Little Miss Pageant Winners Named in Lubbock
Bethany Ellen Evans and Nannie Christian Sarten won in the 3-5 age La Petite division at the World Our Little Miss Pageant held May 28-29 at Lubbock Theater Center. Winners receive trophy crown certificate banner and $100 savings bond with entry fees paid to the state contest July 29-31 at Inn of the Six Flags. The Dallas International Pageant offers a $1500 college scholarship top prize. Bethany is daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur L Evans Jr of 5019 38th St.
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Bethany Ellen Evans
Nannie Christian Sarten
Lubbock Theater Center
Inn of the Six Flags
Dallas
Bethany
Arthur L Evans Jr
38Th
Lubbock
Fay Overman
Nannie Sarten
Lubbock Twirling Contest Honors Our Little Miss Winner
Nannie Sarten won the Our Little Miss title in the 6 12 age group at the Lubbock Matador Twirling Corps event. Fay Overman won the talent contest earning a trophy and state contest entry. Deborah Weiss and Tege Arant placed as first and second runners up in the 6 12 group, with Lisa Craig and Kim Minner as runners up in the younger division. Master of Ceremonies was Tonda Curry. Judges included Jo Peeples and Bob Nelms. The event funds a $100 annual scholarship for a Texas Tech twirler.
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Deborah Denyse Weiss
Bobby Weiss
Rt. 1
Lubbock
Tege Aniece Arant
Harad L. Arant
Dalhart
Nannie
Archie Sarten
43Rd St
Lisa Craig
John R. Craig
East Bates
Kim Minner
Kenneth I. Minner
44Th St
Fay Overman
Troy Overman
Services Set Today For J. J. Summers
Funeral services for J. J. Summers aged 75 will be held at 3 p.m. today in the W. W. Rix Funeral Chapel with Fred White of Colgate Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Directors. Survivors include his wife two sons a daughter 15 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren.
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J. J. Summers
27Th St
W.W
China charges U S planes attacked Chinese fishing boats
Peking broadcast says four U S planes bombed six Chinese fishing boats in the Gulf of Tonkin killing three fishermen and wounding 18. Chinese defense ministry accuses U S of piracy and demands an immediate halt to the attacks amid diplomatic protests in Washington and Beijing.
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Tokyo
China
I.U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
A. Peking
Defense Ministry
U.S
Peking People's Daily
Owith Mao
Washington
Defense Department
Peking
Johnson
Jte
Joe D. Cook's Rites Arranged
Funeral services for Joe D. Cook, 62, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev. Billy Foster officiating. Burial will follow in City of Wilson Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Cook was a 10 year resident of Lubbock and was found dead Saturday at 2320 Main rear from smoke suffocation in a burning mattress room. He is survived by one son, two brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers are Carl Aford, Robert Pope, E. B. Wilcox, Sam Schaal, William Shat tuck, and Wayne Grace.
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Joe D. Cook
Sanders Memorial Chapel
Billy Foster
Memorial Baptist Church
Wilson Cemetery
Sanders Funeral Home
Cook
Lubbock
Main
Rear
Carl Abford
Robert Pope
E. B. Wilcox
Sam Schaal
William Shattuck
Wayne Grace
Fiji Bill Suspends Death Penalty for Five Years
The FMI JI Legislative Council approves a five year trial suspension of capital punishment. The new rule exempts killers of police and those twice convicted of murder from execution.
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Suva
Fiji
Fmiji Legislative Council
Town and Country Minister Hooks to Lead McKinney Church
Rev. Robert Hooks, longtime Levelland First Christian pastor, will assume the McKinney First Christian Church pastorate effective July 3. Named 1964 Texas Town and Country Minister of the Year and 1965 National Town and Country minister of the Disciples of Christ, he oversaw a $50,000 sanctuary addition and helped double his Levelland church membership. He has led local fund drives and chaired the United Fund and ministerial group.
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Levelland
Texas
Robert Hooks
First Christian Church
McKinney
Hooks
Disciples of Christ Church
Drive
Hockley County United Fund
Levelland Ministerial Association
Controversy Over Miss Europe Election Sparks Split
A Miss France committee claims the Nice Miss Europe election was fraudulent and that the winner Maria Dornier is a false Miss France. They allege the contest was commercial and cite a rival Miss Boule with a non residency rule. Organizers offered no comment beyond defending Dornier.
