Chamber of Commerce Affair Honors Seagraves Families
Two Seagraves families, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wicker Jr and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Phillips, were cited for outstanding community contributions at the Seagraves Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. Loren Phillips accepted plaques from director Doug Gibson for their civic and religious involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munity
Karen Wright
Avalanche Journal
Seagraves
Roy Wicker Jr
Garland
Phillips
Loren
Chamber Seagraves Chamber of Com
Doug Gibson
Merce
Seagraves Chamber
Seagraves Area Chamber of Commerce
Texas Tech
Robert Echols
Albany
Seagraves leaders noted in local life and politics
Gaines County figures include Wicker named Outstanding Soil Conservation Farmer for 1970 and retired Navy/Marine service members. Seagraves residents Phillip and wife, two daughters, and Loren, a teen weather observer, are highlighted along with school board veteran Trustee Phillips. Albany humorist Robert Echols delivers banquet address. Los Angeles court notes cover Tate murder immunity talks, Younger's reversal, Manson outbursts, and Attorney General career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicker
Gaines County
Seagraves
Lone
Texas Tech
Ricky Brown
Lubbock
Jerry Hill
Manson
Irving Kanarek
Younger
Tate-Labianca
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
FBI
Los Angeles County District
Private Lubbock Club Charged With Rules Violation
A private club in Lubbock has been charged with violating strict state rules, per State Alcoholic Beverage Commission district supervisor Leon Bowman. No disposition will be issued until findings are reviewed in Austin and an order directs Lubbock to act. Strict private club rules recently went into force following court rulings. Lassen Peak in California is the only living volcano in the United States.
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Lubbock
Leon Bowman
Austin
Bowman
Lassen Peak
California
United’ States
Banquet Set In Floydada
Floydada special reports Dr Reagan V Brown known as Mr Community Improvement will speak at the Floydada Chamber of Commerce banquet at 7 pm today in Duncan Elementary School cafeteria. Brown, Texas Man of the Year 1968, is a sociologist with Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service. New chamber officers Jake Webb president Alton Higginbotham vice president Jerry Thompson secretary. directors include Higginbotham Boone Adams R L Giesecke Charles Tyer Rev C B Melton George Miller Thompson Bill Hardin Carl Jarrett Doodle Milton Kenneth Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echols
Jaycees
Rotary International
Albany
Texas
Joe Cauley
W. L Willingham
Kenneth Newcomb
Wicker
Jerry Burt
Travis Bagley
J. W. Bandy
James Belcher
Harry Cayce
Gene Gammill Gibson
Travis Lightfoot
Rober Payne
Wayne Martin
L. M .McAdoo
G. W. Shelley
Floydada
Reagan V. Brown
Brown
Progressive Farmer Magazine
Agricultural Extension
Service
Texas A&m University
Hannna
Jake Webb
Alton Higginbotham
Jerry Thompson
Higginbotham
Boone Adams
R. L. Giesecke
Charles Tyer
C. B. Melton
George Miller
Thompson
Bill Hardin
Carl Jarrett
Doodle Milton
Kenneth Bishop
H. E. Barnett
Mrs Newman's Rites Planned in Irving Texas
Audra Azel Newman 64 former South Plains resident died after brief illness in Irving. Funeral services set at the Funeral Home Chapel with graveside rites Sunday afternoon at Loop Cemetery. Survivors include daughters Edrie Wade and Mary Laster, a brother Delbert Nail, a sister Love Taylor, and five grandchildren. Four tons of oxygen yearly per acre of forest growth noted.
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Irving
Audra Azel Newman
South Plains
Funeral Home
Loop
Webb ‘Funeral Home
Seagraves
Newman
Seminole
Wellman
Edrie Wade
Mary Laster
Mesquite
Military services for T Sgt Warren Snyder today
Warren Dale Snyder 43 will have a 2 p.m. service at Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Reese Air Force Base officials presiding. Burial follows at Terry County Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Home. He died Sunday night at a Dover Delaware Air Force hospital after a short illness. He served in the Air Force a year after attending Pampa public schools. Survivors include his wife Rose Marie a son Larry Pauly and two daughters Karen and Mary Lou all at home his stepmother Mrs Paul Snyder s of Brownfield and a sister Mrs Naoma Bridges of Oregon.
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Brownfield
Warren Dale Snyder
Brownfield Memorial Chapel
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Terry County
Brownfield Funeral Home
Snyder
U. S. Air Force
Dover
Del
Pampa
Air Force
Rose Marie
Larry Pauly
Karen
Mary Lou
Paul Snyders
Naoma Bridges
Oregon
Lloyd Whitfill dies after illness in Tulia services pending
Lloyd E Whitfill 53 died about noon Thursday at Swisher Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Services are pending at Wallace Funeral Home. He was born in Lockney and had lived in Tulsa since 1952, moving from Kress five years earlier. He was a farmer and parts man for an agricultural implements company. Amatine, a son, Craig of Austin, a brother Doyle of Port Arthur, and his mother Mrs Berniece...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Lloyd E. Whitfill
Swisher Memorial Hospital
Sweetwater Snakesnatchers Ready For 13th Roundup
Sweetwater hosts the 13th Annual rattlesnake roundup with 375 to 400 hunters expected. Promoters report 10 prizes based on total weight. first prize 60 dollars and a trophy, largest snake paid by inch, 1 dollar per inch, and 10 dollars for the smallest. Snakes are weighed at Nolan County Coliseum, venom milked, then many killed. parts sold as belts, bills, or meat sold to spectators and exotic restaurants. Event figures note 13,344 admissions last year, about matching the city population. Weather and drought affect snake weights and denning patterns, with concerns about reduced rainfall. Details include prize distribution, vendor practices, and health/safety remarks from chairman Darrell Berryhill.
