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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1961

Page

2

Rites Pending For Victims Of Auto Collision In City

Funeral arrangements were pending for two Lubbock sisters known as fortune tellers Madame Louella and Madame Carlos after a late Sunday night auto collision. Mrs Josephine R Powell 64 died on arrival at Methodist Hospital while sister Kitty Parr 67 died Monday morning. Police said Parr drove the car west and struck the rear of a legally parked Bluebonnet Distributing Co truck on 34th Street east of Avenue G. The city toll rose to 17 traffic deaths this year with 103 in the area. Arrangements were pending at Rix Funeral Home.

Lubbock Josephine R. Powell Ave. J Methodist Hospital Kitty Parr Ave. L Avenue G 34Th Street Parr Bluebonnet Distributing Co Tyler Lewis Kittrell Louella

Brownfield Rites Set For Woman

Mrs. Pearl Johnson, longtime Brownfield resident, died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at her daughter’s home. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Brownfield, with burial in Terry County Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, two grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.

Brownfield Pearl Johnson Wiley B. Brown First Presbyterian Church of Ralph Odell Terry County Memorial Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home al Harris Paul Willeford Mike Harris Donald Smith Vic Herring Billy Blankenship

Julius McMahan Rites Set Today

Funeral services for Ivy Julius McMahan 73 who died Sunday in Spur Memorial Hospital after a long illness will be held at 3 pm today in the Spur Church of Christ. Vernon Williams will officiate with Campbell Funeral Home directing. McMahan, a retired farmer, moved to Dickens County from Grayson County and lived in Dry Lake near Spur.

Spur Ivy Julius McMahan Spur Memorial Hospital Spur Church of Christ Vernon Williams Campbell Funeral Home McMahan Dickens County Grayson County Dry Lake

Hay Fever Relief Ad for 20/20 Eye Medication

An advertisement promotes 20/20 the professional eye medication for hay fever relief. It promises prompt, fast relief from red itchy irritated eyes caused by allergies and directs readers to drug counters to obtain the product.

Ade

Baker's Best for Dandruff Shampoo Claim

Baker's Best for DANDRUFF promotes Hale Tonic as satisfying or money back. The ad urges a clean scalp and lustrous hair with Baker's Shampoo.

Injury Fatal for Vernon Man in Farmington Well Accident

A 2 year-old oil field worker from Vernon Texas died Monday from injuries after a well accident near Farmington New Mexico. Raymond Lee Barnes had worked for Aspel Drilling Co for ten days when he was struck in the chest by tongs used to loosen a pipe joint after a line broke. Flooding arroegos interrupted medical transport to a Farmington hospital.

Farmington, N. M UPID Vernon Tex

Services Set For Former Lubbock Resident Reid

Funeral services for a former Lubbock resident, Mrs. Sam H. Reid, who died Sunday morning at her Woodville home, are scheduled in Beaumont. The 55 year old will be cremated there after dying at 9 a.m. from a heart attack. Survivors include her husband, former owner of Telford Lumber Co., now Forrest Lumber Co., her mother, and her brother Charles Ferguson of Arkansas. Mrs. Reid was the daughter of the late Charles Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson of Hereford.

Lubbock Woodville Beaumont Sam H. Reid Telford Lumber Co Forrest Lumber Co Charles Ferguson Arkansas Reid Ferguson Hereford

Rites Today For Idalou Pioneer Pruitt Family

Funeral services for Mrs. W. F. Pruitt Sr a lifelong Lubbock County resident since 1916 are set for 4 p.m. at Idalou Baptist Church with Rev. Billy Frazier officiating. Burial will follow in Idalow Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home supervision. She died Monday morning at Sloan's Nursing Home at 1508 Ave Q. Previously from Thalon, she was a First Baptist Church member. Surviving are six sons including J W Pruitt and Burton Pruitt of Lubbock and F W Pruitt Jr T K Pruitt in Idalou, Ray Pruitt in Fort Worth, W T Pruitt in Muscoy Calif. a sister, a brother, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Active pallbearers are Clarence Gordon L C Derrick Roe Tipton Jim Crawford Earl Weaver and Bill Cox. Honorary pallbearers include Bailey Guess M Bagen Earl Reddell Ennis Wood M Lowe and J ee.

W. F. Pruitt Lubbock County Idalou Baptist Church Billy Frazier Idalow Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home First Baptist Church Cottle County Tex Ihalow J. W. Pruitt L1th St Burton Pruitt 25Th St Lubbock F. W. Pruitt Jr T. K. Pruitt Idalou Ray Pruitt Fort Worth

So The Shepherd Words of Faith and Encouragement

Poem by Julien C Hyer extols choosing kind words like apples of gold from Prov. 25 11. It urges planting daily phrases that lift spirits in sick rooms and home, spreading praise and encouragement to bless others lives.

