Oklahoma! opens on LTC stage amid sold out shows
Capacity crowds fill the LTC for Oklahoma! with three of six performances sold out. Budget notes praise S. Walker James direction and Cherry Jones choreography while spotlighting cast members Ross Cass Marilyn Camp Carey Spikes and Barry Corbin. VA veteran Fred Young marks 70th birthday as James family hosts preopening events.
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LTC
S. Walker James
Lubbock
Everett George
E. D. Clements
Fred Stockdale
Dred Maxcey
Cherry Jones
Ross Cass
Marilyn Camp
Curly
Laurey
Carey Spikes
Will Parker
Curley
Ado Annie
Carol O'Connell
Barry Corbin
Texas Tech
Jud Fry
Eral
Lou Keay
Eller
Gary Carson
Ali Hakim
Darlene Hunter
Robert Anderson
Andrew’ Carnes
Jeanne George
Bill Michael
Disaster relief funds rise along Texas coast drive
Local contributions for hurricane relief reached 11510 as the drive to 16000 closed at 10 p m with about 2000 pledged by telephone. 105 calls flooded Red Cross offices while mail gifts remain welcome for several days. The Lubbock fund goes to Red Cross headquarters in St Louis for disbursement to 10 coastal cities.
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Texas
Red Cross
Lubbock
St. Louis
Texas City
Galveston
Citizens Band Radio Club
Baby With Heart Defects Returns From Denver Hospital
James Gregory King week old son of Mr and Mrs Gard R King 1906 20th St flown to Denver for diagnosis of heart defects discovered after birth at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital Sept 1. He was admitted to Colorado General Hospital Sept 6 where doctors found three major defects affecting oxygen in the blood. The infant and family were flown with relatives and a nurse. Surgery is planned when he is about four years old with periodic Denver checks for progress.
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James Gregory King
Gard R. King
20Th St
Denver
Lubbock Osteopathis Hospital
Colorado General Hospital
Jubbock
J. J. ‘Townsend
Townsend
King
Senate Keeps Bracero Program Alive To Date
The Senate defeated a motion to kill the two year extension of the Bracero program for Mexican farm workers by 40 to 24. McCarthy’s amendment would have required pay at least 90 percent of regional or national farm wages, but was dropped by conferees. The chamber postponed final action until today while discussions continue.
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Washington
Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Senate House
McCarthy
House
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Whitharral Youth Tops Hockley County Show Honors
Harris of Whitharral claimed multiple championships at Hockley County Fair including senior champion boar and grand champion sow in swine and grand and reserve champion ewe and ram in sheep. Oswalt and Wenzel also collected top titles in various divisions. Emily Ruth Cotton and others won women’s division textiles and culinary awards. Farm Home FHA and Levelland FFA led education exhibits. Home Builders Club won the home demonstration exhibit.
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Levelland
Troyne Harris
Whitharral
Hockley County
Clarence Oswalt
Lubbock
Jerry Wenzel
Brownfield
Harris
Poland
China
Oswalt
Wenzel
Charles Latch
Sundown
Wright and Mitchel
Wolfforth
Don Stafford
Littlefield
Bowr
Hampshire
Donald West
Smyer
Jimmy Wynn
Emily Ruth Cotton
Whit Harral
Beverly Arnold
Edna Walters
Frankie Carpenter
John Rister
FHA
Levelland Ffa
FFA
Home Builders Home Demonstration Club
Two Boys Arrested in City Burglaries
Burglaries of four city homes were cleared with the arrest of two boys aged 12 and 14. Cash, a typewriter, a pistol, and cigarettes valued at dozens of dollars were taken from residents on Elliott 1904 Seventh Street and Massie 1714 Thirteenth Street, with additional thefts at Clements 1920 Seventh Street and Turley 2018 Sixth Street.
