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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1960

Page

3

Saroyan Drafts Play In London Theater Wing

William Saroyan writes most of a two hour comedy in a week at Stratford's Theater Royal. He works with a secretary recording lines as actors reply in impromptu fashion. The project, Sam Who Jumped Highest of All, may open at Stratford and move to the West End if well received.

Colin Frost London William Scroyan Saroyan Sam Groundo Marx Theater Royal Stratford Shakespeare's Avon East End Joan Littlewood Brendan Behan Behan Isa Littlewood

Retired Amarillo Rancher Killed In Car Mishap

E. E. Boxwell 81, a retired Amarillo cattleman, died from injuries after a rollover crash on U.S. 87 south of Dumas. His son Ivan runs a Dumas funeral home. brothers Howard, Paul, and Alton direct others in Amarillo Spearman and Perryman. Lloyd Boxwell, killed in 1953, was also a funeral director.

Boxwell Ivan Dumas Howard Paul Amarillo Alton Boxwell Spearman Perryman Lloyd Boxwell Eennie Eanemt Van

Rites Set Today For B. J. Smith

Funeral services for B. J. Smith 62 longtime Denver City druggist will be held at 1 30 p m today in the Denver City Church of Christ with Carl Hecker officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under Singleton Funeral Home. Smith served as justice of the peace and previously worked as a druggist in Wingate. He belonged to the Church of Christ and the Lions Club. Survivors include his wife one daughter Mrs Keese Armington N M one son Boris Smith Dallas three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Denver City Wingate Denver ‘City Church of Christ and the Lions ‘Club Cou Keese Armington Boris Smith Dallas

Funeral Pending for Mrs Stella Norried in Greenwood

Mrs Stella Lucindia Norried 68 died Monday at Littlefield Hospital after a heart ailment. Funeral arrangements are pending with McConnell's in Greenwood and Hammons Funeral Home in Littlefield. She was visiting son Conal Norried here and was a native of Greenwood. Survivors include six sons and three daughters, 17 grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers. London clockmakers visit Buckingham Palace twice weekly to wind its 300 clocks.

Littlefield Greenwood Ark Stella_Lucindia Norried Littlefield Hospital

Lee Outlaws Rites Set Today

Funeral services for 77 year old Lee Outlaw will be at 12 30 p m in Memorial Chapel Brownfield Funeral Home. He died Sunday night at his daughter's home in Brownfield. Outlaw moved to Terry County in 1946 and was a longtime farmer in Lynn County. He was a Baptist and burial is at Pride Cemetery near Welch. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Brownfield Memorial Chapel Brownfield Funeral Home Lee Outlaw Joe Cabe Rt. 5 Terry County Lynn County Baptist Church Cletus Caswell Union Baptist Church Pride Cemetery Welch Dawson County Harold Outlaw Fort Stockton Earl Outlaw Morton J. D. Faust San Antonio Gordon Kirkland Midland Harold Wilson Coleman

J H Fisher Rites Planned In Church Of Christ

Funeral services for J H Fisher 94 of 3018 Cornell are set for 1 30 p m Tuesday at the Church of Christ 17th Street and Avenue N in Lubbock. R W Poynor Sanders Funeral Home will direct burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Fisher died of a heart attack at his home after being found in the bathroom early Monday. He was a 25 year resident of Lubbock, previously Floydada and Gaines County rancher. He was born August 19 1865 in Joplin Missouri and was a 60 year member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include son L W Fisher of Denver City, two granddaughters and a grandson.

Church of Christ 17Th St Ave. N J. H. Fisher Cornell R. W. Poynor Sanders’ Funeral Resthaven Memorial Park F. R. Land Justice of Peace Fisher Lubbock Floydada Gaines County Joplin L. W. Fisher Denver City J. E. Clark Carl B. Schlemeyer Odessa Lester W. Fisher Jr New Orleans

Rites Slated Today For W. M. Mathis

Funeral rites for William McKinley Mathis 63 of Smyer will be held at 3 p.m. today at Trinity Baptist Church on 34th Street and Boston Avenue. He died about 12:10 a.m. Sunday at Phillips-Dupre Hospital Levelland after a brief illness. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Trinity Baptist Church 34Th St Boston Ave William McKinley Mathis Smyer Phillips-Dupre Hospital Levelland James Fuller Smyer Baptist Church Melvin Ratheal Resthaven Memorial Park Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home

Rites set for Claude Campbell Anton funeral services today

Funeral services are at 2 p m in First Methodist Church Anton for Claude Campbell 71 died Monday at St Marys Hospital Lubbock Officiating ministers are Rev Hugh Blaycock and Rev Ralph Campbell Campbell was manager of Spade Farms and had lived in Anton since 1946 He was a Mason Shrine member and 32nd degree Mason Survivors include widow two sons a daughter mother two brothers a sister six grandchildren and a foster grandson Pallbearers are J J Hobgood Kenneth Spradley Clarence Jackson Walter Hobgood Earl Hopping and Jay Fowler.

Anton Claude Campbell St. Mary's Hospital Lubbock Hugh Blaycock Friona Ralph Campbell Campbell Spade Farms Littlefield Lytton Springs Resthaven Memorial Park Rix Funeral Home Masonic Lodge Ben Hur Shrine Austin Anton Lions Club The Eastern Star National Board of Realtors Methodist Church Claude E. Campbell Harry .B.campbell William Beard Midland S. S. Campbell J. A. Campbell J. M. Campbell Freer Ethel Crosthwaite San Antonio J. J. Hobgood Kenneth Spradley Clarence Jackson Walter Hobgood Earl ‘Hopping Jay Fowler

S H Robinson Services Set

Funeral services for S H Coby Robinson 65 will be held Wednesday at Lubbock First Christian Church with Rev Dudley Strain officiating. He died Monday night at St Marys Hospital likely from a heart attack. A farmer, he moved to Shallowater in 1935 from Farmersville. He belonged to the First Christian Church and Shallowater Lions Club. Survived by his wife and two sisters Mrs M N Nolen and Mrs C B Fortenberry. Resthaven Memorial Park arrangements by Sanders Funeral Home.

