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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1968

Page

4

DPS Keeps Tires Hot On South Plains

The Texas Department of Public Safety in Region 5 covers 60 counties with five base stations in Lubbock Amarillo Childress Wichita Falls and Mineral Wells plus smaller posts. Maj. Luther Moore says patrols are a big job with 249 officers and 200 recruits to September as the region uses labs polygraphs and chemists for investigations and tests.

U. S Texas Department of Public Safety Lubbock DPS New Mexico State Line Fort Worth Region 5 Scurry County Oklahoma Panhandle Luther Moore Moore 41St Street Avenue R Austin Tom Barnes Barnes Texas Tech Amarillo Childress Wichita Falls Mineral Wells Slaton Floydada Shallowater Idalou Past Crosbyton Levelland Brownfield Crehtl Rangers Frank Probst Antrilla Pield Department of Public Safety James Stathis Latchbock Dan Johnson A. Dempsey Lata Iby

Photojournalism Workshop Heads Toward Final Display

Minicourse at Tech wraps two weeks of graduate level photography into a final picture story. The 4th annual Photojournalism Workshop is funded by Newspaper Fund Inc with support from The Wall Street Journal. Participants range from 22 to 81, many logging up to 80 hours weekly, producing a four to eight image story mounted on storyboards. Paul Swinson of Newspaper Fund visits Lubbock for the workshop’s culmination and luncheon in the Tech Union Blue Room.

Lina Davis Arlington Lorraine Harinett Cottonwood Idaho Tech Newspaper Fund Inc United States Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund Ralph Sellmeyer Photo Workshop Pdennehy Apm From & Apm Sehmeyer South Plains Nancy HH David Latness Texas Paul Swinson Lubbock Ilo Tech Union

Rites Planned for David Childers at Lorenzo Baptist Church

Special services for David Richard Childers will be held at 5 p.m. today in the Lorenzo Baptist Church with Rev. John Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in Lorenzo Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home of Ralls. Childers died at 3 a.m. Tuesday at his home after an extended illness. A Bogata native, he had moved to Lorenzo in years past. Survivors include his wife Annie and three brothers John and Bob of Bogata and Buck of California.

Lorenzo David Richard Childers Pan The Baptist Church John Jenkins Lorenzo Cemetery Carter Funeral Home Ralls Childers Bogata Yat Annie John Bob Buck California Becton

Lubbock Woman Bearden Dies at 73 Rites Planned

Mrs Bearden a longtime Lubbock resident died at Methodist Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church with Pastor Francis Wilson and Rev J A Sin, burial at Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband, two daughters, two sisters, and 71 grandchildren with three great grandchildren.

Bearden Ave Pont ‘Pues- Way Methodist Hospital Trinity Bayuist Chiareh Francis Wilson J 2 Asin Lamesa Boredoo Lamesa Boredoo Will Be In Peaceful Gardens Meioria Park Henderson Funeral Purvectors Willinaimson Lubbock Tms Tednesa Beardens Peacock Abernathy Borden County Lamesa Ales. F Ais Alton Gamer Perryton Mes Otis VE. MekKee Ales Joe Arp Paulass San Sterl Ing Stephenville Alma Williams Albuquerque N. ML Earnest Brinkley Colorado City

Suspect Held After San Luis Obispo Shootings

Police nabbed a man in a rush to the scene after a Monday night shooting on a sidewalk that left two Yonkers residents dead and a third wounded. The suspect identified as William B. Duff was held in the San Luis Obispo General Hospital psychiatric ward as officers check his identity.

SAN Luis Obispo New York Yonkers N.Y August Marsala Victor Bo. Crieco Marsala Evelyn Sierra Vista Hospital William B. Duff Havre de Grace San Luis Obispo General Hospital William Sperle Gary Grant Dave's Sports Emporium Los Angeles San Franccisco

Farmers in Collingsworth Garza counties eligible for aid

Farmers in Collingsworth and Garza counties along with Frio in South Texas have been designated for 85 thousand dollars in cost sharing to rebuild flood damaged conservation facilities. The aid covers repairing terraces and diversion structures restoring sod waterways ramp ponds and eroded land shaping and grading areas.

