Zone Changes Considered By City Planning and Zoning Commission
Eleven zoning changes were approved and one denied at the Lubbock Planning and Zoning meeting. The actions include R-1 to R-2 duplex changes north of Loop 289 and east of Indiana Avenue, and a 120 unit motel plan with a C2 to C4 rezignment. A-1 to A-1 shifts and a medical AM zoning on four lots were approved 3 2. A 138 unit apartment complex won temporary approval. A baseball diamond relocation was authorized and development standards for Yellowhouse Canyon were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Marble
Avalanche-Journal
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Colgate Street
Avenue U
Lubbock Auto Co
52Nd Street
Slide Road
Loop 289
Indiana Avenue
Gary George
P. H. Oates
Oates
50Th St
Avenue H
Ronald T. Betenbough
66Th
67Th Streets
Salem Avenue
Quaker Avenue
Larry Elmore
53Rd St
Roy Jennings
Nancy Wendorf
Goodgson
Harold Chapman
20Th Street
Nashville Avenue
Gordon M. Deering Jr
16Th Street
Jay Fikes
Elgin Avenue
64Th Street
57Th Street
Yellowhouse Canyon
Tulia Youths Earn FFA Awards At Banquet
In Tulia the 15-year old Tulia High School freshman Alex Finck received the Outstanding Greenhand Award and Eddie Wheeler earned the Outstanding Chapter Farmer Award at the annual parent and son FFA banquet. Finck, son of Mr and Mrs Orville Finck, has five years in 4 H and three years showing steers, with a dairy products team role. Wheeler, son of Mr and Mrs Jack Wheeler, also won the Hustler's Award last year and has been on dairy judging and junior farm skills teams. The Hustler's Award went to Peter Bordy, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Bordy, presented by Tulia Young Farmers member Joe Wood Mote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulia
Tulia High School
Alex Finck
Eddie Wheeler
Parent and Son Future Farmers of America
Finck
Orville Finck
4-H
Harry Chenoweth
Swisher County Farm Bureau
David Burgess
Swisher Farmers Union
Wheeler
Jack Wheeler
Coronado Seniors Celebrate Splash Day Events
Coronado High School observes Senior Day Splash Day with 8:20 a.m. dress events and kid costumes, Miss Venus and Mr. Muscles winners, 1:40 p.m. assembly, 2:45 p.m. pool gathering, and an 7 to 10 p.m. dance at Maxey Community Center with Sun Stone Hawks on duty. Dunbar High School hosts its Senior Week volleyball at 8:20 a.m. and reports a week of church services and dress days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronado High School
Miss Venus
Muscles
Clapp Pool
Maxey Community Center
Sun Stone Hawks
Dunbar High School
Estacado High
Monterey High
Lubbock High
Funeral Pending For Roy Valdez
A quarrel at a Southeast Lubbock food market ends in the shooting death of Roy Valdez 29. Police arrest the market owner 35 at Big Valley Vegetable & Fruit Market. Valdez died at St Mary of the Plains Hospital. Inquest by Justice of the Peace Wayne LeCroy. Services pending with Sanders Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Roy Valdez
4Th St
Big Valley
Valdez
Sanders Funeral Home
Defendant Fined In Speed Case
Three persons faced County Court hearings on misdemeanor charges. Richard R. Camp 24 pleaded guilty to a speeding violation appealed from Lubbock Corporation Court and was fined 18 dollars plus costs. Simon Ward 22 pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received 10 days in jail plus costs. Buford Bennett 57 had bond set at 400 dollars after pleading innocent to a liquor law violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Camp
Ave. C
Lubbock Corporation Court
Edwin H. Boedeker
Simon Ward
Ave
Boedeker
Denzil Bevers
Buford Bennett
Vanda Ave
Musical Big Hit In Area Town
In Lovington the high school choral group drew a large Thursday crowd opening a two performance run of Up Up and Away. The group, about 100 students, continues its fourth year with growing demand for two shows. Director Carol Brashear, a graduate of New Mexico University, leads the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Carol Brashear
See
