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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1970
Page
11
The project brings youthful help and adult guidance as Knox and Turney Rogers teach teen carpenters and plumbers to build a community center. The teens drive the work, choosing features like yellow floor stripes, with progress hampered by early setbacks before city officials were convinced.
In Tahoka a group of high school students led a town effort to transform an old building into a youth center called The Shadow. Local support included donations of furniture, equipment, and volunteer work, with city leaders leasing the space and community figures praising the teens' initiative.
Health officials in Lubbock County monitor rains and floods to curb mosquitoes. Two methods, plow and modification, reduce eggs by destroying vegetation and reshaping lake beds. A 16 000 egg count from Tech playa lake underscores need for owner responsibility and habitat management.
Curtis Daniel Abney 55 died after a lengthy illness at his Tulia home. Services at 2 p.m. in First United Methodist Church with Rev. James Carter officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home direction. He was a World War II veteran. Survivors include wife Rose Stark, three sons, four daughters, a sister, his mother, a stepson and two step daughters.
Mike Tate, 19, of Silverton, was in critical condition at John Sealy Hospital after severe burns to the upper body. He was transferred from a Plainview hospital and had been burned when he contacted a 1200 volt line at the Wilson Community Substation of Lighthouse Electric Co-Op, Inc., eight miles northwest of Petersburg.
Judge Edwin H. Boedeker presided as Henry Jolly 57 of 1022 East 29th Street pleaded guilty to liquor law violation and paid 150 dollars plus costs. Julio Rodriguez 25 of Lorenzo pled guilty to theft and paid 50 dollars plus costs and five days in jail. Billy Wayne Odom 38 of Route 3 Clarendon pleaded innocent to aggravated assault on a deputy sheriff and was held on 750 dollar bond after a earlier indictment was dismissed for error in the complaint.
Testimony continued in 72nd District Court in an $86,959 damage suit by Plains Textiles against Bill G. Eppes and others. Plaintiffs say April 1966 rain caused the Loop 289 and E Broadway cotton mill roof to fail and that Eppes as project architect and Stout Steel Builders employee bears responsibility. Tuesday focused on structural design and strength. case resumes today.
The text notes that while no exact boundary exists, many space scientists set the beginning of space at about 60 miles above the Earth's surface. It reflects a common threshold used to distinguish airspace from outer space.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jim G. Lucas, 56, longtime Scripps-Howard reporter and Marine Corps combat correspondent, died Tuesday after a brief illness in Virginia. He covered Korea and Vietnam, earned multiple honors, and authored Agnew profile before funeral services set for Thursday in Washington.
Delbert E Burch a Plainview resident a retired carpenter died Sunday after a illness. Funeral services at Burch Chapel with Gene Polvads minister of the Ninth and Columbia Streets Church officiating burial in Plainview Cemetery Survivors include three sons two daughters two sisters two brothers seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren from Plainview Kingston Olton Richardson Leedy Stockton and Kingston all listed in the notice
Sheriff's deputies investigate rustling of two yearling calves valued at 300 dollars from a field 1.1 miles east of Shallowater belonging to Bob Grice. Ground marks suggest killing and dragging to a waiting vehicle. Police search for three alleged attackers described as three young Black individuals, two women and one man, after an 12:10 a.m. Tuesday assault on Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mathis of 903 Avenue in front of a residence at 3604 Ute. They were treated and released from Methodist Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Agnes Warren 61 of 1807 San Jose Drive died at home Monday after a long illness. Services scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Funeral Directors Chapel Henderson officiated by Rev. George Young of Parkdale Baptist Church. Burial in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Born in Abilene, she had lived in Lubbock since 1955. Survived by husband Irvin daughter Lou Hunt Houston five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Snyder Texas infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis Sellars stillborn at Cogdell Memorial Hospital Graveside services set for 1 pm Thursday Snyder Cemetery officiated by Rev Virgil Mott Survivors include Kimberly Kay sister grandparents T B Green Doyles Sellars Mrs Rena King and great grandmother Mrs T M Logan listed in obituary
Houston reports Carlos Marcello the New Orleans underworld boss had a new trial denied on Tuesday and was ordered to report to jail on September 4 to serve a two year sentence for assaulting an FBI agent. The article also notes a separate zoological fact about bird breast muscles being flight muscles and typically large.
