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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1962
Page
6
A Washington report notes that some children show a drop in creative output once they begin school. It cites a five year old who writes his name, makes art, models clay, and composes tunes, yet appears to lose this creativity after kindergarten entry.
Two brothers, Mike age 3 and Todd 20 months, are listed in critical condition at Hendricks Hospital Abilene after being admitted Sunday. Both sons of Mr and Mrs Pelham Franklin of Stamford. They rely on iron lungs as doctors monitor their bulbar polio.
Durban reports say South Africa curbs Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, restricting his mail and communications. Officials monitor calls and letters as the ex-chief stays under isolation orders near Stanger, with penalties for any publication of banned statements.
Houston port officials and a private detective escorted a scared witness to a grand jury probe into dock thefts. The witness, a longshoreman, testified amid tight security as the panel investigates port thefts. Seventeen people have been indicted in the case, with the foreman stating the inquiry has only scratched the surface.
In Snyder on Tuesday night three elderly residents were injured when a car jumped a divider on Lubbock Highway near 13th Street and struck a utility pole. Driver Mrs. James O. Green 63 reported seeing nothing before the impact. All were treated at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. conditions unavailable.
Off duty traffic patrolman recalls California license plate and helps arrest Cecil Burton Andrews 27 and Franklin Eugene Proverse 21 both from Watsonville Calif for robbing an El Paso motel of 2809 dollars. Detectives found the money air pistol and电话 cord in their room and car.
Members of the Rowell family attended a Sunday reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rowell 3115 29th St. Lubbock area relatives attended including W. G. Rowell Lubbock F. G. Rowell Littlefield A. W. Rowell Tom my Rowell and Mackey family Dallas Dallas and Clovis groups from New Mexico Colorado Springs Colorado.
Doyle Allen 37 Sudan businessman died in a vacation accident when an antenna touched a powerline he was installing. Services at 2 30 p m at First Baptist Church in Sudan with burial at Sudan Cemetery. He moved from Lubbock 23 years ago, was part owner of MAGCO fertilizer and farm supply, and was Jaycee of the year in 1961. He left a wife, son Doyle Jr., a brother, parents, two nephews and a niece.
A flash fire in an old four family flat killed six children Tuesday in Detroit. More than twenty other children and their parents escaped as flames moved to a second story apartment. The fire started in an alley rubbish pile and cause was undetermined. The victims were Marvin 10 Raymond 7 Anthony 4 children of Harriet Ray 42 and Derrick 2 Amell 4 months and Cynthia 11 months, Harriet’s grandchildren. Mrs Ray, unmarried, said the door pounding woke her and she saw only flames and smoke.
Dick Robinson a 1990 Texas Tech graduate and former Lubbock resident was killed when a gun he picked up discharged accidentally during a visit with friends in Garden City California He worked in construction and is survived by his wife two sons and his parents Mr and Mrs R A Robinson of California formerly of Lubbock.
Services for 79 year old Mrs. Myrtle Maxwell of Abilene will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Muleshoe with Rev. Don Murray officiating. Burial will follow in Muleshoe Cemetery via Singleton Funeral Home. She is survived by three daughters and three sons.
Fort Worth AP murder charges were filed Tuesday against 23 year old Dallas ex convict Jule Gunter Johnson Jr who says he is not capable of killing. He is charged with the Sunday robbery slaying of 37 year old Willie Shields at a downtown penny arcade. Police said about cash was taken in daylight. Johnson told detectives he was foggy after morphine and whisky.
Last rites for Arutr H. Trent 64 of Lubbock will be at 10 a m today at Franklin Bartley Funeral Home chapel with three clergymen officiating. Graveside services will be at 10 a m Thursday in Oaklawn Cemetery Cooper. Trent died Monday night at Methodist Hospital. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, two sons, a brother, a sister and a step sister along with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Chilton Services Set At Lamesa. Rites for William Richard Chilton 69 city street superintendent and former police chief will be at 10 a.m. in the church with Rev. Milo B Arbuckle officiating. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park under Higginbotham Funeral Home. Chilton died Tuesday at 709 N 3rd St after 31 years in city service. Survivors include his wife Flora two daughters Mrs L D Excholes and Mrs Walter Smith Jr both of Lamesa two sons Bruce Seminole and Merle Hobbs four sisters Mrs George Best Waco Mrs Justin West Honolulu Hawaii Mrs L P Houston Snyder and Mrs Ben Allen Lamesa two brothers Hubert and Jake both of Lamesa his mother Mrs R J Chilton Lamesa five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Services for William Robert Spangler 1 will be at 2:30 pm Thursday at Trinity Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Troy Walker and Rev. Don Murray. Burial will be in Levelland Cemetery under Singleton Funeral Home. A Montague County native died Saturday at a daughter's home in Muleshoe. Survived by four daughters, four sons, twenty six grandchildren, thirty two great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
A short religious note cites Bible lines to help travelers. It mentions Joshua 1 9 Hebrews 12 5 Matthew 28 20 and Psalm 145 18 as sources of guidance, comfort, and peace for trips and safe passage. A Gideon Bible is suggested for those lacking one.
