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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1968

Page

2

Local court, judo class, and community notices in district brief

Civil jury panels reported to Judge Howard C. Davidson in the 99th District Court at 10 30 a m and to Judge Edwin H Boedeker in County Court at Law No 1 at 9 a m Judo instruction for teens and adults starts Monday at Maxey Community Center 30th Street and Oxford Avenue with free classes Benny Ussery is the instructor to register call PO2 6411 Ext 321 Preschool registration continues at Maxey for ages 3 to 6 with Dorothy Dailey center director and baton twirling and elementary fumbles classes also free Christmas Seal Mobile Detection Unit of the West Texas Tuberculosis Association will be at WTTA 916 Ave N Monday Tuesday Levelland Wednesday Thursday and back to WTTA Friday Carey B Loney of Lubbock qualified for an advanced degree at University of Wyoming 1968 summer school Four Lubbock residents pledged at Texas Christian University Fort Worth for Panhellenic Council including Marcia Finnell Sally Montgomery Sharon Rafferty and Cheryl Garrett pledged after bid issuance.

Eka Edn County Court Howard C. Davidson 99Th ‘District ‘Court Edwin H. Boedeker S. County Court Oxford Avenue Benny Ussery The West Texas Tuberculosis Association WTTA Ave. N

Reward Offered for Information in Panhandle Fair Incident

A $500 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who grabbed a 10 year old girl in the Panhandle South Plains Fair parking lot. The girl reported the assault after being driven to a vacant house, as her father and employer filed the reward at Citizens National Bank.

Panhandle Citizen's National Bank

Starr R Haile Services Pend in Littlefield

Starr R Haile 68 longtime area resident died 4 12 am Saturday at Baylor Hospital Dallas after a two month illness. Services pending at Hammons Funeral Home. He moved to Littlefield in 1924 and owned barber shops here. Survivors include wife Virgie two sons Randy and Bartee a stepson a step daughter and eight grandchildren plus a sister and four brothers.

Littlefield Starr R. Haile Baylor Hospital Dallas Hammons Haile Virgie Randy Bartee Set William Chapmn Hawaii Wayman Messer Littfield Dub Gilter Kingsland Joe Gorman Louie Midland Sam Andrews Lee Parker, Ariz

T J Koessell Funeral Monday

Theodore J. Koessell 65 died Friday in St Luke s Hospital Houston services Monday at 10 a m in W W Rix Chapel burial Resthaven Memorial Park Rev E G Neunacher will officiate Koessell lived Rt 3 Lubbock moved here in 1945 from St Louis Pallbearers Olin J Kirk David Koessell Roy O Graver and Robert Grigsby Helen Nickens and three sons Theodore Jr David and Robert L Grigsby listed as survivors

Theodore J. Koessell St. Luke's Hospital Houston W. W. Rix Chapel Resthaven Memorial Park E.G. Neunacher Redeemer Lutheran Church Koessel Rt. 3 Lubbock St. Louis Olin J. Kirk David Koessell Roy O. Graver Robert Grigsby Helen Helen E. Nickens New Mexico Theodore Jr Japan David Robert L. Grigsby Yuma Ariz

Area Woman's Rites Planned

Mrs. Margaret Wells McGown 94 died at 2 45 p m Saturday in Medical Center Hospital after six weeks illness. Services at 10 30 a m Monday in First Baptist Church Chapel with Dr Tim Trammell officiating. Burial in Plainview Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs John Logsdon son Rex of Apache Junction Arizona three grandchildren and three great.

Plainview Margaret Wells McGown Medical Center Hospital First Baptist Church Tim Trammell Plainview Cemetery Wood Dunning James D. McGown Rockdell Fort Worth

Services Held for Mrs Pearl I Pitcox in Lamesa

Mrs Pearl I Pitcox 84 longtime Dawson county resident died Saturday in a local convalescent home. Services 2 p m Monday at Downtown Church of Christ officiated by Wesley Mickey. Burial in Lamesa Memorial Park Branon-Philips Funeral Home. Survived by daughter Onie Hail temple area sisters Rosie Lasater Saratoga Fla Annie Ryder Saratoga Fla eight grandchildren five great grandchildren.

Lamesa Pearl I. Pitcox Dawson County Church of Christ Wesley Mickey Lamesa Memorial Park Branon - Philips Funeral Home Robertson County Pitcox Onie Hail Rosie, Lasater Temple Annie Ryder Saratoga, Fla Raymond Putnam Northside Baptist Church J. B. Chicks J. P. Jones Putnam Winds Medical Arts Hospital Mattie Lee Fiton Goolsby Nadine Hampton Ann Colburn Lubbock Guy Pickett Colorado City Helen Phipps Denver City J. D. Jones

Refugee chartered plane lands in Montreal with 134 Czechoslovaks

A chartered plane carrying 134 Czechoslovak refugees landed in Montreal on Friday as one of the largest post invasion arrivals to Canada. Forty five settled in Montreal while the rest proceeded to Toronto and western provinces.

