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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1968
Page
3
An Elementary Music Workshop sponsored by the Texas Association Region 1 will begin at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Aikman Elementary School in Hereford. Ruth I Tyson, music supervisor of Abilene Public Schools, will serve as clinician.
Memorial services for Walker CG Rylander 96 longtime Lubbock civic leader and former Kiwanis officer will be held Friday at Sanders Memorial Chapel at 3 pm. Dr. Paul M. Bumpers and Rev. J O Haynes will officiate with burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. He died Wednesday in University Convalescent Home. Rylander helped found the Lubbock Kiwanis Club in 1922 and served as secretary for 24 years and as lieutenant governor Texas Oklahoma District. He retired in 1958 from Kiwanis and was active in bowling into his 90s and remained a lifelong West Texas resident. He is survived by three daughters, two sons, and a grandchild. donations urged to South Plains Genealogical Society fund or a charity.
Lorenzo Carpenter 82 died at 12 45 am Wednesday in Methodist Hospital Lubbock after a short illness. Services will be Friday at West 41st Street Christian Church Tulsa with burial at South Heights Cemetery Sapulpa directed by Carter Funeral Home of Tulsa. Carpenter a retired engineer for the Frisco Railroad Company moved to Lorenzo three months ago to live with a niece Mrs A J Pyles. Other survivors include his wife Delia and several nephews and nieces.
Mrs. Ethel B. King, 75, dies after short illness at Garza Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Vernon officiating. Burial in Terrace Cemetery. Survivors: three daughters Thelma Guthrie, Earline Cupwell, Anita Wood. two sisters Nola Howard and Sarah Pace. 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
James A Bright 78 retired farmer died about 7 pm Wednesday at Post nursing home. Services pending at Hadmen Funeral Home. A longtime Jesticeburg resident, he moved to Crystal City in 1958 and to Post seven years ago. Survived by two sons CS and G of Crystal City. three daughters Mrs W J Flhott Kerrville Mrs James Richter Hondo and Mrs Douglas Tipton Rt 1 Post. a brother L B Albuquerque.
Muleshoe Texas funeral services scheduled for Chittwood D K 64 a farmer who died after a lengthy illness in Parmer County Hospital Brecon. Pastor Pee Palb Bail will officiate with burial in Muleshoe Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Risies a son Dewo, daughter Mrs J B Young Jr, four sisters, four brothers, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Joseph Minton former district director of the Department of Immigration and Naturalization died Wednesday in Methodist Hospital at age in Salem Oregon native who lived in Tabboek for years survived by wife Vernice two brothers Albert and Ord OW both of Los Angeles two sisters Mrs Carolin Perndon of San Francisco and Mrs Rath Prince of Portland Oregon Funeral services pending at Franklin- Bartley Funeral Home for Joseph Minton formerly of Miami and World War I veteran.
Special services are pending at Webb Funeral Home for Randolph Grady Walker 70 found dead of an apparent heart attack Wednesday in downtown Seagraves. A Seagraves resident the past two years he came from the sea area where he farmed. Survivors include a brother in Dallas and a sister in Wills Point.
Judge Howard C. Davison paused the statutory rape trial of David Wright Stafford Jr. 46 after defense raised a sanity issue. Stafford of 2017 Mth St was to face charges involving two girls aged 7 and 11 with alleged incidents May 21 in Mackenzie Park. A sanity hearing date has not been set.
Funeral services for James Marvin Proctor 7 will be held today at Crosbyton Church of Christ with Cane Drake officiating assisted by David Massey and Joseph E Johnston. Masonic graveside rites will follow at Crosbyton Cemetery under King Funeral Home. Proctor died after a heart attack Tuesday at his Crosbyton area farm and was born in Bowie. He had lived in Crosby County most of his life and joined Crosbyton in 1947. Survivors include his wife Mildred three daughters a brother and five sisters.
A one car wreck near Hale Center killed Bud Radward Yates 17 of Plainview. The vehicle traveled north on US 87 and struck a concrete drain, overturning multiple times. Justice J C Lewis and Deputy Dave Boswell responded. Yates died at the scene and investigators await details at Woodlawn Funeral Home.
Ottie Lee Baisden 70 a retired farmer died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital Lubbock after six days hospitalization He was born February 8 1897 in Wharton and lived in Littlefield since 19 He will be buried at Dave Hefield Memorial Park Hammons Funeral Home in charge Survivors include wife Virgie four daughters Maudene Bryant Jimmy Crawley Jim Cooner and Bill Isom a brother Leon Baisden of Turkey and sister Mrs Dave Arnold of Hobbs
Washington AP reports the Commodity Credit Corp. raises its certificates of interest to 825 percent annually starting Thursday, up from 607 percent, effective Aug 24 after 687 percent. The CCC issues help fund farm price support loans by the Agriculture Department and encourage participation in the Joan program.
Neiman Marcus and Broadway-Hale agree in principle to a merger subject to FTC and stockholder approvals. If approved, Neiman Marcus would become a wholly owned subsidiary but remain a separate entity with Marcus as CEO. The deal values Neiman Marcus at about 39 million dollars based on 784000 shares and involves exchange of Broadway stock.
Services for Mrs Minnie E Bell 92 will be at 2 p m today at Riker and Son Chapel in Colorado City officiated by Rev Carl Oglesby of St Luke Methodist Church. Burial follows in Westbrook Cemetery under Riker and Son Funeral Home supervision. She died about 11 15 a m Tuesday at University Convalescent Home where she lived over 10 years born 1876 in Arkansas moved to Mitchell County in 1890 survivorship includes two daughters a sister two brothers a granddaughter and two great grandchildren
Professor Archibald Cox urged the Supreme Court to strike down state rules barring welfare aid to new residents, calling the laws feudal and discriminatory against newcomers seeking opportunity. Connecticut and District of Columbia officials defend the residency limits as a fraud-prevention, year-to-year planning tool under the 1935 Social Security Act's federal state aid program.
The text urges living within means and paying debts on time. It contrasts debt with freedom from loans and avoiding flashy spending to meet every pay day. The verse references Luke 16 5 7 and frames prudent money management as virtue.
Ernest Burnett 71 longtime area resident died at 3 45 pm Wednesday in Brownfield General Hospital after illness Services are pending at Brownfield Funeral Home Burnett came to Terry County in 1907 from Dublin attended schools here He was WWII veteran married Helen Newsom in 1919 He owned a boatery here until retirement Member of Brownfield First Methodist Church and American Legion He survived by three sons Ernest Ray Seminole David I Brownfield and Maes R Knoxville Tenn a daughter Ludell Nelson of Brownfield three brothers James R Brownfield Ervin Placerville Calif Maj Walter I Burnett Aurora Colo a sister Wynona Newman Oklahoma City six grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Mrs. Will Montgomery 87 longtime Lynn County resident died after a lengthy illness in West Texas Hospital Lubbock. Services set for Friday at United Methodist Church with Rev. Hugh Daniel and Rev. Aubrey White assisting. Burial in Tohoka Cemetery under White Funeral Home. Survivors include three daughters three sisters a brother and grandchildren.
Secretary Freeman announced reseal of government loans for major 1968 crops, allowing farmers to store grain under loan beyond maturity while retaining title. Eligible crops include wheat corn sorghum oats barley and soybeans. 1964-67 grains under extended loan program also qualify.
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