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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1966

Page

2

Platform Recognized State Rep Jesse T George Speech

A platform near the memorial hosted notable figures including State Rep. Jesse T George, Margaret Renfro, Miss Level land, Jerry Wells president of the Jaycees, and Warren Reid among others. The event featured a speaker introduction and civic gathering.

Memorial Jesse T. George Margaret Renfro Levelland Jerry Wells The Jaycees Warren Reid VFW C. B. Joiner American Legion Sec. of State John Hill Austin Keith Wiseman

Memorial Day Rites Honor County War Dead Unveiled

A ceremony at the Hockley County War Memorial featured a color guard from local scouts and veterans groups, a Reese Air Force Base jet salute, and a Jaycee welcome. Speakers praised Texas history and the sacrifice of World War I II and Korea veterans as a boy traced the name Bobby Brown on the memorial.

Hockley County Cub Scouts Boy Scouts Explored Scouts VFW American Legion Reese Air Force Base Air Force Jaycee Pat McCutchin C. B. Joiner Keith Levelland National Guard Jaycees Hill Hockley County War Memorial Texas Baggett Kleiber Lucas Mears Odes Hockley Brewer Browning Carter Daviness Chambers Spain Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Korea Dempsey Eady Evans Hinson Horn Leavelle LeBrant Miller Mixon Molder Monroe Moore Moreno O'Neal Payne Pope Copeland Bill Sheek Spears Sports Bobby Brown

Absentee voting ends today in county runoff race

Absentee ballots submitted by mail must be received at the county clerk's office by 1 p.m. on election day to count. Voting began May 25 and ends at 5 p.m. today at the clerk's office.

Wash Coleman's Rites Are Today

Services for Wash Coleman a 32 year old of 3604 Ute Ave are set for 2:30 p m today at St Johns Baptist Church 1712 E 29th St The Rev E D Toines will officiate Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under South Plains Funeral Home Coleman died Sunday morning in St Marys Hospital Survivors include his wife Robie F two sons Liewlyn and Wendell two daughters Patricia and Carlene all at home his parents Mr and Mrs Willie Coleman Lubbock two brothers Willie Jr Houston and Tarter Odessa and two sisters Mrs Annie Ward Lubbock and Mrs Hannah Hollie Fort Worth

Wash Coleman Ute Ave St. John’s Baptist Church 29Th St E. D. Toines Peaceful Gardens South Plains Funeral Home Coleman St. Mary’s Hospital Robie F Liewlyn Wendell Patricia Carlene Willie Coleman Lubbock Willie Jr Houston Tarter Odessa Annie Ward Hannah Hollie Fort Worth

Morning Edition of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal

The fragment lists editions and pricing for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal morning evening and Sunday issues. It mentions publication details, times, and postage rates, including first and second class post charges, with addresses in Lubbock Texas.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal de Gan Lubbock, Tex

Notable Reflections on Endurance and Faith by Julien C Hyer

The excerpt discusses enduring happiness and a blessed outlook amid worldly trials. It emphasizes reliance on God, the presence of purpose, and human interactions requiring trust and living with others.

Rites Slated For Accident Victim Robert Regan

Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel in Snyder for Robert Wayne Regan 21 who died after an oil field accident near Patricia Community. Regan, moved to Snyder two months ago from Abilene, worked for Universal Oil Service Co. in Snyder. Burial follows at Hillside Memorial Gardens.

Snyder Bell Seale Funeral Home Robert Wayne Regan Regan Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa Patricia Universal Oil Service Company Ragan Abilene Melvin Ratheal Trinity Baptist Church Lubbock A. B. Lightfoot First Baptist Church Hillside Memorial Gardens Karen Steve Hudson R. W. Ragan Eddie Dean Ragan U.S. Army Korea Bobby Dorr Evalena Elliott

Services Slated For Mrs. Clara M. Roberts

Rites for 86 year old Lovington resident Mrs. Clara M. Roberts are set for 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Emanuel officiating. Burial follows at Lovington Cemetery under Smith-Rogers Funeral direction. She died Sunday night after a long illness, having lived in Lovington 55 years. Survivors include daughter Mrs. John Waits of Lovington and brother Claude Creighton of Batesville Arkansas along with two grandchildren.

