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Newspaper

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1961

Page

7

Mrs Hawkins Rites Set Today

Mrs Cerene lisbeth Hawkins 54 a Littlefield resident died at 5 10 p m Saturday in Littlefield Hospital Funeral services will be at 1 a m today in Hammons Funeral Home chapel officiated by the Rev Jack Ellzey and the Rev Longshore Burial will be in Childress Cemetery She was born in Missouri and came to Littlefield from Childress Survived by three sons Dewey Garrison Denison A E Hawkins Albuquerque Guy Hawkins Citrus Heights Calif two daughters Mrs O M Thomas Oakley Kas and Miss Florence Hawkins Austin one grandchild and two great grandchildren and two sisters Mrs G Hukili and Mrs CA Welch

Littlefield Cerene Lisbeth Hawkins Littefield Littlefield Hospital Hammons Jack Ellzey First Methodist Church Revert Longshore First Baptist Church Childress Cemetery

Memory training pitch in Chicago publisher ad

A Chicago publisher promotes a memory technique as a path to business and social success. They offer a free book Adventures in Memory by Memory Studies at 835 Diversey Parkway, Dept 40%, Chicago 14, mailed with no obligation. The ad urges readers to send a postcard to request the brochure.

Chicago Mercury Diversey Parkway Dept Chican

The Shepherd Prayer and Urgent Prayer Notes

A fragment mentions prayer for others including churchgoers and the grieving. It urges pausing at an ambulance to ask God to help those facing emergencies. The piece attributes the lines to Julien Chy er.

Mrs. Odom Rites Set For Today

Mrs. Odom 70 died at 4:20 pm Sunday at Fluvanna Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Resident of Scurry County 36 years. Funeral p.m. today at Fluvanna Methodist Church with Rev. R. Charles Spivey officiating. Burial Fluvanna Cemetery. Survivors: A. L. Odom husband two daughters Jessie Jackson Gayle Ruby Lee Beal Oakland CA two sons Oliver Round Rock Douglas Fluvanna one brother Buster Robertson Snyder.

Bur Snyder Mal Odom Sunda A. L. Odom Jessie Jackson Gayle Ruby Lee Beal Oakland Calif Oliver Round Rock Douglas Fluvanna Buster Robertson Snyder, Ale

Pioneer Teacher Gilmore Dies In Canyon At 68

Joseph Lee Gilmore a longtime West Texas educator and West Texas State College mathematics professor died Sunday after an illness. He taught since 1943, began teaching 49 years ago in Turkey, and is survived by Nora his wife a daughter and a son a sister and five grandchildren. Funeral services at 2 p.m. today at First Methodist Canyon with burial in Dreamland Cemetery under LaGrone Funeral Chapel direction.

Canyon Joseph Lee Gilmore West Texas West Texas State College Gilmore WTSC Turkey Hays Tex First Methodist Church Newton Starnes Hubert Thompson Abilene Dreamland Cemetery LaGrone Funeral Chapel Nora Jack Taylor 5. H. Gilmore Texas Tech Lubbock Slaton

Owner of Midland Radio Station Dies

Ted Warkentin, 55, first president of the Of 4 Medical Research Foundation and prominent Lawton businessman, died in a local hospital. He owned four office supply firms, two drilling farms, and television and radio stations in Lawton, Duncan, and Midland, Texas, plus cattle interests. He also led the building committee for a proposed $1 million project at Temple. Funeral services are pending.

API Ted Warkentin of 4 Medical Research Foundation Lawton Businesswemn Lawton Duncan Midland Tex Warkentin Temple

T W Moss Dies At City Home

T W Moss dies at his city home. Funeral services set for 4 p m Tuesday at Rix Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Resthaven. Moss moved to the Lubbock area years ago from Dallas and helped establish the Farm Labor Union on the South Plains. Survived by several children, grandchildren, and sisters.

Rix Funeral Home Moss Lubbock Dallas Farm Labor Union South Plains de Moss W. Moss Jr 46Th St Billy Ray Bates J. K Amsano Edgar Billy 44Th St W. Mount Amarillo J. Rhoton Grady Dod Grandohidrer

Rudolph Zarfas Rites Set In West Texas Funeral

Rudolph Zarfas 58 of 25 a died Sunday in West Texas Hospital. Funeral services will be held today at Rix Funeral Home chapel with Rabbi A Cline officiating. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery. Survived by wife Augusta and three sons Donald Richard and Jay Zarfas. Zarfas was a resident of Lubbock 11 years, from Austin, member of Downtown Lions Club B nai B rith and Congregation Shaisr eth Israel. BELFAST More new enterprises attracted to Ulster last year than ever before, adding work for 8800 persons, per Commerce Minister John Andrews.

