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5. 2A The Paris News, July 8.. 1938 For Deaths McCann funeral Funeral services for Etta Pearl McCann of Lake Worth were conducted Thursday at the Forest Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Frankie Dawes officiating. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home made burial in Forest Chapel Cemetery.

Bearers were Ronnie Young, Larry McCann, Jack Baker, Thomas Graves, Brian Baker and John Coontz. Mrs. McCann died Monday in Fort Worth. Bill Nance HUGO, Okla. Bill Nance, 78.

of Kress, Texas, died Wednesday, July 6, at Central Plains Hospital, Plainview. Services were held in the Lemons Memorial Chapel in Plainview at 10 a.m. Friday. Graveside services and burial will be Saturday, July 9, at 10 a.m. al Grant Cemetery.

LamptonMills and Coffey has charge of local arrangements. Nance was born July 14. 1909. in Atoka, Okla. He lived in Grant, until moving to Plainview in 1950.

He retired in 1986 a and moved to Kress. He was a member of the Aiken Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Gary Nance of Arlington, Texas; one daughter. Mrs. Jim (Murleen) Braddock of Kress; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

Lola Fay Ferguson HUGO, Okla. Lola Fay A.M. Stocks m1 L.A LATE ICHGI Anheuser-Busch 311 330 3I Apple 16 263 Anlac 451, 45 13 Archer Daniels 301. 193, C'umpbelt Soup 213, ('oca-C'ola A.Ci. Edwards 19 19 Ensearch 191, 181: E-Systems I- Exxon 141.

4842 First Republic 1'1 Flowers 171 07 17 Goodrich 312, 31', Goodyear 631 A 61 3N1, 371, 18.31 1241 1267. Intl Paper 673, 174, Pennes 193 K-Mart 3430 33 Kimberly-(lark Kruster :15 303, McDermott 199. 13 McDonald's 16. 131 Munsingurar 43kinhoma 314, :10 14 Phillips Pet. 133, Pilgrim's Pride 4 Pills 303, 30, Scars 30 14: Sherwin-William, 273, Standard Prod.

34 S.W. Bell 3x4. Tande 431, 131, Teaneca 'gl Tesaca 171 Texas Inst. TI. N.M.

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(8756-2081) Published daily and Sunday 7 days a week by the North Texas Publishing Company, 138 Lamar Paris, Texas 75460 Telephone: (214) 785-8744 Class Adv: (214) 785-5538 postage paid at Paris, Texas. POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 10 Paris News, P.O. Box 1078. Paris, Texas 75460 A News Story Or Suggestion? Telophone: (214) 785-8744 City 31 Regional 31 34 Ext. 36 Church 33 33 33 Business 47 Agriculture 47 SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY CARRIER One Month: $6.50 One Year: $78.00 Sunday Only: $4,50 WEEKENDER (Saturday and Sunday Only): $5.50 BY MAIL: Month: $6.50 One Year: $78.00 SINGLE COPY PRICES Daily 75' Sunday PARIS NEWS MANAGEMENT Bassano Managing Editor.

Lamb Business Manager Posey Advertising Director Kelley Circulation G. Morgan Production Hundicy The Paris News is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, The Associated Pross and the Texas Daily Newspaper Association. Weather The Record Ferguson. 66, of Soper, died Thursday, July 7 7, in St. Joseph's Hospital in Paris.

Services will be held Monday, June 11. at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church at Soper with the Rev. James Sealy and the Rev. Donald Hogue Jr.

officiating. Burial will be in Soper Cemetery by Lampton-Mills and Coffey Funeral Home. Mrs. Ferguson was born April 19, 1922. in Soper, a daughter of Harve and Martha Jane Seat Holman.

She married Roy Ferguson on June 10, 1957, in Paris. Surviving are her husband; three daughters, Sue Eagon of Soper, Yvonne Burchfield of Soper and Kay Thompson of Hugo; one brother, Ralph Holman of Paso Robles. one sister. Ima Jean Taylor of Soper: and seven grandchildren. Ruth Marie Dicken Ruth Marie Dicken, formerly of Paris.

died at Katy Nursing Home Thursday. July 7. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 9, at Meadowbrook by Gene Roden's Sons, Directors Funerals. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.

to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Dicken was born June 30. 1901, in Lamar County, a daughter of A.P.

and Maude Grigsby Medlock. She married the Rev. Elmer Dicken. on Dec. 23, 1922.

