John C. Houck Rites Set Today
Funeral services for John C. Houck 51 of Plainview will be held at 2 p.m. in Mangum Oklahoma. He died of a heart attack while driving a truck Friday and was pronounced dead on arrival at Plainview Hospital. He had lived in Plainview since 1949 and worked in the custom combining business.
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Plainview
John C. Houck
Mangum
Okla
Greer -Funeral Home Chapel
Jester
Houck
Plainview Hospital
J. D. Hord Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for J. D. Hord 82 of 3815 22nd Street will be held at 2 p m in Westminster Presbyterian Church with ministers H B Coggin Elmer Crabtree and David Zacharias officiating Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park under Sanders Funeral Home direction Hord a Lubbock resident since 1941 died on arrival at St Marys Hospital early Friday morning
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J. D. Hord
22Nd St
Westminster Presbyterian Church
H. B. Coggin
First Methodist Church
Abernathy
Elmer Crabtree
Slaton Methodist
David Zacharias
Westminster
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders Funeral Home
Hord
Lubbock
St. Mary’s Hospital
Taylor Rites Set At New Home
Turner 77 retired New Home farmer dies Friday in Methodist Hospital after living in New Home since 1931. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at the Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Vernon O Kelley with Rev. Hugh B Daniel assisting under McDonald Funeral Home direction. Pallbearers named L K Nelson M S Renfro E R Blakney L D Halford Walter Gasper J W Edwards.
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Vernon O'Kelley
Hugh B. Daniel
Memorial Park
Lubbock
McDonald Funeral Home
L. K. Nelson
M. S. Renfro
E. R. Blakney
L. D. Halford
Walter Gasper
J. W. Edwards
Turner
Methodist Hospital
New Home
Young Funeral Set In Crosbyton
Funeral services for O. W. Young, 63, will be held at 2 p.m. today at the First Baptist Church in Crosbyton. Young died at 1 p.m. Friday in Methodist Hospital, Lubbock, after being injured in a one car crash February 27 on a road near Spur.
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Crosbyton Eel
O. W. Young
Meade
First Baptist
Young
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Spur
House Services Set In Terrell
Funeral services for Mrs. House will be held at 2 p.m. at the Terrell Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Kemp Cemetery. Born June 13 1863 in Kaufman County she moved to Plainview to live with her daughter after her husband’s death in 1932. She was a longtime Presbyterian. Survivors include a granddaughter Mrs. G E Allen of Plainview and several nieces and nephews. Lemons Funeral Home in charge.
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House
Terrell
Kemp Cemetery
Kaufman County
Plainview
Presbyterian Church
G. E. Allen
Lemons Funeral Home
Funeral set for Mrs Mary Bagby in Fort Worth
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Emily Bagby 87 of 3412 42nd St will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Harveson and Cole Funeral Home chapel Fort Worth with Rev Moore of Fort Worth Broadway Baptist Church officiating. She died Saturday at 5:55 p.m. and had lived in Lubbock 16 years. Survived by son W R Dallas daughter Mrs RL Ligier four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Fort Worth. Lubbock arrangements by McDonald Funeral Home.
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Mary Emily Bagby
42Nd St
Harveson and Cole Funeral Home
Fort Worth
Rev. Moore
Fort Worth Broadway
Greenwood Cemetery
Lubbock
McDonald Funeral Home
Hobbs Rites Set For Mrs McCray
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Pearl McCray 72 are set for 11 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev Glenn C Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Lawn Haven Cemetery in Clovis. Survivors include seven daughters Thelma Gibbins Allie Allen Mackie Cooper Margie McCray Lois Shoemaker Darlene Rogers Fay Shoe two sons A T McCray S E McCray a sister Eli Blaine and 21 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren.
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Mackie Cooper
Margie McCray
Hobbs
Lois Shoemaker
Denver City
Darlene Rogers
Lovington
Fay Shoe
Belew
N.M
A. T. McCray
Denver Cty
S. E. McCray
Eunice
Eli Blaine
Bethany
Okla
Dr. Earl Koos Rites Slated Today
Funeral services for Dr. Earl Lemon Koos a 54 year old Texas Tech sociology professor will be held at 4 30 p m today at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Tom B Anderson officiating. The body will be cremated in Dallas. Dr Koos of 3509 33rd Street joined the Tech faculty in 1958 and died at Methodist Hospital after a heart attack.
