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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1960

Page

4

Last Rites Set For Pioneer Resident Mrs J C Woody

Funeral services for Mrs J C Woody 85 longtime South Plains resident will be held at 2 p m today in McDonald Funeral Chapel The Rev Don R Davidson of Asbury Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery Survivors include a son John Woody Sweetwater three daughters Mrs Coralee Duff Kathleen Woody and Mrs Geneva Crowley five sisters and four grandchildren Her husband died in 1916 and she had moved to Lubbock in 1932 for her children to attend Texas Tech

J. C. Woody 14Th St Pioneer South Plains Crosby County McDonald Funeral Chapel Don R. Davidson Asbury Methodist Church Crosbyton Woody Brownsville Old Emma Order of the Eastern Star Moody Lubbock Texas Tech Lewisville Denton County John Woody Sweetwater Coralee Duff Kathleen Woody Geneva Crowley Phoenix Ariz Roy L. Tinsley Houston James O

Hubert W. Dean Services Slated

Funeral services are planned for Hubert William Dean 18 son of Mr and Mrs Travis Dean Rt 2 Lamesa at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lamesa First Baptist Church Rev Paris Barton will officiate with T L Nipp Ira and L R Pemberly assisting Dean a Texas Tech student died Monday evening in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after several weeks illness Survivors include his parents and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W S Cox Ackerly Burial will be in Lamesa Memorial Park with Higginbotham Funeral Home handling arrangements.

Lamesa Hubert William Dean Travis Dean Rt. 2 Lamesa First Baptist Church Paris Barton T. L. Nipp Ira L. R. Pemberly Dean Texas Tech Lubbock Methodist Hospital

Mrs Minnie McBroom Dies. Rites in Spur

Funeral services for Mrs. Minnie McBroom, 83, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Spur with Rev. Billy Smith of Lubbock and Rev. Riley Fugitt officiating. She died Saturday in Mountain View California after a long illness. Burial follows at Matador Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home Spur. Survivors include four daughters Clara Dodson and Ethel Clayborn in Mountain View and three others, three sons all of Rio Lindo, California, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Spur Minnie McBroom First Baptist Church Billy Smith Lubbock Riley Fugitt Campbell Funeral Home Jeff Smith Clara Dodson Mountain View Calif John R. Smith Seminole Ethel Clayborn Ralph McGroom Houston MceGroom Jake McGroom Rio Lindo

Mrs. Stella Hough Funeral Service Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Hough 77 of Ropesville are set for 2 30 p m at the Nazarene Church Levelland with the Rev Northouth officiating Burial will follow in Ropesville Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home directions She died Sunday afternoon in Phillips Dupre Hospital after an 11 day stay Born in Whitesboro she moved to Ropesville in 1923 She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Pallbearers are Bill Berry Otto Simm Glen Price Mansfield Thomas Marshal Armstrong and John Smith

Levelland Stella Hough Ropesville Nazarene Church Northouth George Price Hough Phillips-Dupre Hospital Whitesboro The Presbyterian Church Bill Berry Otto Simm Glen Price Mansfield Thomas Marshal Armstrong John Smith

William Crump Dies Funeral Set In Levelland

William M. Crump 81 a Levelland resident for four years died about 3 20 am Monday at Levelland Hospital Clinic Funeral services are at 2 pm today at Trinity Baptist Church with Reverends Weldon Franks and S W Baggett officiating Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock under George Price Funeral Home Crump a former Lubbock resident was born in Louisville Kentucky and was a retired farmer civil service worker He is survived by three sons five daughters a sister and 18 grandchildren Deacons of the First Baptist Church will be pallbearers.

Levelland William M. Crump Levelland Hospital Clinic Trinity Baptist Church Weldon Franks S. W. Baggett Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock George Price Crump Louisville The Baptist Church W. D Bill) Crump Bob Crump B. W. Crump Garland Lillie Mae Daughtry Paso Annie Hill Riverside N.M Geniva Bussa Holman Afb Catherine Parkward Myrtle Greston Billa ‘Chapman Holbert Okla First Baptist Church

Gonzalez Infant's Rites Slated Today

The six month old son of Mr and Mrs Jose Gonzalez died after strangling on milk. David Gonzalez was dead on arrival at Methodist Hospital. Graveside services are set for 10:30 a.m. at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. Survivors include the parents two brothers and two sisters along with grandparents and a great grandmother.

