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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1963

Page

2

Key Figure In Development Of Supersonic Flight Dies

AACHEN Germany AP Dr Theodore von Karman 81 renowned aerodynamics expert and space propulsion pioneer died of a heart attack in an Aachen hospital His work helped usher jet age and he was named father of the supersonic age He held posts with Cal Tech Guggenheim and NATO advisory group and became a U.S. citizen in 1936 His body will be sent to Pasadena in coming days.

Aachen Germany Theodore von Karman von Karman Pasadena Calif Kennedy U.S White House Rose Garden Paris Henri Farman North Atlantic Treaty Organization Aeronautical Research and Development Technical University United States Aviatrix Amy Johnson Royal Aeronautical Society London U.S. Air Force California Institute of Technology Cal Tech Guggenheim Aeronautical and Jet Propulsion Laboratories Aerojet- General Corp Grand Coulee Dam Mt. Palomar Aachen University

Rites For Hale Pioneer Woman Scheduled Today

Mrs. Tom Carter a Hale County pioneer will be buried in Plainview Cemetery after services at 4 p.m. at First Methodist Church conducted by Dr. J H Crawford. A longtime organist she led park landscaping and arts groups and chaired the Red Cross in Hale and Lamb counties during World War I. Survivors include her husband sister and brother.

Plainview Tom Carter First Methodist Church J. H. Crawford Plainview Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home American Red Cross Hale Lamb Counties Musical Arts Club City Federation of Clubs A. G. Hinn Roger Mayhugh Wolfforth

Longtime Crosby Resident Dies

Henry Edward Terry 80, longtime Ralls resident, died Tuesday in Crosbyton Hospital. Services at 3 p.m. at Ralls First Baptist Church with several pastors officiating. Burial in Ralls Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ida Mae, two sons, seven daughters, two sisters, 26 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

Ralls Henry Edward Terry Ralls First Baptist Church Bert J. Homer 25Th Street Baptist Church Lubbock Herman Issack Ralls Bethel Baptist Church John Adams Baptist Church Ralls Cemetery Carter Funeral Home Terry Franklin County Crosbyton Hospital South Plains Paris Ida Mae Edward Talia J. D Farwell Ruby Carson Dallas Dixie Hollinger Amarillo Edna Pipes Jennie V. Gannon Dalhart Rutha Glisson Mable Stone Bonnie Shoemaker Tona Williams Effie Stubblefield Mike Wicks Jim Bennett Otho Reed Bill Pearson Murray Pearson Don Moses

Barcentrate weight loss claim in Dallas medicine ad

A Dallas reader reports losing 20 pounds with Barcentrate and promotes a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails. The ad claims long running use and availability at Texas drug counters.

H. E. Hugben Grafton Dallas Texas

Carruthers Rites Planned At Ira

Rites for William Carruthers 51 longtime area resident killed in a Kansas highway crash will be at 2 p m Thursday at the Ira Church of God. Burial in Ira Cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs J Z Carruthers Colorado City. sisters Mrs A N Johnson and Mrs Charles Bussey Big Spring. brothers J C Big Spring George San Antonio and Merrell Lubbock.

Kansas Ira Carruthers Scurry County Pampa J. Z. Carruthers Colorado City A. N. Johnson Charles Bussey Big Spring J. C George San Antonio Merrell Lubbock

Rites Today for Mrs Roach in Lubbock Cemetery

Services for Mrs Clara Kirkland Roach 61 of San Antonio are at 3 p.m. in Sanders Funeral Home chapel with Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She was a Mount Calm native, former Lubbock resident, and Baptist Church member. Survived by four sisters including Mrs James Williams of Lubbock and others in San Antonio McAllen and Pharr.

Clara Kirkland Roach San Antonio Sanders Funeral Home J. T. Bolding First Baptist Church City of Lubbock Cemetery Sanders Roach James Williams 22Nd St Lubbock Mount Calm The Baptist Church Bob Smith Bud Griffin Bob Stout McAllen Nat Martin

Shepherd Hospitality Note on True Courtesy

A religious exhortation urges planners to give to hospitality and show every courtesy to dinner guests. It stresses that guests judge conduct and provisions by their muttered impressions and urges ensuring no guest is ignored and none bored.

Julien C, Hyer

Burial Services Scheduled For Famed Musician

Orches tra leader Ted Weems who helped Perry Como and Marilyn Maxwell toward stardom will be buried Friday in Bethesda Maryland. He died Monday night in a Tulsa hospital after a seven week battle with emphysema at age 62. Weems known for Heartaches and The Martins and the Coys was a 1930s 40s big band icon who usually partnered with whistler Elmo Tanner.

