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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1960

Page

2

Owner Withdraws Package Store Application At Post

The Post area saw the withdrawal of Ralph Lowe's Cut Rate No 3 off premises liquor permit as petitions from a Baptist Church and the City of Post influenced the decision amid a new get tough enforcement policy by the Texas Liquor Control Board. One permit, for Barbecue Hut on premises beer, was approved and hearings occur weekly with county officials and LCB agents reviewing compliance.

Avalanche-Journal POST Texas Liquor Control Board LCB Ralph Lowe Qne Frank Camunes Liquor Control Board Camunes Crosby County Leon Bowman Lubbock Liquor Board Texas Garza County Bowman Green Lantern Agnes Marie Hodges 10Th St Apt. 8 Otis G. Shepherd Jr Buford Finchum Big John M. A. Barton E. ‘9Th St Barton Texas Rangers Carl Rains J. E. Parker Hitching Post J. B. Crump 38Th St Driftwood Tavern R.M Pete)Ricketson P. O Parker Slaton

Crossley Named to Adult Probation Post in Lubbock

Lubbock three district judges jointly announced J. R. Devers resignation as chief adult probation officer and the appointment of P. L. Crossley to fill the two year term effective June 1. Crossley, a licensed attorney and former deputy county clerk, may appoint an assistant and secretary.

Lubbock J. R. Devers P. L. Crossley Crossley W. M. Merrill Jr Devers Betty Haglin Victor H. Lindsey 72Nd District Court Robert H. Bean 140Th District Court Howard C. Davison 99Th District Court Texas Dever Avalanche - Journal

Retail sales dip slightly from prior week in May

New York based Dun & Bradstreet reports us retail sales for the week ending May 11 were 1 percent lower to 3 percent higher than a year ago. The total dollar volume varied around the previous year’s level.

New York UPI Dun & Bradstreet Statistical Agency

Man Injured In Fall Wins Suit

Jurors in 140th District Court awarded Roland King the maximum Workmen s Compensation Act award of 14 035 for a fall at Brown Supply Co. He alleged total and permanent back and neck injuries from the incident. The defense was Texas Employment Insurance Assn. with counsel Howard Clifford Blanchard and Moore. Judge Robert H. Bean presided.

140Th District Court Roland King King Brown Supply Co Huff, Splawn and Bowers Texas Employment Insurance Assn Howard Clifford Blanchard Moore Robert H. Bean

Vote Irregularities Charged At Marshall

Harrison County Grand Jury indicted eight individuals for voting irregularities in last Saturday's Democratic Primary. The panel cited bloc voting and noted that this system suppressed individual voter intent, with one office controlled by bloc voting and similar casting in two other contests.

Marshall Harrison County Grand Jury Dist Sam B. Hill

Marlene Dietrich to Sing in East Berlin

A West Berlin paper reports Marlene Dietrich will perform twice in Communist East Berlin next month for ten thousand dollars. Her manager says a decision on a show in the eastern half of her old home town was not made after her West Berlin concert last week.

Marlene Reds Berlin West Berlin Marlene Dietrich East Berlin Miss Dietrich Scandinavia

Henry Services Set For Sunday

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m in the Sanders Funeral Home Chapel for Floyd Henry 58 of 512 Ave G dead on arrival at West Texas Hospital after a heart attack He was an engineer for Montgomery Ward Co Survivors include a wife four sons two daughters 14 grandchildren two brothers and two sisters Pallbearers listed

Sanders Funeral Home Floyd Henry Ave. G West Texas Hospital Gaylor Bartlett Berean Baptist Church Resthaven Memorial Park Henry Montgomery Ward & Co Runnels County L. D. Henry Plainview Buster L. Henry Columbia S. C Floyd Henry Jr Parkway Dr Glenn Henry Altus Okla Leon Hulsey Dumas Louise Wright Tulane D. W. Henry Myrtle Henry Amarillo Claude Rea Canyon Riggs Halsey Bobby Pugh Carl Shuman Herbert Stubbs Henry Lester James Green

F L Childress Rites Scheduled in Slaton

SLATON Special funeral services set for Floyd Lee Childress 43 a Slaton resident for 40 years after his death from a heart attack at Mercy Hospital. Services at First Baptist Church will be led by Rev J T Bolding and others with burial in Englewood Cemetery. He leaves a wife a daughter Barbara and a son Roy Glen plus parents two brothers and five sisters.