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Sweetwater
UPD
United States
West Texas
Levent
Darrell Berryhill
Nolan County Coliseum
Clara Velas
Quez
Nevada fire claims babysitter who returned to home
A 71 year old woman Alberta Hanks babysat three grandchildren in a one story Las Vegas home. Firemen say she returned inside to change from pajamas to street clothes and hat after leading the children to safety. She died of smoke inhalation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPL
Alberta
Hanks
Troy Fuller’s Services Set in Bovina
Troy W Fuller 70 of Bovina died Thursday in Palmer County Community Hospital Friona after a long illness. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Bovina First Baptist Church with Rev Larry Heard officiating. Burial in Bovina Cemetery under Claiborn Funeral Home Friona. Born in Shawnee Oklahoma he moved to Bovina from Wellington in 1929 a retired businessman and member of Scottish Rite and Bovina Masonic Lodge. Survived by daughter Elaine Glasscock two sisters and a half brother and two grandchildren.
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Bovina
Troy W. Fuller
Palmer County Community Hospital
Friona
Bovina First Baptist Church
Larry Heard
Bovina Cemetery
Claborn Funeral Home
Shawnee
Okla
Fuller
Wellington
Scottish Rite
Rites Scheduled for Mrs Eva Smith in Clovis
Mrs Eva Smith 80 longtime area resident died at a Clovis nursing home. Service set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. officiating. Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Leola Davis of Hitchcock and three grandchildren. Earlier notes mention Short Whitley and A L Dunn with funerals in Paducah and Lubbock paths. A Congo rail plan by four Japanese firms is reported to connect Katanga to Atlantic.
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Clovis
Eva Smith
Trinity Methodist Church
Short Whitley
Royce Herndon
of Hub Homes
Fioiating
New Hope
Robert E. Harrison
Baptist
Kingswood
Paducah
A. L. Dunn
Carrie Lee Reddy
Smith
Thursday Gardens
Cleburne County
Ark
Richard Memorial Hospital
Jamison Funeral Home
Whitley
Mission
Lubbock
Garden of Memories
First Baptist Church
Robert
Twol
Cooper
Hub Homes
Ralph Northcutt
Tery
Norris
Leola Davis
Hitchcock
Henry
San Angreat
Pauline Jones
Whitney M. Young Jr dies at 49 in Nigeria
Whitney M. Young Jr executive director of the National Urban League died at 49 after collapsing while swimming off Torquay Bay Lagos Nigeria. Autopsy planned. He had led civil rights focus on jobs for blacks and served in World War II. Harold Sims named acting director.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Whitney M. Young ,Jr
National Urban League
Young
Lighthouse Beach
Torquay Bay
U.S. Atty
Ramsey Clark
William W. ‘Broom
Washington
Ridder Publications
Ramsey
Broom
League
Harold R. Sims
Porn
Lincoln Ridge
Lincoln Institute
Lincoln
Kentucky State College
Thad
Europe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
St.Paul Urban League
School of Social Work
Atlanta University
Services for Donald Darner Set in Andrews
Services for Donald Andrew Darner 61 will be at 4 p.m. today in Singleton Funeral Home Chapel of the Chimes with Rev. James Otterness of Odessa officiating. Burial will be in Andrews Cemetery. Darner lived here three years and died about 5 10 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital after an extended illness. He was a former Odessa resident. Survivors include three sons one in Idaho another in Idaho and a third in Arizona, two daughters in New Mexico and Iowa, a half sister in California, a brother in Arizona, two half brothers in California, and 12 grandchildren.
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Andrews
Donald Andrew Darner
Singleton Funeral Home
James Otterness
Odessa
Andrews Cemetery
Darner
I Aa
Guy
Idaho
Kirt
Arizona
Shirley’ Bryant
New Mexico
Martha Gravett
Iowa
Ester Wolfe
California
Joel
Ingalls
Milo Summbhays
Local briefs highlight meetings and obituaries in Lubbock area
The Licensed Vocational Nurses Association meets at 7 30 p m Monday in the Lubbock National Bank Building with speaker Ken Pouillion a Texas Tech psychology student discussing mental health issues in emotionally disturbed children. Obituaries note Mrs Winnie Moran 73 of 2601 York Ave funeral today at Richards Funeral Home Chapel Whitesboro with burial Mount Tabor Cemetery Gray County and Mrs Roziiah Watkins 83 funeral today at Tabernacle Baptist Church burial City of Lubbock Cemetery. Eugene P. Tarner 86 funeral Friday at Singleton Eilis Funeral Home Chapel of the Chimes Muleshoe. Ruth Blackshear 78 of 05 fed died at Methodist Hospital. L C Massie of Fulton Ky mother of Mrs Henry C. Thomas obituary today. Dr Melvin I Thornton a San Antonio pediatrician named among 100 in the U S and Canada for medical imaging information. Leo Barrett 19 jailed on rape charge near Lubbock. three others charged. sports editor Roger Dean of The Crest Coronado School newspaper attends national journalism convention with publications director Marjorie Wilson.
