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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1972

Page

11

Pretty Mary Costa to perform with Lubbock Symphony

Mary Costa, famed soprano and former Disney voice, headlines an opening season concert with the Lubbock Symphony at the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium. The program Souvenirs of Vienna features Vienna era melodies as Costa tours the United States and films a new project.

Han Jean Kerr Mary Costa Vienna Lubbock Symphony Lubbock Mary Ayond San Francisco Opera William A. Harrod Ike Dike Lucia Upa Leonard Bernstein Miss Costa United States England Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Milton Adams

Miriam Hopkins, 1930s Star, Dies at 72 in New York

The Georgia native and Syracuse alumna Miriam Hopkins died of a heart attack at age 72 in New York. A Broadway and film star, she appeared in Becket Sharp, These Three, Design for Living, Old Acquaintance, and battles with Bette Davis. Funeral arrangements will be announced Tuesday.

New York UPI Miriam Hopkins Miss Hopkins Becky Sharp Bainbridge Syracuse University Syracuse N.Y Music Box Anatole Georgia Virginia City Denile Tennessee Williams Angel Jos Brandon Peters Austin Parker Anatole Litvak Raymond Brock

J. D. Mitchell Rites Planned in Seminole

Funeral services for John D. Mitchell 65 retired Seminole State Bank vice president will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in the First United Methodist Church with Rev Jodney Williams and Rev Gene Hawkins officiating Graveside rites follow at Snyder Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home direction A native of Borden County he moved to Seminole from Snyder 26 years ago Survivors include his wife three sisters and two brothers Pallbearers are listed.

John D. Mitchell Seminole State Bank Memorial Hospital First United Methodist Church Jodney Williams Gene Hawkins First Baptist Church Snyder Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Borden County Mitchell Seminole Snyder Ile Lions Club Masonic Lodge Blanche Wilson Gladys Williams Oleita Mitchell J. K. Mitchell Collinsville PLC. Mitchell Lubbock Dewayne Herman J. JD. Coff Mateam Martin Dayton Elam Bill Cradey Frank Able Ross Moore C. V. Shelton

Daniel Padilla Services Stated

Daniel Padilla 70 of Earth died after a lengthy illness in Central Plains Hospital. Services will be at St. Mary Magdalene Church Earth with burial in North Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and nine sons, plus siblings and 15 grandchildren.

Plainview Daniel Padilla Earth Central Plains St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church Robert O'Leary Immaculate Conception Church Muleshoe North Cemetery Lemons Funeral Home New Mexico Padila Leontina Dimas Daniel Padilla Jr Friona Raymond Padilla Dimmitt Lorenzo Padilla Salvador Padilla Sabestian Filimon Padilla West Jordan Utah Lucinda Padilla Ribera N.M

Lubbock area briefs cover meetings and incidents

Community meetings on air quality and pollution controls are announced for the Lubbock area. Several residents including Lee Orr and Gerald Hudson will answer questions. Local obituaries and injuries from crashes are reported along with bond actions and grand jury proceedings in Lubbock and surrounding counties.

Lubbock Sierra Club Plant Science Building Lee Orr Lubbock Air Quality Department Gerald Hudson The State Air Quality Board

Obituary for P B Walker in Highland Baptist Church services

P B Walker died after arriving at 7:25 am Sunday at Methodist Hospital. Service today at Highland Baptist Church with burial at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include wife Tona two sons Robert and Dennis one daughter Mrs Dick Fellers and five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed include Ro Ow Mills Dub Walcott Reawan Little DeWayne Walker Bob Hunter and Mike Hunter.