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Paris
UPI
Miss France
Riviera
Maria Dornier
Miss France Committee
Dorier
Nice
France
London
Miss Dornier
Michele Boule
Boule
Homer Blum Dies in Floyd County Rites Set
Funeral services for Homer Blum 71 longtime Floyd County resident will be at 9 30 a m today at City Park Church of Christ with George Elkins officiating Burial will be in City of Memphis Cemetery under Harmon Funeral Home direction Blum died after a heart attack Saturday Survivors include son Douglas Harbor City California two sisters Mrs Emery Jones Whitier California Mrs Sam Lide Floydada one brother Lewis Floydada and four grandchildren
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Floydada
Homer
Blum
Floyd County
City Park Church
Sam Lide
Lewis
Memorial Day observances paused in Lubbock for national tribute
Lubbock will pause to honor U.S. war dead with ceremonies at city cemeteries including Allen Brothers, Booker T. Washington posts. Veterans groups conduct rites at 9, 10, and 11 a.m. with flag ceremonies, wreaths, and Taps. Government offices close except federal and certain services.
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Lubbock
U.S. District Clerk
Social Security Office
Savings and Loan Associations
Retail Merchants Association
Department of Public Safety
Allen Brothers
Booker T. Washington American Legion
City of Lubbock
Navy
George Brock
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Allen Brothers Post
Tubbock Navy
Marine Reserve
Veterans of Foreign War Post 2466
George Berry
Resthaven Memorial Park
Peaceful Gardens
Death of H. E. Reed in Crosbyton at 74
H. E. Reed a Crosbyton resident since 1937 died at Crosbyton Hospital at 5 30 am. He was 74. Funeral services are set for 3 pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Carl Grissom of Andrews officiating. Burial will follow in Crosbyton Cemetery. He moved to Texas in 1901, living in Bridgeport before Crosbyton. Survivors include his wife Lucile a son W H Reed three daughters and ten grandchildren. Pallbearers listed include Jimmy Karr Eugene Woodard and others.
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Crosbyton
Hermon E. Reed
Crosbyton Hosipital
Carl Grissom
Andrews
King Funeral Home
Marietta
Reed
Texas
Bridgeport
Lucile
W. H
Buster) Reed
J. W. Wood
Joe Farris
Duane McClure
Rex Wheeler
Otis Brown
Jim
Bill Reed
Elmer Reed
Lubbock
H. M. Reed
Idalou
Jimmy Karr
Eugene Woodard
Budney
Ronald McClure
Barney [Dunlap
Woodrow Robertson
J. ©. Smith
Jim Holman
Longtime Lockney School Chief H H Nicholas to Retire
Lockney superintendent H H Nicholas plans July 1 retirement after 41 years as teacher coach and administrator. He will be succeeded by John P Mason and plans to move with wife to Brady. Nicholas started in 1923 at Prairie Chapel and worked across Prairie Chapel Irick Lockney Ralls Lorenzo Skellytown Cooper and Lubbock schools.
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HM Reynolds Avalanche-Journal
Lockney
H. H. Nicholas
John P. Mason
Nicholas
Brady
Nick
Turkey
Tex
Old Prairie Chapel
Skellytown
Panhandle
Prairie Chapel
Irick
Ralls
Lorenzo
Cooper
Lubbock
Heaston
Okla
Ed L Merriman Dies Rites Set In Throckmorton
Ed L Merriman 85 died Sunday at Throckmorton Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Methodist Church with Rev Wayland Dowden and Will Scott officiating. Burial in City of Throckmorton Cemetery under Merriman Funeral Home direction. Survivors: three sons Edwin E., Walter, Harold Dallas. two daughters Weldon B. Morton and Maellen Merriman.
