Scores High in Opener at Lubbock Rodeo Night
The Lubbock rodeo opened with 3 900 fans amid dust winds and a crowd-pleasing greased pig contest. Ben Cartwright greeted fans as Lorie Greene performed, while Roden rodeo parade featured flag duties. Top scores went to Darryl Kong 68 in saddle bronc and Rusty Riddle 70 in bareback with several riders posting solid results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cartwright
Ponderosa Ranch
Lorie Greene
Lubbock
Coliseum
Clem
Darryl Kong
Kaycee
Wyo
Dennis Reiners
Scottsdale
Ariz
Tom Tate
Sheridan
J.C. Bonine
Hysham
Mont
Sammie Groves
New Deal
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Iwan Davies
Innsfall
Alberta
Can
Glen Rodewald
Craig
Colo
Bill Larson
Alzada
Bobby Berger
Norman
Okla
Rusty Riddle
Fort Worth
John Edwards
Red Lodge
Cris LeDoux
Bob Littrell
Marlowe
Calliopers
Sherrill Overturf
Jack Kirkpatrick
Obituaries and notices from Lubbock area churches and courts
Community notices report funeral services for Otis A. Clark 95 in Portales burial in Portales cemetery under Wheeler Mortuary after a lengthy illness in Lubbock's Methodist Hospital. Bernice Lynch 49 of Lubbock to be buried at Idalou Cemetery after a 2 p.m. service. Dr Bernice M Moore discusses man’s concern for man at a Lubbock Ministers Association lunch. Minor 78 Snyder burial in Ira Cemetery. John Evans Bilberry 84 Petersburg service at Peters berg First Baptist. Girls in Action meeting at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church 7:30 p.m. Friday. Lloyd Wigersma 59 Worthington Minn. service today. burial in Sioux City Iowa. District Attorney Blair Cherry Jr. to speak on narcotics at Embers Restaurant dinner. Judge Charles Smith rules in Karr carbon monoxide case. Lubbock Niehteapersanization to play 42 at 7 p.m. in Flame Room. Grovesville basket lunch reunion at Shallow water Club House Sunday. Five-year-old Sheila Turner listed in critical condition after March 8 pedestrian crash at 1300 block E 24th Street. Louis Enis Dickerson 45 Crosbyton in critical condition after March 9 rollover near Fost. Loretta Pearson 18 of 3005 35th St in serious condition after two-car crash at 19th Street and Flint Avenue.
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Otis A. Clark
Church of Portales
Portales 4Th Street Church of Christ
Portales
Wheeler Mortuary
Clark
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Loretta Pearson
35Th St
19Th Street
Flint Avenue
Rites Scheduled For F L Mize At Mena Arkansas
Services for Dr Freedis Lloyd Mize 70 will be held at 2 30 p m in Mena Arkansas Burial will be seven miles west of Mena near the area where Dr and Mrs Mize lived He died Tuesday after a heart attack while in a doctor s office in Mena Dr Mize was emeritus professor of management at Texas Tech He taught economics and management started the department and led it until retirement in 1967 He later raised purebred cattle near Rocky now part of Mena He returned to Texas Tech in 1969 as a summer visiting professor Survivors include his wife Clementine and several brothers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedis Lloyd Mize
Mena
Ark
Piize
Mize
Texas’ Tech
Tessas ‘Pech
Rocky
Texas Tech
Funeral planned for Mrs Sides at Whiteface church
Mrs M D Sides 72 Whiteface resident died after heart attack in Levelland hospital. Funeral at 10 am in First Baptist Church Whiteface with Rev Harold Harrison officiating. Burial Whiteface Cemetery. Survived by three sons James I M Harold two sisters and two brothers.
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Levelland
M. D. Sides
First Baptist Church
Whiteface
Harold Harrison
George Price
Koppers
Primitive Baptist Church
Morton
Lees
A James
I. M
San Antonio
Harold
Spur
Hazel Galvin
Bryan
Ollie’ Hamilton
Winters
D. A. Riddle
Nora Riddle
Arkansas
Philip Flaxman dies after short illness in Lubbock
Philip Thomas Flaxman aged 67 of 1310 65th Drive died Wednesday at Highland Hospital after a brief illness. Flaxman was sales manager at Poone Publishing Co and moved to Lubbock from Arizona in 1964. He is survived by his wife two daughters and a sister.