Collingsworth Garza Department of Agricultue Washington Frio Texas

Andrew J Burns Dies At Age 50

Andrew Jack Burns 50 longtime area resident died at 6 a m Tuesday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Gainsville Florida after a short illness He was visiting a daughter in Florida at the time of death Survived by wife Velma a son Donald of Chirksville a daughter Alps Pattie Thackford of Florida mother Mrs Annie Burns Clarksville four sisters and three brothers with residences listed Funeral services are incomplete at George Co Price Funeral Home Clarksville Florida and other details follow in obituary notes

Levelland Andrew Jack Burns Veterans Administration Hospital Gainsville Fla George Co Price Burns Florida Velma Donald Chirksville Alps Pattie Thackford Annie Burns Clarksville Sally Coleman Annona Forth Babb Vieka Rosers Lizzie Farrier Bennie Port Worth Harold Aot Jacksonville Tex George Robert Lubbock

Rites Scheduled For Mrs Truitt In Plainview

Mrs George Fila Marin Truith 60 will be funeralized at 3 pm Thursday at College Heights Baptist Church with Rev Howard Lyons of Amarillo officiating Burial in Plainview Memorial Park directed by Lemons Funeral Home She died at 9 05 am Tuesday in Methodist Hospital in Laibbock Survived by three daughters two brothers four sisters and other relatives in Plainview Pasadena Wheaton Marlow Wildorado Chak Wista and Pasadena Calif

Plainview George Fila Marin Truith College Heights Baptist Church Howard Lyons Amarillo Plainview Memorial Park Lemons Funeral Home Truitt Methodist Hospital Laibbock Roy Berner James Temple Pasadena Burt Garrison Wheaton Wilmer Garrison Marlow Okla Bertha Garrison Price Holland Inita McLain Wildorade Ernest Moore Chak Wista Calif

Obituary Notices From Clovis To Abernathy And Lubbock

Services are listed for Wayne Junes Ward Claud T Cavitt Abram B Griego Nellie M Pipkin and Mattie Lee Hyatt in Clovis Plainview Crosbyton Abernathy with burial plans at Mission Garden of Memories Parklawn Cemetery and Dickens Cemetery Survivors include spouses children and siblings Lorenz exhibitor of Durate cattle at Evansville Indiana plans to show prize stock at the National Barrow Show in Austin Minnesota Local communities hold a second annual homecoming at Lakeview with plans for Garden Center meetings in late 1989

HW. G. Lorenz Lubbock Evansville Ind Lorenz Austin Minn

Dorney County District Attorney Shot Dead in Front of Office

In Clarendon a gunman killed District Attorney John R. Gillham with five 30-30 rifle bullets. Clyde Gilbreath, 60, was charged with murder and held without bond. The DA's secretary's father, George McClellan Thompson Sr., 60, died six hours later of a heart attack sparked by the shooting.

Clarendon Dorney County Dist Atty John R. Gillham Clyde Gilbreath George McClellan Thompson Sr Ann Hommel Thompson Gary Gerdes Gillham

Basic Education Program for Migrant Youths in El Paso

Texas Education Agency offers a no cost high school equivalency program for migrant and seasonal farm worker youths in Texas and southern New Mexico. Directed by the University of Texas at El Paso, the program provides room and board, plus a $10 weekly stipend, with applications at Sanders Elementary School Room 101.

Texas New Mexico Texas Education Agency el Paso University of Texas At el Paso Proram Sanders Filementary School

George D Reves Rites Arranged

Services for George D Reves 31, longtime Lockney area resident since 1962, will be at Sopam First Methodist Church with Rev. W D McReynolds and Rev. Tommy Ewing officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery. Survivor details include his wife and a son, Pamela as a daughter, and parents Elmo and his wife, plus siblings and grandmother. death followed a two month illness at Medical Center Hospital Plainview.

Lockney George D. Reves Lone Star Sopam First Methodist Church W. DD. McReynolds Tommy Ewing Carter Funeral Home Keyes Medical Center Hospital Plainview George Pamela Elmo Reves Charles Wright Tula Hansel Sanders G. W. Reves Lueders

Services Pending For Mrs Hayley

Bernice Dorothy Hayley 62 died Tuesday at Cogdill Hospital after a short illness. native of Fort Worth she managed the Stamp store. Survivors include daughter Ruth Rose Odessa two sons Joe Dorsey Fort Brags NC and Gale Dorsey Snyder. Sisters Loma de Baun Lakewood California Flora Largent Long Beach California brothers M J McGregor Keller and C B McGregor Brownwood.

