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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
6
A man received 16 traffic tickets during a pursuit that ended near Pariway. The report lists penalties including two for King, one for crossing double megagines, and other infractions tied to speeding and failing to cinp. The chaotic chase concluded with the subject jailed.
An AP report notes only 19 000 persons added to medical aid in recent months with 17 09 of them previously recipients. The program is tied to a substitute bill championed by Sen Robert Kerr and Rep Wilbur Mills. A ventriloquist opens a new church in Japan.
A horse show with 105 entries across grounds and performance divisions named winners. Grand champion stallion Leo ane nate McNeugh. reserve stallion Kris Waltman Bar accoe. grand champion mare Boglen na owned by Joe Kirk Fulton. grand champion gelding Bran 8 Sick owned by Joke Snipes. reserve gelding Bauldy Hornet owned by Snipes. junior section won by Mark's Pride We R Wingfield Roewell.
Former U S Senator George Bender dies in Cleveland Ohio at age noted in a brief obituary. The Republican leader and Ohio native served in the Senate and was described as a prominent figure with a long public career.
An obituary notice indicates John W. Jenkins, longtime Conte ty resident and farmer, will have funeral rites today delayed by late-arriving relatives. The service respects the Brown School District connection and local ties.
Funeral services set for Perry Easter 51 in Rut ross and for Nora Puttar 33 in Lubbock burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Also listed are services for A H Simmons 60 at 230 pm at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel and Orville Firestone 68 at Dat hart Cemetery. Three killed four injured in a two vehicle crash on FM 400 near Heck. West Texas Hospital patients noted.
Hollywood reports the late actor Jeff Chandler died from complications after injuries in his last film The Marauders including a gunshot wound and infection. Chandler battled back pain during location work and insisted the production continue amid worsening health.
A Salvation Army friend toils in misery and squalor, reclaiming skid rows and gutters through hard labor. He spends long hours fighting for the unaided, insisting his work is not for a salary but for a higher calling.
Bailey County pioneer M M Scott 78 died Saturday at West Plains Hospital in MuleShoe Texas after long illness. Funeral services set for First Methodist Church with Rev Luther Baker officiating. Burial in Sudan Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survived by sister in Oklahoma and other relatives. Nearby Snyder report notes Myles Bysidrenene Iron Clark death.
A Lubbock woman Maudree Walker Fev died at 9 30 pm Sunday in Tamittan Hospital from injuries after a car eastbound on State Highway 116 left the road struck a guard post and overturned six times. A passenger sustained minor injuries and received emergency treatment. the body was sent to a local funeral home.
Services for Sycaroli Mark Eftings, victim of a vehicle mishap near Clovis, will be held at Central Church with officiating minister Stanley Letcher Jr. The ceremony begins at 2 p m.
Brownfield reports funeral services for Mrs. Gibson a resident of Free will held at Four Square Gospel Church. Rev. J B Harris will officiate burial at Terry County Memorial Park under Braenfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors include son Douglas Brownfield daughters Mrs Carta Medatier and Mrs Fair Hoarsavilie and others.
Georg ia Thomas Watson a Midland resident was killed at 331 a m Sunday when struck by a truck along State Highway 4 about ten miles east of Midland. Funeral services for the Texas Electric Service Co. employee were set for 4 pm at the First Baptist Church in Lamesa with Rev Milo Arhurkie officiating. Interment will follow in the nearby cemetery. Surviving are Mrs Edna Watson the mother of Lamesa, Mrs J A Gartner of Lamesa a brother, and two sisters Mrs Nora Sellers and Mrs Jimmy Gregg of Stamford.
Amherst memorial notes E F Nuttall 73 longtime resident since 1925 dies after a stroke. Services 2:90 pm at Muleshoe Methodist Church conducted by Rev Ro McGregor with burial at Milsap. Survivors include Virgil Bowman and great grandchildren.
Funeral services are held today for Leroy Miller who died Thursday. The 2:00 p.m. service is at Pleasant Green Cemetery with Rev H R pastor officiating. Griffin Funeral Home in charge. Miller lived in Hobbs twenty years and was a janitor at the post office. He is survived by his wife and sister Mrs Prazine Hargrove of Fort Worth.
Funeral services are planned today in Tulia for Harry Rogers a former Tulia resident and hospital board member who died recently at Suasber County Hospital. He was born in Glen Rose on May 19 1918 and married Miss Jake Kiley in Vigo Park. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery with Wallace Funeral Home directing. Survivors include his wife two sons Roy and Lloyd Evans and several others.
K L Cannon dies at 2:20 pm after long illness and is to be buried in Levelland City Cemetery. Funeral at First Baptist Church with Pastor Dr Bul Cook and Rev Wo Hi Hughes. Survivors include wife Cattell Cannon, daughters Jean Wood and Ro Jeane Clarke, sisters and 19 grandchildren.
A long-time resident of the city since 1925 died early Sunday at a West Texas hospital. Funeral services are set for 3 p m today at Rix Funeral Home with Rev Bull Curry of Kartuddie Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be at Rest Haven Memorial Park. Surviving are a son Alce Maleshoe a daughter in law and several siblings. Four grandchildren and two great grandchildren also listed.
Ronald Leon Turner 15 died in an accidental shooting at the Assembly of God Church. Funeral services led by Rev. J. R. Brincefield, burial at Terrace Cemetery under Hadrian Funeral Home. Turner was hunting rabbits with his father Wayne Beuncefield 14 and Rev. Roy J. Lee 22.
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