Plainview Rodeo Kickoff Draws 4000 At Parade and Trials
About 4000 people attended the first night of the 19th annual Plainview Bar None Rodeo in Plainview. A Thursday parade opened western festivities with awards for senior and junior riding clubs. Calf roping times led by Bill Flowers and Sam Brown, while bareback bronc results were shared, and saddle bronc, steer wrestling, barrel racing and bull riding results listed with multiple riders named. A final note mentions an India mirror shortage.
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Plainview
Lone Star
Floyd County
Boys Ranch
Hereford
Bill Flowers
Aspermont
Sam Brown
Adrian
Lefty Wilking
Gainesville
Clyde Vamvoras
Lake Charles
Paul May
Grinnell
Iowa
LaVoy Avant
Ropesville
Gladys Pinkett
Jo Poarch
George Williams
Tulsa
Jim Wise
Grover
Colo
Enoch Walker
Oregon
Carl Nafzger
Orton
Joe Green
Sulphur
Okla
Buzzy Kaul
Phil Hatcher
Randlett
Duane Hennigh
Very Few Are Funny Picking Best Jokes Remains
NYC reporters review the Say When comedy contest where 10 000 jokes weekly pour in from readers nationwide. Producer Robert Rowe notes duplication and off color content with jokes from East Bellylaff Santa Haha and many other places.
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New York
NEA
Petine Fof
Jaway
Robert Rowe
Rowe
East Bellylaff
Io Santa Haha
Calif
Hej J
Art James
South
Midwest
East
Junior
Earth
Fires Reported Prowl at City Homes and Sheds
Prowlers entered a Lubbock residence midday Thursday and started small fires while breaking lamps. They also ate a sandwich and took a tobacco pipe from C E Mitchell at 1922 21st St. A rail car was looted near Weary Cash Lumber Co at 2701 Ave A with unspecified loss. A Tex Tech roaster oven valued at 33 dollars vanished from a building, and 65 dollars in equipment missing from Murdock's Garage at 3411 Ave A. Robert Fletcher at 1722 33rd St reported theft of a two dollar billfold at Mackenzie Park pool.
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Lubbock
C. E. Mitchell
21St St
Weary Cash Lumber Co
Ave. A
Plains Hog Co
Texas Tech
Murdock
Robert Fletcher
33Rd St
Mackenzie Park
Services Pending For F. H. Zeitz
F H Zeitz 70 of 2413 30th St died at 5 45 p m Thursday in West Texas Hospital after illness since 1955. Retired salesman and WWI veteran, he belonged to First Baptist Church. Survived by Olive wife two sons Maj F H Zeitz Jr James H a daughter Mrs Bob Weathers a sister Mrs Julie Schultz a brother A H and eight grandchildren.
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F.H
Fritz
Zeitz
30Th St
West Texas Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Olive
Maj
F. H. Zeitz Jr
Air Force
Riverside
Calif
James H
Santa Fel Springs
Bob Weathers
Morgan
Julie Schultz
Towson
A. H
Kansas City
Coronation Stone claimed false by Scottish leader
Edinburgh activist Wen dy Wood, 70, says Britain’s coronation stone is fake and the real Stone of Scone never left Scotland in 1296. Westminster Abbey disputes the claim, insisting the stone in the coronation chair is authentic.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
UPD
Wendy Wood
Britain
London
Westminster Abbey
Scone
Miss Wood
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Edward
Chesher Funeral Set In Sudan
Lloyd Harvey Chesher 54 found dead at his home will have a 10 a.m. service today at Hammons Funeral Home Chapel with Joe Salem officiating in Sudan. Burial in Littlefield Memorial Park. Chesher, born in Devil Oklahoma, moved to Lamb County in 1925 from Norman Oklahoma. Survivors include a sister Ed Hart Anton Oklahoma a brother Bill Dallas two daughters Joe Lynch Albuquerque New Mexico and Mrs William Johnson Lubbock and four grandchildren.
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Sudan
Lloyd Harvey Chesher
Hammons
Joe Salem
Littlefield Memorial Park
Chesher
Devil
Okla
Lamb County
Norman
Ed Hart
Anton
Bill
Dallas
Joe Lynch
Albuquerque
N.M
William Johnson
Lubbock
City Pioneer's Rites Saturday
Rites for Mrs. W. M. Crawford 78 city pioneer will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sanders chapel with Rev J Wayland Edwards officiating Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery Sand ers Funeral Home directed The longtime Lubbock resident moved from New Mexico 70 years ago She married W M Crawford in 1903 and is survived by her husband and a daughter Mrs Rena Herrin of the home.
