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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1968
Page
3
Funeral services scheduled across the area for Steve Wilson 16 of Lubbock and several others including W Fred Schlee Jessie Gibson Julia Magee Noon Elizabeth Alexander R D Matchett and C M Forbus. Additional notices report fire damage at a residence in Lubbock and injuries to Erasmo Villanueva Idalou after a fall from a cotton trailer.
In San Antonio officials decline to confirm a mediator from Bishop William Connare of Greensburg as 68 dissenting priests and Archbishop Robert Lucey face ongoing quarrel. Connare, appointed by the U S delegation, may arrive quietly to remain impartial amid private hearings by a fact finding commission.
A retired Petersburg farmer Burrel Jackson 67 died Friday at West Texas Hospital. He moved from Arkansas to New Deal in 1992 and Petersburg in 1958. Services set for 3 p.m. at Lakeview Methodist Church with Rev. Joe Alon Jr and Rev. Cecil Tune officiating. Burial in Abernathy Cemetery by Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home of Lubbock. Survivors include wife Florence Davis Jackson of Petersburg a daughter Edith Burkhead of Tecumseh Oklahoma two sons Raymond and Kenneth Jackson and one brother Leonard Jackson of Tecumseh.
Services for Mrs. Katherine F. E. Puckett 76 mother of A. J. Holtkert will be at 2 pm today at the Church of Christ Alamogordo with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Mrs. Puckett died Thursday in an Alamogordo hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her husband Daniel Wor three sisters and two brothers and grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Zia School Memorial Fund Alamogordo.
Mrs Susan Victor ia Duncan 85 of Hub Homes will have service at 1 pm Monday in Sanders Memorial Chapel led by Rev Chaude Cone Calvary Baptist Church. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home. She died at West Texas Hospital after months of illness. A resident of Lubbock since 1924 she came from Hubbard. Survivors include sister Clira Hardy of Hub Homes and brothers Charlie Clark of Hubbard Elmer and Lee of Beaumont.
Services for Pauline Bledsoe Robb 46 of Lubbock will be at Henderson Chapel at 1 30 today with Elder Don Martin of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park under Henderson Funeral Directors. Robb found dead at home from a hunting rifle gunshot wound. Survivors include her husband WA Robb three daughters Janet Janet Robb Joyce Curry and Barbara Groves three brothers J D Bledsoe Rev Tommy Bledsoe Cecil Bledsoe a sister Laura Bledsoe and her parents Mr and Mrs H A Bledsoe of Gentry Ark. Pallbearers listed.
Mary land Ed Courtney 79 a Hale County farmer dies at 4 pm Friday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Services Monday 10 am at First Methodist Church with Rev. Mark Williams officiating. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home. He was born in Aldrich Missouri moved to Texas in 1918 settling in Belview. Survived by wife Bessie two sons M H Plainview and Thomas Lee Houston two brothers Joe Visalia California Harry Aldrich two sisters Belle Ranek Portland Oregon Anna Blair Vancouver Washington and three grandchildren.
Mrs. Waller dies after illness in Plainview. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at College Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Kart Landtroop and Rev. Wayne Blankenship. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park. Survivors include husband, six daughters, two sons, 25 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
Hollywood reports 10 year old Anissa Jones from Family Affair secured a role in Elvis Presley film The Chautaqua. The news places Jones among young actors joining the project in a major screen effort.
A poem excerpt urges readers to pause in the rat race and gaze at a calm natural scene. It cites Acts 2 11 and credits Julien C Hyer. The advice recommends choosing a mountain range flowered scene or a waterfall to unwind tense nerves.
Henry Gordon Flowers 71 retired cotton ginner and Post resident died Thursday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a two week illness. Services set for 2 30 p m at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Dale Dozier and Rev Lee Jones officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery. Hadrian Funeral Home directing. Minnie Flowers son Gulf Breeze Fla a daughter Louise Cooper Pensacola Fla a step daughter Joe Taylor Post three brothers two sisters five grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren listed in obituary.
Seagraves observes funeral services for Clifford L. Mahler 63 and his son Jerry Dean 15 killed in a Wednesday auto crash near Greckenridge. Mrs. Mahler remains hospitalized in Abilene. Services conducted at First Baptist Church with burial at Seagraves Cemetery.
At the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago an Icava steer shown by 14-year-old Michael Miller of Alta Iowa won the grand champion steer in the junior feeding contest. Dennis Howard 14 of Mulhall Oklahoma took the grand champion wether with a Southdown lamb.