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Earl Lemon Koos
Texas Tech
First Presbyterian Church
Tom B. Anderson
Dallas
Koos
33Rd St
Tech
Methodist Hospital
John C. Foster Funeral Monday Slaton
Funeral services for 55 year old John C. Jake Foster will be held Monday at Slaton First Baptist Church with Rev. Marshall Stewart and Rev. Ted Gaze officiating. Foster, a retired Santa Fe Railroad employe, lived in Slaton since 1918 and is survived by his wife, three sons, three daughters, ten grandchildren, and several siblings. Burial follows at Englewood Cemetery under Williams Funeral direction.
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John C
Jake) Foster
Slaton First Baptist Church
Marshall Stewart
Nazarene Church
Wichita Falls
Ted Gaze
Foster
Santa Fe Railroad
Clay
Tommy
Jimmy
Harry Bell
Muleshoe
Cross Plains
Englewood
Williams Funeral Home
Funeral Set For Claud Jernigan
Funeral services for Claud Jernigan 52 of Lubbock will be at 2 30 p m today at the Church of Christ 3723 34th Virgil Trout minister and Ode Prescott will officiate Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under the direction of Rix Funeral Home Jernigan who suffered a heart condition had been a member of the Sunset Church of Christ since moving back to Lubbock years ago from Rocky Ford He had been a resident of Lubbock most of his life and was employed by the Rio Grande National Life Insurance Co Pallbearers include Ibe Gary Weaver Larry Corbell Charles Moore Gary Ray Rackler
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Virgil Trout
Ode
Prescott
O'Donnell
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Jernigan
Sunset Church of Christ
Lubbock
Rocky Ford
Rio Grande National Life Insurance Co
Ibe Gary
Weaver
Larry Corbell
Charles Moore
Gary Ray Rackler
Manhattan
Kenneth Holleman
Edwin Island
Chinatown Reed
James Harper Jr Rites Pending Statement
Funeral services are to be announced by Rix Funeral for James Harper Jr. a U S Navy serviceman who died Wednesday in the U S Naval Hospital San Diego California. He was a native of Springtown.
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Rix Funeral Ee
Saree Ge Ee 2
U.S. Navy
U.S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Springtown
Harper
Fiesta brings 13th Pan American honors to Olton high
Nearly 500 students from the Panhandle South Plains and West Texas gathered at Olton High School for the 13th Pan American Fiesta. Mike Cornell and Melinda Newby of Post were named king and queen. 25 contests showcased poetry, music, art, and speaking with winners from Amarillo Rankin Levelland Plainview Colorado City Hereford Panhandle and Floydada among others.
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Post
Orton High School
West Texas
Llano Estacado
The
American Assn
Miss Newby
David Newby
Mike Cornell
Charles Hamilton
Olton
Panhandle South Plains
Olton High School
the American Assn
Cornell
Jess Cornell
Amarillo
Rankin
Levelland
Plainview
Colorado City
Hereford
Panhandle
Orton
Muleshoe
Abernatty
Balls, Spur
Floydada
Texas Tech
Harvie Jordan
Don Waldrip
Joe Harper
S. E. Ayres
Littlefield Llano Estacado
Wanda Pryor
Larry Simpson
Donna Leonard
Betty Gaines
Peggy Whitsitt
Don Elgin
Judy Straughan
Mary Jo Hudgins
Mary Mellon
Janice Vaughn
Amanito
Sandra Chaney
Estacado
Margaret Moss
Melinda Barker
Karen Jones
Brent Weir
Abernathy
Rosemary Rutherford
Mike Kelly
Diane Usry
Travis Creamer
Keith Woods
Alan Cooper
Balls
Rebecca Glick
Zona Woodward
Linda Waggoner
Richard Bivins
Bill Browning
Rick Williams
Seagraves
Mary Lou de la Cerda
Brenda Winter
Donna Wheeler
Coronado
Eric Christenson
Sharon Evans
Paul Sheapard
Sheapard
Bobby Smyth
Ralls
Lucy Gonzales
Spelling
Bill Reid
Wesley Kinslow
Chris Hernandez
Juanita Martinez
Funeral set for pilot killed in Clovis crash
Special report from Clovis says 1st Lt. Lloyd Dale Cogdill 26 Air Force jet pilot died in a crash near Indianapolis. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at First Church of God with military rites from Cannon AFB. Burial Lawn Haven Memorial Park. Survivors include wife daughter parents a brother two sisters.
