Pathway to Greatness wins tech homecoming sweepstakes
The Pathway to Greatness float, featuring a bridge of learning with two white gowned students, captured the sweepstakes in Texas Tech’s 1965 Homecoming Parade. Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the grand prize overall. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, and Pi Beta Phi earned top divisional honors as crews showcased 40 years of Tech history and campus pride.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
Tech
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social Fraternity
Lubbock
Broadway
Phi Delta Theta
Yesteryear
Sigma Chi
Pi Beta Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Army Rotc
ROTC
Librrary
Gamma Phi Beta
West Texas
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Phi Mu Sorority
Rites Slated Monday For Leopoldo Vela
Funeral services for Leopoldo Vela 54 of Lockney will be at 4 p m Monday at San Jose Catholic Church with Rev Father Paul Link officiating Burial will follow in Lockney Cemetery under Carter Funeral Home direction Vela a native of Falfurrias Tex had lived with his daughter Mrs Louis Cavazos of Lockney Survivors include his daughter and two sons Leo Vela of Rochester Tex and Rafial Vela of Pharr Tex
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Lockney
Leopoldo Vela
Lockney General Hospital
San Jose Catholic Church
Father Paul Link
Lockney Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Falfurrias
Tex
Vela
Louis Cavazos
Rites Set for Mrs Elder in Hub Community
Mrs Velma Maudie Elder died Saturday at Palmer County Community Hospital after eight months illness. Services Monday at First Baptist Church in Littlefield with Rev Bill Burton officiating. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery under Clabhorn Funeral Home. Native of Hatchel Texas, she moved to Hub from Spade with husband Bo and one daughter LaQty Dodson of Brionas. Also survived by three brothers W A J C McBartlend Kata Sweeteater Jo in McFarland of Odes ait beausister Mes Alay Mid dieton of San Diego Calf and Spe Addie lye simpson of Tatt Ore and two grandchildren.
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Friona
Velma Maudie Elder
Hub
Palmer County Community Hospital
First Baptist Church
Littlefield
Bill Burton
Burlel
Clabhorn
Koena
Hatchell
Tex
Elder
Spade
Funeral services planned for McKee Flippin and Spykes
Funeral services are pending for James I. McKee 27 a former Lubbock resident killed in an automobile accident Survivors include his wife two sons three brothers and two sisters Services for Wade Hendricks Flippin 90 Friona resident since 1937 will be at 2 pm Monday at the First Congregational Church with burial in Friona Cemetery A retired farmer Wade Spykes 89 longtime Scurry County resident who moved to Lubbock 26 months ago will have services at 2 pm today at Hermleigh Church Burial will be in Hermleigh Cemetery Spykes died at home Survivors include his wife Leila two sons Bill and Mack a daughter Mrs McNeil Wyers and several grandchildren great grandchildren
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Merced
Calif
James I
Jim) McKee
Lubbock
McKee
Bk. M. McKee
50Th St
Luibbock
Sue
Mike
Scott
Elmo McKee
Alaska
Royce
Billy
Mrs. Lavera
Buckalew
Sandra McKee
Friona
Wade Hendricks
Flippin
First Congregational Church
Paul Mohr
Friona Cemetery
Clathorn Funeral Home
Palmer County
Roy Spykes
Scurry County
Methodist ‘Hospital
Hermleigh
Tennessee
Deafs Cemetery
Smith County
McNeil Wyers
Irene Mason
Alamoke
Canton
Gorde
Imogene Eads
Phoenix
Josephine Spykes
Heigh
Scurry Coun
Ada Perry
Brownfield
Mrs. Belle Triplett Rites Set in Plainview
Funeral services for Belle Zora Triplett 92 of Plainview will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Tim Trammell officiating. Burial is in IOOF Cemetery. She died Friday in Plainview Hospital after an illness. She lived with her daughter Mrs. R. L. Shephard at 806 Ash St. Surviving are a sister in Fort Worth a grandchild a great grandchild and two great great grandchildren.