He died in 1967. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Martin (Billie Jo) Browning of Katy and Mrs. Arnold (Frances) Rosenthal of Rolling Meadows, one son, Harold Dicken of Crane; and one sister, Irene Jones of Paris. James David Durham Sr.

James David Durham 77, 1630 Pine Bluff, died in Longview Regional Hospital at 3 a.m. Friday, July 8. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday. July 9.

at Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. James Semple and Dr. A.B. White officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

The family will receivie friends from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday al the funeral home. Mr. Durham was born Nov.

28. 1910, in Biardstown, a son of W.A. and Neva Ingram' Durham. He atlended Biardstown schools and married Ruby Bartlett on Aug. 5.

1940. He worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. from 1934 until retiring in 1976 as sales manager. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Marine Corps. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Dr.

A.B. White's Sunday School Class and a member of the. Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a former member of the Odd Fellows and the American Legion. Surviving are his wife; one daughter.

Barbara Hughes of Tyler; five sons. James David Durham Jr. of Amarillo, Jerry Durham of Dallas. Robert Durham of Longview, Harvey Durham of New Boston and Andy Durham of Houston: 13 grandchildren; and two sisters, Genevieve King of Paris and Bonnie Clower. Mrs.

Willie (Billie) Summers Mrs. Willie (Billie) Mae Summers. 73. of Houston, formerly of Red River County, died Wednesday. July 6, in Houston.

Services will be held at 2. p.m. Saturday, July 9, at the Pavillion of Bogata Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Bush officiating. Burial will follow in Bogata Cemetery.

Bogata Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Airs. Summers was born Nov. 18. in Red River County.

a daughter of William and Mae Chesshir Edwards. She married Milton Summers on April 11, 1935. He preceded her in death June 29. 1973. Surviving are three sons, Glenn Summers of Houston, Richard Summers of Yuma, and Bobby Summers of Austin: five grandchildren: one greatand three sisters.

Zelma Wood of Bogata, Ruby Clipper of Hooks, and Francis Bennett of Brenham. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Inez Bettes COOPER Inez.

Bettes of Cooper died Thursday. July 7, at her home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday. July 9, at the Charleston Methodist Church with the Rev.

Jack McNabb officiating. Delta Funeral Home will make burial in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mrs. Bettes was born in Delta County on Jan. 28, 1918, a daughter of Claude and Ruby Wester Pickens.

On Oct. 7. 1933. she married Marlin E. Bettes.

Surviving are her husband: her mother. who lives in Cooper: two daughters. Patsy Ruth West of Diana and Marlia Jean Harris of Paris: one brother, Joe Pickens of Cooper; two sisters. Palsy Barton of Cooper and Dorice White of Dallas: four grandchildren: and four greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister.

Laverne Rush, in December 1984. The family will receive from 7 p.m. 1o 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Alton (Tebo) Peek CLARKSVILLE Alton (Tcho) Peck.

66. Rt. 1, Annona, died Friday, July 8. at McCuistion Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday. July 9. in Lindeman Chapel of Clarksville Funeral Home. Burial will be in Boxelder Cemetery. Mr.

Peck was born in Annona Nov. 25. 1921, a son of Seymour and Lizzic Belle Peek. He married llazel Nicks and was a Baptist. He served in the Police Roundup Fire razes Blossom home A Blossom residence was destroyed by fire early this morning.

Officials placed the loss at $30,000. Firefighters from Reno responded at 2:30 a.m. to the Larry May residence, 415 W. Division, to find the home engulfed in flames. No one was inside the residence at the time.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. A 22-YEAR-OLD Paris woman told police someone driving a 1988 Ford pickup truck attempted to run over her and her 11-month-old daughter as they tried to cross a street Thursday in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Drive. A 1981 CHEVY Citation was reported stolen Thursday from a residence in the 1700 block of West Houston Street. Bronze in color and bearing Texas license plates YBF-126, the vehicle was valued at $1,800. A 45-YEAR-OLD Sapulpa, truck driver reported the theft overnight Wednesday of a 40-channel citizen's band radio and 15 chains from his rig parked at a motel in the 3500 block of Loop 286 NE.

