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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1962

Page

2

Edward Smith Victim in Georgia Auto Crash

A Republican governor candidate Edward Smith, 60, of Georgia died when his station wagon collided with a truck near Woodbury. His wife Marilu was hospitalized with head injuries but not seriously hurt. Smith was a Columbus attorney, former U S attorney, and former president of the Georgia Bar Association. Republican leaders face replacing him ahead of the November election.

Woodbury A. Edward Smith Georgia Columbus Atlanta Smith Paul Boggs Hampton Marilu Nelson A. Rockefeller New York Smiths Marilyn Edwina Rockefeller White Plains Piedmont College Duke University Law School Mercer University Macon U.S Middle Georgia Georgia Bar Association Marvin Griffin Carl Sanders Augusta

Culbertson Rites Pending for Local Cotton Buyer

Services are pending for Mar shall T. Culbertson 63 of 2616 25th St Longview found dead in his home Monday morning. He died likely between 9 p.m. Sunday and midnight. Justice of the Peace George McCleskey investigated neighbors said Culbertson had been ill Sunday. A cotton buyer for Jimmie Cochran Cotton Co. he had lived in Lubbock about 13 years moving from Longview. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Jim Lindsey Goldsboro North Carolina and two grandchildren.

Marshall T. Culbertson 25Th St Radar Funeral Longview Culbertson Justice of the Peace George McCleskey Jimmie Cochran Cotton Co Lubbock Jim Lindsey Goldsboro N.C

Hobbs Resident Mrs Hamblen Rites Set Today

Funeral services for Mary Virginia Hamblen 49 longtime Hobbs resident will be at St Christopher's Episcopal Church at 10 a m with Rev Amos Gaume officiating Graveside services by the Eastern Star are scheduled at 3 p m at South Park Cemetery in Roswell N M Arrangements are by Roberts Funeral Home She died Sunday after a lengthy illness Survivors include her husband a son Glen of Fort Defiance Ariz a daughter Mrs Edna Ruth Pouleston of Las Cruces N M her mother and a sister.

Hobbs Mary Virginia Hamblen St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Amos Gaume Order of the Eastern Star South Park Roswell N.M Roberts Funneral Hamblem

Rites Set Today For Joe Evans

Funeral services for 68 year old Joe Evans of Happy will be at 10 a.m. today at Wallace Funeral Home with Morgan Sturgess of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery. Evans died Monday night in Amarillo Veterans Hospital. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include sister Ada McCormick of Gravitte Arkansas.

Tulia Joe Evans Happy Wallace Funeral Morgan Sturgess Church of Christ Rose Hill Cemetery Wallace Funeral Home Evans Veterans Hospital Amarillo Ada McCormick Gravitte Ark

Mrs. McBrayer Rites Set At Farmersville

Funeral services for Mrs. A. E. McBrayer 76 a former Lubbock resident will be at 2 p m today at the First Baptist Church in Farmersville Burial will be in Farmersville Cemetery She died Monday in a Port Arthur hospital after six weeks of illness She had been an invalid 28 years Her husband died six years ago He was in the piano business in Lubbock Survivors include two daughters four other sons four brothers a sister 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren

A. E. McBrayer Lubbock First Baptist Church Farmersville McBrayer Robert Melvin McBrayer 30Th Port Arthur

Stolle Honored as First Republican of the Month

Fred Stolle, Posey farm barn owner, received the first Republican of the Month honor at a Lubbock County GOP meeting. County Chairman Syd Moore said the award honors his national recognition. About 250 attended the picnic at the K N Clapp Party House as write-in candidates hosted the event.

Fred Stolle Posey Lubbock Syd Moore Stolle K. N. Clapp Richard Turner Cecil Lowery Frances Nalle Moore

Disney picks 14 year old Gilles Payant for Big Red

In Burbank California UPI reports French Canadian Gilles Payant age 14 won one of Canada s largest talent searches to star as an orphan boy in the film Big Red alongside Walter Pidgeon and others after competing with more than 300 hopefuls from Canada.

Burbank Calif UPI Gilles Papant Walt Disney Young Payant Walter Pidgeon

Worthy Grand Matron of Texas OES Dies

Pearl Hall 61 longtime educator and Worthy Grand Matron for the Texas Order of the Eastern Star died after a stroke in Baylor Hospital Plano. She taught in Pasadena schools since 1919 and earlier at Spring Hitchcock Bay City and League City. Two sons survive. services set for 4 p.m. Thursday at Colonial Funeral Home Pasadena.

