Longtime City Resident Robert Rodgers Dies
Robert S. Rodgers aged 49 of 3319 21st St died on arrival at Methodist Hospital from a heart attack at his office Thursday afternoon. He owned Lubbock Abstract & Title Co. at 1015 Main St and had led the firm for nine years. Rodgers a Texas Tech and UT Law School graduate, World War II veteran, and regional VP of the Texas Title Assn. Also active in American Bar Assn and Texas Bar Assn. He served overseas as a Chief Warrant Officer in the Battle of the Bulge. He lived in Lubbock since 1926, born in Bonham Nov 14 1910. Survived by wife, two sons, also two sisters. Funeral services pending at Rix Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Rodgers
21St St
Methodist Hospital
Rix Funeral
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Federal Land Bank
Rodgers
Lubbock
Bonham
Texas Tech
Robert
Stephen
C. A. Tubbs
Charles Fagg
Hobbs
Pioneer Resident C Henry Tubbs Dies in Lubbock
C Henry Tubbs 69, a pioneer of Lubbock County and early white child born there, died at Methodist Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church with Dr J Chess Levern officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Sanders Funeral Home directing. He operated Tubbs Machine Co. with his sons, retired last year, survived by wife Lois Witt and children Mildred Young Doris Ivey Lois Omega Graves, C H Jr Jimmy, two sisters and two brothers.
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C. Henry Tubbs
Isham Tubbs
Lubbock
Methodist
Lubbock County
J. Chess Levern
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Monterey
South Plains
North Lubbock
Tubbs
Monterey High School
Wolfforth
Lois Witt
John Witt
R. I.tubbs
Fenner Tubbs
23Rd St
Estacado
West Texas
Prairieville
Kaufman County
Mildred Young
Brownfield Hwy
Doris Ivey
Lois Omega Graves
Snyder
Ic. H. Jr
25Th St
Jimmy
23Rd
Rites Slated For Dickens Pioneer Mrs Williamson
Funeral services for Mrs. Sally Williamson 90 a Dickens County ranch woman will be held at 3 p m today at Campbell Funeral Home chapel Spur Rev Riley Fugitt of Spur First Baptist Church will officiate Mrs Williamson born Bowie Jan 10 1870 came to Dickens County in 1891 died Wednesday at her Roaring Springs home She survived by two daughters Mrs J E Berry Spur and Mrs Robert Puschel Alamosa Colo two sons B M Quemado N M and Steve C Moreci Ariz four grandchildren and six great grandchildren Pallbearers are Chap Reese Lloyd Womack Horace Hyatt Robert McAteer Guy Goen and Ralph Bennett
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spur
Sally Williamson
Dickens County
Campbell
Riley Fugitt
Spur First Baptist Church
Williamson
Bowie
Roaring Springs
J. E. Berry
Robert Puschel
Alamosa
Colo
B. M
Quemado
N.M
Steve C
Moreci
Ariz
Chap Reese
Lloyd Womack
Horace Hyatt
Robert McAteer
Guy Goen
Ralph Bennett
Funeral Set For Retired Farmer McCommas
Funeral services for James Ancel McCommas 83 will be held at 10 a m Saturday in the McDonald Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev R L Porter officiating Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park McCommas a retired farmer and longtime Lubbock resident died Wednesday night at his home Survivors include his wife two daughters two sisters two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers are Ray Lowery Forest White H H Coursey Melvin Williams W G Smith and Earl Day Also Lisbon reports a 45 million 1959 64 railway improvement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald Funeral Home
James Ancel McCommas
41St St
R. L. Porter
Antioch Baptist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
McCommas
Lubbock
E. P. Gray
Hazel Hinkle
Dallas
Emily Brown
Gainesville
Sally Wright
Saragosa
Ray Lowery
Forest White
H. H. Coursey
Melvin Williams
W. G. Smith
Earl Day
Plan to Lose Fat Using Barcentrate Ad
An 18 year old Beaumont man claims losing 18 pounds on Barcentrate and says it helps indigestion. He promotes buying Barcentrate from Texas druggists with a money back guarantee on the first bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Matthews
Golland St
Beaumont
Texas
Morton Mourns Davis Longtime Local Farmer Dies