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W. M. Crawford
41St St
City Pioneer
Sanders’ Chapel
J. Wayland Edwards
Southcrest Baptist Church
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Rena Herrin
Longtime Lynn Resident Dies at Tahoka Hospital
Josh Leon Rumbo 72, longtime Lynn Court y resident, died Thursday at Tahoka Hospital He was a WWI veteran who moved to the area in 1931 from Ellis County He belonged to the First Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge Survivors include wife Mary son Dr Noble Rumbo daughter Miss Sara La Rumbo two steps and three grandchildren Burial will be in Tahoka Cemetery under White Funeral Home direction funeral time pending.
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Tahoka
Josh Leon Rambo
Lynn Courty
Tahoka Hospital
First Methodist Church
Aubrey White
Tohoka Cemetery
White Funeral Home
Rumbo
Ellis County
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Mary
Noble Rumbo
Richardson
Sara la Rumbo
Austin
Rites Today For Portales Pioneer Charlie Radcliff
Services for 91 year old Portales pioneer Charlie Henry Radcliff will be held at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church Portales with Ernest Wheeler officiating Burial will follow in Portales Cemetery under Wheeler Mortuary direction Radcliff born in Cowley County Kansas came to New Mexico in 1906 homesteading near Elida Survivors include three sons Roy Dora Carl Harold of Pagosa Springs Colorado two daughters Mrs Fred Baker Portales and Mrs Paul Davis Milnesland 43 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren
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Ernest Wheeler
Portales Cemetery
Wheeler Mortuary
Radcliff
Cowley County
Kan
New Mexico
Elida
Roy
Dora
Carl
Hondo
Harold
Pagosa Springs
Colo
Fred Baker
Portales
Paul Davis
Milneland
M D Stephens Funeral Services Held Today
M D Stephens 56 a Terry County resident since 1950 died Thursday in Brownfield General Hospital. Funeral services were set for 4 p m at First Baptist Church with Rev J C Goforth and Rev Edward Adams assisting. Burial followed at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home direction. Survivors include his wife a son three daughters his mother and two brothers and three grandchildren. Mexico City subsidy freight firms announced.
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Brownfield
M. D. Stephens
Terry County
First Baptist Church
J. C. Goforth
Primitive Baptist Church
Edward Adams
Challis Baptist Church
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Lamesa Man Ewald Makowsky Rites Planned Saturday
Funeral services for Ewald Emil Makowsky 48 who died after a heart attack will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Sparenberg Cemetery under Higginbotham Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Ida Mae five sisters and three brothers including C. F. Makowsky of Houston and H. A. Makowsky of Waco.
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Ewald Emil Makowsky
Grace Lutheran Church
Sparenberg Cemetery
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Makowsky
Ida Mae
M. J. Seaer
Temple
A. T. Hicks
Dallas
H. A. Sschultz
Rites Set For Brownfield Man Gilley 57
R V Gilley 57 a Brownfield resident since 1947 died at 2 15 p m Thursday in Brownfield General Hospital after several months illness Funeral services set for 3 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church with Rev J Loyd Mayhew and Rev H C Waters officiating Gilley a tractor mechanic moved to Brownfield from Lamesa native of Jack County Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Joe McCullough Seminole a sister Mrs E C Bradshaw Oakland California and three others
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Brownfield
R. V. ‘Gilley
Brownfield General Hospital
First Methodist
J.loyd Mayhew
H. C. Waters
Evangelical Methodist Church
Odessa
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brown
Judge Won't Block Planned Avisco FMC Merger
U.S. District Judge George B. Harris refused to halt the $116 million merger of American Viscose Corp. and FMC Corp. FMC will acquire Avisco operations in a deal slated to close today. The Justice Department had sought to block the merger as a likely anticompetitive consolidation in rayon chemical sales.