Calif Flora Largent Long Beach M. J. McGregor Keller C.B. McGregor Brownwood

Joseph Hughes Rites Planned in Plainview

Funeral services for Joseph Hughes will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Lemons Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev. Brian of Seth Ward Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows at Parklawn Memorial Garden. Hughes, a retired farmer, died Tuesday afternoon in a local nursing home after moving to Plainview in 1949 from Weatherford. Surviving are his wife, a daughter Sybil Scott of Mineo Oklahoma, a son B Y Hughes of Farwell, four stepsons Everett Russell Clyde Hughes of Oklahoma City and Clifton Hughes of Chickasha, a brother Will of Plainview, and two sisters Mrs Mary Horn of Mineo and Mrs Kiffie O'Dell of Altus.

Plainview Joseph Hughes Lemons Funeral Home Wo RP Brian Seth Ward Baptist’ Church Parklawn Memorial Garden Hughes Weatherford Sybil Scott Mineo Okla B. Y. Hughes Farwell Everett Hughes Russell Hughes Clyde Hughes Oklahoma City Clifton Hughes Chickasha Will Mary Horn Kiffie O'Dell Altus

Mrs. Nelia Becton Rites Today in Becton Church

Services for 90 year old Nelia Bryant Becton are set for 3 p.m. at Becton Methodist Church. A native of Fannin County she moved to the Becton area in 1896 and helped organize the Becton Church. Burial will follow in Becton Cemetery.

Patrick Sparks Funeral Pending in Crosbyton

Patrick Henry Sparks 53 of Crosbyton died Tuesday at Crosbyton Hospital after a brief illness. Services are pending at King Funeral Tome. A native of Ballinger, he lived in Midland and Lorenzo before moving to Crosbyton. He is survived by four sons Louis Harvey and Dennis Patrick of Crosbyton and Patrick Henry Jr. and Michael of Dallas, daughter Mary Louise Sparks of Crosbyton, sisters Ruth Ritchey of Roscoe and Marie Humphrey of Kifleen, and brother Charles of Midland.

Crosbyton Patrick Henry Sparks Crosbyton Hospital King Funeral Tome Ballinger Sparks Midland Lorenzo Martha Louis Harvey Dennis Patrick Patrick Henry Jr Michael Dallas Mary Louise Sparks Ruth Ritchey Roscoe Marie Humphrey Kifleen Charles

Don’t Judge Age by Years Says Julien C Hyer

The poem argues against fearing aging and urges staying busy and engaged. It claims old age is a state of heart, not measured by wrinkles, gray hair, pensions, or Medicare. It encourages remaining active among peers and avoiding being outdated.

Julien C. Hyer

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Noth Terns Department of Public Safety Buback Howard Swindle Avalanche.Journal Texas South Plains Coy James Boyett Avalanche-Journal Mazon, Tl Pendleton, Ore Brooklyn, N. C Statesville, N MES. C. AL Bearden David Childers Rites Planne Sperla Grant Sperro Razer Don Finglert Min Duff Andrew J. Burns Tokyo Mao Japanese Sanitation Bureau Communist China Japan Mrs. Truitt Wayne Junes Ward Church of the Bretheren Clovis Mission Garden of Memories Steed- Todd Howe Clovis Hospital Claud T. Cavitt Wood-Dunning Funeral Home Buthl Parklawn Cavill Abram Griego Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Sherwood Mortuary Nellie M. Pipkin Crosbyton First Methodist Church Wing Funeral Home Pipkin Hawafin Mattie Lee Hyatt Fho Abernathy Church of Christ Dickens Chambers Funeral Tome of Abernathy Hyatt Floyd County Coumians Nex Lakeview Mt. Ilanco Lubbock Municipal Garden and Arts Center GAC Hal Gurwnelt Richard Dickey Art Association Mrev Ad Cacanousher Tubbock Council of Garden Clubs Gilbreath Bill Cornell Basil W. Smith Mgr. Gillham Clyde Smith Hayley Nelia Becton Patrick Sparks Keith Franklin
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