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4-A THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 17,1988 Gretzky, Jones wedding fancy 'Odd Couple' continues Stanley Sapp, Penny Hasekoester, center; and Frances Rourke are shown in a scene from the Galveston version of Neil Simon's Broadway comedy "The Odd Couple." The show can be seen at Upper Deck Theatre of Galveston College. Showtime is 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 744-9661 for reservations.

Swine queen says fame comes with nicknames FRANKFORD, N.J. (AP) Sometimes, being swine queen isn't all it's cracked up to be. Oh sure, there's the crown and the sash and you get to reign over a 4-H pig club. But 16-year-old Karrie Lomas has found a down side. "Sometimes people call me names, like my boss calls me Miss Piggy," she says.

"But I usually justignoreit." Karrie, a member of a farm Obituaries Robert C.Putegnat GALVESTON Robert Putegnat, 27, died Friday at his residence. Arrangements are pending with J. Levy Bro. Funeral Home in Galveston. Ruth D.

Sage TEXAS CITY Ruth Delaine Sage, 67, died Saturday at St Luke's Hospital in Houston. Memorial services are pending. family, was elected swine queen of her pig club, the Sussex Squealers, by the Sussex County 4-H chapter. She will be crowned at the county Farm and Horse Show next month and begin her duties of handing out ribbons to champion livestock. Her parents are proud of her, although some people don't understand what being a swine queen is alt about, she said.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) As thousands of onlookers cheered wildly, hockey superstar WAYNE GRETZKY and actress JANET JONES emerged from a downtown church Saturday as husband and wife. The couple were married in an elaborate ceremony that drew about 650 guests, a throng of casually dressed well-wishers outside the church, and hundreds of journalists. Crowds lined up several deep on both sides of Jasper Avenue, the main street in the Alberta capital, to get a glimpse of the participants in what was called Canada's version of a royal wedding. Gretzky, who has led the Edmonton Oilers to four Stanley Cup titles and holds dozens of National Hockey League records, arrived 30 minutes early for the ceremony. He was escorted by best man Eddie Mio, a former Oiler.

Miss Jones, who like her new husband is 27, is from Bridgeton, outside St. Louis. She has appeared in the films "American Anthem," "The Flamingo Kid," "A Chorus Line'' and' 'Police Academy 5." The guests and a bridal party of 22 witnessed the private ceremony inside St. Joseph's Basilica, a Roman Catholic church. Although Gretzky is an Anglican and Miss Jones is a Methodist, special permission was granted to hold the' ceremony in the basilica, which was blessed by Pope John Paul in a visit to Edmonton four years ago.

"Wayne is an exceptional person and has made a great contribution to the community," said the church's pastor, the Rev. Mike McCaffrey, in explaining why a non-Catholic ceremony was allowed. "We're not setting a precedent here. AH we're saying is that there are exceptions." Among the celebrities in attendance were hockey legends GORDIE HOWE and VLADISLAV TRETIAK, entertainers ALAN THICKE and DAVID FOSTER, and most of the Oilers. JACKSON, Miss.

(AP) REP. FLOYD SPENCE, who underwent double lung transplant in May, left the hospital in a car festooned with balloons and "Just Married" signs. The 60-year-old Republican congressman, a widower, married 37-year-old DEBBIE WILLIAMS of Lexington, S.C., in his hospital room July 3. J.W. Chandler HOUSTON J.W.

Chandler, 68 years of age (November 21, 1919) Native of Falfurrias, Texas, resident of Houston since 1930. Former President and Owner of Southern States Optical Company. Has been associated with the tical business for almost 50 years Survived fay: Two brothers Clayton Chandler of Highlands' Texas and wife Ann, Kenneth Chandler of Bellaire, Texas and wife Beth; also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Member of the First United Methodist Church-Houston. Past Grand Master of Masons in Texas-Year 1968; Active Thirty-Third degree Scottish Rite Mason; Sovereign Grand Inspector of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Texas since 1975; Grand Prior of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America.

Funeral services 2 p.m. Monday, from the Auditorium of the Scottish Rite Temple, 2900 North Braeswood Blvd. at Bromptom with the Rev. Robert E. Stevens and Dr.

Boyd Wagner officiating Interment Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery under the auspices of Reagan Lodge No. 1037 and the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Texas. The family has designated the Scottish Rite Benevolent Association of Houston, P.O. Box 2705 Houston, Texas 77252 as a suitable charity for any who prefer to make a contribution. Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home, 6900 Lawndale Avenue, 928-5141.

Louise M.Whltley FORT WORTH Louise Whitley, 64, died Saturday at her son's residence in Galveston. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Sonora. Cremation will be Monday at Grace Memorial Park in Alta Loma, under the direction of Malloy and Son Funeral Home in Galveston Born Aug. 10, 1923, in Sonora, Mrs. Whitley was a housewife and a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her son Dr Jeff Whitley of Galveston; a daughter, Karen Whitley Bennett of Austin; a brother, Vernon Morris of California; and three grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society. Sidney O. Flake GALVESTON Sidney Otto Flake, 86, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston.