H C Holt 72 a resident since 1931 died Tuesday at his home 312 W 6th St Funeral services will be at 10 am Thursday in First Methodist Church with Rev J Frank Peery and Rev T G Craft officiating He was a native of Sharp County Ark moved from Sudan worked in oil and gas in Houston Survivors include wife Callie two sons Clyde and Horace Ukiah Calif two daughters Mrs Lester Garth Ukiah Calif and Mrs Paul Gardner Richard a sister Mrs Allie Little Tulsa a half sister Mrs G B Knox Earth and a half brother Coy White eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren
F M Haddock a pioneer resident of this area died at 9 p m Tuesday in West Texas Hospital Lubbock after a stay since Aug 4 He moved to a farm east of New Deal in 1901 later retired and settled here He was a member of New Deal Baptist Church native of Missouri Funeral services are pending with Sanders Funeral Home Survivors include his wife a son Warren Haddock Abilene a daughter Mrs Francis Kernell Denice Calif a grandson Charles Kernell Abilene and a granddaughter Janet Marie Haddock Abilene.
R C Warren 78 of 321 North 2nd Street Brownfield dies after a seven month illness. Services set for 4 p m today at Northside Baptist Church with Rev A J Franks officiating. Burial in Terry County. Survivors include wife, son Jesse Warren Farmington New Mexico, daughter Mrs J C Johnson Brownfield, two sisters Nattie Sutton Shreveport and Mattie Bailey Bienville La, brother Lawrence Warren Muskogee Okla, six grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Bob Hearne 68 a former Lubbock resident and Arkansas City Kansas man died Monday night at his home from a heart attack. He left Lubbock in 1918 to run a tailor shop and ranch in Kansas. Surviving: wife Bea three sons Joe Roger Keith two sisters two brothers and other relatives. Funeral services are pending in Arkansas City.
Funeral services for Mrs. G. F. (Mary Sue) Gideon 68 mother of two Lubbock residents M J Gideon 7207 48th St and James Gideon 1326 60th St will be held at 1 pm today at Capitol Hill Free Will Baptist Church Oklahoma City Burial in an Oklahoma City cemetery under Guardian Funeral Home She died Monday in Oklahoma City moving there in 1952 Surviving are 2 sons 3 daughters 4 brothers 3 sisters 19 grandchildren and 2 great
Funeral services for Charles Finley Gibson 83 a longtime Aspermont resident were held Sunday at Aspermont Methodist Church with Rev E L Yeats and Rev Melvin R Mathis officiating Graveside rites followed at Crowell Cemetery with burial by Aspermont Funeral Home Survivors include his wife and daughter Charlie Catherine Gibson
Bennett 74 a Paducah resident for four years died Monday in an Amarillo veterans hospital. He was a World War I veteran and former Allen resident. Funeral 11 a.m. today at Crouch Moore Funeral Home chapel McKinney with burial in Allen community cemetery. Survivors include brother Pat Bennett Paducah and sister Mrs Roberta Rosenbaum Needville.
Loret ta S. Neumann, 68, mother of actor Van Johnson, died Monday night in an El Cajon rest home. Doctor Anton Yurkis, heart specialist, cited a heart ailment as the cause.
Floyd Stark governor of District 573 of Rotary International aided Lubbock Rotary members at the club assembly Tuesday night at the Pioneer Hotel. Directors officers and committee members planned work programs for the 32 committees with Stark, a Seminole Rotary Club member and past president, among 271 district governors.
The Valley Farm Bureau reports 424,629 bales ginned in the four county Lower Rio Grande Valley area so far this season with 56 gins still operating and final cleanup days away. The season ends Aug 31 and this total surpasses the 1961 crop. The region aims for a record showing amid prior peaks of 467,093 in 1959 and 632,610 in 1951.
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