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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1959

Page

2

Rites Set For Olton Crop Duster

Funeral services are set for Tom Craft 27 a crop spraying pilot killed in a Hart area crash Sunday his body found near the wreckage nine miles northeast of Hart Craft Air Force veteran and former jet pilot died instantly The service will be at Olton First Baptist Church with Rev John Lewis and assistants and burial in Plainview Memorial Park Craft survived by his wife Nobuko Matsumoto and mother Mrs L L Glenn He had recently returned from Japan where he married in Okinawa or Japan and was a Texas Tech graduate student in Plainview Texas US.

Plainview Tom Craft Hart Olton First Baptist Church John Lewis Will Assis Carlos McCloud Plainview Memorial Park Lemons Funeral Home Craft Air Force Craig Nobuko Mai Sumoto Japan West Texas Texas Tech Airja Force Knox City Seral Orion L. L. Glenn Orton James M Craft Earth Nobuko Matsumoto

Former City Woman Edna Lane Rites Set Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Earl Lane 82 of Sweetwater a former Lubbock resident are set for 10 am at Lamar Street Baptist Church Sweetwater Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock with McDonald Funeral Home directing A graveside service is planned for 4 pm at the cemetery Mrs Lane died Sunday at Simmons Memorial Hospital Sweetwater She had lived in Lubbock 13 years and in Sweetwater the past three Her husband died in 1949 Survivors include four sons Byron W Lane of Sweetwater Alvie Lane of Knoxville Tennessee Seth Lane of Houston four daughters Annie Laura Sudduth Ruby Garrison Vivian Frederick and Johnnie Sims one brother Walter Dunn of Portales New Mexico two sisters Laura Portwood of Brawley California and H C Thompson of Anson plus 28 grandchildren 44 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild

Edna Earl Lane Sweetwater Lubbock Lamar Street Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park McDonald Funeral Home Laura Portwood Brawley Calif H.C. Thompson Anson

California Rites Set For Ex Area Woman

Funeral services for Mrs. W. E. Henderson 82 former Tahoka resident are set at Forest Lawn Glendale Calif She died Sunday morning at St Johns Hospital Santa Monica after 37 years in Los Angeles She helped found Lynn County was Tahoka postmistress and named the town Her husband died 12 years ago They moved to Los Angeles in 1922 Survivors include Mrs J IISCott and Mrs Odessa Powell both of Los Angeles cousin L E Henderson at 3805 25th St Roby Woman Killed Ranger (UPI) Mrs D C Robinson 39 mother of two was killed early Monday when her pickup overturned three miles east of Ranger on Interstate 20 The truck struck a guard rail post and rolled three times her body was thrown free The Robinsons lived in Roby and ran a truck stop in Sweetwater

Buria W. E. Henderson Tahoka Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale Calif Los Angeles J1. W.iscott Odessa Powell L. E. Henderson 25Th St Roby Ranger UPI D.C. Robinson

James S. Carle Rites Slated

Funeral services for James S. Carle of 2101 31st St. will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Rix Chapel with John K. Norred officiating. Burial in Lubbeck City Cemetery. He died at 3:30 a.m. Monday at his sister’s home. He owned Decorator's Studio and co owned Jobbers Warehouse in Lubbock. Survivors include his wife, three brothers Robert L. Tulsa, Tom R. Waldo Ark, Lowden E. Colorado Springs, and a sister.

James S. Carle 31St St John K. Norred Rix City of Lubbeck Cemetery Rix Funeral Home Carle Mirs C. Stone Main St First Church of Christ, Scientist Lubbock Oklahoma Decorator's Jobers Warehouse Robert L Tulsa Tom R Waldo Ark Lowden E Colorado Springs

Graveside Service for Infant in Lamesa

A graveside service was held in Lamesa at 11pm Sunday for an infant. The Rev. Loyd officiated under direction of Igginbotham Funeral Home. Survivors include the infant’s parents a brother Kinley and grandparents on both sides in Lamesa and Lubbock.