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Edwin E
43Rd St
Lubbock
Walter
Throckmorton
Harold Dallas
Weldon B. Morton
Huntsville
Maellen Merriman
Mexia
Funeral services for Mrs Mable Berry in Spur Church of Christ
Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Cordelia Berry 70 long time Spur resident will be at 2 p.m. today in the Spur Church of Christ with Holland Boring officiating. Burial will be in Spur Cemetery. She is survived by her husband H P Babe Berry.
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Mable Cordelia Berry
Spur
Spur Church of Christ
Holland Boring
H. P
Babe) Berry
Mrs. Berniece Nelson Dies in Lubbock Hospital
Mrs. Berniece S Nelson a Robertson community resident died late Sunday in St Marys Hospital Lubbock after five weeks illness Burial is in Ralls Carter Funeral Home with services at 3 30 p m at Acuff Church of Christ Rev Travis Boyd and Rev Odell Donley officiating Survivors include husband Lee two sons Vandy and Bobby Deavers two daughters Patricia Ann and Mrs Jerry Reese one sister Mrs Perry Colwick and four grandchildren Pallbearers are Thomas A Poulson Thomas Anderson George Noble Freeman Reese Joe Yarbrough and Edwin Hoople
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RALLS
Berniece S. Nelson
Robertson
Lorenzo
Acuff Church of Christ
Travis Boyd
Odell Donley
Roosevelt Baptist Church
Carter Funeral Home
Nelson
St. Mary's Hospital
Lubbock
Lee
Vandy
Bobby Deavers
Patricia Ann
Jerry Reese
Perry Colwick
Denton
Thomas A. Poulson
Thomas Anderson
George Noble
Freeman Reese
Joe Yarbrough
Edwin Hoople
Rix Funeral Directors to drop ambulance service in June
Since 1890 Rix Funeral Directors announce divestiture of their ambulance service. The firm will continue to offer Cadillac funeral car transportation for funeral services in Lubbock Texas after June 1. Whit Rix Victory and Arlen P. Trice sign the notice at Broadway and Avenue S with Porter 3-4333.
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Rix
Haseen
Cadillac Funeral
Whit Rix Victory
Arlen P. Trice
Rix Funeral Directors
Broadway
Avenue S
Lubbock
Texas
Porter
Memorial Day tribute to fallen heroes and duty
A solemn exhortation honoring unknown heroes who sacrificed for the country. The message urges remembrance, pride, and respect as children are taught to salute the noble dead on Memorial Day.
Funeral Rites Set for Edwin A Shackleford
Funeral services are planned for Edwin A Shackleford 55 of Cotton Center at 2 p m Tuesday at First Methods Church Cotton Center. He died in a pickup truck turnover near Spur on FM road 261. Burial at Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Annie a son Freddie several daughters brothers and sisters and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Hale Center
Edwin A’ Shackleford
Cotton Center
First Methods Church
Shackleford
Spur
FM Road
Carl McMasters
Rex Mauldin
First Methodist Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Hale Center Funeral Home
Annie
Freddie
Dumas
Dorothy Sageser
Kathryn
Koelder
Clovis
N. M
Yvonne McCormick
Lubbock
Justin
Tucson
Ariz
John
Floyd
Howard
Eugene
Bennie
San Antonio
Marmie Glenn Dilley Dies at 62 in Hobbs
Marmie Glenn Dilley 62 of Hobbs New Mexico died early Sunday at West Texas Hospital. Services are pending after the body was taken to Griffin Funeral Home Hobbs. Survived by daughter Irene Mrs Ralph Thornton Hobbs two sons Arthur and R E both of California one brother Autto Oklahoma six grandchildren and one great grandchild Arrangement by Rix Funeral Directors.
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Marmie Glenn Dilley
Hobbs
N.M
West Texas Hospital
Griffin Funeral Home
Irene
Ralph Thornton
Arthur
R. E
California
Autto
Oklahoma
Rix Funeral Directors
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Monterey
Main Street
Lubbock, Texas
the Order
Avi
Mark Smith
Church of the Flowers
Paul M. Bumpass
Lubbock Jaycees
H. E. Reed
United States
Lockney School
L. Merriman
Funeral Home Cemetery
Berniece Nelson
Arlent, Trice
OUT Loud
Julien C. Hyett
Mish Ue
Texas Ave
American State Bank
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