Jose Gonzalez Baylor David Methodist Hospital City of Lubbock Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home Francisca Joe Olga Raul Ernest Alaniz Corpus Christi R. B. Rodriguez Sherman Maria Baldiviez Mexico

Mrs. Alsie Dudgeon Rites Set In Sudan

Funeral services for Mrs. Alsie Dudgeon 59 a resident of Sudan since 1923 will be held at 3 p m today in the First Baptist Church Sudan She died at 7 a m Sunday in West Plains Hospital Mule Shoe Born in Weatherford she moved here from Quitaque Rev Hubert Austin pastor will officiate Burial will be in Sudan Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home Mule Shoe direction

Sudan First Baptist Church Alsie Dudgeon West Plains Hospital Muleshne Bor Weatherford Dudgeon Quitaque Hubert Austin Sundan Cemetery

Rickover urges stiff national education standards

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover told Sen George Smathers that Congress should set high graduation standards for all high school students He compared American 17 year olds with Soviet 17 year olds and called American schooling faulty citing shorter US school years and weaker teaching quality He urged federal funding to raise teaching standards and for parents to take stronger responsibility in their children's education.

Washington UPS Adm Hyman G. Rickover Congress George Smathers D-Fla Rickover U.S Russia Denmark

Crowder Funeral Services Scheduled In Cumberland Church

Don Ear nest Crowder 60 dies in Las Vegas after a life spanning Lubbock Amarillo and Las Vegas. World War II veteran survived by two daughters two brothers and a sister. Funeral at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery and Sanders Funeral Home arranging.

Crowder Lubbock Amarillo Las Vegas Navy Bill Payne Ave. B Melvin Mitchell 13Th St H. L. Crowder Frank Crowder Brownfield Robert Scott Memphis City of Lubbock Sanders Funeral Home

Post Resident Dies at 77. rites set in Post

James A. Freeman 77 a longtime Post resident died Monday in a Big Spring hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 3 p m today at Church of Christ Post with minister Ronnie Parker officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery Post under Mason Funeral Home direction. Freeman a retired farmer and rancher moved from Eldorado Texas. He was a Church of Christ member. Survivors include a son Howard Freeman, two brothers, a half sister and five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

POST James A. Freeman Big Spring Church of Christ In Ronnie Parker Terrace Cemetery Mason Funeral Home Freeman Eldorado Tex Church of Christ S. L. Jones Justiceburg Ruby Ripley Howard Freeman Jess Freeman Giddings Frank Freeman Smithfield Roy Crane Gold‘thwaite

John Ford Funeral Slated Here Today

Funeral services for John Ford aged 78 of 2402 3rd Pl will be held at 11 30 a m today in McDonald Funeral Chapel with Rev Billy S Smith of North Drive Baptist Church officiating. He died at 11 40 a m Sunday in West Texas Hospital after 29 years in Lubbock. Pallbearers are P D Newton James Thompson L W Evans Raymond McDaniel Glen Worsham and Billy Wesson.

John Ford West Texas Hospital McDonald Funeral Chapel Billy S. Smith North Drive Baptist Church City of Lubbock Ford Lubbock P. D. Newton James Thompson L. W., Evans Raymond McDaniel Glen Worsham Billy Wesson

Funeral Pending For Mrs Joe M Zamora

Funeral arrangements for Mrs Joe M Mickey Zamora 44 of 1708 E 14th St are pending at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home. She died about 2 15 p m Sunday in M D Anderson Hospital Houston after four days hospitalization. She had lived in Lubbock seven years. Survivors include husband two sons Frank and Joe M Zamora Jr and a daughter Mrs Johnny Flores La Pryor and the mother Mrs Eusela Garza Saginaw Mich.

Joe M Mickey) Zamora E. 14Th St Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Zamora M. D. Anderson Hospital Houston Lubbock The Baptist Church Frank Joe M. Zamora Jr Johnny Flores la Pryor Eusela Garza Saginaw Mich

Funeral services for Ervin L. Carter set today

Ervin L. Carter 54 a resident of Lubbock since 1928 died about 3 30 a m Sunday in Corpus Christi. Funeral services will be at the Apostolic Christian Church at 10 am today with Rev A M Fox officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers Floyd Carter Jimmy Redford Carl Owens Earl Owens Willie Lee Carr Evert Dillon.