Snyder special to Mrs Louvenia Elmina Reeves 82 lifelong Snyder resident dies in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Funeral set for Calvary Baptist Church with Rev George Shoff officiating Burial in Terrace Cemetery directed by Bolger Funeral Noah Survivors include two daughters Mrs John Fitzpatrick Amarillo and Mrs Monty Patton of Oklahoma City three sons Alvin Thomas Noah Jr all of Snyder and Roswell N M two sisters Mrs Maude Pearce and Mrs W W Stephen two brothers Aaron Bowen Stacey Willie Bowen and Oscar Bowen both of Brownwood ten grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren
Mrs Homer Witt of 3609 Paris Ave died about 4 am Friday in Methodist Hospital Services are pending with six Funeral Directors Survivors include two sons James of 3609 Paris Ave Dean of 1832 Ave N a daughter Mrs Howard Schulein of Las Vegas Nev as sister Mrs Jack Sateup of 2312 40th St six grandchildren and two great grandchildren
C. M. Elder aged 84 longtime Levelland resident died Friday after a short illness at a local hospital. Services set for Monday at First Baptist Church with Dr. William H. Cook and Rev. W. H. Hughes officiating. Burial in City of Levelland Cemetery. Elder a retired dairy farmer and former Levelland chamber of commerce secretary. He belonged to Levelland Masonic Lodge No 1236. Survived by Hope son Charles stepson James Petty Bill ie Jo Graham seven grandchildren nine great grandchildren and others.
Clyde B Noon kas ter 52 former Levelland area resident died after a sudden illness at a Fort Smith Arkansas hospital. services set at George C Price Funeral Home Chapel with minister H C Mc Caghren officiating burial in Levelland City Cemetery. He farmed and ranch d in Arkansas after moving from Levelland in 1967. He belonged to the VFW and worked for the City of Levelland. He is survived by his mother Mrs Maurie Noon kes ter Campbell California two daughters Mrs Jaan Zoherts Quinland and Mrs Clydie Parks Fort Smith a sister Mrs Lona Coffee Campbell three brothers Howard Harlingen Son Willett Campbell and Dee Campbell and three grandsons.
Grigory Khlamov a member of the Soviet Council of Ministers and key organizer of industry died Friday at age 65 Tass reported He formerly headed the ministries of Automobile Industry and Tractor and Agricultural Machinery and was chief of the State Material Reserves department Pravda obituary signed by Brezhnev Nosygin and Pudgorny
In Rome the Protestant Cemetery where Keats and Shelly rest faces space limits as foreigners seek plots before they fill. The British embassy now handles burials, with 4 000 total interments, including 1 200 Brits and 700 Germans, amid walls and the Cestius pyramid.
Harlie FE Cooley, 66, a Santa Fe Railway transportation inspector and former Lubbock resident, died at 3 a.m. Friday in Albuquerque. He joined Santa Fe as a telegraph operator in 1919 and later trained railroaders in the agency program. Services Monday at St. Mark's on the Mesa Episcopal Church. Survived by Imogene, two sons Harlie Jr. and Richard, and six grandchildren.
Edgar Eades 71 of Iva dies in Cogdell after a long Scurry County residency. The funeral at First Baptist Snyder overseen by Myron Crawford and Rev O L Gober will bury him in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include his daughter Mrs L C Lankford of Hamlin, sisters Mrs C M Davidson of Denton and Miss Louella Eades of Borger, ten brothers and three grandchildren plus two great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Ben H Cooper 8?1 of 4802 36th St died at noon Friday in Methodist Hospital. He was a roundhouse foreman for Santa Fe Railroad until retirement. Services Sunday at Staten Church of Christ with C J Newconth officiating. Burial in Englewood Cemetery. Survivors include five sons, two daughters, two sisters, 15 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren.
In Houston at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital surgeons completed the citys 26th heart transplant. Recipient Milton Wackstein 54 an industrial engineer from Flushing N Y is reported in good condition. Donor a 40 year old man died of a cerebral hemorrhage. The operation led by Dr Denton A Cooley began after the donor died at 8 09 p m and the heart was beating without stimulation within minutes. The procedure finished at 9 25 p m. Wackstein had been hospitalized for severe coronary insufficiency. DeBord Helotes Tex a contractor who had lived five months with a transplanted heart died Thursday at St Luke's leaving Houston with eleven survivors from the program.
A fragment notes Oklahoma being referred to as the Lower State. no additional context or details are provided.
Doctor promotes chiropractic adjustments to remove nerve impingement and restore brain to body communication. He claims this natural method strengthens resistance, restores health, and enables all ages to stay active. Contact Dr C L Goodpasture in Oxford SW9.
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