New Mexico University
Obituary and civic notices across Lubbock area
Services for Hallie Lockhart 22 of 3608 Zenith Ave. will be at Mount Gilead Baptist Church after a lengthy illness. Other notices include Todd Ries accepted to Yale University, Robert Thompson chief clerk for the Department of Agriculture, and James Irving Merrell funeral in Plainview. Local groups meet in In Town Inn and Hillcrest Country Club for retiree and insurance events. A 150 dollar traffic fine and two arrests for assault with a prohibited weapon are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senver
Hallie Mac
Little Shug
Lockhart
Zenith Ave
Mount Gilead Baptist Church
Robert C. Thompson
Wheeler Starlight Chapel
Portales
Thompson
Department of Agriculture
Lubbock
Joe Cree
Pampa
Association of Life Underwriters
Hillcrest Country Club
Harold Bostick's Services Stated
Harold Bostick 66 died after a lengthy illness in Tulsa. Services will be at 2 p m today at First United Methodist Church with Rev James Carter officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery under Wallace Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters Ben Vineyard Kress Grace Armstrong Pecos a brother James Hutchinson Kan mother Mrs I L Bostick Stamford and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Harold Bostick
First United Methodist Church
James Carter
Rose Hill Cemetery
Wallace Funeral Home
Bostick
Kress
Hamlin
Ben Vineyard
Grace Armstrong
Pecos
James
Hutchinson
Kan
I. L. Bostick
Stamford
San Angelo Plans Drilling for Municipal Water Supply
San Angelo to award a drilling contract next week with up to 10 million dollars to tap deep water reserves in Concho Menard and McCulloch counties. Hydrologists see potential in the Hickory Sands formation under 17 000 acres of ranchland as bids open May 12 and up to 25 wells may deliver about 20 million gallons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Hickory Sands
Concho
Menard
McCulloch
Wylie Webb
Burglaries Reported At Residence And Motel
Burglars entered the residence of Mrs. James Kennedy at 4016 39th St and took a camera rifle ammunition radio stereo and tapes valued at 465 dollars. O M Barnett of Houston reported theft of clothing and travel accessories worth 620 dollars from his Holiday Inn South room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kennedy
39Th St
O. M. Barnett
Houston
Holiday. Inn South
Mrs McCall dies after long illness in Plainview
Mrs. Francis Ellie McCall formerly of Oklahoma City died in a Plainview hospital about 12 15 p m Thursday after a lengthy illness. Graveside services will be at 2 p m Sunday at Huntingdon Cemetery in Huntingdon Tennessee. Survivors include three daughters and 11 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Francis
Ellie. McCall
Oklahoma City
Westminster Presbyterian Church
James A. Mock
James Barnard
St. Louis
Robert B. Jones
Tulsa
George F. Freeman
North Carolina
Ralph Brann
Stillwater
Okla
M. C. Snider
Gainesville
Fla
M. R. Fellows
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jayton Wins State Science Trophy Again
Jayton High School repeats as state science champion at the UIL meet in Austin. Sophomore Bill Wallace won the state trophy, following a regional first place in Lubbock. His brother Bert Wallace, now a Rice University freshman, won the prior year’s top prize in Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayton
Jayton High School
Bill Wallace
Jayton High
Bilby Wallace
Austin
Coronado Senior Steve Coleman Wins Tech Merit Scholarship
Steve Coleman 17 year old Coronado High School senior has been named recipient of the 1971 Preston Smith Merit Scholarship at Texas Tech as a National Merit Scholar. The four year renewable scholarship carries up to 1500 dollars annually. Coleman is a National Honor Society member active in Latin Club sports and community projects planning an engineering career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Ries
Homer A. Ries
62Nd St
Yale University
Monterey High School
Todd
Texas
Renn
Steve Coleman