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Olive
Walter Lee Elliott
Ith St
Solon Clements
7Th St
J. D. Massie
13Th St
Frank Turley
6Th St
Circle Drive-In
South Ave. Q
19Th St
Padgett Building Contractors
Ave. C
Tower TV & Appliance
Mth
Veterans group condemns red tests funeral services today
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. today for 91 year old Charles St Clair, a retired farmer, who died Wednesday. The service will be at Southside Church of Christ with Pastor Leon Savage officiating, followed by burial at Lubianbe Carmatemet Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles St. .Clair
Southside Church of Christ
Leon Savage
Discoverer Of Bone Surgery Aid Dies
Washington based AVC condemns Soviet nuclear testing resumption as fallout spreads. Dr Grandsons will be pallbearers in San Antonio. Survivors include wife Ella and sons Carl St Clair Curtis St Clair. Noted for discovery of vitallium use in bone surgery.
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Washington
UPI
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Soviet Union
San Antonio
Charles Scott Venable
Ella
Carl St. Clair
St. Curtis St. Clair
Lubbock briefs cover meetings crimes and events
Quarterly board meetings of the Tuberculosis Association in Lubbock County will be at noon in the Red Raider Room at the Pioneer Hotel with Dr. Mortis Mallace presiding. A planning session on a county school tuberculin testing program starts in October in county schools and November in city schools. Luncheon tickets are $2 plus tax. Also reported are a auto collision injuring Mrs. Lorene Haney, a four state Advertising Federation trip by Lubbock club representatives, two families visiting from California, a 12 week dog obedience course at Texas Tech, Grace Presbyterian Family Night withJapan slides, theft charges against Marquez Vasquez Castillo, forgery charges against David Bridges, a grass fire at Frank Gary farm, a gas-line incident at 1105 32nd St, and a tour of Tech garden plots by the Lubbock Men’s Garden Club.
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Astcure
Lubbock County
Pioneer Hotel
Livestock Pavilion
Texas Tech
J. T. Coon
62Nd St
Heart of the Plains Kennel Club
Walice Bogart Rites Pending
Walice Bogart 61 of Lubbock died on arrival at West Texas Hospital after a heart condition. He was a Knights of Pythias and Elks member, farmer and oil investor, moved to Lubbock in 1933 from Burkburnett. Funeral arrangements are at Sanders Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Ruth four daughters a brother and three sisters and nine grandchildren.
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Walice Bogart
19Thi St
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Knights of Pythias
The
Elks Lodge
Bogart
Burkburnett
Kansas
Sanders Funeral Home
Ruth
C. C. Price
el Paso
Dudley Wallace
J. G. Hudson
James Livingston
Cotton Center
C. E. Bogart
Nora Weir
Leedy
Okla
Jack| Duke
Ernie Gentry
Mrs. Overstreet Dies At Andrews
Mrs. Fannie Overstreet, 71, a longtime Andrews resident, died at 9 20 p m Thursday at Singleton Funeral Home. A native of White County Arkansas she moved from Littlefield earlier in life. Survived by four daughters Mrs Joe Edwards Little James Pierce Hereford Mrs L D Gerald and Mrs Roe Price all of Andrews sister Mrs Pearl Carter Hollis Oklahoma a brother Charlie Jones California 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was a member of the Lutheran Church here.
Last Rites Set For Mrs Woods in Jacksboro
Funeral services for Flora Nan Woods 88 mother of Flora Kee of Lubbock will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hawkins Funeral Chapel Jacksboro. Burial will follow in Dark Corner Cemetery near Jacksboro. She died Wednesday after a two month illness and had lived in Jacksboro for 50 years. Survived by three daughters Mrs Hamm Abilene Mrs Hawkins El Paso and Mrs Lane Bakersfield Calif a brother and a sister.
