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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1972

Page

8

Revenue Sharing Money Studied For City Use

The mayor and Commissioner Arch Lamb discuss how to use Uncle Sam revenue sharing funds. Officials note plans were not in budget and will wait for the money to arrive. Debates split between relieving current operating expenses and funding capital improvements or one time projects.

Carolyn Jordan Turner Dallas Bryce Campbell Campbell Jack Baker Lamb Lubreir Lake Lub Uncle Sam

Several Local Items Reported In Briefs

The bulletin notes a birth in Ames Iowa at 6 18 p m a grandson Philip John to Mr and Mrs Robert Connors and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Connors of 4113 63rd St Also a workshop by the Lea County Genealogical Society in Lavington a funeral service for Earl Henry Gosnell in Andrews and several school and church notices plus crime and accident briefs from Lubbock Snyder Friona and Jayton plus a GI Forum meeting in Lubbock and a discussion on revenue sharing with city officials and potential uses including containerization and police staffing plans.

John E. Connors 63Rd St Robert Connors Ames Iowa Philip John

Midland Native Killed by AWOL Soldier in Germany

Army Spec. 4 Loreal Jesus Hernandez 20, a Midland Texas native, was killed in Germany along with Sgt Estremeral Miguel Angel Rivera 21 of Tacoma Washington. The shooter Staff Sgt Thomas de Gregorio 22 from Hialeah Florida, AWOL since Tuesday, allegedly killed them aboard a train and dumped the bodies after killing a railroad worker. Hernandez had joined the Army in June 1971 and was due home for Christmas.

Goettingen Germany UPI U.S Army Loreal Jesus Hernandez Midland Tex Dallas Hernandez Estremeral Miguel Angel Rivera Tacoma Wash Set Thomas de Gregrio Hialeah Fla de Gregrio 1St Armored Division Bavaria

Alton Edwards Dies. Rites Set in Lubbock Area

Alton L. Edwards 48 of 5004 15th St. died about 6:20 a.m. Saturday at Methodist Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. Monday at W. W. Rix Chapel with Rev. Murry L. Brewer and Rev. Raymond W. King officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park with Masonic graveside rites. Survived by wife and daughter Susan Faye Hyder of Cleburne. Pallbearers named Brackton Hamblin, Ray Elledge, Mark Bishop, Punk Snyder, Wallace Carnes, Ray Maxwell.

Alton L. Edwards 15Th St Methodist Hospital W. W First Baptist Church Blum Red Raider Club Lion’s Club Chamber of Commerce Yellowhouse Masonic Lodge Lubbock Susan Faye Hyder Cleburne Brackton Hamblin Ray Elledge Mark Bishop Punk Snyder Wallace Carnes Ray Maxwell

Odessa Burns Victim Beverly Coats Dies in Galveston

Beverly Joyce Coats 15 of Odessa died Saturday at John Sealy Hospital Galveston from burns received October 1 when a water heater exploded in her bathroom. Her mother Julia Freeman 34 was injured while trying to rescue her and was listed in satisfactory condition. Services for Beverly are pending with Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home.

Odessa Beverly Joyce Coats John Sealy Hospital Galveston Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home

Russia Plant Worker Acquires Potatoes Shipped As Equipment

A Siberian radio plant worker sent 695 pounds of potatoes to a friend at a central Russia plant marked them equipment and billed the shipping charge. Officials were angry the friend was embarrassed and the potatoes ended up in the plant cafeteria.

Moscow Siberia Russia Pravda

Sotero Martinez Dies At Snyder

Sotero Martinez, 60, died Saturday in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder. Services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include wife Irene, three daughters Alice Castro San Antonio Selma Martinez Snyder Estella Martinez Uvalde a son Sotero Martinez Jr. Uvalde sister Librada Ramos Snyder brothers Jesse Hernandez Kerrville Sebastian Martinez San Francisco Vacura Martinez Sacramento California.

Sotero Martinez Jr Uvalde Librada Ramos Snyder Jesse Hernandez Kerrville Sebastian Martinez San Francisco Calif Vatura Martinez Sacramento

Drake Services Planned Today

Services for Mrs. Rena Drake 74 of Quitaque are set for 2 30 p m at Quitaque Church of Christ with burial in Resthaven Cemetery. She died about 9 30 p m Thursday at Thurman s Nursing Home Amarillo. She was a native of Jones County and longtime Briscoe County resident married to Tracy Drake in 1907. Survivors include her husband a son Roland Drake five brothers four sisters three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Quitaque Quitaque Church of Christ Rena Drake Thurman's Nursing Home Amarillo Earl Cantwell Resthaven Jones County Drake Briscoe County Tracy Drake Floydada Church of Christ Roland Drake Wayne Hooks Edward Hooks Salinas Calif Noel Hooks Sacramento Norman Hooks Fresno Walton Oakley Lytle Bill Johnson Bakersfield Trula Sue Bell Phoenix, Ariz

Freeman Webb Rites Set Today

Freeman Webb aged 58 dies in Midland after long illness. Services set for 2 p.m. at Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survivors include wife two sons Neal and Alfred both of Midland a daughter Betty Jean Webb a sister Mabel Schrock a brother Earnest Taylor and one grandchild.