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Malloy and Son Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev. William Bosworth officiating. Burial will follow at Old Catholic Cemetery in Galveston, under the direction of the funeral home. Visitation will be after 2 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Born Aug. 8, 1901, in Galveston, Mr. Flake was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica.

He was retired from the Galveston Fire Department and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews. Norma L.G.Morris ALVIN Norma Lee Gunn Morris, 74, died Saturday, July 16, 1988, at Alvin Community Hospital in Alvin. Services will be 3 p.m. Monday July 18, 1988, at Malloy and Son Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev.

Richard Jennings officiating. Burial will follow the services at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, under the direction of the funeral home. Visitation will be after 3pm today, July 17, 1988, at the funeral home. Born Oct. 1, 1913, in Hockley, Texas, she was a homemaker.

Mrs. Morris and her late sister Evelyn Stein managed the Melody Record Shop of 21st Street during the '40s, '50s and early '60s when it was a Kirwin Dominican Ursuline hangout. She was a lifetime islander. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, James E. "Jimmy" and Meredith Gunn of Houston; three granddaughters, Sandra Gunn Vasquez, Angela Gunn Pope and Cynthia Ann Gunn, all of Houston; a great-grandson, Justin Bradley Pope of Houston; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Joe Dallas, Henry Bertelino, Eugene Letsos, Ben Amato, Louis Vasquez and Maurice Harr. Fred E. Woodson GALVESTON Fred Eugene Woodson, 58, died Thursday at his residence. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Malloy and Son Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev.

Tom Hunter officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Houston National Cemetery in Houston, under the direction of the funeral home. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Woodson was born July 21 1929, in Galveston. Survivors include two sisters, Margaret Jurica and Helen Zvan- ja, both of Galveston; and numerous nieces and nephews. Charles L.Hallam GALVESTON Charles Leonard Hallam, 71, died Friday at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Services will be 1:30 p.m.

Monday at Malloy and Son Funeral Home in Galveston, the Rev. Albert Carreon officiating. Burial will follow at Old Catholic Cemetery in Galveston, under the direction of the funeral home. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home, where a rosary will be recited at 6:30 tonight with the Rev.

Tom Hunter. Born Nov. 9, 1916, in Galveston, Mr. Hallam was a retired accountant and a member of St. Patricks Catholic Church in Galveston.

Survivors include two daughters, Charlene Terry of Texas City and Jane Bean of Galveston; a brother, George M. Hallam of Galveston; two granddaughters and three grandsons. Pallbearers will be J.D. Bean J.D. Bean III, Roger Terry, Ed Hansen, Jim Spurgeon and Ed Meaney.

Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society. Douglas M. Joachimi LEAGUE CITY Douglas "Buck" Joachimi, 73, died Saturday at Bayshore Hospital in Pasadena. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Jack Rowe Funeral Home in League City, the Rev.

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AP Laserphoto Burt Reynolds Spence was discharged Friday from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he received the lungs of an 18-year-old Texas accident victim May 6. Spence had suffered from severe emphysema. The 18-year House veteran said at a news conference he will do all he can in Congress to encourage organ donation and increase public awareness of transplant programs. He promised to hit the campaign trail hard in September and said he didn't believe his health should be an issue in his race against Democrat JIM LEVENTIS. Spence said he gave a razzing to nurses who constantly told him to "breathe through your nose now and breathe deep." He had become accustomed to breathing through his mouth because of his deteriorated lungs.

"It's difficult to get used to psychologically I try not to be a pill, "he said. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) BURT REYNOLDS says he may have cracked another career if he runs out of acting roles. Reynolds, 52, prepared for his role as a safecracker in "Breaking In" by talking with former practitioners of the craft. "If this doesn't work out I can go into business for myself," he said Friday.

"I'm struck by how quiet these particular guys were. AP Laserphoto Madonna They're very intelligent." Reynolds said "Breaking In," which is being filmed here, would be released by year's end. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) DR. KARL MENNINGER, regarded by many as the dean of American psychiatry, observes his 95th birthday Friday, yielding ever so grudgingly to the infirmities of age and developing an awareness of his mortality.

"Life is a damn precious thing," he said. "My spool doesn't have much left on it." Menninger said he remains too engrossed in life to give much thought to dying. "If you were 95 years old, what would be on your mind? Dying. But I don't think about dying. Maybe I should," he said.