Julien C, Hyer

Eugene Gresham Rites Scheduled

Funeral services for Eugene H. Gresham a 34 year old cattle buyer killed in a Sunday shooting accident will be at 2 p.m. in Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home chapel Midland burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park He had lived in the Midland Odessa area and was visiting a sister when the rifle discharged while crossing a fence Relatives said he died on arrival at the hospital Justice of the Peace John Biggs ruled accidental death The survivor list includes his wife two sons a daughter his mother three brothers and five sisters from Odessa Midland and Muleshoe multiple names and places identified from the obituary

Midland Eugene H. Gresham Newnie W Justice of the Peace John Biggs Gresham Terry Lynn Leslie Debora Jean Pauline Gresham Odessa Leroy Billy Ray Hubert Glen Farrington Blanche Crocker Violet Hammond Frances Pointer Stanton Elizabeth Murray Muleshoe

Mrs. Oran Kisor Services Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Oran D. Kisor 75 of Hale Center area will be at 2 p m in Hale Center First Baptist Church. She died Sunday at Hi Plains Hospital and moved here in 1910 from Iowa. Survivors include husband a daughter Zelda two sons Kenneth and Gaylor V all of Hale Center two brothers Onis Smith Puyallup Wash Theodore Smith Olympia Wash one sister Mrs Myrtle Clark Tacoma Wash and four grandchildren. Rev Tommie Allen will officiate Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction.

Plainview Oran D. Kisor Hale Center First Baptist Church Kisor Hi- Plains Hospital Iowa Zelda Kisor Kenneth Gaylor V. Kisor Onis Smith Puyallup Wash Theodore Smith Olympia Myrtle Clark Tacoma Tommie Allen Plainview Memorial Park Lemons Fiueral Walter W. Smith College Heights Smith City J. W. Goforth E. L. Edwards Lemons Funeral Home

DoFALSE TEETH Rock Slide or Slip PASTEETH Ad

PASTEETH a new powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates keeps false teeth firm and steady. It prevents sliding slipping or rocking without a pasty taste or sensation. Flanikaline non acid reduces plate movement and keeps teeth in place. Get FASTEET at Grug counters everywhere.

Mrs. Mary Adams Rites Set At Steed Chapel

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Louise Adams 25 will be at 2 p m today at Steed Funeral Home chapel. Rev Carl Scott of Central Baptist Church will officiate. She died Saturday evening at home after brain surgery in Amarillo. Survivors include son Jerold Scott Adams daughter Virginia Carroll Adams parents Horace and Mrs Avent Clovis three brothers Floyd in Amarillo Clarence and Kenneth Avent Clovis. Burial in Mission Gardens.

Clovis Mary Louise Adams Dn Steed Carl Scott Central Baptist Church Horace Avent Floyd Avent Amarillo Clarence Kenneth Avent

Smith Funeral Set For Today

Walter W. Smith 3¢ Plainview dies after three weeks illness. Funeral at 4 p m today at College Heights Baptist Church officiated by Rev J W Goforth and Rev E L Edwards. Burial in Plainview Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home direction.

Hereford Rites Set For Stengel Infant

Funeral services for Robert Isidore Stengel week-old son of Mr and Mrs J W Stengel of Hereford will be at 11 am today at St Anthony's Catholic Church Hereford. Burial follows at Rest Lawn Memorial Park Hereford under Claborn Funeral Home. The infant died Sunday night at Palmer County Community Hospital Friona. Survivors include parents three sisters Carla Donna and Babette and brother Richard and grandparents Mr and Mrs J E Stengel and Mr and Mrs Felix Urbanczyk all of Hereford area.

Richard J. E. Stengel Felix Urbanczyk Hereford

NEA loans OKayed for rural coops in Texas

The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $285,000 loan to the Central Texas Cooperative in Goldthwaite and a $346,000 loan to the Mid-Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative in Tulia, Texas, on Monday.

NEA Washington Rural Electrification Administration Central Texas Cooperative Goldthwaite Tex Mid-Plains Rural Telephone Cooperative Tulia

YMCA Singles Back Yard Party in Lubbock

Local YMCA events feature a backyard party at 7 30 p m today hosted by Don Prittrell at 2117 28th St with Ruth Cowart Frances Ann Smith and April Taft as committee members An executive committee meeting precedes the party at Ming Tree Also noted are a medical lecture on X ray and radiation at the Plains Co op Mill and a medical assistants symposium at 26th St and Ave A with Dr Howard Hancock discussing ethics and terminology About 50 general insurance agents attended a company school at the Caprock Hotel for a new farm and ranch owners policy set to take effect Oct 1 Other items include Susanna Van Hoove being named one of six cheerleaders at San Marcos Baptist Academy and obituaries for Mrs H B Adams and a Blakeley family reunion in Mackenzie State Park with attendees from multiple Texas towns and beyond.