Slaton First Baptist Church Floyd Lee Childress Mercy Hospital J. T. Bolding Lubbock First Baptist Church C.om. Fields West View Baptist Church Harold D. Mobley Church of Christ Englewood Cemetery Williams Funeral Home Childress Grayson County Barbara Roy Glen John R. Childress Roy Childress Abernathy Joe Childress Lovington N.M J. C. Gentry Jim Gentry Posey C. A. McNeese Spur Leonard Stroud Minnesota Betty Burks Mississippi

Girl Sues Over Nose Operation

Los Angeles actress and model Bunny Hare filed a 25 000 suit over plastic surgery performed in 1957. She says the nose result was less attractive than her original and harmed her career, with camera crews avoiding closeups and favoring long shots. The defendant is Dr Samuel Kaplan.

Los Angeles Bunny Hare Miss Hare Samuel Kaplan

Defense creates unified military long distance comms agency

Washington AP reports the Defense Department established a new agency to control all long distance military communications. Secretary Gates directs start of a centralized system headed by a senior officer who will report to the defense secretary via the Joint Chiefs. The unit will absorb existing global Army Navy and Air Force communications except for localized or specialized functions.

Washington Defense Department Secretary of Defense Thomas Gates Jr Defense Secretary Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Navy Air Force

Housing For Reese Personnel Requested

Additional housing in the Lubbock area is needed for incoming families at Reese Air Force Base. Lt. John Sirmans asks owners with houses or apartments to call the base family service center to list rentals. The center assists arriving families in securing suitable quarters.

Lubbock Reese Air Force Base John Sirmans Family Service Center

Bomb Kills Girl in Algiers Car Blast

A car bomb exploded in Setif at noon, killing a girl nearby and injuring about thirty people, four severely. The blast directly impacted the center area as authorities investigated the attack.

Algiers Setif

M H Galyon dies. rites at Monterey Baptist Church

M H Galyon 64 of Lubbock died 6 45 a m Friday at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital after 11 days as patient. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at Monterey Baptist Church with Rev John Martin and Rev Ronnie Rich officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Franklin Bartley Funeral Home direction. Survivors include widow two sons E J Galyon Denver City and Truman Galyon in U S Air Force at Abilene three daughters. six brothers and six sisters. ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.

M.H. Galyon Lubbock Fine Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Monterey Baptist Church John Martin Ronnie Rich Resthaven Memorial Park Franklin Bartley Galyon Leonard Denison Chillicothe E. J. Galyon Denver City Truman Galyon U.S. Air Force Abilene Curtus Henderson Brunswick Ira Tidwell Plains Chester. Holder 48Th St Clyde Galyon Frank Huffer Doc. Seabolt Lawton Okla

Mrs Crowley Rites Pending in Ralls

Mrs Barbary Alice Crowley 85 died at her home here after a weeks illness. She had lived in Ralls 49 years having moved from Denton in 1911. Survived by three daughters Mrs Clifton Dennis Peoria Ill Miss Mildred Crowley Ralls and Mrs Basil Reynolds Booneville Ark four sons Charlie Oliver John Floydada and Noah Ralls 29 grandchildren and 60 great grandchildren. Funeral services were pending Carter Funeral Home here. Born January 19 1875.

Ralls Barbary Alice Crowley Carter Funeral Home Crowley Denton Clifton Dennis Peoria Ill Mildred Crowley Basil Reynolds Booneville Ark Charlie Oliver Booneville, Ark John Floydada Noah

George E. Fuller Dies At Floydada

George E. Fuller 72, retired farmer, died at his Floydada home Friday evening at 7. Funeral services were pending at Harmon Funeral Home. He had lived in the Cone community from 1929 to about a decade ago when he moved to Floydada. Survivors include his wife six daughters and a son Charles Fuller of Houston.

Floydada George E. Fuller Harmon Funeral Home Fuller Cone J. L. Lane Temple A. W. Younts Sweeney Tex Olan Poteet Lockney Silas Wheeler

Carpenter Rites Tentatively Set

James D. Carpenter Sr. 85 died at West Plains Hospital. Funeral services planned for 2:30 p.m. Monday at First Methodist Church in Olney. Burial in Olney under Singleton Funeral Home of Muleshoe direction. Surviving four daughters and four sons.

Muleshoe James D. Carpenter Sr H. W. Carpenter Larbuddie West Plains Hospital First Methodist Olney Singleton Funeral Home Carpenter Lazbuddie The Methodist Church Woodmen of the World Fraternal Order R. W. Wright Boulder Colo A. J. Connally H. E. Johnson Lubbock John Blomshield Amarillo H. W., Lazbuddie J. D. Jr Houston J. W Graam

Colorful Woman Attorney Dies

New York AP reports Lucile Pugh died at 75. Admitted to the bar in 1908 she was among New York’s first practicing women lawyers. Her 1912 murder case defense aided a client’s acquittal and marked a historic female courtroom defense. She was known for marishly attired outfits, a corncob pipe, and a career spanning criminal and civil work.

