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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1975
Page
2
Obituaries for Chiford C Brewer with Slaton links, burial plans at Englewood Cemetery, and details of survivors including sons Jesse, Charles, Harold and daughters Mes McNiewe and Ackond. Also mentions services for Mary and other local figures with family ties, hometowns, and church affiliations.
Odessa honors R A Herrington who died Friday after a brief illness. He moved to Odessa from Lubbock in 1937 and is survived by wife Emma, two sons Russell and Cal, daughter Mrs Califor, and seven grandchildren. Burial was at Resthaven in Lubbock with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home assisting.
The infant born to Mr and Mrs Robert Hill at Memorial Hospital at 6 land died stillborn. Parents, grandparents Cecil and Tvan Hill of Fort Worth, and five grandchildren survive. Funeral arrangements by Floyd Haridick Funeral Home with a 3 p.m. service. Memorials to O'Donnell Fire Department.
Floy Smith JAL NM dies Saturday in Kermit after five years residency Services in Christ Church officiating Burial at 4 PM Monday Funeral Home of Kerman in charge Survivors include three sons and three daughters a sister and two brothers plus twenty one grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mary Etta Cox dies and funeral arrangements are pending. Survivors include three daughters Mrs John H Bram of Radbstown Mrs C Robert Ivey of Houston and Mrs Truman Doss of Morton and three sons Herman of Nilzore Joe of Lubbock and Wood Horst. Also listed are 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Obituaries and funeral notices for James EK Hill Fred J Kelley James Hoy Thomas Roy Morton Porter and others from Tahoka O Donnell Seminole and surrounding areas detail church services burial plans and survivors including spouses children and relatives. Burial plans and funeral directors are listed with locations in Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Services for Mrs Katherine Jones 6 of Santa Rosa California are set as a graveside at 3 p.m. Monday at Resthaven Memorial Park in Lubbock under the direction of Price Funeral Directors of Loveland. Mrs Jones a former resident of the Clavene community died Wednesday in California.
Frank Wright NM iSpecial 19 died Saturday in Veterans Hospital in Amarillo after illness. Services at 2 p.m. Monday in Lutheran Chapel in Portales with Rev. Jim Green officiating. Burial in Portales City Cemetery. Wright, Hillsboro native, lived in Portales area three years and belonged to a Baptist church. Survivors: wife Mattie. sons Ernest and Alton. daughters Mrs Nat McRee and Mrs Lydia Williams. brothers Fred and Glen. sister Mrs Grace Franklin. 11 grandchildren.
Walter Alexander Young, died in a hospital Friday. Funeral 10 am Monday at St. John's Methodist Church with Rev. Bil Beachy officiating. Burial at Plainview Cemetery under Wood-Dunning Funeral Home direction. He moved from Mississippi to Plainview in 1908 and worked for B. Jackson Meat Co. Survivors include two sisters from Arkansas.
Newark students from six high schools have boycotted classes for two weeks to protest planned layoffs tied to a $60 million deficit in the city budget. Officials cited the board’s consideration of summer cutbacks while the Newark Student Union urged return to class as city and state funding debates continue.
Etheridge received the outstanding citizenship runner-up pin Friday at ceremonies at Atkins Junior High School. The event highlighted student achievements and community involvement.
Elvira Teresa Ballejo the 10 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Abert Ballejo of 3222 Cor. is to play in the St. Hospital golf tournament on May 3. Promoters report a recent shooting at her home while authorities describe the incident as a fatal bullet wound to the head. A large display of painted trees decorates the Levelland Country Club as a tribute to the young player.
A sunny Meadow Brook golf session ended abruptly when 31 year old Stan Firebaugh was struck in the face by a golf ball. A physician was playing nearby and aided him before Firebaugh was taken to Methodist Hospital for stitches. He was released after treatment.
A garbled 1920s era notice describes a Texas Tech University student receiving a Rotary fellowship and studies at St Martin's School of Art in Panama. Dallas native Miss Pace aims to become a fashion designer or illustrator while local sewing classes and subscription ads clutter the page.
In Bushnell Florida a reportedly psychotic Liberian seaman, labeled Wu Ching Pong or Cu Mi, was captured by deputies after months in the Sumter County swamp while fleeing deportation threats. He claimed work on an oil tanker with a Taipei crew and said he feared airplanes, leading to his escape from Tampa General Hospital security.
The City Debate Team won the meet with Evans Junior speaking second. First place went to Biesa Chairman and Andy Clark Macken. Brenda Band chery Rosen from Big placed second. Stephanie Scholz and Matt Moore took third and fourth, with the team of Mark Lanier and Charlton Nortington from Markenzie. Atkins Jun participated.
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