The stolen items were valued at $965. Paris police also reported the following activity: Two burglaries of habitations, three thefts, attempted burglary of a building, civil disturbance, suspicious person, attempted theft, animal complaint and two criminal mischiefs. BURGLARY OF AN Addison residence reported to Lamar County Sheriff's authorities Thursday involved the theft of numerous items valued at a combined $1,480. A 24-YEAR-OLD woman was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital Thursday after she swallowed 20 aspirin.

She was admitted in good condition. Two persons indicted last week on separate felony offenses were arrested on warrants Thursday afternoon by sheriff's deputies and placed in jail pending arraignment. Sheriff's department also reported the following activity: Suspicious vehicle east of Blossom, burglary alarm at the Roxton bank, prowler call off U.S. Highway 271 North and the theft of a fourwheeler in Blossom. Deputies served eight civil citations Thursday.

Five inmates housed at the Upshur County Jail were to be returned today to Lamar County in an effort to reduce the number of those being housed there. As of 8 a.m. Friday there were 73 inmates in the Lamar County Jail, 17 of those assigned to Upshur County. Parisian in car, William Warner "Bill" Hutchison, 59, was slumped behind the wheel of his car with the engine running off FM 1499 approximately 3 miles west of U.S. Highway 271 North short- A Paris man was conscious Thursday side his car and later hospital, an apparent carbon monoxide HUTICHSON HUTICHSON ly after 12:30 p.m.

A hose had been haust of his car window. He was pronounced p.m. at McCuistion Medical Center. Services will be Saturday, July 9, Funeral Home Rev. Gary, will Burial be Cemetery.

The family will to receive friends. Mr. Hutchison 1928, in Lamar found later found unafternoon indied at a local victim of poisoning. taped to the exand placed inside a dead al 1:53 Regional held at 10 a.m. at Fry and Gibbs Chapel with the Regan officiating.

in Evergreen be at their home was born July 30, County, a son of Army during World War II and was a retired worker in Precinct 4 in Red River County. He was a farmer and rancher. Surviving are his wife: one son. Alton D. Peek of Annona: one daughter.

Jamie Sue Huddleston of Bogata: four sisters, Janet Jones of Annona, Barney Belle Moore Canyon, Mary Hodges Brantley of Annona and Mobelia McFarland of Vancouver. Canada; three brothers. Haskell Peek of Mount Pleasant, Russell Peek of Rhome and Tom Peek of Dallas: and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Friday at the funeral home. Leslie Hoffman CLARKSVILLE Leslie Iloff- dies in hospital unconscious W.A. Hutchison Jr. and Doris Warner Hutchison. He was a graduate of Paris Hich, School, Paris Junior College attended North Texas State University.

He served four years in the Air Force during World War II. He married Myrna McEwin on April 5. 1953. in Paris. He was retired from the insurance and grocery He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he served on the board of stewards and had served on the Paris and Reno schools board.

He was a past president of the Breakfast Optimist Club and coached Little League baseball for 13 years. He was a former president of Lamar County Unit of American Cancer Socicty. He was a former member of the Paris Jaycees. Lions Club and was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Elks Lodge. Surviving are his wife: two daughters, Melinda Goin of Mcsquite and Jane Anne Mullane of Austin; one son.

Mark Hutchison of McKinney: two sisters, Helen Thompson of Keller and Sue Lynch of Wylie: one brother, Joe Hutchison of Paris; his mother, who lives in Plano: four grandchildren. man. 57, Rt. 6. Clarksville, died at his home Wednesday, July Services will be held Sunday.

July 10. al 2 p.m. at Blanton Creek Cemetery by Clarksville Funeral Home. The Rev. A.B.

Kellam will officiate. Mr. Hoffman was born in Hugo, July 19. 1930. a son of Birt and Verta Mallory Hoffman.

