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Barnett#■(Continued From1 Page 1)towersMr. Barnett purchased KSWS-Radio in 1952 and operated it along with KSWS-TV until several years ago when he sold the radio facility. On Dec. 20. 1965, he again began radio broadcasting, this time with KSWS-Radio a 50,000-watt station covering New Mexico and adjoining states. He pioneered with a good music format. He utilized his two broadcasting mediums to the maximum in the promotion, education and entertainment of New Mexico. The functional building and studios at 1717 W. Second is one of the1I#show places of Roswell.j Mr. Barnett has received many honors but one of which he was exceptionally proud was the regional (New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and El Paso, Tex.) Sertoma Club “Service to Mankind award”.:UjThe presentation was made on March 1, 1959, in Roswell.Mr. Barnett had many civic accomplishments. He became interested in the Cancer Crusade many years ago and served as president of the Cancer Society and in later years as president and member of the board of directors of the New Mexico Division of the American Cancer Society.Another of his outstanding achievements was the founding * i of the YMCA movement in Roswell. He and the late Field Rob-i-i, inson were the joint founders. He was a member of the FirstMethodist Church, a former di-'• I rector of the Roswell Chamber djof Commerce and an original lt I member of the New MexicoeSafety Council.In 1944 Mr. Barnett received 0 a Secretarial Citation from the, U.S. secretary of the Interior for . oil and gas development in New Mexico. He was a member ofis,t-didle;rid:k1/IJwaiEasNzoz131-Milmo:W.the American Assn. of Petro-‘'jleum Geologists, the Geological • Society of America, the Ameri- Chi can Assn. for the Advancement of Science, Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Assn.. Charter member of the Roswell Geological Society, New Mexico Broadcasting Assn., the National Assn of Radio and TV Broadcastin[nn-ers, Lambda Chi Alpha, social fraternity, and Theta Sigma, honorary science fraternity.His oil activities includedNWilBalDorHaMo)01n-toasceinteedia-ti-hehealveIVS.MrterIVHeIIanservice as geologist, Godley Oil and Gas Co., Dallas; petroleum engineer, Shell Petroleum Corp.; geologist, Southern Crude Oil Purchasing Co.; district agent, Sinclair Oil and Gas Co.; petroleum engineer, The Texas Company, Houston, Tex., and with the United States Geological Survey in Roswell, from 1936 to 1947.After his service with t n e USGS, Mr. Barnett went into the oil business as an independent oil producer, and he j „ ^ credited with much of the oil development in New Mexico and j West Texas. He wrote a number of special geology and en- j gineering reports in the period r*31942 through 1945. [He is survived by his wife,1FesortyoneserisevearerlMrs. Frances Maye Barnett; two | j? sons, John A. Barnett Jr., of Carlsbad, and Eugene Mitchell , ' Barnett of Sheppard Air Force ^ Base, Wichita Falls, Tex.; onedaughter, Rowena Barnett, Los; Angeles, Calif.; one sister, Mrs.Roxie B. Wentz, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and two grandsons. : pf Funeral Services will be heldTuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ballard Funeral Home. Burial will bePrin South Park Cemetery, Dr.! dn Austin H. Dillon will be inBmice, vid A. Kamofsky, Don Mercer and J. William Knodel, NewYork, N.Y.; Bernard Koteen andruN,charge of the services. The active pallbearers will be; Ernest 1^ A. Hanson, Dr. I.J. Marshall, nd Dr. Steve Marshall, Paul B. Mc-j Evoy and Raymond E. Will-iams, all of Roswell, and J.C.' Vandeventer of Midland, Tex. Honorary pallbearers include:Dr. Charles C. Harrold, Dr. Da-DiJcB;scJiJ £1Q0 George Gautney, Washington, rlt;, D.C.; Jack M. Campbell, San-, I ta Fe; Dr. Charles S. Cameron, ^ Philadelphia, Pa.; Fred Cole and Charles Johnson, Artesia;Rq«-un.er-ickWilliam C. Briggs, Albuquer- 1550Eque; Don P. Bandy, El Paso; Sheldon Hickox, Burbank, Calif.; Edwin L. Mechem, Las I Pi ^; Cruces; Boyd Laughlin and j es George R. Gibson, Midland; Ed- te win C. Tracy, Camden, N.J.; C Merwin H. Soyster, Seattle, rj Wash.; Senator Clinton P. An- te derson and Senator Joe Mon-304bytoya, Washington, D.C.; and J.C Powell, Don Kester, Maj. Gen. Sam W. Agee, W.L. Shackelford, Foster Morrell, Clarence Hinkle, Clarence I. Wolfe, James ec* Lusk, Quinton Marshall and all ,ay employes of KSWS-TV and KSW l?s Radio, Roswell. jell, i sLIVsiSI
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