Ervin L. Carter E. 1St St Lubbock Corpus Christi Apostolic Christian Church A. M. Fox Resthaven Memorial Park Floyd Carter Jimmy Redford Carl Owens Earl Owens Willie Lee Carr Evert Dillon

James H Harper Jr Rites Planned In Muleshoe

Funeral services for James H Harper Jr., 28, a Navy man who died in San Diego, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Rix Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev E K Shepherd of First Baptist Muleshoe and Rev Allen Price Navy chaplain will officiate. A graveside service with military honors will follow at Memorial Park.

James H. Harper Jr Navy San Diego Calif Rix Funeral Home E. K. Shepherd First Baptist Church Muleshoe Allen Price St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Lubbock Resthaven Memorial Park

John H. Ticer Rites Slated Today In City

Funeral services will be held at 4 p m today at Sanders Funeral Home Chapel for John H. Ticer Sr 66 who died early Sunday in St Marys Hospital after a brief illness The retired carpenter resided at 2715 Emory since 1948 and will be buried at Resthaven Memorial Park Reverend W E Thorne of Calgary Baptist Church will officiate

Sanders Funeral Home John H. Ticer Sr St. Mary's Hospital Emory Ticer W. E. Thorne Calgary Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park

Laredo Leads In Tourist Traffic

Laredo led border ports in tourist traffic last month with 10,360 tourists driving through to Mexico. Velia I. Uribe, Laredo association manager, cited the figure and noted Laredo fed all border crossings for tourist volume.

Laredo UPD American Automobile Assa Velia I. Uribe Mexico

His Last Forty Days by Julien C Hyer

A devotional piece reflecting on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5 2 urging readers to embody humility mercy and peace making The author Julien C Hyer asks if one can endure persecution and live by Christ’s rules to be blessed as Jesus described.

Julien C. Hyer

Aladdin Theater Fire Triggers Emergency in INDOTown

A suspected arsonist sparked three major fires in a town of 10 000 prompting a state of emergency. Fire damage tops one million dollars with Theater Aladdin destroyed, Valley Lumber and Supply Co. hit, and a date packing shed catching fire causing substantial losses. Police doubled patrols and merchants urged to guard premises as mass arrests threaten to follow.

Indo Calif India The Valley Lumber and Supply Co

U S Diplomatic Broadcasts Draw Mixed Washington Reactions

The United States began Spanish language broadcasts to Cuba as part of a diplomatic push toward Fidel Castro’s government. The one hour daily program faces limited reach due to short wave transmission, with Senator Gordon Allott praising it as a positive step while others label it appeasement.

Washington United States Fidel Castro Icst Gordon Allott Rcolo Voice of America Castro

Redstone Test Shot Demonstrates Missile Readiness

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP an Army Redstone missile shot over the Atlantic reached a 200 mile downrange target in a tuneup for the man in space program The test also checked instrumentation for Project Mercury flights NASA ordered eight modified Redstones to train astronauts for orbital missions in the Mercury capsule

Cape Canaveral Fla Atlantic America Army National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth

Plans For Atlas Shot Confirmed

Washington officials said planning continues for a possible Atlas missile launch into the Indian Ocean. Undersecretary James Douglas noted the United States may undertake a longer intercontinental range shot, with Atlas capability and prior planning confirmed. Interstate tourism figures show Paso del Norte and Brownsville changes, with Paso drawing 687 visitors and Brownsville 1,928, down from last year.

Washington Indian Ocean Pacific James Douglas Defense United States

Robbery Report Under Police Investigation In City

Police and sheriff deputies continued a late night probe into a $65 robbery amid a surge of break ins thefts and vandalism. The victim R C Collum reported two men robbed him at gunpoint about 3 am and forced him to drink whisky before he fled to call for help.

R. C. Collum Kemper Collum Holiness Church Lawrence Wiley Eddie Holland 18Th St T. G. Seymour St. St Lee Christy Idalou Dallas Warnell Wadley Wadley Lubbock 19Th St Ave.a Trail Drive-In Clovis Rd Phillips 66 Ave. A Mackenzie Park

France reveals cost of first atomic bomb

Paris reports France spent about 360 million dollars to build its first atomic bomb. Most funds went to plant investment with total military and peacetime expenses estimated near 500 million dollars. General Albert Buchalet, head of military applications at the Atomic Energy Agency, provided the figures linked to the Sahara Desert test on February 13.