Lovington Clara M. Roberts First Methodist Church Joe Emanuel Lovington Cemetery Smith-Rogers Funeral Home Reagan Roberts John Waits Claude Creighton Batesville, Ark

Mrs. Amos Spillman Rites Planned Today

Mrs. Amos Spillman 62 dies at Neblett Hospital in Canyon. Services set for 4 p m at Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev A J Pettit officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband two daughters a brother three sisters mother and four grandchildren.

Tulia Amos Spillman Wallace Funeral Home A. J. Pettit Canyon Assembly of God Rose Hall Cemetery Walake

Funnel Clouds And Severe Weather Slap Nation

Severe thunderstorms and hail hammered Montana Kansas and parts of the South on Memorial Day. Reported hail up to 2 inches fell near Great Falls and WIlmington North Carolina saw golfball sized hail with 50 mph winds. Funnel clouds were seen near Livonia Louisiana and along the southeast Florida coast.

Associated Press Montana Kansas Great Falls Mont Weather Bureau Louisiana North Carolina Wilmington N.C Livonia Baton Rouge Florida Midwest Upper Great Lakes New England Middle Atlantic States Upper Midwest Detroit Mich Bradford Richecloe Air Force Base

John Tumlinson Services Slated

Funeral services set for 2 30 p m today for John A Tumlinson 83 a Clovis resident for 20 years He died Sunday at home He was a retired farmer Survivors include his wife four daughters three sons 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Burial in Lawn Haven Memorial Park at Chapel of Memories Mortuary directed. grandsons pallbearers.

Clovis John A. Tumlinson Tumlinson Lou Lubbock Chapel of Memories Mortuary Ronnie Chesser Donnie Wilson Lawn Haven Memorial Park Nora Bell Chilton Mountainair N.M M. Riegel Elizabeth Harvey Morrisville Elizabeth Cryer Elida Preston Silver City

Mrs. Mary Barbour’s Services Are Today

Rites for Mrs. Mary Rae Barbour 64 longtime Tulia resident will be at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church. Burial in Rose Hill Wallace Funeral Home. She died Saturday afternoon in a San Angelo hospital after a lengthy illness. Survived by husband three sons one daughter three brothers one sister 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mary Rae Barbour Tulia First Baptist Church Rose Hill Cemetery Wallace Funeral Home Barbour San Angelo Dumas

Warm Memorial Day Across Texas With Scattered Showers

Memorial Day brought warm 90s across Texas with scattered showers and thundershowers in various regions. Rain was sparse overall though a line of storms stretched from Sherman to Gainesville, with pockets near Tyler Lufkin Beaumont and Brownsville.

Texas Presidio Abilene Beauimont Junction San Antonio Sherman Gainesville Tyler Lufkin Beaumont Brownsville Wink Panhandle

Memorial Day Weekend Sees Low Regional Traffic Toll

In the Panhandle South Plains region the Memorial Day weekend produced few accidents with only two deaths recorded. Edwin Shackelford, 54, of Hale Center, died in a one car crash south of Spur after a guard post and pole collision. Harold Brittan, 43, of Sunray, died when his car left the road near Hartley and struck a culvert. Police tracked fatalities from Friday evening to Monday midnight.

Panhandle- South Plains Lubbock Edwin A. Shackelford Satr Rt Hale Center Spur Stuart Eriksen Shackelford Hartley U. S. 87 Harold Brittan Sunray Department of Public Safety

Rites Scheduled For Mrs Sweem In Clovis

Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Eva Sweem 70 a Clovis resident for 34 years will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Charles V Steed Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Plains Sanctuary Mausoleum. Her body was found Monday at home and police noted she likely died Friday. She leaves a daughter Homer Bennett Houston a brother Roy Barnett and two sisters Minnie Nunley Amarillo Cara Lee Patridge Crownpoint NM four grandchildren. The death is under investigation by Dist Atty Morris Stagner.