He was a Baptist. Surviving are three sons, Charles Hoffman of Detroit. Richard Arndt of Dover, and William Arndt of Norfolk. two daughters. Linda Huffine of Dover.

and Nancy Depew of Detroit, and 11 grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. From The Front Collapse Continued from Page One terrible pain, both emotional and physical," he said.

As the second woman was carried to safety and taken to a first aid station across the street. 300 onlookers cheered. Authorities identified her as Maria Lire, 37, of Yucatan. Mexico. but were unable to give her condition.

Brownsville Mayor Ygnacio Garza said: "I think they (the people who are still trapped) have been panicked; they have been afraid. We have had some priests in there talking to them. "Now that we're to them, we're able to get them through it. I think we have an IV in one or two of them. So I think they're being calming down now but obviously they want to get out of there and we're making every effort to get them out of there as fast as Hundreds of rescuers working through the night removed debris with tractors.

a crane and finally by hand, fearful of further injuring trapped survivors. Working through the night under portable floodlights, they Local Weather information for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Friday courtesy of observer Richard W. Floyd: Thursday's 24-Hour ...........74 Overnight At 8 a.m. High Last Low Record in 1917 Record Low .........................62 in 1924 24-Hour Total Rainfall To Inches To This Date Last Inches Pat Mayse 450.35 Feet Water Not available Water The maximum lake elevation is 451 feet before, water begins to enter the spillway.

Texas Weather By The Associated Press Showers Midland-Odessa Midland County, authorities flooded. A flash and thunderstorms dumped as much as two inches of rainfall in the area during the night, triggering street flooding in the area. authorities reported numerous intersections were flooded, Ector deputies said there was flooding on some area highways and said several underpasses near Midland International Airport were flood watch was in effect for the Permian Basin through tonight. Temperatures Forecast PARIS AREA: Tonight, considerable cloudiness with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Low near 70.

Light east winds. Chance of rain is 20 percent. Saturday, mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 80s. east winds.

Chance of rain is 40 percent. EXTENDED: Continued warm and humid with scaltered mostly afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Overnight lows in the 70s. Highs in the 90s. By The Associated Press Lufkin 85 71 1.49 Lows for the past'18 hours, highs for the McAllen Marla 82 59 0.24 96 75 0.16 past 12 hours and precipitation for 24 hours Midland-Odessa 91 67 3.25 ending at 7 a.m.

Mineral Wells 91 72 High Low Ppn Palacios 87 74 0.01 Abilene 90 71 San Angelo 90 69 Alice 97 74 0.02 San Antonio 92 74 Amarillo 77 65 0.96 Stephenville 88 69 Austin 91 3 Texarkana, 82 70 0.03 Beeville 96 Victoria 92 74 Brownsville 96 75 0.60 92 70 Waco Childress 69 Corpus Christi 94 74 Cotulla 95 75 Dallas 91 72 Dalhart 69 58 2.42 The Sun Del Rio 93 0.06 El Paso 0.18 Fort Worth 92 72 Hondo Galveston 93 82 74 74 0.37 Sunset tonight: Houston Hobby 85 74 0.38 8:39 Junction 91 70 p.m. Laredo Kingsville 100 92 Sunrise tomorrow: Longview 84 0.69 Lubbock 91 67 1.07 6:26 a.m. REGIONAL WEATHER forecast for Saturday Daytime Conditions and High Temperatures WARM -STORMS Chicago 92 Denver 85" HOT SCATTERED Memphis 93 T-STORMS Oklahoma City Atlanta El Paso 94" T-STORMS Houston 88 Accu-Weather, Inc Hospitals ADMITTED: Marvin Alexander, Clarksville; Lois Bolin, 845 Graham; Edna Burden, Sumner; Nancy Hanson, Rt. Gene Jackson, Blossom; Leashee Jefferson, Broken Bow. Dorothy Johnson, Boswell, Lois McFadden.

Ilugo, Julie McKinnon, 924 Cedar; George Morris, Spencerville, Virgil Mitchell, 438 W. Campbell; Annie Lee Myers, Petty; Floyd Slusher, Parkview Nursing Home: Vicki Whiteman, Clarksville: Tamatha White, Atlas; Mack Woods, Hugo. Okla. McCUISTION DISMISSED: Shonda Aldridge, Deport: Earl Bassano, 2895 Lewis Lane; Gladys Bell, 920 Dixon; Christy Caldwell, 200-23rd SE; Lillie Dunham. 1035-17th NE: Gary Ford, 2955-40th SE: Ava King, Detroit: Thomas Lavender, Farris, Billie Minter.