Montreal Canada Toronto

Denver City Rites for Harry Ruben Kirby

Services for Harry Ruben Kirby 49, former area resident, will be at 2 p m Monday at First Baptist Church Denver City with Rev John Ferguson officiating Burial will be in Plains Cemetery directed by Singleton Funeral Home Survivors include nephews Jerry Kirby Dallas and Ronnie Kirby Denver City and sister-in-law Iris Kirby Denver City Kirby died in Southern Mexico where he had lived for 14 years after leaving Denver City

Denver City Harry Ruben Kirby First Baptist Church John Ferguson Plains Cemetery Singleton Funeral Home Kirby Mexico Jerry Kirby Dallas Ronnie Kirby Iris Kirby

Mrs Gribbles Rites Planned at Grassland Nazarene

Mrs. Mary Ann Mollie Gribble 86 of Grassland near Tahoka died after a lengthy illness in Mercy Hospital Slaton. Born in Fannin County she and Horace Gribble married in 1905 in Trenton Texas. Survived by daughter Ruby Patterson Tahoka son William Leonard Tahoka sister Sadie Luttrell Lubbock brothers M P Iaines Cade Okla T C Joints Bonham seven grandchildren 19 great grandchildren. Cremation or burial in Grassland Cemetery planned with services Monday.

Tahoka Mary Ann Mollie) Gribble Grassland Lynn County Mercy Hospital Slaton Gribble Fannin County Horace Trenton Tex Grassland Nazarene Church E. A. Rawlings Marshall Stewart Hamlin W. M. Dorough Wichita Falls Grassland Cemetery J. M Ruby) Patterson William Leonard Sadie Mae Luttrell Lubbock M. P. Iaines Cade Okla T. C. ‘Joints Bonham

Rites Pend Here For Mrs. Keith

Mrs. Beulah M. Keith 81 of 90 EB 19th St died 7 pm Saturday at University Hospital. Services pending Resthaven Funeral Home. Survived by husband Homer daughter Evelyn Richter 2006 46th St son William Canoga Park California brother D M Varnell Fort Worth sisters Daisy Varnell Knox City and Lee Woodard Knox City and one grandchild

Beulah M. Keith 19Th St Lubbock University Hospital Resthaven Funeral Homer Evelyn Richter 46Th St William Canoga Park Calif D. M. Varnell Fort Worth Daisy Varnell E. 19Th St Lee Woodard Knox City

Four year old Mario Lopez dies at Porter Hospital

Mario Lopez son of Mr and Mrs Francisco Lopez of 2127 Cornell died at 7 20 p m Saturday at Porter Hospital and Clinic Services pending Survivors include his parents four brothers Jesse Sammy Johnny all of the home and Tommy of Clovis NM four sisters Diana and Teresa both for the home Mrs Mary Negreta l of Lubbock and Mrs Rosa Gallegos of Lubbock Mexico nationalized its oil industry in 1958

Mario Lopez Francisco Lopez Cornell Porter Hospital Resthaven Funeral Home Jesse Sammy Johnny Tommy Clovis N. M Diana Teresa Mary Negretal Lubbock Rosa Gallegos

Rites Slated Here Today For Car Mishap Victim

A Friday night pickup crash that killed two Texas Tech students raised Lubbock traffic deaths to 16 for September, with 19 year old Lora Alice McVey of Lancaster and 18 year old Donald Marvin Hale of Tucson dieing. Hale will be buried in East Lawn Memorial Park after services at Resthaven.

Texas Tech Lubbock Lora Alice McVey Lancaster Donald Marvin Hale Tucson Ariz South Palms

Eisenhower Aide Mugged in Washington District

Spec. 7 Carl J. Burns, 34, an Army enlisted man on the Eisenhower staff, was mugged as he entered his car in northwest Washington. Two men struck him, stole his wallet containing a White House pass and Eisenhower mailing card, a wristwatch and $14. Burns refused medical help. Ike was recovering from his seventh heart attack at Walter Reed.

Washington API U.S. Army Dwight D. Eisenhower D.C Carl J. Burns Burns White House Eisenhower Walter Reed Army Hospital

Putnam Rites Slated Today

Raymond Putnam 82 a Dawson County resident since 1938 will be buried at Northside Baptist Church after a lengthy illness. The service will be at 2 p m officiated by Rev J B Chicks with Rev J P Jones assisting, followed by burial.

Odessa Man Henry Dunlap Dies in Kermit at 67

Henry Louis Dunlap 67, longtime Odessa resident and former Kermit native, died Saturday at Winkler County Memorial Hospital Kermit after a September 9 stroke. He moved to Odessa 1966, was a Grace Temple Baptist Church member, and burial is in Levelland Cemetery. Survived by wife Lizzie, four sons, one daughter, one brother, three sisters, 14 grandchildren, two great grandchildren.