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San Francisco
U.S
Avisco
Rites Today for Lorenzo Woman Sulta Batcheller
Services will be held at 8 p m in the Lorenzo Methodist Church for Mrs Sulta Batcheller 50 who died Wednesday night in Methodist Hospital Lubbock The Rev Bruce Parks and the Rev D L Lowrie will officiate Interment in Lorenzo Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home Ralls She is survived by her husband Joe and two sons Ernie and Gary of the home her mother Mrs Ida May Hendricks Lorenzo three sisters Mrs Ernestine Copeland Arlington Va Mrs Josephine LaRue Midland and Mrs Billie Zuamburn Lorenzo Pallbearers Roy Huckabee Dewey Malone Wilson Kittle Jack Cannon Leon Williams and Leslie Huckz
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Lorenzo
Lorenzo Methodist Church
Sulta Batcheller
Methodist
Ernie
Gary
Ida May Hendricks
Ernestine Copeland
Arlington, Va
Josephine LaRue
Midland
Billié. Zuambrun
Roy Huckabee
Dewey
Malone
Wilson Kittell
Jack
Cannon
Leon
Williams
Sd B. Fullingim
Leslie
Huck
Aby
Funeral Services Held Today for Sam C Young
Funeral services for Sam C Young 73 retired farmer and carpenter were conducted at 3 p.m. at Plains Baptist Church with Rev Peyton Fullingim officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral. A Lubbock resident 22 years Young died Tuesday morning in Taylor Hospital. Survivors include his wife six daughters five sons a brother two sisters 42 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Sam C. Young
45Th St
the Plains Baptist Church
Peyton Fullingim
Ray Moreland
Baytown
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Lubbock
Young
Taylor Hospital
R Richardson rites scheduled in Slaton for Ralph Richardson
Ralph Truman Richardson 43 of Booneville Arkansas former Lubbock resident son of Mrs L E Richardson 2203 Ave K Lubbock died of a heart attack at his Booneville home. Services at 2 p m Saturday Williams Funeral Home Slaton burial Englewood Cemetery Survivors include wife and one son his mother three brothers and four sisters. He was member of First Methodist Church Booneville. A brief service was held at 1 30 p m Thursday in Booneville.
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Slaton
Ralph Truman Richardson
Lubbock
L. E. Richardson
Ave
K. Lubbock
Williams Funeral Home
Englewood Cemetery
Richardson
Booneville
Ark
Arkansas
First Methodist Church of
D. A
Seminole
D. D
Dallas
A. A
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Joyce
Sunnyvale
Robert Harrison
35Th St
Earl Pollard
San Antonio
Harold Jatan
The Shepherd Thoughts and a War Veteran's Cheer
The excerpt recounts a man who lost his arm in war and copes with loss by focusing on his remaining good arm. He rejects complaint, choosing grace over resentment, echoing a biblical inquiry about calm acceptance. Julien C. Hyer offers a reflective moral on resilience.
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Julien C. Hyer
Rites Set Today for Mrs Martina Hernandez
Rites are planned at 4 p.m. at St Patrick's Church for Mrs Martina Hernandez 65 of 709 Idalou Rd who died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital after a 10 day stay Burial will follow in Lubbock Cemetery under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home direction She was a native of Mexico and is survived by a son and eight daughters.
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St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Martina Hernandez
Idalou
Methodist Hospital
City of “Lubbock
Franklin Bartley
Hernandez
Mexico
Lubbock Man Rites Set In City Today
Services for R. V. Williams 86 of 2302 Main St who died Wednesday night in West Texas Hospital will be held at 10 a m today at the First Christian Church with Dr. Dudley Strain officiating Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction Williams a Lubbock resident since 1935 had been in ill health the past week Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Helen Van 2302 Main St and Mrs D B McAllister Fort Worth four grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Pallbearers are Oscar Louis Nislar III Richard L Nislar Oscar Nislar Sr Byron Chappell James Nislar Don Smith Johnny Martin and W M Ryan
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R. V. Williams
Main St
West Texas Hospital
First Christian Church
Dudley Strain
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders
Williams
Lubbock
Helen van
D. B. McAllister
Fort Worth
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Wolverine
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City Pioneer’s Rites
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M.D. Stephens
Mexico City
Rites
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Richard L. Nislar
Oscar Nislar Sr
Byron Chappell
James Nislar
Don Smith
Johnny Martin
W. M. Ryan
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Chrysler
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