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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1963
Page
4
A Washington report outlines a national alert program to warn drivers and the public about deadly smog. Officials describe plans to issue warnings as pollution levels rise and stress the need to reduce vehicle emissions to prevent tragedies similar to past smog deaths.
Otto McElyea's services today are scheduled at 1 pm in the Hunetiel Home chapel for Otto Mt Elsens. Rev Bening presides with burial at Bustt Cemetery. funeral rites led by the Pastor of Christ Church. The grave site is in Lamesa with burial under the Bell Funeral Home arrangements.
Rancher rites are planned today in Fra. an sh Meth ateattnac at nf oc fe art stake. He Leb rie ed ar eta in seats ated fel rarehiny.
A Texan festival parade featured Latthbuck and Bier Serenade claiming top spots in the twirling competition. Latthbuck led a field of over 200 performers as Miss West Texas Mae forette and Miss Valentine Mie Phe represented the event.
A man named Brock sustained head lacerations after an incident at Gene's Drive-In. Col La Proper of Wright-Patterson AFB visited the Lubbock Air Force recruiting station, with a deputy and two others. Roswell Chirk Ptinger, a Texas Tech student, was treated after a collision at Hi St and College Ave. A supervisor at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. was promoted to television tall supervisor in Lubbock after 17 years with the company.
Services for 75 year old Asa T Bell, who died Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, will be held at 2 30 p m Monday at Wheeler Mortuary Chapel. Rev R A Long and Rev Charles Jones will officiate. pallbearers include Alva Knight James Wright Cecil Ward T B E Mears Je J R Hyatt and BE L Muncy. Bell, born in Kosciusko Mississippi, moved to Roosevelt County in 1988.
Mrs. Enoch Jones 4, a Lubbock resident since 1916, will have a 2 p.m. Monday service at Sanders Chapel with Rev. D G Davison officiating. Burial follows at City of Lubbock Cemetery under Sanders Funeral Home. She died Saturday at Methodist Hospital after months of illness. survivors include a daughter Beth Jackson of Denton, two sisters, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services for 76 year old D McEachern of Hale Center will be held Monday at First Baptist Church Plainview with Rev Tim Trammell and Dr Roy Me presiding. Burial follows in Memorial Park under Lemons Funeral Home. McEachern and Weldon Craig of Olton were killed Friday in a Hale County auto accident near Olston. Craig, 32, was a farming equipment maker who moved to Halfway Community a decade ago and is survived by eight sons, four brothers, and a sister.
William Myres a former Muleshoe resident died in Mesa Arizona after three years there. Funeral services are set for 2 pm at First Methodist Church with J Frank Peery pastor. Burial will be in Muleshoe under Strickland Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife Bobby son Stanley a daughter in Austin mother Ruth Myres five brothers and four sisters and four grandchildren.
William M. Buske 8 a retired farmer died Saturday in Spur Memorial Hospital Services will be at 2 pm Monday at First Baptist Church Spur Burial will be in Spur Cemetery Campbell Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his wife four daughters four sons two brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
Rites are planned for Kenneth Stobaugh Jr at 10 a.m. Monday in Morrilton Arkansas. The 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs Sto baugh died after a gun he believed unloaded fired in Terrell. Witnesses say he moved the clip but forgot a shell remained in the chamber. The Stobaugh family, longtime Dallas residents, moved to Lubdock from Dallas two years ago.
Funeral rites for Mrs Sue Antabelle Chirk also known as Mrs Clark, a 34 year O’Donnell resident, are set for 1:20 PM at the Methodist Church in O’Donnell with Rev David Hamblin officiating. Burial will follow in O’Donnell Cemetery under Higginbotham Funeral Home Lamesa direction. She died Friday night in a Big Spring hospital. Survivors include son Norman of New Orleans, her mother Mrs JW Gates of O’Donnell, four sisters Mrs Joe Morgan of Denver Colorado, Mrs COW Foote of Perryton, Mrs John Towies of Ison Colorado, and James Gates of O’Donnell.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jack Oldham 30 of San Diego Cal native of Paducah will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in the Church of Christ with Ode Prescott minister officiating Burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery Norris Funeral Home in charge She died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at her California home She lived in Paducah seven years before moving to California in 1942 Survivors include her husband Jack four daughters Carol Debbie Jackie and Robbie and three sons Stevie Mack Scott and Gary Gene all at home her father J E Sims of McKinney her mother Mrs R McDonald a brother John Sims of Scotsdale Ariz and a sister Mrs Pat Russell of San Antonio
A 22 year old pilot Jimy Enwin Douglas was killed when his plane struck a telephone line and crashed into a cotton field near Lavington Northwest of Dumas. Funeral services are planned Thursday in Dumas at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Chapel and at Dumas Cemetery with surviving wife Lor infant daughter Sherry and other relatives.
Services were held Friday for Mrs AW Rethy mother of Albert Bettis of Lubbock. The rites at First Presbyterian Church were officiated by Reverend gene Strickland. Burial followed in Lite River Cemetery at Jones Prairie. Survivors include another son a sister and four grandchildren all on the South Plains.
London reports veteran British stage star collapsed and died from a heart attack after missing a Savoy Theatre appearance in The School for Scandal. Producer Mattar Lei found him dead at his apartment following the Friday night incident.
Funeral services for Mrs Ena Green 34 who died at TE Am Sameday in Nichols Rest Home will be today at First Baptist Church Spur with Rev. Melvin Rathest of Trinity Baptist Lubbock officiating. Burial at Dayton Cemetery under Campbell Funeral. Survivors include husband Floyd Green and two sons Dame and Jimmy. sisters York Patton Hollabaugh. brothers Hamilton Hansen. mother Hamilton. other relatives.
Capt Laffoon killed in TT Tuesday crash near Kirtland AFB Albuquerque while stationed at Reese AER. Survived by wife Newell and others. memorials at Furst Baptist Church Stroud and Stroud Cemetery. Other relatives listed. obituary notes service details and local connections.
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