Rudolph Zarfas West Texas Rix Funeral Home A. Cline City of Lubbock Lubbock Zarfas Austin Downtown Lions Club B'nai B'rith Congregation of Shaisreth Israel Augusta Belfast Ulster iCommerce John Andrews Robnie. Barnes George A. Brewer Dallas Restland Cemetery

James Randolph Smith 78 Rites Planned at Central Church

Funeral services for James Randolph Ran Smith 78 longtime Plainview resident will be held at Central Church at 3 pm today with Rev. Enild Henderson and Rev. Jack Welch officiating. Burial will follow at City of Lube Block Cemetery. Smith died Friday night at his home. He was employed as a dairyman for 18 years here before retiring in 19L.

James Randolph Ran) Smith Longjarmouth Plains Central Church Enild Henderson Jack Welch City of Lubebock Cemetery Sanders Funeral Home Smith 29Th St Plainview New Moxico Lubbock Mickey Smith Jim Smith Charles V. Blake Fred C. Blake Orville Lee Blake Gen R. Blake Demons of Central Baptist Church

Rountree Rites Slated At Ralls

John Pruitt Rountree 61 a farmer in the Ralls area since 1905 died in Methodist Hospital Sunday after illness several days Funeral services set 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church Ralls Rev C M Fields and Rev Tommy Allen officiating Graveside rites at 5 p.m. today at Paducah Cemetery He is survived by wife two brothers H C of Paducah J E of Colorado Springs Colo and one sister Mrs C C Brown Amarillo Pallbearers named H C Berry Jimmy Adams Curt Richards Vance Cypert Homer Weems and J W Payne

John Pruitt Rountree Ralls Methodist Hospital First Baptist Church C. M. Fields Tommy Allen Baptist Church Hale Center Paducah Roundtree H. C J. E Colorado Springs Colo C. C. Brown Amarillo H. C. Berry Jimmy Adams Curt” Richards Vance Cypert Homer Weems J. W. Payne

Former Lubbock Resident Dies in Kerrville

Miss Helen Price longtime Kerrville resident died Saturday in Kerrville after a long illness. Funeral services will be held today at the Smith Panera Home with Dr. Will Matthis Dunn and the Rev. WE Breihan officiating. She lived in Kerrville for a year in the home of her sister Weldon Sandusky after previously residing in Lubbock with another sister Mrs R L Quiham. She was daughter of the late Thomas B Price, pioneer educator and churchman, and sister of the late Lloyd E Price, Fort Worth attorney and state senator. Survivors include three sisters Mrs Sandusky Mrs Dur ham and Mrs RO Jonas Houston. Burial will be in Garden of...

Kerrville Helen Price Peterson Menetiv Aong Serviers Smith Panera

Victim Of Mishap Dies At Snyder

Robert Benny Jones, 68, of Longview, died 12:45 a.m. Sunday at Cogdell Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered in a one car accident 10 days earlier near Dermott. He fell from a loaded pickup when a blowout occurred and a stove fell on him. He leaves two sons in Ardmore Oklahoma and a sister. Services will be in Shreveport, with Bolger Funeral Home handling local arrangements.

Ardmore

Obituary briefs from Brownfield to Odessa region

Funeral notices honor Mrs. Lelana Smyth 98 in Brownfield and Mrs. Ethel Johnson 57 in Idalou, with services led by Rev. Tom Morgan and Rev. H M Sheats. Also listed are last rites for Mrs. Lige Ann King at Ralls Church of Christ, Mrs. Hubert Ziegler in Plainview, Mrs. Lillie Eatmon of Snyder, and burial details for Robnie Barnes of Lubbock, plus services for George Brown of Lockney and Linda Lavely of Covina. Burial plans span Snyder, Lubbock, Restland in Dallas, and City of Lubbock Cemetery. Cecil Collins 24 died near Hobbs. funeral arrangements pending after an oil field accident near Eunice.