Menninger still has an office on the campus of Menninger, the sprawling treatment facility here that Karl, his father, DR CHARLES MENNINGER, and his brother, DR. WILLIAM C. MENNINGER, launched in 1925 as the Menninger Clinic. He will spend his birthday at a luncheon at a program he founded to provide families and homes for troubled children. He will also attend a dinner with his wife, then go to a concert in his honor to benefit a lecture series named for him.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) OTTO VON HAPSBURG, once heir to the vast Austro-Hungarian empire, has made his first visit to Hungary in 70 years. The 76-year-old former crown prince, a member of the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, told the daily newspaper of Hungary's Patriotic People's Front that he follows the communist country's fate closely. "The crown of Hungary is out of my mind, of course," von Habsburg said. But "the country is close to my hear Von Hapsburg was interviewed on a visit to the town of Szom- bathely, which he said he chose for his first trip back because his father, EMPEROR CHARLES visited there during failed attempts in the 1920s to restore the monarchy. The Austro-Hungarian empire was dissolved after World War I ended in 1918.

The newspaper interview was published Friday. It did not say when he arrived in Hungary or when he left. LOS ANGELES (AP) A man who says he was injured when fans rushed the stage at a Madonna concert has sued the pop star for an unspecified amount. The suit, filed in Superior Court by MARVIN MARKOWITZ, alleges he was hurt at Anaheim Stadium last July. "During the concert, defendant MADONNA shouted to the crowd to come closer to the stage and ignore the security men," the lawsuit said.

"When this happened, thousands of fans rushed the stage, crushing (Markowitz) and causing injury to him." A call to the office of Madonna's agent went unanswered Friday night. JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (AP) Former movie star and singer FRANCES LANG-FORD. EVINRUDE is selling the Outrigger Restaurant, once a winter watering hole for such stars as GINGER ROGERS, BOB HOPE and JACKIE GLEASON. Ms.

Langford bought the property in 1940. She was touring the South Pacific with the USO and dreamed of building a "Polynesian paradise." After marrying motor boat magnate Ralph Evinrude, shedid. When Evinrude died in 1986 his wife vowed to keep the restaurant open. She changed her mind last summer. son officiating.

Burial will follow at Forest Park East Cemetery in League City, under the direction of the funeral home. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home. Born Nov. 22, 1914, in Brookland, Mr.

Joachimi was a retired marine mechanic and a longtime resident of Kemah. Survivors include his wife, Mary Joachimi of Bacliff; two sons, Willard Joachimi of League City and Robert Joachimi of Pearland; a stepson, Gary Wade of Houston; a daughter, Bettie Stephens of Shepherd; a stepdaughter, Linda Wade of Seabrook; a brother, Elray Joachimi of Rye; a Nellie Mott of Jasper; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Jerry Richards, Jack Johnson, Steve Everett, Steve Johnson, John Moody and P. J. Corral.

Tommie Richardson GALVESTON Tommie Lou Sanders Richardson, 63, died Friday at St. Mary's Hospital in Galveston. A memorial service will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the Rev.

Robert C. Berry officiating. Cremation will be Monday at Grace Memorial Park in Alta Loma, under the direction of Malloy and Son Funeral Homein Galveston. Born July 7, 1925, in Oklahoma City, she was a housewife and a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Galveston.

Survivors include her husband, Jack D. Richardson of Galveston; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sanders of El Paso; three daughters, Aloha Berger of Friendswood, Lynda Orton of Santa Fe and IN HONOR OF LIFE memorial is purchased to! remember and honor a person's life. A memorial is for the living.

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Richardson of Galveston; two sisters, Margaret Jean Perez of Vaughn, N.M., and Carol Straughan of El Paso; a brother, Jon Allen Sanders of El Paso; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Memorials may be sent to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation 9040 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77054. Betty J. Hart TEXAS CITY Betty J. Hart, 60, died Saturday morning at Danforth Memorial Hospital in Texas City.

Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Emken-Linton Funeral Home in Texas City, Dr. Terry Ray officiating. Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, under the direction of the funeral horn e. Visitation will be after 1 p.m.

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Deadline for all obituary information is 7 p.m. For further information, contact the News' obituary desk at744-3611, extension211. today at the funeral home. Born Aug. 21, 1927, in Vernon, Mrs.

Hart was a housewife and a member of the First Baptist Church of Texas City. Survivors include her husband, Dr. John W. Hart of Texas city; two sons, David Hart of Katy and John Hart of Texas City; two daughters, Rebecca Conde of Galveston and Melinda O'Neal of Texas City; a brother, Luda J. Davidson of Fort Worth and a sister, Rosalie Johnson of Piano; and 10 grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be D.R. Hutchinson. Jim Birney, Jim Silvers, Ben Guynes, Leonard Hurd and Leonard Kunefke. Funerals Monday Augusta Johnson of Galveston died Thursday; services 2 p.m. Monday at Weseley Tabernacle United Methodist Church; burial will follow services at Lakeview Cemetery in Galveston; visitation 6 p.m.

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