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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1965
Page
5
Astronaut Wally Schirra details mid space docking with Gemini and Agena targets. He outlines the 10 second booster phase, 20 minute rendezvous window, translation burn, and step by step approach to dock for future lunar missions.
A sky show titled Navigating By The Stars will be presented at 3 p.m. in the Planetarium at the West Texas Museum on the Texas Tech campus. The program aims to teach basic star based direction methods to the public including school age children. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
Baileyboro resident Wayland Lavern Burney, 28, was bruised but unhurt when his cattle truck overturned on U S 84 near Shallowater at 6 50 a m. The tractor trailer was demolished, one cow killed and several injured.
Funeral services will be at 3 p m today at East Side Baptist Mission for Mrs Inez Ybarra 63 who died Friday in Medical Arts Hospital Lamesa burial will be in Lamesa Cemetery Branon Philips Funeral Home in charge Survivors include husband seven daughters five sons two half sisters two brothers 50 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
An artist concept shows Agena in a 185 mile Earth orbit becoming the target for Gemini 6 astronauts Walter Schirra Jr. and Thomas Stafford on a Monday mission. Gemini will launch an hour after Agena, reach 168 miles high, and use thrusters to transfer and link in space guided by radar and visual sightings.
Levelland Texas special report states William Allen Brasher age 90 died at 3 30 am Saturday after a short illness. He owned W A Brasher Lumber Co for 35 years and had lived in Levelland since 1930. His survivors include his wife two sons James and Dick daughters Mrs Charles Ross Mrs Leeman Clark and Mrs Verne Miller eight grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral services pending at Price Funeral Home. He was a native of Coryell County and resided previously in Canyon Wilson and Clovis New Mexico. He married Mary Burns January 20 1898 and would have marked his 68th wedding anniversary in January. He was a member of First Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge No 1236. In 1959 he received a 50 year Masonic pin.
William G. Kennedy 78 former Bailey County judge died Thursday in Clovis Memorial Hospital. Services at Central Baptist Church officiated by C. C. Morgan with ben Adkins and J. J. Perry assisting. Entombment Plains Sanctuary Mausoleum. Kennedy a Grady area rancher and local Democratic figure survived by his wife two sons two daughters a brother a sister and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services are pending at Rix Funeral Home for Wilbern Summerlin 79 of 710 31st who died at 5 30 p m Saturday in West Texas Hospital. Summerlin a farmer and longtime resident of Lubbock was born in Mt Pleasant and came to Lubbock in 1929 from Ladonia. Survivors include son James of Lubbock daughter Mrs A G Beesinger of Lubbock brother Earl of Mr Pleasant and two sisters Miss Carrie Summerlin and Mrs Josephine Rowntree of Waxahachie with three grandsons.
James E. Nolands services are set for 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Dickens for the 69 year old former Dickens resident who died of an apparent heart attack at his Truth or Consequences, New Mexico home. Burial will be at Dickens Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home of Spur. He was a native of Parker County and lived in Dickens from 1900 before moving to Truth or Consequences two years ago. survived by three sons, two daughters, 12 grandchildren and two great.
Mrs. Irene Whiteley Ayers aged 68, longtime Lamesa resident, died about 2 p.m. Saturday at Medical Arts Hospital after a long illness. Burial at Silverton after services at Roberts Funeral Home. She and husband Madison ran a dry goods store in Lamesa from 1935 to 1963. Survived by husband and four sisters in Lubbock, West Burlington, Quitaque, and Silverton.
Antara reported that a flag found during a North Sumatra party HQ sackings bore a hammer and sickle on the Indonesian red and white flag, a symbol tied to a coup plan.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Jones of Brownfield won Sweepstakes honors at the South Plains Aquarium Society exhibition in Lubbock. The show drew 141 entrants across nine divisions with public viewing today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Others winning include Mr and Mrs H H Sarten for best fish in show and best Guppy, M C Durrett for best Betta, Stu and Judy Childre for best display tank, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wheeler for best drum bowl. Judges were Marie McCann and Alice Nunley. The exhibit will feature tropical fish including piranha.
Funeral services for Lucy Jane Mayfield 88 a Briscoe County pioneer will be held Monday at 2 30 p m at the Church of Christ in Silverton with minister Earl Cantwell officiating Burial will be in Silverton Cemetery under Waleee Funeral Home Tulsa direction The body remains at Roberts Funeral Home Silverton until shortly before the services She died Saturday at the Tulsa home of her daughter J D Finch She had lived in Tulsa four years moving from Briscoe County native of Howe Texas Survivors include son Chris of Raton New Mexico and daughters Ethel Fielder Amarillo Neva McDonald Idaho Springs Colo Estelle Thomas Silverton 15 grandchildren and 23 great
Mrs. Tom Lovell 78 died at 8 50 a m Saturday in a local convalescent home in Plainview. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Monday at the 11th and Amarillo Street Church of Christ. She came to Plainview from Ellis County in 1935 and was married to Tom Lovell in 1906 at Ovilla. Survivors include three sons James R Wayne Billy all of Plainview four daughters Geneva Lovell Mrs W E Connor Denton Mrs W J Hale Mrs F F McEwin Denton a sister Ina Flynn Fort Smith Ark 21 grandchildren eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Claude Atkinson a 64 year old retired farmer and longtime Dickens County resident will be held at 4 p m today in First Baptist Church of Dickens with Rev Robert Jeffreys officiating Burial will be in Dickens Cemetery under Campbell Funeral Home direction Atkinson a native of Aspermont died Friday at Spur Memorial Hospital after about four months illness He is survived by five sons five daughters five sisters five brothers 43 grandchildren and five great grandchildren
William Alfred Hovey VI 79 died Saturday in Memorial Hospital Morton after two days of illness. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Memorial Cemetery. A London native and former radio television technician, he served in World Wars I and II in the British Admiralty purchasing department. Survivors include his wife, a brother in England, and two half sisters in Canada.
Services for Antonio Gonzales 25 who died Friday at Medical Arts Hospital follow a sudden illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. at Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Lamesa with burial in Lamesa Cemetery under Branon Phillips Funeral Home direction. He is survived by parents George and Mrs Gonzales of Lamesa, five sisters in Lamesa and Arizona, and three brothers all of Lamesa.
Services for Mrs Lucy Myrtle Grimes 85 will be at 2 PM in the Dunn Methodist Church officiated by Rev Jesse Dea. Burial follows in Dunn Cemetery under Bell-Seal Funeral Home direction. She died at 1120 PM Wednesday in Snyder. Survivors include two daughters a son a brother nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services for J A Bryan Sr 86 of Brownwood set for 2 p m today at Davis Morris Funeral Home Chapel He died Friday night in Golden Oaks Nursing Home He was a retired farmer and longtime Brown County resident Surviving wife Annie two daughters and two sons are listed along with sisters and grandchildren
Snyder Texas services for J. C. Beavers 67 longtime Scurry County resident will be at 2 p m Monday at East Side Church of Christ Richard Williams of Big Spring will officiate with Don Browning East Side pastor Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home Beavers died Friday evening at Callan Hospital in Rotan after a long illness He was a native of Hope Arkansas Survivors include a daughter three sisters a brother and three
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