Ethel Johnson South Plains McDonald H. M. Sheats Highland Park Cecil Richard Collins Hobbs Chapel of Roses Jodessa Collins Eunice Roberts Funeral Home Odessa

Two Climbers Die After Fall On Washington Peak

Linda Cartwright 24 and Ed Goodman 6th of Seattle died after plunging 300 feet during a Cascade Mountain climb near Snoqualmie Pass.两 other climbers H. MacDonald 36 and Brian Marte 18 survived. The fall occurred as Cartwright neared the top of a vertical chimney when a rock gave way. Clifford Grundy 66 of Anmeted reached a ledge nearby. Funeral details and survivor mentions follow with arrangements at Rix Funeral.

Seattle, Wash Boeing Cascade Snowqualmie Pass Linda Cartwright Ed Goodman Seattle H. MacDonald Brian Marte Cartwright Goodman Plum Clifford Grundy

Kurdish Uprising in Iraq Threatens Government Control

Traditional tribal warfare in northern Iraq escalates as Kurdish factions led by Mullah Mustafa Barzani clash with government troops. Reports say Kurds seek an independent Kurdistan spanning Iraq Iran Turkey and Syria, with fears of strategic oil regions being destabilized.

David Lancashire Tehran Itin Thelfare Zah Iraq Abdel Karim Kassem Kassem Baghdad Othr Iraq-Iran Thelmai Mullah Mustafa Barzani Soviet Union Barzani Kurdistan Iran Turkey Syria Democratic Party For

Rites Set For Mrs Armstrong Of Friona

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Armstrong 84 of Friona will be at 3 p m today at First Methodist Church Friona with Rev U S Sherrell Rev Wallace Kirby and Rev Bill Burton officiating Burial is in Friona Cemetery under direction of Claborn Funeral Home Survivors include three daughters Mrs Day Mrs E A Schmidt Glenview Ill and Mrs W L Redfearn San Bernardino Calif a son Thomas E Armstrong Seerock Mass three sisters Mrs J W Winter Fort Worth Miss Alice Allison West and Mrs Art Hevison Burbank Calif five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren

Friona Sarah Armstrong Frione First Methodist Church U S. Sherrell Wallace Kirby Bill Burton First Baptist Church Friona Cemetery Claborr Burbank I Calif

Thrash Services Set For Tuesday in Littlefield

J J Thrash 70 a Littlefield resident since 1931 died Saturday night at his home after years of poor health and wheelchair use. He was a retired service station operator and owner. Services Tuesday at 10 am at Littlefield Drive Church of Christ with Dwayne Dennis officiating. Burial in Littlefield Cemetery under Hammons Funeral Home direction. Survivors include wife two daughters Mrs James Herrtage Earth and Mrs Ralph Roberts Littlefield and seven grandchildren.

Littlefield J. J. Thrash Thrash Kirby Ark Littlefield Drive Church of Christ Dwayne Dennis Littlefield Cemetery Hammons Funeral Home James Herrtage Earth Ralph Roberts

Two Injured In Hit-Run Mishap In Pep

Two Pep residents were injured slightly in a hit and run collision on Clovis Road near Indiana Avenue at 7 18 p m Sunday. James Edward Diersing 21 and Larry Hogue 16 were not treated at hospitals. Diersing said the other driver attempted a U turn as both cars moved west causing the crash then the fleeing driver fled on foot through a cotton field abandoning the damaged vehicle.

Pep Clovis Road Indiana Avenue James Edward Diersing Larry Hogue Diersing

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Epanels Desert Rose Arthenware Downtown Monterey APPLE Mrs. Hawkins The Julien Chyer Mrs. Odom Collier's South Plains Monument Co T. W. Moss City James R. Smith Ran Tripoli Lelana M. Smyth Brown Emmanuel Baptist Church Brownfield Tom Morgan Jing City of Lubock Cemetery Brownfield Funeral Home Lige Nancy) Ann) King Ralls Church Hubert Ziegler Plainview Memorial Park Lillie Kenneth Eatmon Northside Baptist Church Jack Dean Snyder Cemetery Bell Funeral’ Home Eatmon Houston George William Brown Lockney Lockney First Baptist Church Gene Hawkins Lockney Cemetery Carter Funeral Home Linda Jane Lavely Covina Ben Clifton 40Th St Clifton Igo Southside Baptist Church Washington Peak Sole OF Shan Sotcia Nenier Neers Rix House of Home Frances San’ Francisco Kuwait Mrs. Armstrong Mrs. Grundy Hotpoint Diab Fletcher College Furr Topping Naka Keith Franklin East 34Th Street Georgia Marble Dealer Sinna Pink Granite Georgia Granite Winnsboro Call Sherwood
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