S. H. (Coby) Robinson Lubbock First M. N. Nolen Borger C. B. Fortenberry Lone Oshal Resthaven Memorial Park Sanders Funeral Home

Ales Rites Slated In Hobbs

Funeral services for Oliver Thomas Ales will be at 2 p.m. today at Castle Avenue Baptist Church in Hobbs with Rev. Billy Cornett. Ales, a Hobbs resident for seven years, died Saturday in a local hospital. He was a retired farmer and carpenter. Survivors include his wife, two sons Frank of Hobbs and Albert of Chicago, three daughters Dorothy Brown of Hobbs, Charles Shoemaker’s wife in Lexington Illinois, and Glenn Snare’s wife in Creve Coeur Illinois, one brother, 22 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home direction.

Hobbs Oliver Thomas Ales Castle Avenue Baptist Church Billy Cornett Ales Frank Albert Chicago Dorothy Brown Charles Shoemaker Lexington Ill Glenn Snare Creve Coeur Memory Gardens Cemetery Griffin Funeral Home

Mrs Flora Maupin services slated

Funeral services for Mrs Flora Ann Maupin 68 are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Abernathy First Methodist Church with Rev H B Coggins officiating. She died Sunday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after months of illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Ben O Ward Denver and three brothers Glenn Ridge Lawton and D J Ridge Richmond CA and Rev C A Ridge Lawton OK. Burial Abernathy Cemetery. Funeral arrangements by Dennis Chambers Funeral Home.

Abernathy Flora Ann Maupin Abernathy First Methodist Church H. B. Coggins Abernathy Cemetery Dennis Chambers

Clifford R. Hotaling Funeral Set Today

Funeral services are planned at 3 p.m. today for Clifford R. Hotaling 50 of 5016 37th Street who died at his home Sunday morning after a short illness. Sanders Funeral Home will transfer the body to Mason Funeral Home in Post where burial will follow at Terrace Cemetery. Hotaling had lived in Lubbock nine years and was formerly from Dallas.

Clifford R. Hotaling 37Th St First Methodist Church Post Sanders Funeral Home Mason Funeral Home Terrace Cemetery Hotaling Lubbock Dallas

His Last Forty Days of Patience and Forbearance

A devotional poem by Julien C. Hyer reflecting on Luke 21 19 and Christ enduring patience amid Peter James John Thomas and Judas. It urges readers to imitate Christ by tolerating others and serving their needs rather than condemning friends.

Christ Peter James John Thomas Judas

Mrs. R. C. Schwartz Funeral Services Today

Mrs. R. C. Schwartz aged 35 dies after a nine month illness and is to be buried in Winters Lakeview Cemetery. Services are set for 10 a.m. at College Avenue Church of Christ in Lubbock with Charles Horton officiating and a second service at 4 p.m. at Spill Funeral Home Chapel in Winters. Burial follows at Lakeview Cemetery under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home direction. She moved to Lubbock from Abilene and belonged to the College Avenue Church of Christ.

College Avenue Church of Christ R. C. Schwartz 22Nd St Lubbock Spill Funeral Home Chapel Winters Lakeview Cemetery Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home College Avenue

Midland Robbery Victim Gets Threat Letters

An 18 year old Midland girl said she was attacked and robbed Saturday night. She received two threatening notes by Monday warning her not to reveal the assailant. Police found notes in her car and under the back door, made from clipped newspaper words.

Midland Penny Kay Walthall

Youth Confesses to Lorenzo Slaying at Latin American Dance

An 18 year old Lorenzo man confessed to fatally stabbing Julio Ortiz at a Latin American dance in Lorenzo Saturday night. He faces murder charges with a possible reduced count of disturbance and fighting for another suspect, Henry Garza, as polygraph tests were conducted in Lubbock before arraignments. Ortiz is survived by a wife, two children, his father, six brothers and five sisters. Funeral arrangements were set for 4 p.m. Monday at the Catholic Church in Balls and Public Safety headquarters burial at Lorenzo Cemetery.

Lorenzo Crosby Alvie Ratheal Jesse Fer Uruz Mandez Department of Catholic Church Balls Public Safety Lorenzo Ceme- Lubbock Hestery Carter Julio M Ortiz

Whisky Price Drop Shocks Cape Town Durban Liquor War

In South Africa a battle between Cape Town and Durban retailers and wholesalers drives whisky prices down. Market tension grows as major outlets adjust pricing amid ongoing competition and supply concerns. Local chains push aggressive discounts to attract customers despite tight margins.

Cape Town Durban

Driver Rams Only Tree In 1 000 Miles

Paris AP The Sahara explorer Henri Lhote notes a French army truck driver struck the desert’s sole shade tree within a 1000 mile radius. Lhote condemns the act as terrible and says the tree is dying from the impact of the accident.

Paris Sahara Henri Lhote Lhote

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Journal William Soroyan B. J. Smith Mrs. Norried Buckingham Palace Lee Outlaw W. M. Mathis Rolls-Royce Continental Dellos American Braniff New York Washington America Porter 13Th Avenue L Continental Airlines Anton Rites Man S. H. Robinson Flora Maupin Julien C. Hyer Charles Horton Garza Fernandez Justice of the Peace C. C. Ingram Ratheal Henry Garza Murd Resthaven Mausoleum Eureka MFR Avenue K Lubbock, Texas
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