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Church of God
Lloyd Dale Cogdill
Air Force
Indianapolis
C. C. Means
W. H. Miller
Lubbock
Lawn Haven Memorial Park
Cannon Afb
Cogdill
Artesia
Sherrie Lee Cogdill
Sherisa Lynn
Joe A. Cogdill
Muleshoe
Joe Mart Cogdill
Darla Cogdill
Louise Ball
Oakland
Calif
City Attorney Tom Duggan Elected Province President
Tom Duggan a Lubbock attorney was chosen president of the province whose Texas Alpha Tech chapter hosted the Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention. Five chapters attended the session with 27 participants. Other officers named were Jerry House and James Allen, with national officer Roy Miller present.
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Tom Duggan
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Sigma Alpha
National
Texas Alpha
Tech Chapiter
Ave. N
Texas Gamma _ chapter
Texas Western College
New Mexico Tau
NMU
New Mexico Phi
Nma&m
Arizona Alpha
University of Arizona
Jerry House
35Th St
James Allen
Tech
Roy Miller
Chronicler
Des Moines
Iowa
Arkansas Funeral Set for Mrs Anders in Star City
Funeral services are to be held in Star City Arkansas for Mrs Barbara Anders 84 who died Friday at the home of her son D D Anders of Muleshoe. Burial will be in Star City cemetery. She had lived here nine months after moving from Arkansas and was a Texas native and Church of Christ member. The article notes the flag known as Old Glory since 1831.
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Muleshoe
Star City
Ark
Barbara Anders
Lson D. D. Anders
Nine Area Spelling Bees Set This Week Across Counties
A schedule announced for the coming week lists nine area spelling bees to select county champions for The Lubbock Avalanche Journal Spelling Bee on April 9. Spellers from Gaines, Crosby, Lamb, Terry, Hockley and other counties compete Monday through Wednesday and Friday with the top five champions to join the existing four winners for a total of 14 finalists.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Spelling Bee
Avalanche Journal Bee
Yoakum County Spellharral
Davis Pounds
Gaines County
Seagraves
Seminole
Logo
Earle Brasfield
Seminole Elementary School
Lubbock Schools Shine At Amarillo Speech Tournament
Lubbock and Monterey high schools earned a dozen top finishes at the Amarillo High School Speech tournament with four first places. Tom S. victors included Pat Eakins, Douglas Andrews, and Jan Justice. Monterey placed two second ranking debate teams and individual finalists. Four polio cases were reported in Texas during the period, with only four prelim winners advancing to finals.
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Tom S
Wynette Johnson
Jean Martin
Seminole
Okla
Guymon
Johnnie Gafford
Pat Eakins
Charles Benton
Tom Clover
Mac Benham
Monterey
Donald
Austin
UPI
Texas
Douglass
Andrews
John Blakey
City Couple Named Hodges PTA Heads 1960 61
Mr and Mrs C J Hubbard of 1906 48th St have been elected co presidents of the C N Hodges Elementary School Parent Teacher Assn for 1960 61. New officers include Mr and Mrs Burnie Goolsby vice presidents Mr and Mrs Jack Me Queen secretaries and Mr and Mrs Wayne Hill treasurers with Mrs Bill Horton outgoing president presiding and introducing Mrs Don Autrey director of the variety show at a 900 person talent show.
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C. J. Hubbard
48Th St
C. N. Hodges
White House calls Paris plot against Ike Communist propaganda
The White House dismissed a Paris report of a French extremist plot to assassinate President Eisenhower as obviously deliberate Communist propaganda and completely phony. Press Secretary Hagerty said no comment would be issued on Khrushchev’s alleged protest, citing the President’s prior statement. Camp David visit noted as Hagerty briefed reporters.
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White House
Paris
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
L'Humanite
Communist Journal
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Hagerty
New York Herald Tribune
Nikita Khrushchev
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Richland Hills
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Floydada Junior High
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Floyada
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Harding College
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