Clovis Addie Eva Sweem Dist. Atty Morris Stagner Sweem Central Baptis Church Order of the Eastern Star Minnie Nunley Amarillo Cara Lee Patridge Crownpoint N.M

Mrs. Iona Poole Dies in Post at 71

Funeral services for Mrs. Iona Jane Poole 71 longtime Post resident were set for 10 a.m. today at Mason Funeral Chapel with Clarence Stephens Methodist minister officiating Burial followed at Ter race Cemetery under Mason Funeral Home direction She died Sunday night in Hillsboro Survivors include two daughters Irlene Williams Hillsboro Nell Rinker Christoval two sons Jim Irving and Bob Post two brothers Roy Ainsworth San Angelo George Ainsworth California two sisters Mrs Nell Wooliver Marble Falls and Mrs Doll McGrary Post 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren

Post Iona Jane Poole Post Area Mason Funeral Clarence Stephens Terrace Cemetery Mason Funeral Home Poole Hillsboro Irlene Williams Nell Rinker Christoval Jim Irving Bob

Hardy H. Black Rites Planned in Levelland

Funeral services are set for Hardy H. Black, 60, a 20 year resident of Hockley County, at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday in the George Price Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Carrington officiating. Burial will follow in Levelland City Cemetery. Black died at 7:30 a.m. Monday at Levelland Clinic and Hospital after a short illness. He lived at 1624 Lee Street. He is survived by Irene his brother Roy Crawford and sister Mrs L B Smallwood Hanlin.

Levelland Hardy H. Black Hockley County George Price David Carrington United Pentecostal Church City of Levelland Cemetery Black Leveland Lee St Irene Roy Crawford L. B. Smallwood Hanlin

Vandals Burn Flags On Veterans Graves In LA Cemetery

In Los Angeles vandals burned about 150 American flags placed on the graves of veterans at Rosedale Cemetery to honor Memorial Day. The flags on 6 by 6 inch staffs stood over 300 deceased from the Civil War and Spanish American War as cemetery workers found the damage Monday.

Los Angeles UPD Rosedale Employes

Seeds Sent to Viet Nam Popcorn Venture Ties San Antonio

San Antonio captain launches popcorn cultivation in Viet Nam after a shipment of American snack popcorn. Captain Conan Gey Meyer and his wife Betsy helped test varieties. Liberto of San Antonio coordinated soil analyses with Kansas State and Iowa State Universities and shipped popcorn hybrid seeds for trial.

San Antonio Viet Nam Frank Liberto Army Conan Gey Meyer Betsy Meyer Liberto Kansas State Iowa State Mever Capt. Meyer Liberto’s St. Mary’s University

Lynda Johnson to attend UT graduation then Spain trip

Lynda Bird Johnson will graduate from the University of Texas with about 2,400 others and may attend a later ceremony. The White House said her six country Europe trip, including Spain to visit Mrs Angier Biddle Duke, remains fluid with no fixed dates announced.

Spain Lynda Bird Frances Lewine Washington Lynda Bird Johnson University of Texas White House Johnson Lynda College of Arts and Sciences Isone Austin Elizabeth Carpenter Clude

Hobbs Rites Slated For A. W. Martin

Funeral services for A. W. Andy Martin 73 longtime building and real estate investor are set for 3 p.m. today at First Methodist Church with Dr H L McAlester and Rev Claude Johnson officiating. Burial in Prairie Haven Cemetery under Griffin Funeral Home. Martin died Saturday afternoon in Baylor Hospital Dallas. Survivors include his wife one daughter two sons a brother one sister and four grandchildren.

Hobbs A. W Andy) Martin First Methodist Church H. L. McAlester Claude Johnson Cisco Prairie Haven Griffin Funeral Home Martin Baylor Hospital Dallas

Police recover 20 kidnapped children in Karachi gang sweep

Police in Karachi say they have recovered 20 children abducted by a local kidnap gang in the past two weeks. About 100 other children missing in the last three months remain unaccounted for.

Karachi Pakistan

How conversation can nourish your life

An article urges distinguishing artificial chatter from true idea exchange to solve problems and improve relationships. It promotes finding conductors that spark two way personal electricity and invites readers to discover in June Reader's Digest.

Reader’s Digest

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