Coronado High School
Preston Smith
Texas Tech
van Coleman
49Th St
National Merit Scholarship Corp
NMS
Young Coleman
Services today for Roger Batchelor
Funeral services are set for Roger Eugene Batchelor 7 at Southcrest Baptist Church officiated by Rev. James Andrews and Rev. Robert Moore. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park under Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home direction. He died Wednesday night at Mercy Hospital in Slaton after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his parents a sister Sharon Lynn grandparents and great grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Eugene Batchelor
Cody L. Batchelor
Ave. H
Southcrest Baptist Church
James Andrews
New Deal Baptist Church
Robert Moore
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Mercy Hospital
Slaton
Sharon Lynn
William M. Mitchell
Auburn St
Thelma Gore
22Nd St
Arthur Batchelor
Damon
William F. Mitchell
Breckenridge
Ruby Varner
Health and wealth clash in bed rest tale
The poem by Julien C Hyer contrasts a businessman's rushed life with hospital tests and bed rest. He declares "I've got it made" despite illness, highlighting that money and fame cannot buy health. The piece reflects on health as the ultimate asset beyond wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Mrs Stribling's Rites Planned
Florence Stribling 84 formerly of Menard died in Caprock Hospital Floydada. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. with Rev C B Melton at the Floydada chapel and graveside rites in Menard Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, a son, three brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Florence Stribling
Menard
Caprock Hospital
First United Methodist Church
C. B. Melton
Mission Funeral Home
Menard Cemetery
Gaines Teeple
Winnie Mae Edmiston
Imperial
Calif
R. T
Byron
A. B. Williamson
Gatesville
Marvin Williams
Lampassas
Bennie Williamson
Lubbock
Minnexa Williamson
Mae Carroll
Rites Scheduled For Mrs Sloan
Mrs Beatrice Sloan 61 died about 430 p m Wednesday in Central Plains General Hospital after a lengthy illness Services set for 2 p m Saturday at United Baptist Church with Rev Walter Griffin officiating Burial will be in Plainview Wood Dunning Funeral Home She was born in Hillsboro moved to Plainview in 1934 Survivors include five sisters and five brothers in Plainview Omaha Neb Los Angeles Calif Floydada Moses Lake Wash Washington DC Rock Island Ill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Beatrice Sloan
Central Plains General Hospital
United Baptist Church
Walter Griffin
Plainview Cemetery
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Hillsboro
Sloan
Oklahoma
Dollie. Wright
Willie Grayson
Willie Jackson
Beulah Vinson
Omaha
Neb
Elizabeth Law
Los Angeles
Calif
Harrison Bullock
M. L. Bullock
Floydada
Samuel Bullock
Moses Lake
Wash
Leo Bullock
Washington, D.C
Ezell Bullock
Rock Island, Ill
Funeral Pending for Mrs Loyd 74 in Lubbock
Mrs J M Loyd 74 of 806 Ave W died at Golden Age Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Sanders Funeral Home. A Lubbock resident since 1943 she is survived by two daughters Dale Long and Jim Farris, five sons Dave Doyle Gerald Euell Gordon, four sisters, three brothers and 14 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Loyd
Ave
Golden Age Nursing Home
Sanders Funeral Home
Lubbock
Dale
44Th St
Jim
Farris
Wenatchee
Wash
Dave
Doyle
Odessa
Gerald
Alice
Euells
Oklahoma
Gordon
Lompoc
Calif
Services set for Mrs Ritchey in Sanders Memorial Chapel
Mrs Ritchey of Rt 6 Lubbock died about 9 15 p m Wednesday at University Convalescent Dr J B Fowler pastor of Southcrest Baptist Church will officiate Burial will be in Hale Center Cemetery She had lived in Lubbock 20 years previously Floydada 1924 to 1951 and Hale Center until 1909 Survivors include husband two daughters Mrs R D Rhodes Sr of Rt 6 Lubbock and Mrs Phil Rosenthal of Tucson Arizona three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Benton
Minnie) Ritchey
Rt. 6
Lubbock