Highland — Baptist Church Piercie Bo Walker 35Th St Methodist Hospital Richard Waters City of Lubbock Cemetery Rix Funeral Home Tona Robert Walker 13Th St Dennis Walker 23Rd St Dick Fellers Hereford Virgil Walker Hollis Walker Colorado Springs Cole C.D. Walkler Dallas Ro OW ‘Mills Dub Walcott Reawan Littte DeWayne Walker Bob ‘Hunter Mike Hunter

A F Louallen Dies Rites Set In New Mexico

Amos F Louallen 81 a Brownfield born resident who lived in Clovis NM died at Big Spring State Hospital after a two week stay Services scheduled for 4 pm at Brownfield Funeral Home Chapel with D R Smith of East Hill Church of Christ officiating Burial planned at Terry County Memorial Cemetery He had farmed Brownfield and later moved to Rowie and Clovis Survivors include widow a son Bud Louallen two daughters a sister five grandchildren and great grandchildren Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Littlefield Rowie Clovis Lovallen Church of Christ Bud Louallen Mountain Home Ark Bertha Fielder Brownfield Rubby Shipley N. E. Hensley Tatum, N.M

Snyder Voters Decide On One Percent City Sales Tax

Snyder residents go to the polls to approve a one percent city sales tax called after August flooding damaged city property. Officials say the tax would raise about 70 000 for 1972 73 with a projected 18 percent property tax rise to equal 61 001. meanwhile a school bond was approved last Saturday for new facilities.

Snyder

Rites Set Today For Mrs. Gomez

Services for 77 year old Mrs. Piedad Tentori Gomez will be held at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph's Cemetery Odessa burial to follow in Odessa Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home supervision. Native of Mexico she lived in Odessa two years with survivors including son Rene at home daughter Mrs. Blanca Lopez of Mexico City Amalia Tentori of Mexico City and six grandchildren

Odessa Piedad Tentori Gomez St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery Rix Funeral Home Gomez Mexico Rene Blanca Lopez Mexico City Alegister Amalia Tentori Mexiico City

Local Judge Declares Mistrial in Williams Case

Judge Denzil Bevers of County Court at Law No. 2 declared a mistrial in the Arthur Williams case after the jury failed to reach a verdict following more than an hour of deliberation. Williams, 40, of 3306 E. 2nd St, was charged Aug. 31 with keeping a bawdy house. Earlier, Bevers sentenced two men after guilty pleas.

Denzil Bevers Donnell Carroll Baylor St

Thorny Sign Ordinance Reconsideration Faces Opposition

City council debates a citywide sign ordinance to regulate size and location of signage. Mayor Turner favors targeted limits on major arteries and civic center area but warns opposition from sign industry and some council members. Baker abstains due to conflict. Holling Isworth opposes free standing sign bans. debate centers on extending reforms citywide.

Icouncilman Lonnie Holling Isworth Jack Baker Turner Civic Center Campbell Broadway Avenue Q Lubbock

Odessa Woman Dies From Home Fire Injuries

Miss Coats died after injuries from an October 1 house fire. Services set today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Hancock officiating. Burial in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include her parents Julia Freeman Odessa and Randle Coats Abilene, three sisters Denise Moore Danny Pearlenson Michelle Freeman, and grandmother Mrs Oila Simmons.

Odessa Beverly Lave Coats

Rites Thursday For Mrs Terrel 79

Services are set for 2 pm Thursday in Harwell Heights Baptist for Mrs Maud Terrel 79 of 309 42nd St who died Sunday in Colonial Nursing Home Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home direc tion A native of Rockbluff Nebraska she was a member of Harwell Heights Baptist Church and lived in Ladbrock 24 years Survivors include three sons Melvin Snell and Cole Ralph Snell and Carl Snell two daughters Helen Vinson and Vernice Foster 18 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren

Harwell Heights Baptistite Maud Terrel 42Nd St Colonial Nursing Home Peaceful Gardens Sanders Funeral Home Rockbluff Neb Terrell Harwell Heights Baptist Church Ladbrock Melvin Snell Boulder Cole Ralph Snell Carl Snell Lincoln, Neb Helen Vinson Vernice Foster Lincoln

Mrs. Tucker Rites Set for Wednesday in Pharoah

Edith Blanche Tucker 73 will be buried at Chelsea Cemetery after a 10 a.m. service at Pharoah Baptist Church in Pharoah Oklahoma. She moved to Odessa in 1947 from Fort Stockton and is survived by daughter Gladys Wasson of Seibert Colorado and sister Ruth Yokham of Pharoah. Funeral arrangements were by Wood Funeral Home Henrietta and Rix Funeral Home Odessa.