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Floydada
Flora Nan Woods
Flora Kee
Lubbock
Hawkins
Jacksboro
Dark Corner
Woods
Roy Woods
Jim’ Hamm
Abilene
Mamie Hawkins
el Paso
Letha Lane
Bakersfield
Calif
B F Sanders Services Planned At McKinney
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Sanders 82 a retired farmer and former Lubbock resident will be at 10 a m Saturday at the Davi Street Church of Christ in McKinney Burial will be in Restland Cemetery Dallas He died Wednesday night in West Texas Hospital He had lived in McKinney 12 years and is survived by his wife four daughters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Benjamin F. Sanders
Lubbock
Davi St. Church of Christ
McKinney
Restland Cemetery
Dallas
Sanders
Auburn
West Texas Hospital
Lub Dock
W. L. Wise
Auburn St
E. Simmons
Dale Kelley
Hereford
J. C. Gor
Rites For Father Of City Woman Are Set
Thomas J Hooser father of Mrs. G Keyes 2217 State Street dies in San Juan hospital. Retired citrus farmer and former Seymour movie theater operator. Services at 3 pm today First Methodist Church Seymour burial Seymour Cemetery. Survivors include two sons T J Hooser Brownsville Elma Hooser Seymour and four grandchildren.
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Thomas Jear
G. Keyes
First Methodist Church
Seymour
Harrison Funeral Home
Alamo
Hooser
San Juan
T. J. Hooser
Brownsville
Elma Hooser
Longtime Area Resident Dies in Plainview
Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs. Clara Mary Harmel 78 of Plainview after six months of illness. She lived in Swisher and Hale counties since 1917, later near Kress and on a farm south of Plainview. Survivors include five children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery with Wood Dunning Funeral Home handling duties and Rev. Jim Boswell officiating.
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Plainview
Clara
Mary Harmel
Swisher
Hale
Kress
Charles White
Lubbock
Aubrey Harmel
Wichita
Kan
Ben’ Harris
Valley Mills
A. B. Walter
Frank Oswald
Clifton
Plainview Cemetery
Wood- Dunning Funeral Home
Jim Boswell
John Wade Services Set At San Antonio
Funeral services for John Steele Wade a 2 year old boy will be held at 10 a m today at Porter Loring Funeral Home in San Antonio Burial will be in a local cemetery The child son of Mr and Mrs Wallis J Wade Jr became seriously ill Monday and died Wednesday at West Texas Hospital Survivors include his parents a brother James Booth Wade and grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Wade of Fort Worth and Mr and Mrs Walter B Booth of San Antonio Donations may be sent to Lubbock Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center Sanders Funeral Home led local arrangements
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John Steele
Wade
Porter Loring Funeral Home
San Antonio
Wallis J. Wade Jr
43Rd St
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock
Pan American Oj! Co
James Booth Wad
J. W. Wade
Fort Worth
Walter B. Booth
Lubbock Cereral Palsy Treatment Center
Ave. N. Sanders Funeral Home
Rites For Publisher Slated At Kerrville
Funeral services for G Rankin Starkey sixty long time Kerrville Times publisher who died of a heart attack in Kerrville are set for today Starkey joined the paper in the late 1920s after UT graduation and became owner in 1931 The Times earned top paper honors in 1959 Starkey sold the paper to Max Thomas in 1960 Survivors include his widow his mother three brothers two sisters two nephews and a niece
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Kerrville
E M Smith Services Set At Greenville
Funeral services for Ernest M. Smith 65 of 1906 26th St will be at 10 am today in Sorrell Gray Funeral Chapel Greenville with Rev Curtis Jackson officiating Burial will be in Prairie Valley Come LAMESA Mexican bracero who had just arrived in this area collapsed and died while pulling cotton near Greenville He died at 7 pm Wednesday in a Kerrville veteran's hospital where he had been a patient for a month Survivors include his wife and three brothers Arthur Smith Wolfram Smith Jessie M Smith and Fred Smith The victim was under contract until mid November by the Inter County Marketing and Growers Assn of Borden Dawson Gaines and Terry Counties The body was taken to Higginbotham Funeral Home here Rios entered the United States at El Paso
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Ernest M. Smith
26Th St
Sorrell- Gray
Greenville
Curtis Jackson
Canyon Baptist Church
Prairie Valley
Jessie M
Fred Miles
Lames
Smith
Inter
Assn
Borden
Dawson
Gaines
Terry
Higginbotham Funeral
Rios
United State
el Paso
Heavenward Hope in a Family Bedside Moment
A fragmentary personal musing quotes Psalm 73 25 as a mother tells her children she is going home to Heaven She urges serving God doing right and fulfilling duty with prayer heard from the heavens and recalls a rendezvous with eternal rest attributed to Julien C Hyer.