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McSpadden
Oklahoma
Texas
Lubbock Red Wings
Philip Thomas Flaxman
65Th Drive
Rix Funeral Directors
Flaxman
Poone Publishing Co
Highland Hospital
Lubbock
Arizona
Elliott Sr. 80 Dies. Services Pending at Local Funeral Home
W C Elliott Sr. aged 80 died Wednesday at a local hospital after a month’s illness. Services are pending at George Price Funeral Home. He had lived in this area since 1926. Survivors include son W C Jr. of Levelland and three daughters including Mrs. Bill Ellis of Levelland.
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Levelland (Special) — Co
Elliott Sr
George Price Fneral
Elliott
W. C. Jr
Levelland
Bill Ellis
Archie P Aten's Services Stated
Archie P Aten 77 of Tahoka dies after long illness. Services at First Baptist Church with ministers officiating. Burial in Grassland Cemetery. Survivors include wife Cordie, daughter Frances Hayhoe, son Henry, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Archie Pharr Aten
Tahoka
First Baptist Church
Jim Turner
Lee Jones
Sweet Street Baptist Church
Elmer Tyler
Cordie
Francis Hayhoe
Belmont
Calif
Henry
Fair Oaks
Kelly Laws
Dean Laws
Teddy Lee Aten
James Aten
Henry McLendon
Hayes McLendon
Bulldogging winners and proceeds for Lubbock Boys Club
Deer Lodge Montana rider 18.8 leads with Lee Cockrell Panhandle 20.1 Glen Franklin House New Mexico 24 Jerry Stroud Portales 24.1 Butch Edwards Calallan 32.3. Tom SEliott Colorado Springs 10.3 second, Stan Christian Sarcoxie 12.2 Jay Mattews Wit Carson 12.5. Second round at 8 pm. seats $2.50 $3.50 $4.50. Proceeds to Lubbock Boys Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo
Lubbock Boys Club
Spivey Rites Set for Frankie John Spivey
Funeral services for Frankie John Spivey age 129 will be held at 2 30 p m today at Rising Star Baptist Church in Lubbock. He died Saturday in an East Lubbock cafe during an altercation. Burial at Taub hock Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Myrtle Parsons six brothers two sisters and a grandmother. Jamison Funeral Home in charge. Military personnel listed as pallbearers.
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Rising Star Baptists Church
Frankie John Spivey
Anderson Infant Dies Rites Set
Graveside services for Clifton B. Anderson two day old son of Mr and Mrs Bennie Anderson Jr will be at 10 am today at Hillside Memorial Gardens officiated by Rev Otis Archie pastor of New Hope Baptist Church under direction of Bell Seale Funeral Home The infant died at 1240 am Wednesday in Cogcell Memorial Hospital where he was born Monday Survivors include his parents his grandparents Bennie Anderson Sr of Texarkana Mr Georgia May Jones of Snyder and brother Ray Tony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Georgia May Jones
Snyder
Tony. Ray
The Shepherd DANGER and Miss Pollyanna on Our Streets
A reflective piece laments crime and disorder on city streets citing fear of mugging robbery rape and moral decline. It questions societal indifference and warns of a perilous era where conscience erodes as danger lurks after dark and disorder grows unchallenged.
ABC Parade Honors Best Units at 29th ABC Rodeo Start
In downtown Lubbock a wind battered parade opened the 29th ABC Rodeo with beauty queens Khiva Shrine units bands and more than a dozen riding clubs and sheriff posses. The Howard County sheriff posse won senior division first with San Angelo Saddle Club second and Gaines third. junior division went to YL Riding Club Muleshoe with Cotton Center Riding Club and Reese Riders taking second and third. Parade marshal Trey Fort of Tatum led the procession which started at 3 20 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Avenue F
Texas Tech
Howard County Sheriff's Posse
San Angelo Saddle Club
Gaines
Funeral Friday for W. L. Gary
W L Bill Gary 73 died in a Coleman rest home after an extended illness. Services are 2 30 p m Friday at Victor community church near DeLeon with ministers from Pleasant Hill Seminole and Seagraves. Burial in Victor Cemetery. He lived in Gaines County since 1924 was a retired farmer and served as county commissioner 1933 to 1937. Essie and four brothers and four sisters noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Community
DeLeon
Sam Bruton
Pleasant Hill
W. H. Yount
Seminole
Ted Barnes
Seagraves
Victor
Coleman Funeral Home
Gary
Gaines County
Essie
Funeral Pending For Mrs Hale
Mrs. Claude Hale 74 of 2404 both St died about 9 p m Wednesday in Methodist Hospital after a five week illness Funeral arrangements are pending with Sanders Funeral A member of First United Methodist Church she moved to Lubnock County in 1918 and was employed by Hanna Pope Co and Hemphill Wells She is survived by sister Mrs Davie Caughran Terrell and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hale
Methodist Hospital
Sanders Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
Hale
Lubnock County
Hanna-Pope Co
Hemphill- Wells
Davie Caughran
Terrell
Rites Planned Friday for Former Governor Dewey
New York mourns former Gov Thomas J Dewey who died at 68 in Florida . His body returns to New York for a state funeral in Albany the legislature honors him with a tribute resolution . Dewey served three terms as governor and twice sought the presidency. Burial is in Pawling New York.