Dallas Pearl Hall Texas Order of the Eastern Star Baylor Hospital Plano Houston Here Hall Pasadena Spring Hitchcock Bay City League City Colonial Funeral Home

Beebe Explorer Dies in Trinidad at 84

William Beebe famed naturalist and ocean explorer died in Trinidad where he directed the New York Zoological Society tropical research station. The Brooklyn native joined the Bronx Zoo in 1899 and set a 1934 depth record of 3028 feet in the bathysphere. He authored 22 books and had many species named after him.

New York William Beebe Trinidad Beebe New York Zoological Society Society Virgin Forest Atlantic Bermuda Brooklyn Bronx Zoo Zoo Nova Scotia Mexico Venezuela British Guiana

Wright Services Slated At Friona

Wright Crandel W. Wright 49 longtime Friona resident died Monday after illness. Funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday at Friona First Baptist Church officiated by Rev. C. M. Fields. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under Clabhorn Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Juanita two sons Gordon and Ronald a daughter Janice two brothers and a niece.

Friona Crandel W. Wright Friona First Kentucky Shallowater Theie Baptist Church Juanita Janice Gordon Springfield Ronald U.S. Navy Kingsville Garland Murray Walter Long Beach Calif Leroy Johnson

Keep Your Friendships in Repair

A devotional note by Julien C. Hyer emphasizes loyalty and fellowship from Proverbs 27 10. It urges tending friendships to provide support in loneliness distress and old age, describing friends as a source to share troubles and receive care.

Julien C. Hyer

Mullins Funeral Slated Thursday in Rock Hill Church

Robert W. Mullins 42 died Tuesday after several weeks illness. Funeral at 3 p m Thursday at Rock Hill Church Sulphur Springs with Rev Wilburn Gilbreath officiating. Body to be moved from Rix Funeral Home to Sulphur Springs Wednesday burial in Rock Hill Cemetery directed by Tapp Funeral Home. Survivors include wife three daughters Betty Mullins Odessa Mrs Juanita Haynes Slaton and Mrs Bill Ferguson 42nd St Quirt Ave three sons Robert G Mullins Truett Gilbreath and Sam Gilbreath El Paso brother James F El Paso and three grandchildren.

Robert W. Mullins 53Rd St Rock Hill Church Sulphur Springs Wilburn Gilbreath Rix Funeral Home Rock Hill Cemetery Tapp Funeral Home Mullins Lubbock Bethany Christian Church Bill Ferguson 42Nd St Quirt Ave Betty Mullins Odessa Juanita Haynes Slaton Robert G. Mullins Truett Gilbreath Sam Gilbreath Colgate James F el Paso

Mrs. Ola Mae Dearman Rites Friday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ola Mae Dearman aged 50 of 1710 East 23rd Street will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Church of God and Christ No 1 with Rev T F Ford officiating Burial is set at Ralls Cemetery under Sedberry Funeral Chapel direction Survivors include husband Malvin a son Willie Whitney of Lubbock her mother Mrs Nettie Thomas of Lubbock five sisters and four brothers from Lubbock Loreno Compton Calif and Slaton

Ola Mae Dearman E. 23Rd St Church of God and Christ No. 1 T. F. Ford Ralls Cemetery Sedberry Funeral Chapel Mart Malvin Willie Whitney Lubbock Nettie Thomas Edna Gonzales Juanita Hodges Gladys Gonzales Ernestine Johnson Lorenzo Louise Givens Compton Calif James Thomas George Thomas Marcelis Thomas Oakland John Thomas Slaton

Former Lubbock Resident Dies at 58 in Oklahoma City

Albert Jackson May, 58, a former longtime area resident, died at 1 a.m. Tuesday at Poly Clinic in Oklahoma City. Services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Oklahoma City with Hunt er Funeral Home handling arrangements. A retired farmer, May lived in Lamb County for 25 years in Olton and Littlefield and recently moved from Lubbock to Oklahoma City. Born in Ada, Oklahoma, he is survived by his wife Maggie of 2104 Emery, three daughters Ruth Bottons of 2104 Emery, A C Fry of Yuba California, Bob Crawford of 2413 37th St, a son Carol J. May of Tucson, his mother Mrs. W. C. May of Oklahoma City, a sister Opal May of Oklahoma City, and three brothers Garrett of Phoenix, Haskel of Yuba City, California, and Ed of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