Paris France Albert Buchalet Atomic Energy Agency Sahara Desert

Japanese Pilot Hurt in Texas Jet Crash

First Lt. Hiroshi Hoshio, a Japanese pilot stationed at Perrin Air Force Base near Sherman, was seriously injured when forced to land an F-86L jet in a field seven miles northeast of Gainesville. Sheriff reports a serious back injury while Air Force officials withheld full details.

Gainesville Hiroshi Hoshio Perrin Air Force Base Sherman Tex Hoshyo Air Force A8th Perrin Allied Exchange

Two Million German Soldiers Vanished Since War End

Munich reports via the Red Cross that over two million German soldiers disappeared rather than being declared dead or missing. Many likely died on the Russian front or were lost in camps. most remains unnamed, with only 1,000,219 identified. Surviving relatives endure years of hope amid limited evidence of survival.

John A. Callcott Munich Germany UPI German Red Cross The Stalingrad Sixth Army Soviet Union Russia Lthoug Nor

Jordan to Attend Arab League Conference in Cairo

Premier Hazza Majali says Jordan will attend the Arab League conference in Cairo on March 31 despite strained ties with the United Arab Republic. Jordan will be represented by Mohammad Shuraiki, ambassador to Cairo.

Amman Jordan Cairo United Arab Republic Hazza Majali Mohammad Shuraiki

Airline railroad merger sparks shift in transport industry

Robert W. Prescott of Flying Tiger Line and Alfred E. Perlman of New York Central Railroad foresee a combined rail, air, ship, and truck system. Central will buy 5 million dollars of Flying Tiger notes to fund equipment as they push private operation to speed and cut costs.

Elmer C. Walzer New York UPI Robert W. Prescott Flying Tiger Line Alfred E. Perlman New York Central Railroad Central Flying Tiger Tiger Prescott Gen Claire Chennault Flying Tigers of

Park Slayings Probe Linked to Chicago Burglars Tip

Ottawa Illinois police pursue a Chicago burglar tip naming a local pale suspect connected to the slayings of three Riviera Chicago socialites in Steve Rock State Park. Sheriff Butsey cites new photos prompting a news conference and possible drive to St Louis Canyon. Victims Frances Murphy Mildred Lindquist and Lillian Oetting were found beaten and partially stripped.

Ottawa, Ill Steve Rock State Park Roy Butsey la Salle County L A. m St. Louis Canyon Paul Newey Cook County Chicago Ottawa-La Salle Newey Illinois River Chicago Corporation Scenic Park Frances Murphy Mildred Lindquist Lillian Oetting Riverside

Ike and Mamie Reunite at Capital Airport

President Eisenhower welcomed his wife Mamie at Washington National Airport after a month apart. She had spent two weeks in Arizona aboard the presidential plane Colum­bine during a Denver to Washington five hour flight. The couple shared smiles as he noted the time since their last meeting.

Washington Eisenhower Arizona Columbine Denver Cole South America

Khrushchev Arrives in Paris for France Visit Tour

An advance party of Soviet bodyguards arrived signaling Khrushchev's visit will begin with arrival in Paris and run through talks with President de Gaulle. Signs appeared welcoming him and workmen prepared to display flags along his route. The government announced no atomic testing during his stay and Sahara tests would wait.

Paris Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev France Sahara Khrushcchev Moscow Maurice Dejean

Italian knife fight over egg ends in bloodshed

A quarrel between Ansildi and Colombo family members over an egg loan sparked a fierce knife fight. Three people were seriously wounded, six jailed, and police intervened to quell the violence.

Mazzarino Italy Colombo

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Tinsley Annie Davies Irene Bond Ruth Ginn Wichita Falls Esma Paschall Roswell N. M Grace Leonard Watsonville Harrison Edwards Ed Greve J. C. Duff Ellmer Reed Victor Plummer Amos Howard Hubert W. Dean William Crump Gonzalez Infant Don Earnest Crowder Cumberland _Presbyterian Church Cordis Wommack Joe M. Zamora James H. Harper John H. Ticer Charles Adams Redstone Atlas Texas Goodyear Aircraft Corporation Aeromechanics Technology Division Mandy Airline Ike Mamie Capital Airport Nikita Resthaven Mausoleum Beautiful
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