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New York
Thomas J. Dewey
Florida
Albany
Dewey
Unite States
Nixon
Frank Campbell
St. James Episcopal Church
Pawling
N.Y
Proctor Services Held in Crescent Hill Church of Christ
Brownfield Texas funeral notice for Carroll C Proctor 68 who died in Brownfield General Hospital after an apparent illness. Service at Crescent Hill Church of Christ with minister Douglas Rohre officiating. Burial in Brownfield Cemetery. Survived by Edith a son Frank of Kilgore a daughter Mrs Carolyn Lovell of A Midbind two sisters and five grandchildren.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Carroll C. Proctor
Brownfield General Hospital
Crescent Hill
Plainview
Flo
Edith
Frank
Kilgore
Carolyn Lovell
F. B. Bowers
Leora Miller
Brownwood
Virgil Woody Dies at 73 in Lockney Funeral Set
Virgil Andrew Woody 73 died Tuesday at Swisher Memorial Hospital. Funeral service set for 2 p m today at First United Methodist Church Lockney with multiple local pastors officiating. Burial in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home. Survived by wife Willie two sons John Fletcher Okla and LL W Stratford three daughters Mrs W S Carther Lockney Mrs A L Cooper Visalia Calif Mrs Joe Cox Levelland one sister Mrs C G Phillips Claude 11 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Lockney
Virgil Andrew Woody
Swisher Memorial Hospital
First United Methodist Church of
Frank Odlesby
Bill Hall
First Baptist Church of
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Willie
Twee
John
Fletcher
Okla
LL. VV
Stratford
W. S. Carther
A. L. Cooper
Visalia
Calif
Joe Cox
Levelland
C. G. Phillips
Claude
Special Disaster Law Proposed
AUSTIN UPI Corpus Christi legislator argues Texas lacks sufficient emergency powers to handle disasters. He cites Lubbock and Corpus Christi events, noting extralegal actions by officials during Hurricane Celia and proposes bills to grant cities power to set maximum retail prices for 15 days, suspend bidding for 90 days, extend state of emergency to seven days, and broaden temporary restraining orders and injunction powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
L. Dewitt Wale
House Committee ‘On
Hale
CorpusChristi
Celia
Frances Farenthold
Rites Planned for N E Bartlett in Lamesa
Newton E Bartlett 80 a Dawson County resident for 35 years died at Medical Arts Hospital at 12 50 pm Wednesday He was a retired farmer Funeral services at First United Methodist Church with Revs Walter Horn and Newton Starnes officiating Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park Branon Funeral Home in charge Survivors include daughter Ella Mae Mrs Raymond Orson of Lamesa brother Walter E Bartlett of Lamesa three grandchildren and five great grandchildren
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Lamesa
Newton E. Bartlett
Dawson County
Medical Arts Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Walter Horn
Newton Starnes
Lamesa Memorial Park
Branon Funeral Home
Ella Mae
Raymond Orson
Walter E. Bartlett
Rites Planned for Mrs. Oliver in Plainview
Mrs. Mabel Janette Oliver, 52, formerly of Clovis, died after an apparent heart attack Tuesday. Services are set for 10 a.m. today at Parkview Baptist Church with Rev. Don Hancock officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home direction. Survived by husband Clair.