Mount Vernon: Robin Simons, 1844 W. Houston; Velma Washington, Wright City, Mrs. Avis Annett Whitley and son. 1505 Van Zandt. ST.

JOSEPH'S ADMITTED: Albert Asbill, Wright City. Velma Calvin, Cooper: John Cope, Paris: Pratt Graines, Paris: Pauline Gordon, Paris; Geneva Hanley. Paris; Charles Knight, Hugo, Opal McGee, Honey Grove; Rita Nunnelley. Paris; Emma Parnell. Rhodes, Sulphur Springs; Debra Serrano, Paris.

DISMISSED: Ora Mae Cunn- ingham, Commerce; Shandon Farley, Idabel, Lola Ferguson, Homer Frazier. Clarksville; Dorothy Hendrix. Paris; Mave looks, Paris: Oswald Jones. Paris: Verdie Manning. Paris: Kenneth McDonald, Brookston: Alta Monroe, lugo, Keri Pinalto, Paris; Authur Pollard, Paris: Rosie Dan Walker, Blossom: Harold Watkins, Cooper.

EMS Paris Emergency Medical Services officials report Emergency Medical Technicians (ENTs) made the following during the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. Friday. 7:49 a.m., sick call from 101 E. Washington to McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 34 minutes.

8:54 a.m., transfer from St. Joseph's Hospital to radiology. Time out: 41 minutes. 9:35 a.m.. transfer from radiology to St.

Joseph's Hospital. Time out: 11 minutes. 9:46 a.m., transfer from St. Joseph's Hospital to radiology. Time out: 26 minutes.

10:25 a.m., sick call from 1421-10th NE to NicCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 57 minutes. 10:50 a.m., sick call from 441-5th NE to McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 37 minutes. 11:37 a.m..

transfer from radiology to St. Joseph's Hospital. Time out: 28 minutes. 12:05 p.m., transfer from St. Joseph's Hospital to Chery Street Manor.

Time out: 13 minutes. 12:49 p.m.. suicide from FM 1499 10 McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Time out: 1 hour, 51 minutes. 2:07 p.m., injured party from 545-15th SE to St.

Joseph's liospital. Time out: 25 minutes. 2:53 p.m., transfer from McCuistion Regional Medical Center to 101 E. Washington. Time out: 14 minutes.

4:05 p.m., transfer from McCuistion Regional Medical Center to 444-5th NE. Time out: 21 minutes. 4:26 p.m.. transfer from McCuistion Regional Medical Center to Parkview Nursing Home. Time out: 31 minutes.

lo 5:33 McCuistion p.m., sick call from 845 Graham Regional Medical Center. Time out: 43 minutes. used dogs and sensitive microphones to hunt for victims. The store was half a block from the international bridge across the Rio Grande to Matamoros. Mexico.

When the storm began, a large number of Mexican nationals "were running there to get out of the rain. The store was packed." sheriff's 1.1. Johnny Castillo said. A woman sitting in a car in front of the store was among those killed when the roof and walls collapsed. Rescuers cut through a wall inside a Woolworth's store next door to reach some of those trapped.

Linens and clothing blown from the store by high winds were used to wrap the wounds of the injured. Six bodies had been removed by midnight and two other bodies had been found in the rubble, Economedes said. Authorities said early today three more bodies were discovered, but provided no details. "They've got two steel beams across them and about 20 or 30 tons of concrete" on them, Economedes said. Authorities fear that dozens of people may still be trapped.

Dr. Jose Carrera of Matamoros identified three of those trapped alive as his wife. Leticia. 36, their son, Israel. 9.

and daughter, Terese, 4. Fire Calls 2:02 p.m.. fire maca 'cancelled; at FM 137 and NW L.oop 286. Time out: 3 minutes. 9:30 p.m., fire alarm at 3055 Clarksville St.

Time out: 37 minutes..