Morton native W L Davis 61 a retired area farmer died at Cochran County Hospital after a heart attack survived by his wife five daughters and four sons. Funeral services set for 3 p m at the Methodist Church with burial in Morton Memorial Park under Singleton Funeral Home guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
W. L. Davis
Morton Farmer
Cochran County
Methodist
J. T. Harrell
Fred Thomas
First Baptist Church
Morton Memorial Park
Tmder
Singleton Funeral Home
Davis
Haskell County
Robertson County
Methodist Church
Curtis Chapman
Lubbock
Leon Hamilton
Paul Gunter
Granville Lasseter
Wayne Coffman
Bledsoe
Roy
Leonard
Wayne
Terry Don
Earl Bishop
R. L. Terrell
Floydada
John Kuenstler
Haskell
Clarence Mullins
Burt
May
Fenny
Anson
Ira
Petersburg
Raymond
Mitchell
Lovington
Big Spring Services Set For Mrs Hayes
Funeral services for Mrs. F. C. Hayes 67 of Stanton will be held at 2 p.m. at Nalley Pickle Funeral Home Chapel in Big Spring with Rev. Wright of Stanton officiating. She died from complications after a hip fracture from a fall at a sister-in-law’s home near Muleshoe and passed away in a Mule Shoe hospital. She had lived in Martin County for 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Spring
Nalley- Pickle Funeral Home
F. C. Hayes
Stanton
John Keaster Rites Scheduled Saturday
John G. Keaster 78 of 1912 18th St died Thursday at St Marys Hospital. Services 11 a.m. Saturday in Sanders Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Davidson officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Retired carpenter and longtime Lubbock resident, survivors include Mrs. Fred Mullings and Miss Effie Keaster. Under a new Indian law, all employees must contribute to a general provident fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
John G. Keaster
18Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Don Davidson
Asbury Methodist Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Keaster
Lubbock
Fred Mullings
Sherman Ave
Effie Keaster
Athens
Jesus means to me by Julien C Hyer
Poem reflecting on Jesus through different views from baby to crucified savior. Builds to personal question of meaning. Emphasizes faith in God, service, peace, and love as core.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galilee
Jesus
Julien C. H
Mrs. McGehee Burial Is Today
Rites for 78 year old Mrs. B. F. McGehee are set for 2 30 p m at Broadway Church of Christ Chapel with Resthaven Memorial Park burial under Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include husband four sons and four daughters. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. McGehee
Broadway Church of Christ Chapel
B. F. McGehee
E W Blain Funeral Set For Wellington
E W Blain 81 longtime Collingsworth County resident and president of Wellington State Bank died after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were set in Wellington as family members traveled from Amarillo and Lubbock area to attend. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Darvin Nix and Mrs Dornita Jones and two granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Nix
19Th St
Wellington
Nix
E. W. Blain
Blain
Collingsworth County
Wellington State Bank
Texas Tech
Avalanche Journal
Darvin. Nix
Dornita Jones
Faulkner Services Slated For Today Rites for Hubert Faulkner at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Rites for Hubert Pete Faulkner 66 will be held today at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. The Rev. Leslie Kelley and Rev. D. G. Davidson will officiate. Pallbearers include Herb Bennett J A Boaggus Hoyt Rice A N Tomlinson Glenn Smith and Paul Whitney. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park. Faulkner died Tuesday in West Texas Hospital after moving to Lubbock from Clay County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge
Hubert
Pete) Faulkner
Ave
Herb Bennett
J. A. Boaggus
Hoyt Rice
A. N. Tomlinson
Glenn Smith
Paul Whitney
Leslie Kelley
Big Spring
D. G. Davidson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Faulkner
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Clay County