Levelland Henry Louis Dunlap Odessa Winkler County Memorialospital Kermit Oklahoma Grace Temple Baptist Church George Price Estelle McCoy Tyler Gladys Robertson Arlington Dorris Black San Antonio

Denver City Mason Dies

Olan C. Cox 59, area farmer and rancher, died in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church. Masonic graveside rites in Denver City Cemetery. Cox, a Tulsa native and Yoakum County founder of the Yoakum County State Bank, was active in Masonic and Eastern Star bodies and church life. He leave behind Gwenn, two sons Robert and Lt. Col. Bill Cox, a daughter Marie Adams, and extensive family including parents, siblings, and in laws.

Denver City Olan C. Cox First Baptist Church John Ferguson Singleton Funeral Home Tulsa Cox Yoakum County

Fall From Truck Injures Worker In West Texas

A 16 year old construction worker Billy Phillips suffered facial scalp and limb lacerations after falling from the rear of a moving pickup on North Quirt Avenue near Estacado High School. He remained in fair condition at West Texas Hospital Saturday afternoon. Phillips resides at 5422 Ave A.

West Texas Billy Phillips Ave. A North Quirt Avenue Estacado High School

Bombs In Paddy Kill Villagers In Thailand

Five Thais were killed and five seriously injured when villagers salvaged bombs jettisoned into a rice paddy by an American plane. American bomb disposal experts were searching for the bombs at the time of the explosion.

Bangkok Thailand

Mrs Williams Rites Planned In City Today

Odus Williams 83 of 951 33rd St died at 3 15 am Saturday in Methodist. Services set for 2 pm today at W W Rix Chapel with graveside rites at Elmwood Memorial Park Abilene Monday. Rev J O Haymes will officiate. Survivors include Bernard Williams Big Spring. Vera Shahan Dallas. Beatrice Newton Dallas. sister Vera Boyd Dallas. brother Curtis Dalton Dallas. seven grandchildren five great.

Odus ‘Williams 33Rd St Methodist Hospital W. W. Rix Chapel Elmwood Memorial Park Abilene J. 0. Haymes First Methodist Church

Fire truck returns after costly Kingston misfit

An inspected newly purchased 68000 dollar Kingston fire engine did not fit in city garages being about six inches too high. The vehicle was returned to American LaFrance Co. in Elmira for modifications to resolve the problem.

Kingston N.Y American LaFrance Co Elmira

Pioneer Jayton Resident Tom Fowler Dies at 76

Funeral services planned at 2 30 p m today at First Baptist Church for Tom Fowler a longtime Jayton resident and booster of the Jayton High School football team He died Friday afternoon after giving a pep talk to students He was born April 3 1892 in Seymour and survived by his wife four daughters one son three sisters a brother and seven pallbearers.

Jayton Tom Fowler Kent County First Baptist Church Murry Brewer Abernathy Tommy Ewing Jayton First Seymour Gertrude Jenkins Folner Peggy Marsh Oakland Calif J. B. Montgomery Bob Hamilton H. P. Humphrey Old Glory Tom B. Fowler Oak Ridge Tenn Dallas Kenady W. K. Joiner Deigle Hays John Joe Favor Robert Hall Gordon Hamilton Bearl Murdoch Odell Hair Baldo Goodall Bob Pierce Iroy Dodds

Services Planned For Mrs. Ada Thomas

Services for 75 year old Mrs. Ada Ella Thomas will be held at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with Rev. C. H. Murphy and Rev. Hardy Cole officiating. Burial follows at Silverton Cemetery under Silverton Funeral Home. She died early Saturday at her home from an apparent heart attack. She had lived in Briscoe County 18 years and was a native of Sardis Mississippi. Survivors include her husband Grover six daughters and three sons plus a sister and a brother in Mount Pleasant and other localities.

Silverton Ada Ella Thomas First Baptist Church C. H. Murphy Hardy Cole Silverton Cemetery Annie Horn Mount Pleasant Joe Horn

Governess for Royalty Dies at Buckingham Palace

London AP reports Katarine Peebles former governess to Queen Elizabeth IV children died Friday night in her Buckingham Palace apartment. She cared for Prince Charles Princess Anne and Prince Andrew and planned a private class for 4 year old Prince Edward. Peebles born in Scotland was in her early 50s. Cause of death not known immediately.

London Katherine Peebles Elizabeth IV Buckingham Palace Miss Peebles Prince Charles Princess Anne Prince Andrew Prince Edward Scotland

Yemeni Delegation Returns From Tokyo After Economic Agreement

A Southern Yemeni delegation led by Foreign Minister Saif Ahmad Dhalai returns to Aden from Tokyo where they signed an economic and technical cooperation pact with Red China News Agency reporting the visit and agreement details.

Tokyo Saif Ahmad Dhalai Aden Peking New China Red Iching

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