NEW York Lucile Pugh Miss Pugh New York City

Funeral set today for Mrs McGinnis

Rites for Mrs Clara Eugenia McGinnis 77 of Route 5 Lubbock will be held at 3 p.m. in Enochs Baptist Church north of Morton with M M Walker J J Terry and Homer L Sheats officiating Burial will be in Morton Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction She died at 11 45 a.m. Thursday at her home having lived near Lubbock three months after moving from Enochs in 1933 She had previously lived in Dallas and was a member of the Assembly of God Church.

Clara Eugenia McGinnis Rt. 5 Lubbock Enochs Baptist Church Morton M. M. Walker J. J. Terry Homer L. Sheats Assembly of God Church Morton Cemetery Rix Funeral Home

Daricek Funeral Set For Today

Funeral services for F. J. Daricek, 66, of Wingate, will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Spill Funeral Home Winters, with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock. Graveside services follow at 5 p.m. under Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. Survivors include 11 children, Orville Daricek of Hobbs New Mexico and Mrs. Robert Kindel of Maple in Bailey County, plus a brother A H Darriek of Maple.

Spill Funeral Home Winters F. J. Daricek Wingate Lubbock Resthaven Memorial Park Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Daricek South Plains New Mexico Orvil Daricek Hobbs N.M Robert Kindel Maple Bailey County A. H. Darriek

Rockefeller Grant Backed Oxford College Building

The Rockefeller Foundation awarded about $100,000 to St. Catherine's College for construction at Oxford in a London announcement.

Rockefeller Foundation St. Catherine’s College Oxford London

Funeral services set for Alton Masten longtime West Texas farmer

Morton Texas special report notes Alton Masten 67 died of an apparent heart attack Thursday while planting cotton 12 miles west of Morton. Service at 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church Morton with Rev J E Harrell and Rev Campbell Smelser officiating. Burial in Morton Memorial Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. Survived by wife, son Rayford Maple daughter Mrs Fred Haa, W H Masten Amherst G W F O and R L Masten Sudan three sisters and three grandchildren. Pallbearers named Kenneth Pyburn Lester McNeely A V Walker Walton Coker Bob Harrison Leon Harrison.

Morton Alton Masten West Texas Masten Morton Medical Center Dana Doughty Montague County Maple Sudan Methodist Church J. E. Harrell Campbell Smelser Threeway Kenneth Pyburn Lester McNeely A. V. Walker Walton Coker Bob Harrison Leon Harrison

Beati tudes lesson on light and Christian influence

The text presents a Sunday School lesson from the Shepherd Christian Society focusing on Matthew 5 16 attitude and morality. It discusses living uprightly, enduring suffering for God and the profit of Christ delivered through parables. Julien C Hyer notes the lesson aims to guide teachers in daily Christian influence within their circle.

Christ

Senator Symington's Mother-In-Law Dies in Florida

Mrs. Jackson H. Boyd, 80, mother-in law of Sen. Stuart Symington, died in Clearwater from bronchial pneumonia and a weak heart. She had winter home at Clearwater Beach and formerly lived in Harrisburg and Geneseo. Daughter of John Hay and widow of Sen. James W. Wadsworth, she married Boyd of Harrisburg years ago. Funeral arrangements not yet set.

Clearwater, Fla Jackson H. Boyd Stuart Symington D-Mo Boyd Clearwater Beach Harrisburg Geneseo N.Y John Hay U.S Hay Abraham Lincoln James W. Wadsworth New York

Texas Hospital Association Elects Officers

Albert Scheidt of Dallas was named president elect of the Texas Hospital Association. The House of Delegates chose George Pearson of Tyler as vice president.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Austin Carleton P. Webb W. A Jack) Jones White Top P.L. Crossley Funeral Insurance RIX Life Insurance Company Old Line Legal Reserve Porter Resthaven Mausoleum Beautiful Beverly Beverly Radland Leonard Eilers Allen Miller Florence Adland Mother Adland Miller Barbara McQuire F. L. Childress Reese M. H. Galyon Mrs. McGinnis Hilly Meeks & Co Realtors Main ST Christian Society Julien C. Hyer Senator Symington C. Parkhurst Life & Ace Standard Ins. Co HISCO Jack Stanley Cee Poplar Grove Houma Vivian Maines LVN Dee Cook Lubbouk Idalourd DIAL 34Th Street Hardware
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