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Plainview
Belle Zora ‘Triplett
Plainview Hospital
Emma Spikes Fullingim funeral set in Petersburg
Funeral services for Emma Spikes Fullingim 82 Crosby County pioneer will be held at 2 30 pm today at First Baptist Church Petersburg Rev J Harvey Scott Robstown the Rev Roy Davidson Lorenzo and the Rev Russell Pogue Petersburg will officiate Burial will be in Petersburg Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home Ralls She died Friday at St Marys Hospital Lubbock She was born January 12 1883 in Kaufman County moved to Crosby County in 1889 She married H E Coke Fullingim in 1880 in Plainview He died in 1955 Survivors include a son a daughter two brothers two sisters five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Lorenzo
Emma Spikes Fullingim
Crosby County
First Baptist Church
Petersburg
J. Harvey Scott
Robstown
Roy Davidson
Russell Pogue
Carter Funeral Home
Ralls
St. Mary's Hospital
Lubbock
Kaufman County
H. E. (Coke) Fullingim
Plainview
Funeral services for Dr. George A. Young slated Monday
Dr. George A. Young 34 of 5207 46th St a former Texas Tech English instructor and pastor dies after a long illness West Texas Hospital Burial is in Resthaven Memorial Park under Rix Funeral Home direction Funeral services will be Monday at 4 p m at First Presbyterian Church Officiating will be Rev William S Smith of Westminster Presbyterian Church A fund is being established for Dr Young s sons through the School of Agriculture Dean Gerald W Thomas says contributions can be arranged through the agriculture school office Surviving are his wife Kay Eubank three sons Jeffery Shannon and Phillip his sister Evangeline Young of San Jose and his parents Dr and Mrs A W Young of 3305 Ake
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George A. Young
46Th St
Texas Tech
First Presbyterian Church of
Resthaven Memorial Park
Rix Funeral Home
Dr. Young
Presbyterian Church
Seagraves
First Presbyterian Church
Texas City
West Texas Hospital
School of Agriculture At Tech
School of Agriculture
Young
Gerald W. Thomas
Agriculture School
Tech
University of Texas
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Kay Eubank
Lubbock
Jeffery
Shannon
Phillip
Evangeline Young
San Jose
Calif
A. W. Young
Ake
Tulia Rites Set For Mrs. Jones
Funeral services for Mrs. H. L. Jones 72 a Tulia resident of 27 years will be at 3 p.m. today at Wallace Funeral Home chapel She died in Swisher Hospital Saturday Born in Cushing Iowa she came to Tulia in 1938 Burial will be in Pratt Kansas Monday Survivors include husband one son Rex Tulia two daughters Mrs Dorothy Dannecker Tulia and Mrs Velmar Childress Eugene Ore one brother Lewis Covey Eugene Ore one sister Mrs Bertha Kessinger Abilene four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Pallbearers are Robert G M Wigness Robert B Price Schmidt John E Godfrey Jr and the Rev Richard Schmidt Dr Roger L Brooks Dr David of Midland
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Tulia
H. L. Jones
Wallace Funeral Home
Swisher Hospital
Cushing
Iowa
Rex
Dorothy Dannecker
Velmar
Oldest Lockney resident Mrs Fannie Brown dies at 103
Mrs Fannie Eliza Aunt Fannie Brown aged 103, Lockney's oldest citizen, died at 3 45 p m Saturday at Nichols Manor Convalescent Home. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at First Methodist Church with Rev James Carter officiating and burial in Lockney Cemetery. Born July 22 1862 in Holly Springs Mississippi she moved to Texas in 1900 and settled near Lockney in 1907. She had lived with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Hugh Counts of Lockney. Survived by one more daughter 17 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren.
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Lockney
Fannie Eliza
Fannie) Brown
Nichols Manor
James Carter
Bob Glover
Main Street
Church of Christ
Lockney Cemetery
Carter
Brown
Holly Springs
Miss
Texas
Garland Henry Brown
Methodist Church
Hugh Counts
Dona Harper
Modesto
Calif
Funeral services set for Mrs Anna Hodges in Silverton
Mrs Anna Pearl Hodges 86 a Silverton resident since 1925 died Friday in Swisher County Hospital Tulsa after a long illness Funeral services at 3 pm today at First Methodist Church with Rev Carl Nunn and Rev Marvin Fisher presiding Burial in Silverton Cemetery under Roberts Funeral Home Survivors include three sons six daughters a brother 27 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren
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Silverton
Anna Pearl Hodges
First Methodist Church
Carl Nunn
Marvin Fisher
lFirst Methodist Church
Rotan
Roberts Funeral Home
Boyd
Nogales
Ariz
Houston
Lloyd
Kingsman
Jewell Hodges
52Nd St
Lubbock
Aliene Verumimond
Arnold Turmer
N. L. Hollis
Arlington
Vernon Garrison
Tulsa
Robert McGuire
Wink
W. H. Castleberry
Lovington
Carol Thaxton Dies In Pecos
Carol Sue Thaxton 11 died Saturday at 4 45 p m in Memorial Hospital Pecos after brain bleed likely ruptured blood vessel. Granddaughter of Earnest L Thaxton and George Burnham of Lubbock, she leaves parents Earnest L Thaxton Jr and family in Pecos and siblings Len and Kathy. Funeral Monday 10 a m at First Christian Church Pecos with burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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Pecos
Carol Sue Thaxton
Lubbock
Memorial Hospital
Kessel
Earnest L. Thaxton
8Th St
George Burnham
27Th St
First Christian Church of
Chris Diebel
Evergreen Cemetery
Telex Electron Ear In Ear Canal Aids Hearing
An advertisement from ELEX AID CENTER promotes Electron Ear, a compact self contained ear amplifier to be worn in the ear canal near the eardrum. It promises clear hearing, discretion, and a youthful look, with local office hours in Lubbock Texas.
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Wells Hall
Charcoal Cody
Matador
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Dr. Jones
Alpha Phi Sorority
Clifford B. Jones
Alpha Phi
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Circle K
Delta Gamma_ sorority
Fraternity Division of
Phi
Mrs. Elder
Wade Flippin
Cleveland County
Ala
Antlers
Okla
Tim Trammell
Ioof
Lemons Funeral Home
Alice Masten
Fort Worth
Mrs. Fullingim
G. A. Young
Westminster Presbyterian Church
George Young
Mrs. Jones
Biwme OL
Robert G. M. Wigness
Robert B. Price
Schmidt
John E. Godfrey Jr
Richard Schmidt
Roger L. ‘Brooks
David
Midland
Fannie Brown
Mrs. Fannie Brown
Hodges
Carol Thaxton
Wortt
Flea
Felex Aid Center
Tring
Cizon's Quality Jewelers
Waltham Watches
Hamilton
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