University Convalescent Home
J. B. Fowler
Southcrest Baptist Church
Hale Center
Ritchey
Latbbock
Floydada
R. D. Rhodes Sr
Phil Rosenthal
Tucson
Ariz
Bartlett Services Set for Mrs Mozelle Bartlett
Mrs Bartlett 53 longtime Garza County resident died at West Texas Hospital Lubbock after heart attack. Funeral 3 p m at Post First Baptist with Rev Hardin and Rev Vernon officiating. Burial Terrace Mason Funeral Home, survivors include husband D H son Jim six daughters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozelle Bartlett
Garza County
Post First Baptist Church
A. C. Hardin
Joe Vernon
Lovington
First Baptist Church
Post
Terrace Cemetery
Mason Funeral Home
Clifford-Jackson
Corpus Christi
Rose Hill Memorial Park
Corpus, Christi
Barnett
Austin
Gladys Hall
Sarah Bollman
Victor M. Barnett
San Antonio
Funeral Planned For Mrs. Pirtle
Mrs. Tom Helen Mae Pirtle 64 of 1909 28th St died around 10 p m Wednesday in a convalescent home Services set for 10 a m Saturday at First United Methodist Church with Dr Paul Bumpers and Dr J O Haymes Burial will be in Lubbock City Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home supervision She moved from Amarillo to Lubbock 42 years ago Survived by husband two sons Tom Jr and Dick a brother R J Herbst a sister Mrs Mildred Mitchell and six grandchildren Pallbearers named Harold Blank John Blank J P Elms Guy Victory Brownie Hamilton Gene Gray John Maner Austin Blakemore
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Helen Mae) Pirtle
28Th St
First United Methodist Church
Paul Bumpers
Peeee
Hel
J. O. Haymes
City of Lubbock
Rix Funeral Home
Pirtle
Lubbock
Amarillo
Tom Jr
48Th St
R. J. Herbst
Midland
Mildred Mitchell
Dallas
Harold Blank
John Blank
J. P. Elms
Guy Victory
Brownie Hamilton
Gene Gray
John Maner
Austin Blakemore
Beating Victim's Services for Earnest M Jordan Jr
Services for Earnest M Jordan Jr a one year old Levelland infant who died Monday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock from injuries suffered when beaten April 28 will be at 10 a m today in Leuders Burial will be in Leuders Cemetery Charles Allen Nance age 20 of Anton has been charged with murder with malice in the incident The child is survived by his mother Kay Jordan Levelland his father Earnest M Jordan of Ft Sill Okla his grandparents E E Jordan Leuders and James H Welch Amarillo and great grandparents E W Fletcher Amarillo and Edward N Robinson Compton Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest M. Jordan Jr
Levelland
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Leuders
Leuders Cemetery
Charles Allen Nance
Rt. 4
Anton
Kay Jordan
Earnest M. Jordan
Ft. Sill
Okla
E. E. Jordan
Leeders
James H. Welch
Amarillo
E. W. Fletcher
Edward N. Robinson
Compton
Calif
Funeral Pending For E H Cody In Lovington
Elson H. Cody aged 61 died Wednesday at a Lovington hospital after being rushed from his home. Services are pending at Smith Rogers Funeral Home. County coroner Dr John Gillett is conducting an investigation with no relatives located by Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington
Elson H. Cody
Smith- Rogers Funeral
Morales Rites Held For Lamesa Youth Derailed By Truck
Miguel Morales aged 19 of Lamesa was killed in Greeley Colorado when struck by a truck while walking on a highway. Funeral services were held Saturday at Mission Baptist Church with burial in Lamesa Cemetery under Branon Funeral Home direction. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Fransisca Morales of Lamesa, two sisters and five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamesa
Miguel Morales
Greeley
Colo
Mission Baptist Church
Branon Funeral Home
Fransisca Morales
Lubbock Students Initiated Into Beta Gamma Sigma at Tech
Ten Texas Tech University business students from Lubbock reach Beta Gamma Sigma through the national honor society. New initiates include Margaret Watkins, Mark Huckabee, Donald Newman, Nicolas LoCascio, Mark Leaverton, Nancy Cone, and Sheila O’Hair. The society aims to encourage scholarship and achievement in business education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Beta Gamma Sigma
