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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1961
Page
6
A damaged poetic fragment portrays a speaker addressing missing beloved, promising eternal love and a reunion after death. The note invokes tender imagery of shared past moments and an enduring bond that death cannot sever. The excerpt reflects a personal, intimate voice.
Vernon AP report details a tragic morning crash near Vernon killing four locals aged 15 to 18. Victims include Freddie Adams James Knapp and Larry Donges. Ernest Tobar Jr. injured. Donges was a high school baseball star son of the fire chief. Schiwart was an athlete. Police believe two cars collided en route to a party site at about 6 40 a m about three miles south of town.
Area resident Mrs. Phipps died from a heart attack after a boat or raft capsized in shoulder deep water on a private lake area near St Luke City. A grandson was injured briefly. Funeral arrangements in Lubbock with Frank ity Bartley and Rix Funeral Home guiding services. Survivors include husband A B Phipps, daughter Mrs. Dorothy Goode, son A B, several brothers and sisters, and extended in laws in Lubbock and California.
Local notices list initiation ceremonies for 21 centurios tech majors and a piano recital by The Junior Musicianship Club at 2915 26th St. Funeral services and graveside rites are announced for Mrs. G. Berker Mrs. J. W. Dutton and Mrs. Esther Geneva Bolton in Lubbock Hale Center and Plainview, with burial plans at nearby cemeteries. Leaders and churches across the region file service details.
Mrs. Zella Caldwell aged 62 died at 6 a m Sunday at her daughter's home in Seminole. Funeral services were set for 10 a m today at the First Baptist Church with Rev H D Christian officiating. Burial will be Tuesday in Wellston Oklahoma under Seminole Memorial Chapel. The obituary lists surviving relatives and mourners.
Olton obituary notes the passing of a longtime resident and former Olen farmer. He moved from Tipton Oklahoma to Olton to farm, survived by eight sons and a daughter. Funeral services are at Parsons Funeral Home.
Funeral services are set for 3 30 p m today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Sta ton for Henry Salaz 19 who died from a gunshot wound after a Saturday incident on 00 bos k N Ave Angelo Rosendo 23 is charged with murder with malice in the case Burial will follow at Englewood Cemetery Slaton under the direction of Hak Deerseedt Funeral chapels The victim sustained a gunshot wound in the neck and died Saturday in West Texas Hospital
A car carrying Roy Dean Fox, his wife, and their 11 year old son crashed with a truck 18 miles west of Burnet Texas. Roy Dean Fox Sr. 33 was an executive at a Houston company. A 7 year old survived in the car. the truck driver from Bell Transportation Co. was treated for injuries. The crash occurred on State Highways 29 near Lake Buchner.
Funeral services for Noel E. Boothe are set for 10 a m Tuesday at the La Mesa Church of Christ with W T Hamilton officiating. Burial will follow in Lamesa Memorial Park under Higginbotham Funeral Home direction. Boothe, an elder in the church and Rotary Club member, died Sunday morning. Survivors include Lena Mae Boothe, four sons Mel Jim Leroy and others, and grandchildren.
A time bomb exploded Sunday night inside Lisbon’s Cais do Sodre railway station. A number of people were wounded, with one identified as Bo Ycemen severely hurt. The incident caused panic in downtown Lisbon and officials initiated emergency response.
Seagraves Texas. Special obit notes Aubrey Austin Slaughter 56 died Sunday at his home north of Seagraves. He lived in Terry County since 1908. Funeral 3 p.m. at Wellman school auditorium with Joe Chism and Homer Jones officiating. Burial in Row Cemetery under Joe H. Webb Funeral Home of Seagraves. Survived by wife Reba two daughters Ben Kennedy and Clift Batley three sons Dean Slaughter Homer Slaughter and C. C. Slaughter three sisters Gin Handing Belle Helian Irs Mathey and 11 grandchildren.
Glasgow shipmate Clarence Barney returns to his Scottish port shaken by a Cuban bar incident. He says guards with machine guns seized him after he joked for drinks for an American, interrogations followed with harsh questions before Cuban authorities released him and sent him back to his ship.
In Yalta and Teheran, Kennedy is cast as a young toreador testing the wily Soviet bull Khrushchev. The piece argues he must assess diplomacy versus hard bargaining, anticipating Communist propaganda and captive nations, while weighing Vienna talks and U.S. stance against Soviet pressure. It notes Kennedy’s effort to shape forceful policy without yielding to appeasement or deception.
Funeral services for G W Crelia known as Buck Crelia age 33 set for 10 a m today at Ford Memorial Chapel. A resident of Lubbock he worked as a blacksmith and is survived by family and friends in the area.
On E Broadway near Ute St two cars collided sending passengers Mary Ann Duran 17 Abernathy and another woman to hospital. The driver Manuel Duran 23 Abernathy and a husband were involved as vehicles struck on the south side of the street. Emergency treatment was given at Howitt re Witherspoon.
Ancient treasure said to include gold bracelets diamond rings and old silver dates to the early 17th century. The value is estimated at about two million zlotys equivalent to roughly 83 353 at the tourist exchange rate, excluding artistic and historical worth.
Chicago report says waitress Ellis fled a robbery scene by slipping into her car and driving for help. She backed into the bandits’ getaway auto and returned to the restaurant, where the robbers fled with $900. The CuZco Peru project is planned to build a fertilizer plant nearby.
The Model Community Toronto project opens June 24 on Cryster Farm 2000 acre site 18 miles west of Cornwall Ontario. The plan honors the Battle Cryster Farm and marks a decisive action in the War of 1819 with a commemorative battlefield park.
An old advertisement extols Bacardi as a top rum brand among many liquors including whiskies gins vodkens and cognacs. It claims Bacardi makes good drinks and invites readers to try the product from Bacardi Imports Inc. N Rum 89 proof.
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