Odessa Edith Blanche Tucker Pharoah Baptist Church Pharoah Oklahoma Chelsea Okla Wood Funeral Home Henriett Rix Funeral Home Tucker Prue Fort Stockton Gladys Wasson

Hole In Thievery Plot Reported At Local Department Store

Employees at Dillard's on Loop 289 and Slide Road found 111 dollars hidden in a bathroom ceiling around 5 AM Monday and later stopped another employee from taking the cash. Earlier store officials reported a shortage in cash register totals.

Dillard's Department Store Loop 289 Slide Road

Walter Pattillo Rites Planned in Ford Memorial Chapel

Services for Walter Pattillo 87 longtime Lubbock resident set for Ford Memorial Chapel today with Rev. T Bolding and Dr. AL Hope Owen officiating. He died Saturday night at home. survivor list includes wife Agnes Lumimius Pattillo, son Paul, brother John Pattillo, sisters and numerous grandchildren. He was a former real estate and investments worker and member of First Baptist Church. burial at Resthaven Mausoleum. Funeral directed by Sanders Funeral Home.

Ford Memorial Chapel Waiter J. Pattillo Jr. T. Bolding AL Hope Owen First Baptist Church Buonal Resthaven Mausoleum Sanders Funeral Home Arkansas Pattillo Lubbock Larengo Atlanta

Rites Set Today For Mrs Bonds In Lubbock

Mrs Rosie Bonds died after a heart attack and funeral services are scheduled at 2 p m at the Church of Christ on North and Birch Street with Minister Wydell Nixon officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survivors include her husband Freddie, three daughters Brenda Bonds and two others, two sons Larry and Donnie Bonds, her mother Mrs Hattie Hancock, a sister Beatrice Hodge, a brother Elliott Hancock, and 12 grandchildren. Separately National Geographic notes Northwest Indians gathering huckleberries venison and salmon as sacred in nature’s providence.

Rosie Bonds Yorth Birch Street Church of Christ Wydell Nixon City of Lubbock South Plains Funeral Home Elgin Bonis Lurbbock Freddie Bonds

SITTERS AND MAID SERVICES IN BIBLICAL TALE TONE

A widow friend seeks a sitter for her child amid work and hardship. The piece references Moses and a renowned nursemaid, comparing biblical rescue to modern babysitting. It urges divine supervision of baby-sitting efforts and names Julien C. Hyer.

Mrs Deere Dies At 85 In Snyder Funeral Rites Set

Mrs. Philadelphia Deere 85 of Snyder died Monday at Hillcrest Lodge Nursing Home. Funeral services are Wednesday at Flavanna Methodist Church with Rev. Philly Lopes officiating, burial in Flavanna Cemetery. Born in Wayne County Tennessee she moved to Williamson County Texas and later to Fluvan na. Survived by two sons Herman of Snyder and R L Deere of Lamesa a sister Mrs Bea Wilson of Oklahoma City a brother Victor Hollabanah of Amarillo and several grandchildren, great grandchildren. Burial under Bell Seale Funeral Home guidance.