Texas Tech University
Margaret A. Watkins
Aty Ise Justice
Marlborost
Pion International Trade
Mark E. ‘Huckabee
A. E. Huckabee
38Th St
46Th St
Sheila O’hair
R. J. O'Hair
Willie L Spencer Rites Arranged
Graveside services for Willie Lee Spencer 83 of Los Angeles California are set for 2 p m today at Resthaven Memorial Park with burial by Rest Haven Singleton Wilson Funeral Garnie Atkisson will officiate He died Tuesday at Elder Care Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles Spencer lived in Lubbock from 1949 to 1961 born in Henderson County and earlier resided in Corsicana He is survived by daughters Sylvia Jones Rosemead Calif Nora Bower Azusa Calif sons Roy Earl Spencer Baldwin Park Calif Allen Spencer El Monte Calif a stepdaughter Ola Mae Nelson 12 grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lee Spencer
Los Angeles
Canf
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Garnie Atkisson
Northside
Lubbock
Sylvia Jones
Rosemead
Calif
Nora Bower
Azusa
Roy Earl Spencer
Baldwin Park
Allen Spencer
el Monte
Ola Mae Nelson
Grinnell St
James H. Martin Services Pend
James H. Martin retired motel miner and World War I veteran from Lubbock died Thursday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder. Services pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home. Survived by wife, son James of Los Angeles, four daughters, two brothers, one sister, 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Dallas
Tom Arnn Jr
Tempe
Ariz
Richard Thomas
Kermit
Cordis
Kiowa
Okla
Raggon
Guthrie
Lucy Cleaver
Aztec
N.M
Briggs Rites Planned For Billy L Briggs
Billy L. Briggs of 519 53rd St died at Dallas Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Saturday with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. A Guthrie Texas born World War II veteran, he lived 31 years in Lubbock and worked for Moncref Lenoir Manufacturing Co. Survivors include his wife Marcella a son Danny Lee his parents Floyd L and Mrs. Briggs of Floydada and three sisters Virginia Velma Rogers and Corine Moseley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lee Briggs
53Rd St
Dallas
Veterans Hospital
Resthaven
Memorial Park
Guthrie
Briggs
Lubbock
Moncref- Lenoir Manufacturing Co
Marcella
Danny Lee
Floyd L. Briggs
Floydada
Virginia Briggs
Velma- Rogers
Idalou
Corine Moseley l
Springdale
Ark
Cecil Harris Services Set at Cotton Center
Cecil Harris 51 died after a sudden illness in Phoenix Arizona. Services planned Saturday at Anton Primitive Baptist Church with Hammons Funeral Home Littlefield handling arrangements. A native of Hico he moved to West Texas in 1925 and was WWII veteran and a cook. Survivors include son Sammy Lee Houston father J C Littlefield sisters A W Wood Raymond Wood Mattie Lou McCain Amarillo brother Benny Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
Cecil Harris
Phoenix
Ariz
Anton Primitive Baptist Church
Hammons
Littlefield
Harris
Hico
West Texas
Sammy Lee
Houston
J.C
A. W. Wood
Raymond Wood
Cotton Center
Mattie Lou McCain
9Th St
Benny
Amarillo
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Commission
24Th Street
Tulia Youths
Coronado
Nori
Japan
Michiko
Imperial Household Agency
Johnny Mason
Lockney
Lockney High
Belinda Millard
Irving’ Merrell
Lemons Memorial Chapel
Merrell
Montrose
American Association of Retired Persons
In Town Inn
W. A. Preston
Little Rock
Gerry Johnson
Arlington
Ned Linegar
Claud McDaniel
E.C. Moser
Lubbock Christian College
Burke Road Church of Christ
Pasadena
Moser
Veda Jones
Hobbs
Griffin Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
Charles Smith
Billy W. Fry
79Th St
Justice Court
Fry
50Th Street
Justice Courtere
Wayne LeCroy
Joyce R. Price
Weber Drive
Charles E. Baker
Baker
E. Broadway
Roger Batchelor
The
Julien C, Hyer
Mrs. Sloan
Loyd
E. H. Cody
Willie L. Spencer Rites Arranged
James H. Martin
Billy L. Briggs
Pathauer
Lubbock, Texas
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