Medical Arts Hospital J. Loyd

Psalm 16:8 exhortation for faith and prayer

A devotional note quoting Psalm 16 verse 8 urges reliance on God in illness and despair. It emphasizes truth, guidance, and steadfastness through prayer, signed by Julien C. Hyer.

Historical items reported stolen from museum

Huntsville police report the weekend theft of 31 historical firearms and various blades and pipes from the Sam Houston Museum. Five guns belonged to Gen. Sam Houston, a Texas War of Independence hero.

Huntsville Sam Houston Museum Sam Houston Mexico New Delhi India Republic of Tex Grace Longino Antor

Lynn County Woman Ida Harris Dies at 86

Ida Eugene Harris 86 longtime Lynn County resident died at home in O'Donnell after a long illness. Services to be held at 4 p.m. at O'Donnell First Baptist Church with Rev W G Burton officiating. Burial at Pride Cemetery. The family awaiting word from her husband by phone. The piece also notes a Plains Cotton Growers delegation meeting with Robert Hill the U S ambassador and mentions other farm group members. A separate note states the Mexican government blacklisted the county for contracting new braceros after a beauty shop refused service to two consulate employees.

O'Donnell Ida Eugene Harris Lynn County Harris George Pfeiffenberger O'Donnell Pride Cemetery Higkinbotham Pfeiffenberger The Plains Cotton Growers Robert Hill U.S Francisco Gonzales South Plains Lions Club Clayton Enger

Good-Will Group In Mexico May Return Soon

Lubock's delegation to Mexico City could lift the ban on contracting Mexican farm workers and return here within two or three days, it was learned Monday night.

Mexico Lubock Mexico City

Mrs Harvis Born 1873 in Arkadelphia Dies Facing Death

Mrs Harvis born April 10 1873 in Arkadelphia Arkansas was a Baptist church member since age 17 Survivors include three daughters Myrtle Burkett Texson H L Cathey O Donnell J C Mitchell Greenville two sons W B Seagraves and E CODonnell three sisters Joe Petty Vernon Charles Carr Sotella and Charles Roderick Bonham one brother W L Denson Commerce four grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Harvis Arkadelphia Ark The Baptist Church Urvivors Myrtle Burkett Tuerson H. L. Cathey O'Donnell J. C. Mitchell Greenville W. B Seagraves E. C Joe Petty Vernon Charles Carr Sotella Charles Roderick Bonham W. L. Denson Commerce

Siamese Twins Born To Idaho Couple Reported in Oregon Town

Siamese twins joined at the abdomen were born to Mr and Mrs James Stubblefield in an eastern Oregon town near Malheur Memorial Hospital. The female twins measure 19 inches and together weigh 9 pounds 10 ounces. Hospital manager Charles Smith confirms the birth and condition.

D . Ore Idaho Oregon Range Charles Smith Malheur Memorial Hospital James Stubblefield

Jordan mufti condemns Algerian religious court abolition

The Grand Mufti of Jordan termed France abolition of religious courts in Algeria aggressive and unjust and urged Moslem states to press the United Nations Security Council to allow Algerians to live their Muslim life freely.

Amman Jordan UPI Algeria U.N. Security Council

Delegates to Monrovia Conference on Algeria Rumors

The African republics plan to send delegates to a July conference in Monrovia Liberia to discuss Algeria. Moscow announced on Monday that the delegates likely will address aiding Algerian rebels. Also in Philadelphia a jet powered aerial jeep successfully flew in a test, hovering and maneuvering at low altitude.

London UPD Monrovia Liberia Algeria Moscow Philadelphia UPI Piasecki Aircraft Corp

Nixon Breakfasts With Ex President Hoover At Waldorf

Vice President Richard M. Nixon breakfasted with former President Herbert Hoover in the Waldorf Towers lobbies suite. An aide said it was a personal visit with no disclosure of the discussion. Nixon planned a chat with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who also resides in the hotel.

New York Richard M. Nixon Herbert Hoover Li’ster Waldorf Towers Nixon Douglas MacArthur

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