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Plainview
Mabel Janette Oliver
Clovis
Parkview Baptist Church
Don Hancock
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Clair
Hit and run crash kills W L Biddle in Camden
W L Biddle 74 a former Philadelphia scion, was struck by a hit and run driver along Culbert Boulevard and died of massive internal injuries at Ow Lady of Lourdes Hospital. He had a long history of legal and financial troubles, including a 1948 estate suit and prior jail time.
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Camden
APD
Throp L. Biddle
Philadelphia
Biddle
Culbert Boulevard
Ow Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Episcopal Academy
Bidde
Nicholas Biddle
Funeral Friday for T F Hair in Plainview
Funeral services are set for Thomas Franklin Hair 61 in Plainview at 10 a.m. Friday at Wood Dunning Funeral Home Colonial Chapel with ministers Gene Polvado and Bob Hawkins officiating. Graveside rites follow Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery Colorado Springs. Hair, a Tennessee native and longtime Church of Christ member, died Tuesday after a long illness. He is survived by a son Travis. daughters Mrs. Roy Burrus and Mrs. Leatrice Kodrebski. a sister Mrs. L O Gragg. brothers Fred and Lowell. four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Plainview Children's Home.
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Plainview
Thomas Franklin Hair
Wood-Dunning
Colonial Chapel
Gene Polvado
Ninth and
Columbia Streets
Church of Christ
Bob Hawkins
Clovis
Evergreen Cemetery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Swan Funeral Home
Tennessee
Hair
Travis
Alaska
Roy Burrus
Leatrice Kodrebski
California
L. O. Gragg
Albuquerque
Fred
Lowell
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Briggs In Sudan
Services for Mrs Gladys Lucille Briggs 49 of Sudan will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church with Rev J R Manning officiating Burial will follow at Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield She died about 1230 p m Wednesday in Littlefield Hospital after a brief illness Survivors include a daughter Mrs Orville Hill of Sudan a son Jimmy Barber of Edmond Oklahoma her mother Mrs Laura Martin of Sudan two brothers Adrian Martin of Sudan and C D Martin of Midland and five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Gladys Lucille Briggs
First Baptist Church
J. R. Manning
Hammons
Littlefield
Laura Martin
Adrian Martin
C. D. Martin
Midland
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Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Ing Greene
Rorden
Miss Roden
South Plains
Sonny Shafer
Bean Elementary
Municipal Coliseum
Bernice Lynch
Rt. 3
W. W. Rix Chapel
Joe Stone
Abernathy Assembly of God
Idalou Cemetery
Bernice M. Moore
Hogg Foundation For Mental Health
Lubbock Ministers Association
Forrest Heights United Methodist Church
30Rd St
Ix Minor
John Evans Bilberry
Petersburg
Petersberg First Baptist Church
Jesse Leonard
Jesse Nade
Bilberry
Girls In Action
The
Lubbock Baptist Association
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Slide Road
Horace Sandlin
Linda Allen
Joe Serratt
Lloyd B. Wigersma
Worthington
Minn
Worthington Methodist Church
Sioux City
Iowa
Wigersma
Atty
Blair Cherry Jr
South Plains Trial Lawyers Association
Embers
50Th and
Avenue Q
Justice of the Peace
Charles Smith
Michael Dee Karr
23Rd St
Karr
Lubbock Niehteapersanization
Pioneer Natural Gas
Una Matsler
Grovesville
Shallowater Club
Sheila Turner
Retha Turner
Redbud Ave
West Texas Hospital
E. 24Th Street
Louis Enis Dickerson
Crosbyton
Fost
DR. F. L. Mize
F. L. Mize
West Texas
Dr. Mize
Throckmorton
Rotan High School
Sul Ross State University
University of Oklahoma
Lefors
Douglas Aircraft
Oklahoma City
Clementine
Mrs. Sides
P.t.flaxman
Pend
W. C. Elliott Sr
Archie P. Aten
F. J. Spivey
Anderson
Darrel Todd
Australia
Todd
Jeff Henderson
ABC Parade
W. L. Gary
RITES
New York Legislature
Harry S Truman
Truman
Kirtland T. Kine
United Press International
Tom Dewey
Senate
Farl W.brydges
King
Brydges
Joseph Zaretski
Assembly
Stander Steingut
C. C. Proctor
Virgil Woody
N. E. Bartlett
Mrs. Oliver
W.L. Biddle
Curtis Publishing Co
Mary Hodges Biddle
Oonme
Whoo Tek Hom
Maine
T. F. Hair
Mrs. Briggs
19Th St
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