Man Who Began Forest Lawn Dies at 85 in Glendale
Dr. Hubert Eaton, founder of Forest Lawn memorial parks, dies at 85 after a long illness in Glendale California. He revolutionized cemeteries with flat bronzed memorials and urged predeath purchases of plots. Forest Lawn drew millions yearly and hosted many notable burials and weddings in its temples of art.
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Forest Lawn
Glendale
Calif
Hubert Eaton
Forest Lawn Memorial Parks
Si-acre Memorial Park
Southern California
Anna
Eaton
Babyland
Slumberland
Graceland
Borderland
Evelyn Waugh
Aldous Huxley
Hardsell
Hollywood Hills
Cypress
Covina Hills
Church of the Flowers
Memorial Verse of Julien C. Hyer Becomes Enduring Testimony
A reflective inscription by Julien C. Hyer extols living worth through mercy trust and love urging useful deeds as a monument that outlasts life. The verse envisions memories of the just guiding others like glowing embers and beacons in the sky.
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Julien C. Hyer
Services Set Friday For Ex Lubbock Man
BRONTE Special Services for E L Price 69 of Harlingen will be at 4 p m Friday at the First Methodist Church with Rev A S Masterson officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under direction of Williams Funeral Home Bronte Price a Lubbock grocer for 35 years before moving to Harlingen a few months ago died Tuesday at a Harlingen hospital Surviving are his wife a son a daughter a sister and four grandchildren
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Bronte
E. L. Price
Harlingen
First Methodist Church
A. S. Masterson
Fairview Cemetery
Williams Funeral Home
Price
Lubbock
Area farmer Jim B Jowell dies at 85 in Plainview
Longtime Swisher County farmer Jim B Jowell, 85, died at his home near Halfway and was pronounced dead at a Plainview hospital. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. today at Wood-Dunning Colonial Chapel with burial in Tulia Rose Hill Cemetery. He arrived in Tulia in 1891 from Palo Pinto County and farmed across Swisher Castro Floyd and Hale counties. He is survived by his wife four sons two step-sons a daughter and several grandchildren.
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Plainview
Jim B. Jowell
Halfway
Jowell
Wood- Dunning Colonial Chapel
Tulia Rose Hill
Wood-Dunning Funeral Home
Tulia
Palo Pinto County
Swisher
Castro
Floyd
Hale
Bel B. Jowell
James D. Jowell
Houston
William B. Jowell
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl V. Jowell
Odessa
Cecil E. Anderson
Edgar E. Marvel
Hawaii
Lois McAlister
Katherine Macey
Akron
Ohio
Rites Set Friday For T. B. Irons
Funeral services for Thomas Blaine Irons 81 will be held at 2 50 p m Friday at Calvary Baptist Church Floydada with Rev Herbert Row officiating Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery Moore Funeral Home directs Irons a Kansas native spent almost 50 years farming and ranching in Clayton New Mexico before moving to Floydada four years ago Survivors include two sons Sherman and Raymond seven daughters 27 grandchildren and several great grandchildren
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Floydada
Thomas Blaine Irons
Calvary Baptist Church
Herbert Row
Memorial Park Cemetery
Moore Funeral Home
Irons
Kansas
Clayton
N.M
Sherman
Deportation Slated After Peddler License Application
A man identified as Juan Garza Garza, 40, who came to the Lubbock police station to apply for a peddler license was jailed awaiting deportation to Mexico for the fifth time. He had a record of immigration violations and no valid papers. Separately, police investigated a knife point robbery at a gas station, a break in at Western Steel Building Co., and thefts including a missing transmission, a stolen stereo, and damages to a car.
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Lubbock
Mexico
Juan Garza Garza
19Th St
Garza
Border Patrol
Terrell Paul
King’s Station
Ave. H
Paul
Western Steel Building Co
Paris Ave
Sheriff's
George R. Johnson
Carlisle
Ken Dejarnett
9Th St
Dejarnett
Rites Set Today for Mrs Ala Mae Dake
Funeral services for Mrs. Ala Mae Dake 57 of 715 E 34th St will be held at Henderson Chapel at 10 this morning with Rev J T Bolding officiating. Burial is in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She was born in Hugo Oklahoma and lived here 11 years. Survivors include husband two daughters two sons and 14 grandchildren. Pallbearers named Roy Gunner Travis Maddin Wendell Jacks Ramon Urtado J L Sechrist and Reo Reese.
