ROLAND PONCE DIES. RITES SET AT ST PAULS EPISCOPAL
Lubbock businessman Roland Edwin Ponce, 57, died Friday at West Texas Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are at 2 p m today at St Pauls Episcopal Church with two Alabama ministers officiating. He headed Galbraith Steel and Supply Co. since 1936 and helped found it. He was born in Bastrop on April 8 1903 and moved to Lubbock in 1934. He is survived by son Roland Jr. two daughters Miss Francis Ponce and Mrs Graham-Bogel, two grandchildren and a brother Frank Ponce.
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Roland Edwin Ponce
Lubbock
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Allen T. Price
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Alan Conley
Colorado City Episcopal Church
Miness
City of Lubbock
Rix. Funeral Home
Wade Britt
Portales
N. M
J. B. Edwards
Dumas
Harold Phelps
Clarendon
H. B. Stewart
Grady Greenlee
Leon Light
Brady Edwards
Ned Craig
Ponce
West Texas Hospital
Galbraith Steel and Supply Co
Bastrop
Marks, Miss
Galbraith- Foxworth Lumber Co
Sherman
Roland Jr
29Th St
Francis Ponce
Graham - Bogel
St. Louis
Frank Ponce
Amarillo
Funeral services set for Nora McCuan in Clovis
Funeral services for Nora McCuan, 79, will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Charles B. Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. C. C. Morgan officiating. A Clovis resident for 52 years, she was married to Dr. John McCuan, a pioneer local doctor. Survivors include five O Neals from Clovis and Plainview nephew pallbearers. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
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Clovis
Nora. McCuan
Charles B. Steed
C. C. Morgan
Texico Baptist Church
McCuan
John McCuan
W. D. O’neal
E. T. O'Neal
H. B. O’neal
R. R. O'Neal
L. H. O'Neal
Plainview
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Seven Die in Raid on West Java Rubber Estate
A 70 man armed gang raided a rubber estate in West Java Thursday night killing seven people and burning 70 houses, according to reports reaching Jakarta on Saturday. The area has active rebel bands operating in West Java.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West Java
Employment Rate Among Blind Americans
Only about percent of the estimated 350000 blind persons in the United States are employed, highlighting ongoing barriers to work and inclusion for visually impaired individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mrs. Yell Rites To Be Monday At Plainview
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewis Yell 23 of Plainview will be held Monday at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church. The Edmonson native died Friday at Plainview Hospital after an eight month illness. She was married in 1957 to Arnold Mac Yell and is survived by her husband, son, her mother and stepfather, a sister and grandparents. Burial follows in Plainview Cemetery under Lemons Funeral Home.
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Plainview
Lewis Yell
First Baptist Church
R. L. Swanner
Bethel Baptist Church
Roy McClung
Plainview Baptist Church
Yell
Edmonson
Jones County
Plainview High School
Baylor University
Edmonson Baptist Church
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Sarah Linda Glen
Stamford
Arnold Mac
Erman Nicholson
Peggy Jane Glen
G. D. Glen
W. Weathers
Big Sandy
Plainview Cemetery
Lemons Funeral Home
Congress on flag display during inclement weather
A congressional rule states the American flag should not be displayed on days with bad weather. The policy guides public buildings and ceremonies to refrain from flying the flag when conditions are severe.
ENMU Business Manager Guilty of Disloyalty
Leonard Price of ENMU was found guilty by the university regents of disloyalty and insubordination after an all day hearing on the Portales campus. The board ordered an investigation into an open letter circulated on campus and discussed the push to reshuffle administration rather than fire staff.