Midland Freeman Webb Pentecostal Church of Jesus Christ Fairview Cemetery Ellis Funeral Home Tyler Webb Neal Webb Alfred Webb Betty Jean Webb Mabel, Schrock Earnest Taylor Bynum

Mrs. Alice Byrd 82 Dies in Post Services Pending

Mrs. Alice Iona Byrd 82 of Post died about 9 a.m. Saturday at Garza Memorial Hospital after 42 years in Post. A Church of God of Prophecy member, she is survived by two sons S. G. Byrd and Wood Byrd. four daughters Geneva Taylor Mary Locklear Winnie Farmer Hazel Rains. a sister Effie Wilks and several grandchildren. Funeral services are pending with Hudrian Funeral Home.

POST Hudrian Funeral Home Alice Iona Byrd Garza Memorial Hospital Church of God of Prophecy S. G. Byrd Wood Byrd Bakersfield Calif Geneva Taylor Freeport Mary Locklear Houston Winnie Farmer Lubbock Hazel Rains Clovis Effie Wilks Denton

Mother Dies in Belfast Bomb Blast at Long Bar

A car bomb exploded outside the Long Bar on Falls Road Belfast killing Olive McConnell a 22 year old mother of three and injuring twelve others. Police and Army said there was no warning and crowds hindered scene investigations amid sectarian clashes across the city.

Belfast UPI Falls Road Leeson Street Long Bar Army Olive McConnell Newtownstewart Irish Republican Army IRA Londonderry Frontier UDR Northern Ireland Lisburn Ulster Defense Association UDA Pose Springfield Lisnaskea Republic

Rogers Funeral Scheduled Here

Mrs. Edna Zona Rogers 74 of Lovington New Mexico died in a Lovington nursing home. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Sanders Memorial Chapel with Rev J Ward Griffin officiating. Burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include husband Lee Rogers a daughter Louise Branum a stepdaughter Joyce Scurry and two stepsons Sydney Rogers and R K Rogers.

Edna Zona Rogers Lovington N.M Sanders Memorial Chapel J. Ward Griffin First United Methodist Church Lee Rogers Louise Branum Std St Joyce Scurry Tombstone Ariz Sydney Rogers Wilson, N.C R. K. Rogers Ogden Utah

Roy H. Brown Dies at 77 in Snyder

Roy H. Brown 77 of Snyder died at 12 40 p m Saturday in Dell Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral at 4 p m Monday at 37th Street Church of Christ with Pat Abbananto officiating. Burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include wife Myrtle Newby a daughter Mrs Margry Sorrells of Big Spring one granddaugh­ter and one great grandchild. He was born in Olathe Kansas and lived in Scurry County since 1898. Brown a World War I veteran and Church of Christ member.

Brown Church of Christ Margry Sorrells Big Spring

Mrs. Ruel Erwin Dies At Odessa

Mrs. Ruel Erwin, 65, of Odessa, died Friday night at Medical Center Hospital. Funeral 2:30 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Chapel with Rev. Lucien Rudd officiating and burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born Blooming Grove, she moved to Odessa from Dallas in 1945. Survived by son Paul Erwin of Arlington. daughters Mrs. Cliff Dickson of Miami Beach and Mrs. Bill Amburgey of Victoria. 10 grandchildren. member of Belmont Baptist Church.

Odessa Hubbard-Kelly Ruel Erwin Medical Center Hosital Lucien Rudd Belmont Baptist Church Sunset Memorial Gardens Blooming Grove Erwin Dallas Paul Erwin Arington Cliff Dickson Miami Beach Fla Bill Amburgey Victoria

Mrs Randall's Rites Planned

Mrs. Daisy Randall 90 died at Colonial Nursing Home in Monier. Funeral at Resthaven Singleton Wilson Chapel with Dr C L Kay and ministers officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. A Barnesville Ohio native, she moved to Lubbock in 1970 from Cleveland. Survived by two daughters, a stepson, a sister, and nine grandchildren. Memorials to LCC Scholarship Fund.