YMCA Gals Club Don Prittrell 28Th St Ruth Cowart Frances Ann Smith April Taft Ca Ae Ming Tree Howard Hancock Lubbock-Crosby County Medical Assistants Association Plains Co-Op 26Th St Ave. A Licille Schultz West Texas Hospital James 0. Ferrell Floyd West and Co Dallas Caprock A. L. Cantwell Home Office Susanna van Hoove Roy S. van Hoove 60Th St San Marcos

West Confident Of Keeping Red China From UN

Western sources said they can block Communist China from seating in the United Nations this year to safeguard for at least another year the Republic of China seat. The plan hinges on votes from the United States Britain and Western allies with New Zealand prompting debate in the General Assembly to counter Soviet moves.

United Nations N.Y UPC China Taiwan Republic of China World Organization United States Britain New Zealand

Wichita Dam Hearing Delayed to November 27

The Board of Water Engineers postponed a hearing on the Hassell Lake damsite near Wichita Falls to November 27 to allow further discussions. Victor Bouldin represented Wichita Falls, which has a $12.5 million bond issue approved for the project. The Red River Valley Authority and a land owner opposed the dam site.

Austin Board of Water Engineers Wichita River Wichita Falls Hassell Lake Victor Bouldin Red River Valley Authority

Abernathy Man Tells Of Robbery Attack

Abernathy resident Augustine Sandoval Jr, 48, said he was hitchhiking on the Amarillo Highway when two men and a woman robbed him near 19th Street and Weber Avenue. He reported cuts to face and back from a knife, and his wristwad was taken before he escaped. FE. Clyde Morris, 49, was treated for a hand injury from an incident at Jet Drive-in. A Lubbock woman, Helen Marie Jackson, 32, was treated after a beating at a house on 36th Street.

Augustine Sandoval Jr Abernathy Methodist Hospital Sandoval Amarillo 19Th St Weber Ave Clyde Morris 15Th St Broadway Ave. U Lubbock Helen Marie Jackson Baylor St West Texas Hospital 36Th St

Mrs. Jessie Sandlin Dies. Rites Held in Gatesville Today

Funeral services for 67 year old Mrs. Jessie M. Sandlin are set for 2 p.m. today at Scott's Funeral Home Gatesville with Rev. G L Derrick officiating. Burial follows at Gatesville Cemetery. Mrs. Sandlin, a former Gatesville resident of Milam County, leaves two daughters a son six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her survivors include her mother a brother and four sisters living in Gatesville Greenville Miss Memphis Tenn and Gatesville.

Gatesville Jessie M. Sandlin Methodist Hospital Scott G. L. Derrick Gatesville Cemetery Milam County Sandlin Methodist Church Gwyneth Jordan Temple J. M. Sandling Dumas M. T. Turney Leonard Turney J. B. Floyd Greenville Miss Godwin Memphis, Tenn L. A. Windaborn Clouett Morton

Radioactivity Rises in Japanese Rain Over Weekend

The Central Meteorological Agency reports a slight rise in rain radioactivity in Tokyo area with Aldta prefecture recording a high of 335 Geiger counts per minute per liter. The pre test average was about 50 counts.

Tokyo Central Meteorological Agency Aldta

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Julius McMahan Dandruff Adv Vernon Man New York Stock Exchange Exchange P.O New York 1 The Eugene Gresham Oran Kisor Lufrin Carl Leon Puvin Sirs Coy Dunn Lufkin Mary Adams Stengel Norman Williamson Julian Williamson Paul Graham CO Meel Ewell Kelley Imperial Plymouth Avenue L H. B. Adams Wylie Hudman 45Th St Abilene J. M. Blakeley Mackenzie State Park Hobbs Roswell Denver City Wolfforth Shallowater Littlefield Long Beach Calif Farmington N.M West Red Wichita Dam Mrs. Sandlin BEN Sweetland Systems 50Th Street Hilly Meeks & Co Main Bill Crowder Gene Busckburn J.D. McPhaul Lewis Garnati Zale Portale Broadway & Caprock Ceni Paclia America Continental Rolla-Royce Citizens Center 13Th and Houston
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