Funeral services for Monty Jay Hampton held today
Funeral services for 24 year old Monty Jay Hampton son of Mr and Mrs Joe D Walker were held at 2 30 p m today at Franklin Bartley Funeral Chapel with Rev Clifton Igo officiating Burial was in Lubbock Cemetery The service featured speakers Rabbi Alexander Kline Dr J Chess Levern and Rev Tom Anderson The deceased died at Methodist Hospital after an illness Survivors include his father Hampton in the U S Army stationed in Washington his mother a brother Lonnie Charles Hampton and several grandparents and great grandparents living in Texas
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Monty Jay Hampton
Joe D. Walker
Emory
Franklin-Bartley
Clifton Igo
Southside Baptist Church
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Dag Hammar
Jerry’ Skjeld
Hampton
U. S. Army
Bowman
First J
Washington
Ther
Lonnie Charles Hampton
Buster Hampton
46Th St
Roy McEachern
21St St
Joe Ashley
Muleshoe
J. W.hampton
Clarendon
L. W. Clark
Paradise
Texas
Pioneer Minister Rarah Webb Clark Dies in Snyder
The Rev. Rarah Webb Clark a veteran West Texas Methodist minister died in Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder at 8 45 p m Thursday he would have been 51 Sunday Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at the First Methodist Church Snyder with Rev Harry Vanderpool officiating He had recently retired from active duty but filled pulpits for three years Survivors include a daughter Mrs A C Previtt Snyder a son J Freeman Clark Dallas two sisters and two brothers as listed Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery with Bolger Funeral Home directing Pallbearers will be stewards of the First Methodist Church.
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Webb
Heal
Democratic Party
Waco
Fort Worth
A. C. Previtt
Snyder
J. Freeman Clark
Dall
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Oklahoma
Jack Sheridan
Porter
Fred E. Young
Veterans Administration
Mallory Byrd
James
Bearden
30Th St
South Plains
Young
2St
Pnone
Amarillo
Lubbock Theatre Guild
Women's Organization
Tera Easter
Miss Easter
Broadway
Move
Bracero
Hockley
U.S. Veterans Group
Charles St. Clair
Land B.C. St. Clair
Smyery
Texas Medical Association
M. L. Gregg
Bexar County Medical Association
Cisco
J. H. Burk
Marion Holder
Ave
Lorene Haney
Ave. R
Clovis Rd
Ave. U
Laibbock Advertising Club
Tulsa
Advertising Federation of America
Mel Lismand
Ray Bowen
Lubbock Club
Carl Cooper
Marian Brazelton
Redding
Cooper
J.B. Campbell
Grace Presbyterian Church
Tom B .Anderson
First Presbyterian Church
Japan
Marquez Vasquez Castillo
E. Broadway
John Gillespie
Grease Service Co
Dist
George E. Gilkerson
Castillo
John Roberson
Howard Smith
Justice of the Peace
George H. McClesey
David D. Bridges
38Th St
Justice of the
George H. McCleskey
Frank Gary
Loop 289
Buffalo Lakes Road
32Nd St
Rouse
Doyle Howland
Tech Garden
Texas Tech Horticultural Club
Mrs. Woods
B. F. Sanders
John Wade
Rites
E. M. Smith
SSE Ve
Ole Bheytora
Julien C. Hyer
Monty Hampton Services
Alexander Kline
Lubbock Council of the United Nations
J. Chess Levern
Tom Anderson
Hammarskjold
Louthan-Dowell Motors
Billy Meeks & Co
Main
Coomaer
Gene Blackburn
McPhaul
Tewis Gumett
Sweses
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