Russians Announce New Antisigma Minus Hyperon
Tass reports the Dubna atom smasher found a new particle antisigma minus hyperon from 40,000 photographs. The 10-billion-volt accelerator has operated three years and the finding advances elementary particle knowledge. The report notes the study and a scientific paper submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Dubna
Tass
Soviet Journal of Experimental Theoretical Physics
English Murderer Gets Life Sentence
Patrick Joseph Byrne was given life imprisonment for the murder of Stephanie Baird a 20 year old stenographer found decapitated in a Birmingham YWCA hostel. The jury rejected diminished responsibility claims and Byrne admitted breaking into the hostel on December 23 and strangling her before severing her head with a kitchen knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Patrick Joseph Byrne
Stephanie Baird
Byrne
Bulawayo Plans $1 Million Housing Drive for Africans
Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia announces a $1,000,000 program to build homes for African residents. The project aims to improve housing conditions and support urban development in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
Funeral set for shooting victim in Lamesa
Funeral services for James Thomas Anthony at 3 p.m. today in Higginbotham Funeral Home Chapel follow a Wednesday night gun battle with police in Lamesa. District Attorney George Hansard hinted the investigation aims to determine facts. Anthony, 39, fired a shotgun at officers, injuring Patrolman James Smoot's car window. Smoot was unhurt. Anthony’s son J T Anthony, 18, posted bond after pleading not guilty to aggravated assault. Burial is at Lamesa Cemetery. survivors include his wife, two other sons Denver and Clyde, daughter Virginia, and father J E Anthony.
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Higginbotham
James Thomas Anthony
Dist. Atty
George Hansard
Anthony
James Montgomery
J. T. Anthony
James’ Smoot
Giles Hawkins
Northside Baptist Church
Lamesa Cemetery
Denver
Clyde
Lamesa
Virginia
J. E. Anthony
German Club Variety Show Draws 300 At Tech
About 300 people attended the 10th annual Texas Tech German Club variety program in the Student Union Building ballroom. The event titled Wiener Melodien was co sponsored by the German Club and Texas Tech Union with John McGraw as general director Tommy Bacon musical director and Martha Kenley choreographer A highlight was the skit Die Frau mit dem Dolche centered on a love triangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Student Union Building
Texas Tech Union
John McGraw
Tommy Bacon
Martha Kenley
Floyd Pioneer Dies In Amarillo
Mrs. Carrick Snodgrass 83 longtime Floydada resident died at her home in Amarillo. Funeral services will be at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. Clarence Snodgrass Jr and Rev. James G. Cameron officiating. Burial in Floydada Cemetery. survivors include son Gerald and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Carrick Snodgrass
Floydada
Harrison St
Blackburn - Shaw Memorial Chapel
Clarence Snodgrass Jr
Hurst Methodist Church
James G. Cameron
Amarillo First Baptist Church
C. J. Purdom
Tom McCubbin
Jimmy Aldridge
Ton Stalnaker
Ben Hill Jr
L. L. Stevens
Funeral scheduled for Reno Havenhill in Hale Center
Funeral services for Reno D. Havenhill 58 Hale Center will be at 2 30 p m today at the Baptist Church with Mid McKnight and Adrian McIlroy officiating burial will be in Hale Center Cemetery under Wood-Mitchell Funeral directors and Woodmen of the World rites Havenhill suffered a heart attack at an Abernathy bowling alley and died Wednesday in High Plains Hospital Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Erline Walker Los Angeles a son R D Havenhill Jr also Los Angeles a brother C M Havenhill Clovis NM a stepmother Mrs T R Murphy Palestine Texas and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Center
Reno D. Havenhill
Baptist
Mid McKnight
Plainview Church of Christ
Adrian McIlroy
Petersburg Church of Christ
Wood-Mitchell Funeral Home
Woodmen of the World Lodge
Havenhill
Abernathy
High Plains
Erline Walker
Los Angeles