Tulsa Okla UPI Ted Weems Bethesda Weems Perry Como Marilyn Maxwell Whistler Martins Coys Elmo Tanner Tanner Dallas

Ballow Services Set At Portales

John W. Ballow 91 Roosevelt County pioneer dies in Miller Hospital in Portales. services at 2 30 p m today First Baptist Church with Ernest Wheeler officiating burial at Portales Cemetery directed by Wheeler Mortuary. Survivors include two sons a daughter a sister and a brother with two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Raymond Allen Jay Thompson Dr John B Caleman Ed Fenton Claudie W Reeves Buford Hobbs.

Portales John W. Ballow Roosevelt County Miller Hospital First Baptist Church Ernest Wheeler Portales Cemetery Wheeler Mortuary Ballow Masonic Lodge John W. Jr Santa Fe Roy Clovis Maurice Bouldin Phoenix Maude Flatt Robert L Stephenville Tex Raymond Allen Jay Thompson John B. Caleman Ed Fenton Claudie W. Reeves Buford Hobbs

Sosebee Funeral Pending In City

Arymel Sosebee 49 died Monday night at St Marys Hospital. Arrangements were pending with Rix Funeral Home. He was a farmer who had lived in Lubbock since 1955 after moving from Dallas. Survivors include son Donny and daughter Janie both of Dallas, his mother Mrs. John F. Sosebee of Lubbock, brother G W Sosebee of Ropesville, sisters D D Skipper of Abernathy and Jessie Woods of Los Angeles, and two grandchildren.

Arymel Sosebee 31St St St. Mary’s Hospital Rix Sosebee Lubbock Dallas Donny Janie John F. Sosebee G. W. Sosebee

Garrett Funeral Rites for Delmar E Garrett

Garrett Funeral Rites are scheduled at 4 30 p m today in the Sanders Funeral Home Chapel for Delmar E Garrett 60 of 2429 25th St who died Sunday The Rev Alan Price of St Stephens Episcopal Church will officiate Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Pallbearers are Cotton McAfee Louis Rathers George Tiner Dee Garner Earnest Taylor and Paul Clifford

Sanders Funeral Home Delmar E. Garrett 25Th St Alan Price St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church City of Lubbock Cemetery Cotton McAfee Louis Rathers George Tiner Dee Garner Earnest Taylor Paul Clifford

Mrs Mattie Graham Services Are Today

Services for Mrs. Mattie Martha Graham 85 of 405 Hub Homes will be at 2 p.m. today at the Church of Christ at 17th Street and Avenue N. P M Oden and Buster Mullins will officiate. Burial follows at the local cemetery under Henderson-Wilson Funeral Directors. Mrs. Graham a Lubbock resident since 1943 is survived by a daughter two granddaughters three grandsons 12 great grandchildren two brothers and a sister.

Mattie Martha Graham Church of Christ 17Th St Ave. N P. M. Oden Buster Mullins Plainview Cemetery Henderson-Wilson Funeral Graham Lubbock

Lubbock Man Dead Found On Hockley Farm

A 36 year old Lubbock man identified as Lynn Smith was found dead in a car inside a shed on a Hockley County farm. Justice of the Peace ruled death by own action. The body showed it had been there 6 to 10 days. Car and farm details named, with survivors listed as two daughters Diane and Debra and son Dennis of Levelland and his mother Mrs Lennie Roberts of Clovis.

Avalanche-Journal Lubbock Lynn Smith 25Th St Here Justice of the Peace Earl Ford Weir Clem George Price Clathorn Funeral Home Friona Tom Paine Bovina Clem Roy Titus Levelland Titus Smith Diane Debra Dennis Lennie Roberts Clovis

Oklahoma Rites Set For Dianne Smith

Graveside services for Carla Dianne Smith infant daughter of Mr and Mrs R T Smith Ida Lou will be today at Mountain View cemetery surrounded by mourners. She died on arrival Tuesday at Porter Clinic Hospital from a heart condition since birth. Surviving are three sisters Judy Sandra and Kathy all at home and grandmothers Mrs Floyd Body Carnegie Okla and Mrs Fannie Christian Oklahoma City Okla.

Carla Dianne Smith R. T. Smith Idalou Mountainview Okla Rix Funeral Home Porter Clinic Hospital Judy Sandra Kathy Floyd Body Carnegie Fannie Christian Oklahoma City

Sergeant Killed In Viet Nam Near Da Nang

A U S Army sergeant was killed by Communist sniper fire while with a Vietnamese patrol about 40 miles west of Da Nang in the northern South Viet Nam theater. He is the second American casualty this week and the 74th since December 1961.

Saigon South Viet Nam da Nang Viet Nam U.S

Continental Offers Job to Negro Pilot Marlon Green

Continental Airlines said it has offered a job to Marlon D. Green of Lansing Michigan, with assignment to the next aircraft qualification class within three months if he accepts. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to ban discriminatory hiring by interstate carriers.

