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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
3
Premier Ky says he will remain in power until a civilian government is elected, possibly by mid 1967, with a 32 member committee preparing elections. Buddhists respond cautiously as demonstrations potentially loom.
Ronald Gene Whemken 21 of Hereford formerly Snyder died Monday from an apparent heart attack. Rites at Central Baptist Church Helmleig h with Rev. Bernie Finch and Rev. Bob Creswell officiating. Burial Lone Wolf Cemetery Snyder. Survivors include parents Edgar and Mrs Whemken Hereford. sisters Eddie Lou Fenter Amarillo Darla and Shelia S Whemken Hereford. brothers Ricky and Jeff Hereford. grandmother Mrs J Whemken Snyder.
Graveside services for Martin Ellis Howard, 48, of Greenville and former Ralls resident, will be held at 10 a.m. today at Cone Cemetery with Carter Funeral Home directing. The Rev. C. M. Fields of First Baptist Church in Ralls will officiate. Howard died Monday morning in a Greenville hospital. Survivors include four daughters Dora Mae Herring of Lubbock, Melinda Kay Howard of New Braunfels, Billy Ferny and Martha Ellen Howard. two brothers Sam and Lester Howard. three sisters J. A. Johnson of Balls, Frank Brandon of Slaton, and J. A. Powers of Floydada.
John William Lain, longtime Ralls resident and retired farmer, died Tuesday at Medical Center Hospital in Plainview. Survived by wife Katie, two daughters Ames Crow and Leroy Parrish of Liberty Missouri, brother Roy Lain of San Diego, sisters Mrs. Joe Moore and Mrs. Charlie Moore, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services pending at Carter Funeral Home Ralls.
Funeral services for Mrs. R. J. Knight, 57, of Muleshoe, will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at the W. Rix Funeral Chapel. Burial follows at Rest Haven Memorial Park. Mrs. Knight died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital. She was born in Comanche and moved to Muleshoe in 1964. Survivors include her husband, a son T. J. Rasco of Lubbock, two sisters, a brother, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
The record notes that George Washington did not fly the Stars and Stripes during the Revolutionary War and that there are no known records of its use in any Revolutionary battle.
Funeral services for T. J. Johnston 53 longtime Post resident who died in a Houston hospital will be held at 4 p m today at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev J R Brincefield and Rev Lee R Jones officiating. Burial follows at Terrace Hadman Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Audrey two daughters Mrs Pegey Williams Florien La Mrs Lora Blacklock Post four brothers Jimmy Roaring Springs Walter Fort Worth Homer Porterville Calif and iRarl Post three sisters Mrs Emma Griffith Electra Mrs Minnie Atkinson Dickens and Miss Iva Johnston Post and five grandchildren. Pallbearers are Charlie Brown Guy Floyd Hans Hudaman Dee Caffey Carl Webb and dack Darby.
Graveside services for J. C. Ramsey of Andrews will be held at 2 p.m. today in Oakland Cemetery, Terrell. Ramsey, formerly a Lubbock resident, died at Andrews Hospital after moving to Andrews. Survivors include his son Dr. Richard Ramsey of Andrews. Singleton Funeral Home in charge.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. E. Evans 87 will be at 10 a.m. at the 12th Street Church of Christ Shallowater with J J Morgan and Doug Allison of Lubbock officiating Burial will be in Burkburnett Cemetery with graveside rites at 4 p.m. today Rix Funeral Home handles arrangements She died at 9 50 p.m Monday in McMurray's Nursing Home She lived in Shallowater since 1945 and in Wichita Falls 18 years earlier She came to Texas from Tennessee at age 5 Survivors include three sons Jessie C Evans Shallowater Walter Evans of 4211 N Elm and John S Evans Matador six grandchildren and three great grandchildren Pallbearers were Ralph Swinford Dan Whitaker Olege Swinford Ernie Leslie Howard Preston and Bob Payne.
Funeral services for John Alsyfred Swede Johnson, 86, longtime Lamesa labor figure and 1926 congressional candidate, were set for 2 50 p.m. in Branon Philips Chapel. He died Monday in Carlsbad New Mexico. Survivors include a daughter Mabel Yonnequist and two sons J L Johnson and I A Johnson, with 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
The Rev. Vel 10. Crosby, a retired Methodist minister and former Lubbock area resident, died Tuesday morning in Dallas after a heart attack. He served as pastor in multiple towns including Ralls Hereford Brownfield Tulsa Amarillo Seymour Childress Canadian Roscoe and Throckmorton. Crosby was executive secretary of Northwest Texas Conference Board of Education 64 years with headquarters in Lubbock. He joined the conference in 1928. Survivors include his wife in Dallas a daughter Mrs. T. B. Daniel of Richardson and a son Dr Vel Crosby Jr. of New Orleans. Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon at Richardson with burial in Restland.
Texas Tech Agriculture Dean Gerald W. Thomas urged Texas A&M Phi Kappa Phi initiates to favor multiple chances in admissions over a now or never view. He framed an Academic Eco-System, stressing campus climate, facilities, and leadership teamwork as keys to excellence and cautioned against an academic elite fueled by excessive federal grants.