R. D. Havenhill Jr
C. M. Havenhill
Clovis
N. M
T. R. Murphy
Palestine
Tex
Kay Holmberg Rites Scheduled In Clovis
Funeral services for Kay Roxanne Holmberg, two, of Clovis, will be held at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist Church chapel. Dr Earl M Nowlin will officiate with burial at Lawn Haven Memorial Park under Steed Funeral Home. The child died after a brief hospital stay from severe shock. an autopsy was held with no results released. Survivors include her parents, two brothers, and grandparents in Clovis and Denver. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis
Elmo Courtney
A. A
Tony) Holmberg
Alf Simmons
Denver
Cole
Thomas McClung
Gene Wall
Doyal
Longtime City Woman Dies in West Texas Hospital
Mrs. Carl Henninger an 80 year old former professor's wife died at 1 30 p m Thursday in West Texas Hospital Her husband Carl Henninger lives at Q111 18th St Cremation will be held Monday in Dallas with arrangements by Rix Funeral Home The body will be sent to Dallas Sunday Survivors include husband a son James S Henninger of San Francisco two sisters Mrs Gertrude Emery of Toronto Canada and Mrs Walter Cartlidge of Brantford Ontario Canada
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Henninger
Texas Tech
West Texas Hospital
18Th St
Dallas
Rix Funeral Home
Henninger
Leicester
England
United States
Lubbock
Bellingham
Wash
Unitarian Church
James S. Henninger
San Francisco
Gertrude Emery
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Walter ‘Cartlidge
Brantford
Sandlin Services Set In Ralls
Funeral services are pending at Carter Funeral Home for Joe Turner Sandlin 75 who died Thursday at Crosbyton Hospital after about three months as a patient. He was born September 21 1884 in Morgan County Alabama and had lived in Ralls the last two to three years. He is survived by two sons Oscar in Buena Vista Colorado Otis in Abilene six daughters Noble Grant Horace Downing Tom Ellis all of Ralls Mary Yarbrough Mexia J W Vestal Haskell and Jack Simpson Hughes Springs 27 grandchildren and 30 great
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RALLS
Carter Funeral Home
Joe Turner Sandlin
Crosbyton Hospital
Morgan County
Ala
Oscar
Buena Vista
Colo
Otis
Abilene
Noble Grant
Morris Funeral Set For Today
A. A. Morris 49 of Brownfield will be buried at Plains Cemetery after a 2 p.m. funeral at First Baptist Church Plains. Rev C. J. Coffman will officiate. Morris died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after about a year of illness. He moved from Plains to Terry County in 1955 and worked for Yoakum and Terry Counties. He was a Baptist, WWII veteran, and survived by his mother and 9 siblings including Mrs. Sanfggd Webber of Floydada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownfield
First Baptist Church
Plains
A. A. Morris
C. J. Coffman
Plains Cemetery
Brownfield Funeral Home
Morris
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Terry County
Yoakum
Terry
The
Baptist Church
Sanfggd Webber
Floydada
Wilson Urges Law Enforcement Push For Texas Growth
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson told the Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce that a vigorous sell Texas program requires a unified plan. He urged continued strong law enforcement as Texas grows and attracts industry, saying organized crime has no place in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Austin
Texas
Atty
Will Wilson
Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce
85 Dealers and Wives Attend Fina Meeting
American Petrofina Co. dealers and jobbers from the Lubbock area were told Monday night at a district sales meeting in Caprock Hotel that 1959 was the biggest year the company has had since it was formed in 1956. J. M. Shea Jr. Fina vice president for marketing announced the gain. About 85 area dealers and their wives attended, preceded by a hospitality and dinner hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Petrofina Co
Lubbock
Caprock
J. M. Shea Jr
Fina
Mrs. C. D. Pate Dies At Home In City Rites Set
