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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1965
Page
5
Monks from St Van Grille and Bec Hellouin began ceremonies marking the 1000th anniversary of Benedictine monks arriving at Mont St Michel. The island abbey rises 300 feet above the sea off Brittany with a landmark tower visible for miles.
John Daring will teach judo this fall at the YMCA on 14th Street and at Maxey Community Center. Teen classes at Maney are free at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays for boys. YMCA beginners to black belt classes run 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. contact 6588 or SW9-7652 for details.
Two Levington residents were injured in a motor vehicle collision with a car in downtown Levington shortly after 4 pm Wednesday. Tammy Russell, driver of the motorcycle, was listed in satisfactory condition at Levington Lea General Hospital with a leg fracture. Perneda Minor Williams, the car driver, was hospitalized with gnork and other injuries later Wednesday night.
AMMAN Jordan AP reports the Arab Economic Unity Council is expected to announce the collapse of the nine month old Area Common Market within two weeks sources said Wednesday. Member states differ politically and economically making the last year January 7 agreement unworkable. The council groups United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Iraq Kuwait.
Tom My Gene Yarbrough of Midland was convicted of evading the draft and sentenced to two years in prison by Federal Judge Leo Brewster. Yarbrough, 24, a Jehovah’s Witness, did not seek a religious deferment. The maximum penalty is five years and a $10,000 fine.
More than 500 Texas judges gathered in Midland for the State Bar of Texas judicial section conference. U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, Gov. John Connally and House Speaker Ben Barnes are slated to speak, with a banquet for Connally and Barnes on Friday night.
Orvis Mauldin and Cecil Rinehart, associated with W. M. Walker Trucking Co. of Hobbs, were hauling an oil field tank when a 7,200 volt line struck them near Tatum New Mexico. Mauldin, 31, fell headfirst from the tank and was rushed to Methodist Hospital in Lubbock in critical condition. Rinehart, 32, was only shaken and remained on the tank before descending.
Hollywood AP reports Eddie Gribbon an original Keystone Kop died Tuesday at 75 after cirrhosis and heart failure. The Irish born New Yorker came to Hollywood in 1916 and after World War I served, he starred in war comedies with Slim Summerville and later in the Joe Palooka films.
Funeral services for Filbert Vernay Boynton 82 a former Lubbock resident are pending at River Welch Funeral Home in Big Spring. He died Wednesday evening in a local hospital. Survivors include a son in Midland two daughters in Garden City and Portland Ore a brother in Big Spring and six grandchildren. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meets Thursday to set bag limits hunting dates and fishing regulations for 34 counties under authority of the 53rd legislature.
Funeral services for J. M. Ferrell 86 former Hall County rancher and rancher-farmer will be held at 2:50 p.m. in Memphis First Christian Church with Rev Tom Poses and Rev Gene Jorgenson officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Surviving family includes daughter Mrs Wilfred Martin Tularosa NM and three sons James M. Ferrel Jr Crimp Claud Ferrel plus 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Clovis obituary for Bert McCullough aged 81 a Curry County resident for 53 years who died Tuesday night in Clovis Memorial Hospital funeral services set for 2 pm at First Methodist Church with Dr Willingham officiating burial in Mission Garden of Memories Cemetery. Survivors include two sons two sisters a brother and grandchildren and great grandchildren.
CLOVIS Special Ben Hill 67 an Clovis automobile salesman died at his home Tuesday at 2 pm in St. James Episcopal Church with Rev Joseph Ho Fasel officiating. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Sherwood Mortuary. Hill a World War I veteran lived in Clovis 32 years. Survivors include his wife Lena a son Ben Hill Jr of Van Nuys California two daughters Mrs Paul Fury of Dove Creek Colorado and Mrs Eleanor King of Clovis. Pallbearers named Dorwand Kim sbrough and Stewart.
A passage reflecting on Leviticus 26 6 and God granting peace to the land. It envisions fearlessness among men with safety from beasts and war. The text links peace to love of God and neighbors and cites JULIEN CL HYER.
Denver City funeral notices announce services for Mrs Inway Bell Brown 48 former Lubbock resident who died Tuesday in Yoakum County Hospital. She moved to Denver City in 1956 and was active in church and volunteer groups. Burial will be Friday in Caddo Oklahoma under Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include husband James C and two sons Clinton Coy and Weldon Walter plus her parents.
Funeral services for Linda Gonzales daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Gonzales will be held at 2 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev FE L Rios and Rev Murry Kay officiating. Burial follows in Hockley County Cemetery under Smith Funeral Home direction. The child died at 11 p.m. Tuesday in Lubbock Methodist Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include her parents six brothers a sister two grandmothers and a grandfather.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. A. Goodwin 84 of 2601 York Lubbock will be at 4 p.m. today at Second Baptist Church with Rev. Robert J Hearne officiating. Burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She died Tuesday at St Mary’s Hospital after a heart attack. She lived in Lubbock 24 years and was a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harrison will be held at 3 p.m. today at Resthaven Memorial Park. The Rev. Mark B. Williams will officiate with arrangements by Rix Funeral Home. Survivors include the parents, grandparents Rabb Harrison of Lubbock and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alexander of Arlington, and great grandparents R. H. Alexander of Arlington and Mrs. T. P. Harrison of Lubbock.
Funeral services for W R Weaver 68 who died Tuesday at Cros sley County Hospital follow an illness of several months. The Spur resident and former West Texas Utilities Co manager will be buried in Spur Cemetery after 2 30 p m services at the Church of Christ. Survivors include his wife two daughters a son a brother and six grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jeff D. Woods former Lubbock resident will be at 10 a.m. in Sanders Memorial Chapel with Elmer Adcock of the Church of Christ officiating. She died at her Sherwood home Tuesday morning and leaves a daughter, sister, two granddaughters and 10 great grandchildren.
Four people were injured in two separate accidents Wednesday. Carole Gillespie, 18, was treated at Reese Air Force Base hospital after a two car collision at 46th Street and Salem Avenue. In a second crash on Magnolia Street, Bertis Anderson 38 Edward Ware 23 and Roy Ritchke 31 were taken to West Texas and Highland Hospitals respectively and later released after first aid.
Funeral services are held today for Charles D. McKenny 82 a former Texas labor commissioner who died in a Denison hospital Tuesday. He served as labor commissioner from 1927 to 1931 then led the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers for the Missouri Kansas Texas Katy Railroad and later worked as a Grayson County deputy tax collector and as a peace justice.
The Texas Research League was honored by the Governmental Research Association for its presentation on administering the state building program. The Wednesday event highlighted the league's yearlong study and its implications for public works governance.
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