Funeral services for Omnia Ruth Norton aged 41 of 1410 24th Place will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Henderson Chapel with Rev. William Coffman of Parkway Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Henderson Funeral Directors. She is survived by two brothers Lemuel W. Baker Jr. and James W. Baker and seven sisters including Ina Howard and Ola Johnson. Pallbearers named as A. B. Long Jackie Nicholson H Squier Virgil Thomas James Key Glenn Lattimore.
Funeral services for LeRoy Perkins 64 of Paducah, former Pitchfork Ranch employee near Guthrie, will be held at 4 p.m. in the Paducah Church of Christ with Veto Austin officiating. Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery under Norris Funeral Home directions. He died Monday evening in a Vernon hospital after two years of poor health. Born April 16, 1902 in Bell County Texas. Survivors include two daughters Wanda Duke of Carlisle and Gene Carr of Lubbock two sisters Bonnie Brown of Olton and Aubrey Gentry of Madera California four brothers Raymond Fort Worth L V Madera California Russell and Billy of Olton four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
A San Antonio water main break forced a north side street closure during morning rush hour. Detours funneled traffic onto a narrow dirt dead end road, creating hours of congestion as police worked to untangle the resulting jam.
A religious note cites Luke 14 27 and argues Jesus taught counting the cost before starting a project. Julien C Hyer urges readers to plan finances and tally expenses to avoid unfinished plans and lost profits.
W C Carl Rogers 72 a former Levelland resident died about 10 am Wednesday at a Portales feed lot where he ran a family operation with his son B J He had lived in Levelland 32 years after moving from Stamford and earlier hailed from Jack County Texas He was a Hockley County deputy sheriff about 13 years and was a Baptist Church member Funeral by Dr W H Cook will be at 4 pm today at First Baptist with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock directed by George Price Funeral Home Survivors include son B J Portales two daughters Wandene Louque Levelland and Jo Helen Hobbs Lubbock three brothers Sam Eureka Kan Arthur Clayton N M Charles Yuma Ariz one sister Mrs Pinkie Wills Fort Worth five grandchildren and six great grandchildren Pallbearers listed.
Funeral services are pending at Sanders Funeral Home for Frank V. Trammel aged 46 of 1611 Ave O found dead at home Tuesday evening. Justice of the Peace ruled death due to natural causes. Trammel a farmer and former Aspermont resident, had lived in Lubbock 15 years. Survivors include one son, four daughters, five sisters, two brothers and a stepmother with listed addresses.
Oren C. Speck 70, retired Dawson County farmer, died at 2 a.m. Tuesday at his daughter's home in Lamesa after months of illness. Funeral at First Baptist Church Thursday with Rev. Paul Tatum. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park. Survivors: wife Verdia. daughters Mrs. W. C. Derrick and Mrs. Riley F. Arnold. sons Roy E. Speck and Luther Speck. three sisters Mrs. A. B. Maxwell, Mrs. J. Bartlett, Mrs. Frank Love. six grandchildren.
Mrs. Gladys Gunn Burt, 48, of Iraan, died Monday night in an auto accident near Broken Arrow Oklahoma. Her husband, in the car, was in serious condition in Tulsa. She was a former resident of Post and Dickens County. Survivors include her husband two sons Clarence Gunn and G W Gunn a step daughter Mrs Larry Elliott her mother Mrs Bessie France three brothers Harold France Robert France and Don France with the United States Army and four grandchildren
Carol Buffington named Explorador Queen with Janis Rinehart and Charles Siburt honored as LCC royalty. The 1966 El Explorador profiles Who's Who in American Junior Colleges and features Homecoming and May Queen titles, class favorites, and honor students. Coach Hugh Rhodes leads athletics and recalls Fieldhouse project. Mrs. Rhodes serves as assistant registrar.
E. R. Jones 82 of Dallas father of Stanley Jones died about 9 p.m. Tuesday in a Dallas nursing home. He previously resided in Lubbock from 1941 to 1960 and was caretaker of the First Methodist Church here. Survivors include four sons Clowes and Travis in California, Royce in Dallas, Stanley at 5419 46th St, a daughter Mrs Helena Morgan of Fairfax Virginia, 19 grandchildren and six other children.
Andrew Deal, 61, of Shattuck Oklahoma, brother of W B Deal of Lubbock, died at 4 30 p m Monday in a Shattuck hospital. Services set for 2 p m Thursday at Shattuck Baptist Church. He leaves five sisters Mrs Norma Bay Shattuck Mrs Pauline Phigoda Perryton Mrs Lydia Berkle and Mrs Ella Eichman Fresno Calif and Mrs Elma Marchant Detroit Mich and three other brothers George Deal May Okla Roy and Harvey Deal Shattuck.
Radioactive dust was found over Niigata prefecture in western Japan within 48 hours of China announcing a thermonuclear device test. Niigata University logged readings at 6 15 and 7 10 am local time on Wednesday, noting three particles in fallout with one exceeding 30 000 counts.
In Cuxhaven Germany fishermen set baskets along the beach to trap fish as the Elbe River meets the North Sea. Fish ride the tide into the baskets and are collected when the water recedes. The catch is gathered twice daily.
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