Albert Jackson May Poly Clinic Oklahoma City Hunter Funeral Home May Lamb County Olton Littlefield Lubbock Ada Okla Maggie Emery Ruth Bottons A. C. Fry Yuba Calif Bob Crawford 37Th St Carol J. May Tucson Ariz W. C. May Opal May Garrett Phoenix Haskel Yuba City Shawnee

H F England Rites Planned Here Today

Services for H F Slim England 67 longtime resident will be held at 3 p m in Sanders Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Clifton Igo officiating. Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery. England owned Slims Auto Repair and was a World War I veteran. Survivors include two sons a daughter two sisters four brothers and nine grandchildren.

H. F Slim England Sanders Funeral Home Clifton Igo Second Baptist Church, Lamesa City of Lubbock Sanders 9Th St Veterans Administration Hospital Big Spring Slim's Auto Repair Ave. H Jimmy Idalou Billy Reno Nev George H. Miller N. Quirt

Lloyd Johnson Rites Pending at Rix Funeral Home

Time of services for Lloyd L. Johnson of 1717 30th Street is pending at Rix Funeral Home. Last rites will be read Thursday at Rix Funeral Chapel by John K. Norred of the First Church of Christ Scientist. Johnson died Sunday at his summer home in Cuchara Colorado. He had lived in Lubbock since 1949 and is survived by his wife two daughters a son and a brother.

Lloyd L. Johnson 30Th St Rix Funeral Home Rix Funeral John K. Norred First Church of Christ, Scientist City of Lubbock Johnson Lubbock Dallas Cuchara Colo

Services Set Today For Terry Resident

Grover C. Bristow 74 a Terry County resident since 1910 died Monday in Big Spring Hospital after a three year illness A farmer until 1945 he retired and moved to Brownfield The service will be at Northside Baptist Church with Rev A J Franks officiating Burial will be Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home in charge Survivors include a brother Ben Bristow Rule a sister Miss Bertha Bristow Donna and two grandchildren Herbert L Moore San Angelo and Wendell L Moore Brownfield

Brownfield Grover C. Bristow Terry County Northside Baptist Church A. J. Franks Bristow Big Spring Johnson Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home Ben Bristow Rule Bertha Bristow Donna Herbert L. Moore San Angelo Wendell L. Moore

School Report Cards Modernization Moves in Glen Ridge

Glen Ridge schools adopt automated report cards with grades stored on rosters. Teachers provide data that is transcribed by key punch and verifier machines at the Automatic Data Processing plant in East Paterson, New Jersey.

Glen ‘Ridge N.J UPI Glen Ridge Automatic Data Processing East Paterson

WORK METHODS DIFFER Sinatra Marilyn Will Do

Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe star in a George Axelrod comedy How To Murder Your Wife written for them. Eddie Fisher returns to stage with a standing ovation after Cocoanut Grove show. Janis Paige endures accidents and hepatitis while planning European work and a 1962 wedding. Rita Hayworth’s children visit, and talks of TV music specials expand with Joni James and Tony Aquaviva directed by George Chakiris.

Dorothy Manners Hollywood Frank Sinatra Marilyn Monroe George Axelrod Marilyn Frank Sinatra Axelrod Breakfast At Tiffany’s Monroe Eddie Cocoanut Grove Eddie Fisher Rome Paradise Eddie Cantor al Jolson PTA Joni James Tony Aquaviva One Hundred Strings Hollywood Pops Symphony Orchestra 110 Men Strong Tony George Chakiris Joni

Atmosphere Drives Higher Costs to Open Restaurants

New York report notes that opening a new restaurant costs about 4000 per seat. Don Greenaway of the National Restaurant Association cites rising emphasis on atmosphere over food as the main reason.

New York API Donald Greenaway The National Restaurant Assn

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Edward Smith M. T. Culbertson Texas Oes Wright Mrs. Dearman H. F. England Southwestern College Friendly Highland Assembly OF God Lloyd Johnson Terry Indies Penneys Avniversal Monterey Gary Qur Prathers Penney’s Janis Paige Janis Europe Bob Stock Polly Bergen Hall Bartlett Jan Ray Gilbert Rita Hayworth Ysamin Rebecca Rita Jim Hill Jim Switzerland Yasmin San Francisco Hong Kong Gary Merrill Merrill Breeze Dacron Towncraft Milan
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