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Price
Golden
Administrative Council
Board of Regents
ENMU
Reed
Martin Cool
Sharon Taylor
Amarillo
Regents
Richard McKee
Clarence Worley, Portales
Longtime Range Boss Walker Williams Dies
Walker Williams 73 former Matador Ranch range boss died Saturday morning in the Veterans Hospital Amarillo funeral services set for 4 p m today at First Baptist Church Matador burial in East Mound Cemetery under Eudy Seale Funeral Home Williams native of San Saba came with pioneer Williams family he was a World War I veteran survivors include brother A J Williams six sisters and several nieces and nephews pallbearers named each in the notice
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First Baptist Church
Walker Williams
Matador Ranch
W. B. Vaughn
East Mound
Eudy Seale
Williams
San Saba
Matador Area
Harrison Williams
Dutchman Creek
Here
New Moxico
Arizona
Veterans Hospital
Amarillo
A. J. Williams
Bowier
Mary E. Martin
Tom Harris
San Antonio
Ethel. Bird
Midland
Ed. Bishop
Dalhart
Edith Sanders
27Th St
E. F. Springer
Matador
Wilburn Deaton
Pat Sheridan
C. C. Smanley
M.S. Patton
Cliff. Stephens
Floyd Bradley
Carroll Funeral Set At Seminole
Funeral services for Jesse Lee Carroll 63 will be at 3 p m today in First Methodist Church Seminole. He died Saturday morning of a heart attack at his Seminole home. Burial in Seminole Cemetery with Singleton Funeral Home directing. Carroll supervised the Phillips Petroleum Co gas plant in Seminole. He lived in Seminole 14 years and belonged to the Methodist Church Masonic Lodge Rotary Club and Seminole State Bank director. Survivors include Ruth wife a daughter Jean Strawn Seminole a son Kenneth Seminole three sisters Cora Berry Goldthwaite Mary Odom Goldthwaite Lena Bledsoe Dallas a brother Ed Stephenville and three grandchildren.
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Seminole
Jesse Lee Carroll
Lester Hill
Singleton Funeral Home
Carroll
Phillips Petroleum Co
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Seminole Rotary Club
Seminole State Bank
Ruth
Jean Strawn
Kenneth
Cora Berry
Goldthwaite
Mary Odom
Lena Bledsoe
Dallas
Stephenville
Death claims Galvin W. King
Galvin Watson King 50 resident of Lorenzo died Saturday at the veterans hospital in Big Spring after a long illness He was a World War II veteran and had lived on the South Plains since 1927 Born in Red River County Survivors include wife Louise a daughter Marie two sons Richard and Carol his mother Mrs Annie King a brother Delbert two half-brothers W E Bruce and Tom King and three grandchildren
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Ralls
Galvin Watson
Blackie
Annie King
Lorenzo
Delbert
Temple
W. E. Bruce
Tom King
Seymour
Robber Steals $37 From Worcester Home
A masked intruder entered a Worcester residence Friday night while a 17-year-old girl was alone and escaped with $37. The robber told the teen he needed the money to pay bills and claimed to have five children and be debt-ridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Donna Schramm
Youth Hurt In Air Tank Blast At Idalou Service Station
A 19 year old Latin American youth, Johnnie Espinosa of Idalou, was seriously injured when a compressed air tank exploded at King's Service Station on 519 Idalou Hwy. He suffered facial and shoulder wounds with a nose fracture and a metal fragment removed in surgery at Methodist Hospital. Ambulance attendants said the accident happened as he transferred air from a larger tank to a smaller one.
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Idalou Highway
Methodist Hospital
Johnnie “Espinosa
Idalou
King's Service Station
Idalou Hwy
X-Ray Technicians Install New Officers at Texas Conven tion
The Texas Society of X Ray Technicians held its 30th annual convention in Lubbock with a two day program ending in a banquet. Mary Callahan of Beaumont was installed as president, replacing Patricia O Reilly of Dallas. Other officers include Ken Raymond of Lubbock president elect Farle Troup of Houston first vice president Irma Dykes of Brownfield second vice president Sister Mary Genevieve of Denison third vice president Faye Drodz of Corpus Christi secretary and Ray Pickering of Taylor treasurer.
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Texas Society of X-Ray Technicians
Mary Callahan
Beaumont
Patricia O'Reilly
Dallas
Lubbock
Ken Raymond
Farle Troup
Houston
Irma Dykes
Brownfield
Mary Genevieve
Denison
Faye Drodz
Corpus Christi
Ray Pickering
Tylor
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Resthaven Memorial Park
Galvin W. King
RIX
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Lewis) Crossley
Texas
Louie F. Moore
Lubbock County
Lewis Crossley
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