Herman Deere Snyder R. L. Deere Lamesa Bea Wilson Oklahoma City Okla Victor S. Hollabanah Amarillop VL

Byrd Services Slated In Post

Post resident Mrs Atiedona Byrd died about 9 am Saturday at Garza Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Church of God of Prophecy with Oscar Newdiger, pastor, officiating. burial at Terrace Cemetery. Survived by husband, two sons, four daughters, sister Effie Wilks, 84 grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Post Atiedona Tyr Garza Memorial Hospital Church of God of Prophecy Oscar Newdiger Terrace Hadrian Funeral Home Byrd Sog. Bard Floyd Byrd Bakersfield Calif Geneva Tastor Freeport Airs Mare Lacklear Houston Woannie Farmer Laidbeach Hazel Rains Af Clacis Effie Wilks Denton

Albino Castillo Rites Scheduled in St Joseph’s Church

Services are set at St Joseph’s Catholic Church for Albino Castillo of 105 Ave M found dead at home. Burial follows at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Hano of Tix Funeral Directors. Castillo was a retired construction worker and veteran with survivors including his wife Amada, two daughters Skin dia Castilla and Alalia Castilla, and son Nosenda Castillo.

St. Joseph's Catholic Church Albino Castillo Ave In Peaceful Gardens Hano Tix Acnatie Vexan Castille Oretiredk Wael Amada Skindia Castilla Alalia Castilla Bakersfield Nosenda Castillo Colorado

Riles Wednesday For G. A. Graham

George A. Graham 74 of Lovington died Monday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after being ill. Services set for 11 am Wednesday at Smith Rogers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carlbert and Billy Beauchamp officiating. Burial at Cannoniston Cemetery with Masonic rites. He was a retired attorney from a ranching family. served briefly in practice after nearly 30 years with state commissions. Born in Midland he was active in First Presbyterian Church Santa Fe Montezuma Masonic Lodge Santa Fe, and Scottish Rite. Survived by son Gary of Truth or Consequences and daughter Melanee of Dallas. brother Spencer of Lovington. several grandchildren.

Lubbock American Association of Citizens Nationals Bank Douglas FE. Brooks Willis Brooks 56Th Street St. Mary of the Plains Hospital Lovington George A. Graham Methortist Smith Rogers Funeral Home Wfehe Carlbert First Presbyterian Church of Graham New Messea Mar Nie i Grahan Chas Commisston Midland First Presbyterian Church In Santa Fe ONM Masonic Order of Scottind Rite Consistors Santa

Mrs Paulk Dies Services Today in Lamesa

Mrs Carla Hudson Paulk a Dawson County resident for 60 years died Monday in Medical Art Hospital. Services are today at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church chapel with Rev Bol Robbing officiating. Burial at Lamesa Cemetery under Now Funeral Home direction. Survived by husband Jesse W Paulk of Leverland, three daughters Myrtle Hudson San Jose Calif and two others, a brother L L Hudson Briscoe, and several grandchildren.

Lamesa Speciali Carla Hudson Paulk Dawson County Medical Arte Op Pam The Apt Baptist Church Bol Robbing Affieati Bra Funeral Home Paulk Sulphur Springs First Baphient Church Tors Sol Cleveland San Angelo J. Bb. Dean Wichita Falls Jesse

Rites Planned for H A Duncan in Clovis

Hubert Alwin Duncan 62 died Saturday in Las Vegas after a short illness. A Clovis resident for four years, he was a retired farmer born in Redwood County Minnesota. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Sherwood Memorial Chapel with Rodney Conover officiating. burial at Grady Sherwood Mortuary. Survivors include widow Jesse, stepsons Ferry Raney of Redwood Falls and James Confer of Tabock, stepsons Thomas Pirkle of Tab, Theresa Dana of Letston, and Joene Lemon of Colorado, plus one sister Hazel Werer of Monroe Michigan, 17 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Clovis T Hubert Alwin Duncan Sherwood Memorial Chapel Rodney Conover First Christian Church Grady Cemetery Sherwood Mortuary Duncan Las Vegas Nam Redwood County Minn Clovis Jesse Cferry Raney Redwood Falls Vina Thamas Pirkle Tabbark James Confer Tabbock Raymond Danas Tletston Jowee Lemon Cojoraca Hazel Werer Monroe Miehoo

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