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34Th St. T
Henderon_ Chapel
J. T. Bolding
City of Lubbock Cemetery
Henderson Funeral Directors
Travis Maddin
Wendell Jacks
Ramon Urtado
J. L.sechrist
Reo Reese
D F Williams Services Friday Held for Levelland Resident
Funeral services for Decle Felton Williams 58 son of C F Williams Levelland are set for 1 30 p m Friday at George C Price Funeral Home Chapel Levelland Rev J Lloyd Mayhew of First Methodist Church will officiate He died Wednesday after a brief illness Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Lubbock Survivors include his wife Decie Williams of El Paso two children his father Wayne Williams and sister Hazel Lewelling plus a brother and others
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Levelland
Decle Felton Williams
C. F. Williams
George C. Price
J. Lloyd Mayhew
First Methodist Church
Williams
el Paso
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lubbock
Services Set For Snyder Resident Maud Avary
Services for Mrs. J. P. Avary 88 of Snyder will be at 3 p.m. today at the First Methodist Church with Dr. John A. English officiating. Burial will follow in Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home. She died Tuesday in a Sweetwater nursing home. Surviving are a daughter a sister four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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J. P
Maud) Avary
First Methodist Church
Ohn A. English
Snyder Cemetery
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Avary
Sweetwater
Jack Nolen Services Scheduled Today
Services for Jack Nolen, 68, of 4906 Ave. G, are set for 1 p.m. today at Henderson Funeral Chapel with burial at 4 p.m. in Afton Cemetery. John H. Moore will officiate, assisted by Dr. W. B. Lowery, both Jehovah's Witnesses ministers. Nolen died on arrival Tuesday at Highland Hospital. Surviving relatives include two sisters, a daughter and a grandchild.
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Ave. G
Henderson Funeral Chapel
Afton
Tex
John H. Moore
W. B. Lowery
Jehovah's Witnesses
Nolen
Highland Hospital
Rail merger delayed as panel restrains action
A three man panel granted a temporary restraining order on the Pennsylvania New York Central merger while delaying a ruling on an injunction. The ICC approved the $6 billion deal last April and the panel will decide next week or the week after. Government and rail interests argued over delay and indemnity terms.
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Pennsylvania
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry J. Friendly
Chhief
ICC
Robert Gernance
Justice Department
Former Slaton Rail Employee H. E. Beard Dead
Grave side services were held in Kansas City for H. E. Beard 79 a former Slaton resident and Santa Fe Railway employee who died Saturday night He lived in Slaton 21 years before retiring January 1 1957 Survivors include his wife and two Kansas City daughters Berlin German miners ask for free work clothes.
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Slaton
H. E. Beard
Kansas City
Kan
Beard
Santa Fe Railway
Five Inches Deluge Drenches New York City
The heavy rain in New York reached 4.96 inches by 9 p.m., the heaviest in 33 years, with sections of subways and the Hudson tubes shut for up to two hours. Flights diverted and international ministers rerouted to avoid weather impacts while Port Authority buses faced two hour delays.
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U.S
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Adam Malik
Montreal
Etsusaburo Shiina
Philadelphia
U.N. General Assembly
Port Authority
Cold Front Moves Across Texas Toward Panhandle
A dry, sunny pattern prevails in Texas as a new cold front advances toward the Panhandle South Plains. Forecasters expect little impact on temperatures with a high near 80 after a night around 60. No rain reported statewide. lingering dry, mild conditions after a tropical storm breakup. Fall begins in Texas at 5 43 a.m. Friday.
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Texas
Panhandle - South Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Presidio
Lubbock
San Angelo
Gulf of Mexico
Hunting Guide Alf Madsen Dies In Alaska Crash
Alf Madsen, a famed Kodiak hunting guide in Alaska, died when his light plane crashed near Agashik Lake on the Kenai Peninsula after dropping a hunter. He was about 45 and had guided many prominent sports figures, renowned for Kodiak bear expertise.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alf Madsen
Kodiak
Agashik Lake
Kenai Peninsula
Coast Guard
Madsen
Warren Sibert
R. W. Lack Services Set Today In Amarillo
Services for Raymond Wilberton Lack 39 of Plainview will be held at 10 a.m. in the Burn-Shaw chapel in Amarillo with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Lack, a construction worker, died Monday in Plainview. Surviving are his wife Bertha two sons Gene Raymond and Pam Ruth Louise all at home his mother Mrs Minnie Lack Amarillo two brothers Darrell E Shamrock and Del Amarillo and a sister Mrs Arvil Coleman Lubbock.
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Raymond Wilberton Lack
Plainview
Blackburn-Shaw
Memorial Park
Lack
Bertha
Gene
Raymond
Pam Ruth
Louise
Minnie Lack
Darrell E
Shamrock
Del
Arvil Coleman
Lubbock
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