrny
Marysville
Calif
UPI
Thomas J. Scholfield
Camp Pendleton
Vicki Lynn West
Canada
Loretta
Helen West
Michael West
Vicki
Scholfield
Youth Jailed: Charged In Police Chief Death
Tom Massey 20, son of a Columbus attorney, was charged with murder in the death of Columbus Police Chief Arnold Knippel. Knippel died from a shotgun wound after going to the Massey home to calm him. Massey was picked up in Fredericksburg about 9 am Monday.
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Columbus
UPI
Arnold Knippel
Tom Massey
Fredericksburg
Knippel
Texas
Colorado County
Sher F. L. Schlichting
Massey
Schlichting
Hollis Massey
Young Massey
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Gladiolus Named by Romans for Swordlike Leaf
The gladiola derives its name from the Roman gladius due to the leaf’s resemblance to the short sword. This naming links the flower to ancient military equipment and Latin terminology.
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Agnes Megginson
Snyder
Corley Funeral Home
Corsicana
First Baptist Church of
Colorado City
Sgt
Paul Saiz
318 Ave. T
James O'Brian
Marvin G. Davis
Man
Juarez-El Paso
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
The
Fred
Charleston Cemetery
Delta County
Delta Funeral Home
James Moran
Coast Guard
Cape Cod
Boston
Red Jacket
Moran
Bedingfield Rites
Marine
Jackie Scholfield
America
Postman’s
Factory
Yasuya Line
Japan
Helen Knutsdottir
Iceland
Miami Beach
Resthaven
State Banking Department
19Th St
Funeral Home — Cemetery
Nogeance
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