Daisy Randall Colonial Nursing Home Monier Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home C. L. Kay Lubbock

Texas Baptist churches meet mission offering goal

Texas Baptist churches have increased their share of the $1 million statewide Baptist mission offering. The goal will be recognized at the 92nd annual meeting of the Women's Missionary Union, scheduled October 30 to 31 at the First Baptist Church in Abilene.

Dallas UPI Texas Baptist Baptist Mission Women's Missionary Union First Baptist Abilene

Mrs Horton's Services Set for Lubboil Resident

Lula Horton 28 of Weber Drive died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services at 2 p.m. in Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park under South Plains Funeral directors. Survivors include husband Earl Horton two daughters Laura Ann and Mae Horton both of Lubbock two sons Earl Horton Jr. at home her mother Mrs Lang of Lubbock six sisters and two brothers all of Lubbock and Mae Campbell of Pasadena California.

Lula Horton Weber Drive Methodist Hospital Ting Peaceful Gardens Meial Park South Plains Lubboel Horton Dallas Earl Horton Laura Ann Horton Mae Horton Dragon Earl Horton Jr Lang Lubbock Mary Lipscomb Nie

Funeral set for Mrs. Howell in Lubbock

Mrs. Mary Jane Howell died Friday night at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Services will be Monday at Franklin-Bel Chapel with Rev. Sylvester Turner and Rev. Marvin James officiating. Burial in City of Rock Cemetery. She was a long time resident of Lubbock and former resident of Trenton. Survivors include two brothers N.C. Watkins and L A. Watkins and a stepson Milton Ellis.

Mary Jane Howell Lubbock Franklin-Bel Chapel Sylv Turner O'Donnesembly of God Church Marvin James Calvary Temple Church City of Rock Cemetery Lubboc Howell Trenton N.C

Rites Arranged for Addie Mae Love Amarillo Woman

Mrs Addie Mae Love 183 of Amarillo died about 1 p m Saturday at Vivian s Home in Amarillo Graveside services set for 1 p m Monday at City of Rock Cemetery with James Carter pastor of United Mother Church officiating under direction of Schooler Funeral Directors of Irillo Survivors include a daughter Mrs Farrell Randle of Arlo and a foster son R Gonzales of San Pedro California

Addie Mae Love 183 Amarillo Vivian City of Rock Cemetery James Carter Bury United Mother Church Schooler Don

Taliaferro Rites Planned In Arkansas Burial

Nora Taliaferro 80 of 500. St will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. in the Rison Arkansas Cemetery. The Rev Ed Hollandbeck pastor of the First Met Church in Benton Ark will officiate. Ashby Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Taliaferro died Friday at St Mary Plains Hospital. A Pine Bluff native she was a retired schoolteacher. Survivors include two sons James Q Taliaferro of home and Edward M Taliaferro of Annandale Va and grandchildren.

Nora Taliaferro Tod the Rison, Ark Ed Hollandbeck First Mets Church Benton Ark Ing. Ashby Funeral Home Tow Taliaferro St. Mary ¢ Plains Hospital Pine Bluff

Also Mentioned on This Page

Arch Lamb Two Gener Lea County Genealogical Society R. HH. Wunt Lavington Earl Henry Gosnell Calvary Baptist Church Andrews Ronnie Armstrong Tahlequah Okla Reed and Culver Funeral Home Singleton Funeral Home Gosnell Permian General Hospital The Texas Fine Arts Association Municipal Garden and Arts Center Elisabet Ney Austin Alfred Anthony Garza A. A. Garza Molly Beatrice Stevick Friena First Baptist Church of Friona Parsons-Ellis Funeral Home John J. Neskoric Jayton Tommy Ewing Miami Campbell Funeral Home Spur Neskoric Robert Henry Ogerly Littlefield Emmanuel Lutheran Church Hammons William Sturdivant East Side Church of Christ Snyder Cemetery Bell Seale Funeral Home Sturdivant Cogdell ,Memorial Hospital Wilson Junior High School 31St St Quaker Ave Juan Arredondo Methodist ‘Hospital Avita 66Th Street Avenue H John Shurbet 43Rd St 34Th Street Flint Avenue Highland Hospital GI Forum Bill Hammitt Monahans Alton Edwards Sotero Martinez John Dickenson Wilmington, del James C. Terry Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Chapel Resthaven Memorial Park Terry Nash Ambulance Service Texas Area Rogers Roy Brown Memorial Park U.S. 87 Weedrow National Ray Hag Lee Mrs, Daisy Randall Mrs. Randall Mrs. Howell James Q. Taliaferro Home Edward M. Talio Annandale, Va United States Kentucky Encyclopaedia Britannica
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