Denver Colo Continental Airlines Marlon D. Green Lansing Mich Green Continental U.S. Supreme Court Colorado Antidiscrimination Commission

Sgt J C Roy Sharp to re enlist after 3 years at Tech

Sgt J C Roy Sharp of the Army ROTC at Texas Tech plans a three year reenlistment after 18 years in service. He has served in the Philippines Japan Okinawa Korea and Germany and has been stationed across the United States including Texas Arkansas Washington Georgia and Oklahoma. Final arguments set for 10 am in the 140th District Court in a Capital Diesel versus L M Simmons cross action seeking 2608.15 for diesel truck repairs. Larkin Armstrong held on 1500 bond in DWI case in Lubbock County jail. Sigma Tau Delta banquet at Tech Union Coronado Room with Dr Hugh Pendexter as speaker. A Negro 24-year-old arrested near Hunter Millworks for battery theft. Mrs Austin Turner underwent knee surgery after a two car crash. Mike White treated and released after traffic mishap. Fire destroys trailer home on Southeast Drive due to electrical short. Neon light incident at Sherwin Williams plant. Clarence Jones treated after domestic residence accident with knife.

J.C. Roy F. Sharp Texas Tech Army Sharp Philippines Japan Okinawa Korea Germany United States Texas Arkansas Washington Georgia Oklahoma 140Th District Court Robert H. Bean Capital Diesel and Industrial Machine Works, Inc L. M. Simmons L. M. Simmons and Sons Capital Diesel Simmons

Memo Directing News Coverage of Vietnam War Reported

The White House acknowledged a memo on coverage of the Vietnam War saying it aimed to promote reporting rather than curb it. The memo, linked to Secretary of State Dean Rusk and sent to the Saigon embassy, reportedly urged restricting reporters from front lines and areas revealing South Vietnamese loyalty issues.

Washington White House South Viet Nam House Dean Rusk U.S Saigon Ngo Dinh Diem

Spur FFA Banquet Honors Members and Leaders

Spur FFA held its annual Father-Son Banquet in Swenson Park. Chapter President B W Bilberry won the senior plaque, with Ray Hindman, Carroll McKinney, and Danny Jackson receiving other class plaques. National FFA Foundation awards were given to Jim Paschall, Boyd Smith, Danny Jackson, Ike McArthur, and others. Patches and certificates recognized eight judging teams and 53 chapter members. New honorary members were announced. Meeting followed a fathers vs sons baseball game.

SPUR Future Farmers of America Swenson Park B. W. Bilberry Ray Hindman Carroll McKinney Danny Jackson National Ffa Foundation Jim Paschall Boyd Smith Ike McArthur Mike Martin Everett Martin Jimmie Rogers Larry Blair Jim White Fred Haile Tim Karr Doyle Hairgrove Ricky Ball Ton Don Hagins Boyle Hairgrove Rickey Ball Terry Suitt Joe Stanley Gary Harvey Joe Bob Blacklock Joe Nalley Ronnie Day Richard Westfall Lane Ericson Rawson Galloway Kenneth Bozeman Billy D. Bell Matt Hagins Mike Godfrey George Gabriel Everett McArthur Joe Harrison Bilberry Dexter Clay Joe Howell Sentinel

Jet fighters introduced into Japan this month

The U S Air Force announced the arrival of the F 105 fighter to Kadena Air Base Okinawa as the first units for the 5th Air Force in Japan. The F 105s are among the world’s fastest and most versatile tactical aircraft replacing the F 100 Super Sabres. Initial delivery to Okinawa occurred late last year.

Toyoap USS. Air Force Japan U.S

Car Overturns North of Panhandle Kills Worker

Borger AP reports a car overturn near Panhandle nine miles north killing machinist Claude Eckler. Police said Eckler died at the scene and the crash is under investigation.

Borger Panhandle Claude Eckler

Also Mentioned on This Page

Crosby Scooo F, Rix Life Insurance CO 13Th St Resthaven Memorial Levelland Highway Garrett Mattie Graham Hockley Farm Dianne Smith Amsterdam Netherlands Larkin Neal Armstrong Lubbock County George H. McCleskey Sigma Tau Delta Tech Coronado Tech Union Hugh Pendexter Hunter Millworks Co E. Broadway Austin L. Turner 6Th St West Texas Hospital 4Th St Toledo Ave Mike White Mark E. White E. Brown Auburn St Southeast Dr T. F. Hamilton W. L. Haley Sherwin-Williams Co 34Th St Clarence Jones Ave. C Methodist Hospital Jones Jobe Mr. North Lubbock Spur Ffa Omega Anderson Omega Monterey Sacks Town and Monterey Center Lubbock’s 13Th
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