Mrs. C D Pate 45 of 2107 55th St died at 1 p m Thursday at home after long illness She had lived in Lubbock since 1925 Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday at Southcrest Baptist Church J Wayland Edwards pastor to officiate Burial in Lubbock City Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home directions She was born Sept 19 1914 in Kansas City Mo a former Miss Irene James Survivors include husband Carlos D Pate a daughter Kathy Lemon Rt 1 Meadow three sisters two brothers and a granddaughter Pallbearers listed James Buchanan noted as historical aside We do not include extra lines beyond the two required fields
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwayne Evans
Parkway Drive Church of Christ
Resthaven Memorial Park
Sanders ‘Funeral Home
McGehee
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Parkway Drive
John
Raymond
Larbuddie
Leroy
Seminole
Weldon
Post
Clint Sherrod
Jewell McGehee
J. W. Minton
Pomona
Calif
Erlin Forbus
Phoenix
Ariz
Lewis Schulty
Mary Edwards
Clarksdale
Miss
Beulah Petty
Clathe
Kan
Clovis Robinson
Henry Wheatley
Hugh Webb
Ed Cummings
Ralph Pounds
Max Jackson
Willy Kuykendall
H. F. Wheatley
Clark Barton
Emory Young
Hardy Smith
Thurman Bartlett
Hampton Haire
C.D. Pate
55Th St
Southcrest Baptist Church
J. Wayland Edwards
City of Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Kansas City
Pate
Lubbock High School
the Baptist Church
Irene James
Carlos D. Pate
Joe Lemon
Rt. 1
Meadow
F. L. Howard
J. T. James
Dallas
Peter Kent
Port Arthur
Phil James
Fort Worth
Gordon James
Clyde James
Baltimore
P. M. James
Amarillo
Kathy Lemon
Burn Victim's Services Slated for Mrs Martha Lankford
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Conrad Funeral Home Chapel in Taylor for Mrs. Martha Lankford 86 who died at John Sealy Hospital Galveston from third degree burns suffered Jan 22 in an apartment accident. Burial will follow in Taylor Cemetery. Survivors include three sons Milton Lankford Denver John and H R Lankford two daughters Emma Kate and Thelma Hunt and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Condrad Funeral Home
Taylor
Martha Lankford
9Th St
Taylor Cemetery
H. R. Lankford
8Th St
Milton Lankford
Denver
Colo
John Lankford
Dalhart
Emma Kate Lankford
Big Spring
Thelma Hunt
Florida
Mrs. R. P. Baccus Funeral Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. R P Baccus aged about 70 were conducted at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church Sudan with Rev Hubert Austin officiating. Burial followed in Littlefield Memorial Park Amherst under Payne Funeral Home supervision. She died Wednesday morning in a McAllen hospital after several weeks of illness. Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Herman Sigress Bryan and three sons Whitey Baccus Dallas Jack Baccus Brownfield and Roy Dale Baccus Lockney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
First Baptist
R. P. Baccus
Hubert Austin
Sudan First Baptist Church
Littlefield Memorial Park
Payne Funeral Home
Amherst
McAllen
Baccus
There’s Always a Right Time to Grow
A Reader’s Digest feature from April shares a mother and father learning a child rearing lesson. It explains how they eased pressure on their kids and applied the insight to their own growth, with practical takeaways for parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
New Non Surgical Cure Shrinks Hemorrhoids and Eases Pain
Science reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne in Preparation H offering non surgical relief for hemorrhoids. It shrinks the condition, stops itch and relieves pain without narcotics or anesthetics, with improvements lasting months as doctors observe in long standing cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Rev. U.S. Pat
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City
Dickens
Portugal
Lisbon
Mrs. Hayes
John Keaster
American Investors Life
Tommie J
Arledge
44Th St
Lubbock, Texas
Joins 2 Company
Houston, Teyas
Donald L. Connett
Dorty Bays
Christ
Matt
Floyd Pioneer
Reno Havenhill
Baker’s
Baker
Baker's
Ady
Kay Holmberg
Sandlin
C. D. Pate
James Buchanan
Resthaven Mausoleum
Abelia Hedging
Wolfe
Wolfe Nursery
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