A short verse by Julien C Hyer urges readers to quit smoking citing health risks to the heart lungs and liver. The piece frames smoking as a folly against longer life and asks readers to prove they can extend their days by stopping tobacco use.
Richard Cisneros two week old son of Mr and Mrs Vivian Cisneros of Mayfield community died about 945 am Tuesday in a Hale Center hospital. Graveside services will be at 2 pm today at Hale Center Cemetery with Rev Jesse Sauceda officiating. Burial directed by Freeman Funeral Home. Survivors include two sisters Gloria and Mickie and grandmothers Elvira Cisneros of Cotton Center and Ventura Escovedo of Friona.
Ben Menefee 57 of Ralls died at Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a heart attack. Services are pending at Carter Funeral Home. He left a large family including Pauline his wife, seven daughters, four brothers, five sisters, and many grandchildren.
Services for William Horace Worthy 64 of 605 14th St are pending at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. Worthy died about 11:25 am Monday in Methodist Hospital after a week as a patient. He was a native of Grand Prairie and employed by Plains Tomato Co. Survivors include wife Pearl of Athens two daughters Mildred Brockaway Pleasant Grove and Carmen Worthy Wichita Falls two brothers Robert and Walter Worthy Dallas and sister Mrs Ethel Sheirlock Georgia.
Fred A Griffith age 80 formerly of Ralls died Tuesday in Nichols Medical Hospital Plainview He moved to Plainview in 1962 and was a retired building contractor Funeral services set for Thursday at Trinity United Methodist Church Plainview with burial at Lockne Carter Funeral Home Ralls Nephews to serve as pallbearers Survivors include two daughters Mrs Wesley Hall Burlingame California and Mrs Melba Tracy Los Angeles California two brothers Roy and Jake Plainview Frank San Antonio and Theodore Lockney and eight grandchildren
Clinton Hobby 53 of 220 Redhead Ave dies at home Monday funeral at 11 p m Thursday at St Luke Baptist Church officiated by Rev A L Davis burial at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery by South Plains Funeral Home survivors include wife Ruby daughters Phyllis Annett Eva and others multiple sons stepchildren mother brothers and sisters from Greenville Lubbock and Euless with service details in local obituary notice.
Carl Starrett 67 of Marion Illinois died about 10 p.m. Tuesday at Veterans Hospital in St Louis. Funeral arrangements are pending with King Funeral Home Crosbyton native had moved to Silver City New Mexico in 1930 where he was a rancher and deputy sheriff He moved to Marion two years ago He is survived by his wife Elsie three brothers Conda in Calgary Stacy of Lubbock and Palmer of Crosbyton and five sisters Shadie Woods of Houston Hallie Smith Bella Ratheal Lena Givens and Rosa Thornhill all of Crosbyton Abraham Lincoln foretold his assassination in a dream citing a final remark before death
Mrs. Jessie Ray Cherry 54 of Snyder died about 9 30 pm Monday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Services at 2 pm Thursday in Bell Seale chapel with the Rev Virgil Mott officiating burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens. She had lived in Snyder three years. Survived by brothers E C Bourn Snyder and J P Bourn New Orleans.
Nick Nicholson of Clovis will lie in state at 10 a.m. today in the Dale Lee Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Rev Amanuel Koveos of Amarillo officiating. Burial will be in Lawnhaven Cemetery under Sherwood Mortuary. Nicholson a Greek native died about 6 a.m. Sunday at LaMar Hospital. Survivors include two nephews and two nieces.
Minnie Ora Madry age 87 dies after long illness and will have services at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at George C. Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Fred Blake of Trinity Baptist officiating. Burial in City of Levelland Cemetery. She was a native of Kennedale and had lived in Levelland area. survivors include Valera Ivey of Alamogordo and a brother Clinton Wee of Kansas.
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