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Licensed Vocational Nurses Association
Lubbock National Bank
Ken Pouillion
Texas Tech
Winnie Moran
York Ave
Richards
Whitesboro
Mount Tabor
Gray County
Rives
Eugene P. Tarener
Singleton-Eilis
the Chimes
Muleshoe
Harner
Not good for man to be alone in lonely verse
A fragmentary religious poem by Julien C Hyer reflecting loneliness and the biblical idea that it is not good for man to be alone. It laments absence of loved ones and memories that stress sorrow, contrasting happier times with dear companions.
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Julien C, Hyer
Ralls Man G O Henexson Rites Planned
G O Henexson RALLS died at home after a heart attack. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Rails First Baptist Church. Burial in Ralls Cemetery. Bryan native Henexson lived in Ralls since 1923, survived by wife Mattie four sons a daughter 27 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Ralls
Henexson
Rails First Baptist
Od Haddock
Hiatins
Carter Funeral Home
Bryan
Henexsom
Stephenville
Mattie
J.C
R. M
Mesquite
G. C
Muleshoe
M.H
Seymour
S. E. Roberts
Massengale Funeral Services In Lubbock
Mrs J C Virginia agale 58 of Rt 6 Lubbock to be buried after a thursday death at St Mary of the Plains Hospital following a six month illness. Services Saturday at Calvary Baptist with Rev Claude Cone officiating. Survived by husband two sisters Mrs W B Harris Canyon and Mrs J B Jordan Albuquerque NM and one brother Ralph Mathis Guymon OK.
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J.C
Virginia
W. B. Harris
Canyon
J.B. Jordan
Albuquerque
N.M
Ralph’ Mathis
Guymon
Okla
Funeral Planned For Mrs. Woods
Services for Mrs. Cora Woods aged 52 of 3315 E 17th St will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Manhattan Church of Christ with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Mrs Woods died Wednesday in University Hospital. Survivors include her husband Arthur one son Billy her mother Mrs Irene Iues of Post two sisters two brothers and one grandchild.
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Cora Woods
17Th St
Manhattan Church
Virgil Prather Rites Planned in Brownfield
Virgil Prather 56, a paint contractor, died at Brownfield General Hospital after a brief illness. Services set for 4 pm at Brownfield Memorial Chapel with Clarence Branch and Rev Jim Mosley officiating. Burial at Memorial Cemetery under Brownfield Funeral Director. Survived by Ozell his wife two daughters Mrs Betty Jo Charlestois of Brownfield and Mrs Myrna Loy Yun of Wolfforth mother Mrs Ed Stevens of Brownfield brother David Stevens of Kentucky and three sisters.
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Brownfield
Prather
Brownfield General Hospital
Brownfield Memorial Chapel
Clarence Branch
Calvary Baptist Church
Jim Mosley
First Baptist Church
Plains
Terry County Memorial Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Caddo Lake
San Diego
Calif
Ozell
Betty Jo. Charlestois
Myrna Loy Yun
Wolfforth
Ed Stevens
David Stevens
Kentucky
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Rotary Club
Seagraves High School
Texas Tech University
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Los Angeles
UPI
Attorney General of
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Gene
Thej
Jimmie Kinsley
Tate
Margaret Josser
Susan Atkins
Larry
Evelle J. Younger
Miss Atkins
iWate
Charles Manson
Shinn
Lubbock Club
Commission
Reagan
Warren Snyder Services Today
Lloyd Whitfills Services
Pend
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Trepanier
Ating
Resthaven
Ics
Velasquez
Labbock
West Texas Hospital
Leon
Ester Yvarra
Anita Hernandez
Jane Rodriguez
Josephine Jiminez
Antonio Velasquez
Alfred Velasquez
Nevada
Troy Fuller
Mrs. Reddy
Whitney M. Young
Donald Darner
Randy Smith
Roziiah Wakins
Tod
Tabernacle Baptist
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Directors
Watkins
Ruth Blackshear
Methodist
Effie Boyd
L. C. Massie
Fulton, Ky
Henry C. Thomas
55Th St
Fulton
Hornbeck Funeral Home
Massie
Melvin I. Thornton
San Antonio
Canada
Thornton
San Antonin
Leo Barrett
Fig St
Les
Roger Dean
Coronado
the Crest
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Columbia University Scholastic Press
Coronado Publtations
Marjorie Wilson
Pete A
G. O. Henexson
Virgil Prather
19Th St. Lubbock
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