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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 3

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3-A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Abilene Tens Wednesday Evening Sept 98 1971 STORK NEWS werals Heos Indictment Among i Ado Mary Witt pm Wedoeediy it Mora FM sptist Church with burial ii nora uemeiery airaciea oy Godfrey Funeral Home Mf Blackatock died Tuesday RhyftfHnffl COUHtj' Hospital after a lonf fllricm 20 Returned by Jurors Rickey Fleming Funeral for Rickey Fleming IS graduate of Cooper High jury Tuesday indictments Inc A 194th District Court grand! indicted tor by Rt assault" in connection with a Sept 29 Incident te which Bias Ban Pecina of Stamford wu lill Calhoun returned including one for murder with malice against 29 School will-be at 2 pro Thureday at Highland Church of Christ with graveside rites Friday at 'll- aro In Hobart 2 Clyde breaking and entering a motor vehicle Marion Couch about 80 of 294? Russell driving while Intoxicated (DWI) second offense Robert Haas of 5120 Tibs in beaten and robbed of about 90 connection with the Sept 17 here SWEETWATERr-Funeral for Ada Mary Witt 90 will be at 2 pro Thursday at Cate-Spencer Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev McCarty ef Evangelical Methodist Church officiating Mrs Witt died Tuesday at a local wueiif home Burial win be in Sweetwater Ornately Bora March 1 1980 in Blossom she moved to Nolan Countym 1901 Miss Witt and her sister Ida Witt who died here June 20 moved bade to Sweetwater 13 years ago Survivors are a sister Mrs Scott three sisten-in-law Nine births were reported at Hendrick Memorial Hospital: Girl to Mr and Mrs Thornu Tutt 301 Ena at 1:31 i Tuesday Boy to Mr and Mil Brace Barnard 517 Ambler at 7:54 IQ Tuesday Boy to Mr and Mrs Ronald Rudd ISM Yale at 1:05 am Tuesday Girl to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bennett 1510 Sewell at 9:45 un Tuesday Girt to Mr and Mrs Ronald Hayden 2002 Briarwood at 9:41 pm Tuesday Boy to Mr and Mrs Harold Gillit Rt at 6:11 pm Tuesday Girl to Mr and Mrs Guy Adair 1201 Hickory at 8:47 pm Tuesday -Girl to Mr and Mrs Orville Webb 1538 University it 7:18 pm Tuesday Boy to Mr and Mrs Mike Hosed 1501 Shelton at 10:45 pm Tuesday Officiating wUl be John Lang of fee Poem Spring ROTAK-Funeral fOr BUI) Calhoun Jt 45 a farmer Rotu area resident wu to be Spro Wednesday at the Irst Baptist Church here with burial in Rotu Cemetery lirectedby Waathersbee runeral Home Mr Calhoun died Monday at his home in Denton of an apparent heart attack alleged beating death of his six-yearrid daughter Hue had been charged wife assault wife intent to murder after Tereu Ana Hau wu hospitalized wife critical head injuries THREE PERSONS WERE Indicted for possession of marijuana They included Dariy Robert Eagan 19 of El Paso and Ityim Dianne Yen 18 of St Cloud Minn carnival workers THOSE PERSONS BILLED" in addition to Jiminez included: Oscar Wilcox 39 of 2172 Oakland charged with felony "rested here during fee West theft Bobby Lee Bryan of 1350 Texu Fair and Richards Treadaway charged with Morris Keuslsr BWWoolty KICKET FLEMING Vrttei lhanlay Thomu Schatteles 22 of Dyess Michael Chris Howell 22 of feiony Jacksonville Fla wu indicted white for of narcotic Other indictments were returned against the following: charged Gregory Anson theft theft with two prior offenses alleged Dori 30 no address listed with theft tef bailee Lee Collura of 2391 Old Rd charged with felony and Ronald Lynn Christian Church in Austin assisted by Janies WiHeford Of Highland Chnrdi of Christ North's Funeral 1 Home is in charge of arrangements Mr Flemming Who had until recently been post graduate work at the University of Texas wu found dead in the bathtub of his Houston home Monday Police said Tuesday afternoon they had no new leads in the apparently accidental death They suspect no tod play but said autopsy results win not be complete for about a month The Flemmings were in the process of moving to: Houston from Austin Mrs Flemming was stm in Austin Survivors include his wife Nlta and his parents of Oklahoma HIS BOND WAS raised from $19009 to $25400 after the child died but the charges were not formally changed to murder until the grand jury indictment wu returned Among fee aix bills" (refusals to Indict) returned wu one against Manuel Jimines 20 oT 1109 Vogel who had been charged wife murder in the alleged beating death of Larry Jimtees22 Pequeno of 2258 Williamson 18 of 1157 Barrow and charged with breaking entering a motor vehicle EASTLAND Funeral was to be et 2 pm Wednesday for Wooley 95 in the Arrington Chapel with burial in Eastland Cemetery He died at 1:29 un Tuesday in Eastland Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six days Born Jan 5 1885 In Bethpage Tenn he had lived la Eastlam1 12 yean On Dee 1 1909 ht married Ida Nicholas City Firms Gel Contracts and" graduated from Abilene Christum College in 1968 He married Nile Sue England Mg 28 1968 in Abilene He wu member of the Highland Church of Christ Survivors include his wife Me rente Mr and Mra James lay Fleming of Bethany Okla da grandmother Mra Myrtle Fleming of FteresviDe Pallbearers will be Ronald Gentry Joseph Stephens ID Henck Tijderveld Bob Derrick (no relation) on Sept 7 Man Fined $150 For Carrying Gun Two COLIEGE STATION -Abilene firms Tuesday Barger embezzlement with one prior felony offense alleged Orval Clifton Sanders 26 no address listed Ruth Hightower 46 of Houston Robert Dorn 20 of Fat Worth Benny Allen Dalton 25 of 417 Palm and Douglas Wayne Hatchett of Abilene all for felony theft Gamon Jr )7 of 2249 Green 1 1 1 1 0 a destruction of private property Robby Lynn Humphrey 19 of 1710 Chestnut Gary Eugene CRIMINAL DIST ATTY Ed Paynter who presented cues to won Survivore are his wife two $125411 for projects at Tarieton the grand Jury explained that EASTLAND Funeral fin Morris Keader 74 win be at :20 pro Thursday at First fetbodlst Church with wrlal in Eastland Cemetery Ureeted by Arrington Funeral feme' Mr Keailer died Tuesday in Eastland Memorial Hoqdtal after a brief illness Born Oct 20 1105 at Hughes Springe he had Uved here since 1924 He retired In 1981 after 1 1 yean as an employe of Gulf Ml Co He was a veteran of World War I a member of the First Methodist Church the Veterans of Foreign Ware the American Legion end the Fellowship Bible Class Survivore are Ms wife a son Bob of Fort Worth three listen Mrs Carrie Carter and frs Jenkins both of feghes Springs and Mrs Anna botan of Dntagerfidd two anthers of Hughes priags and Ftakk of Jacksonville three grandchildren Huey Bain Talley 46 of l639tt 4th hu been fined $150 by County Court-at-Law Judge Don Lane following hia contest" plea to misdemeanor charges of carrying a prohibited weapon He admitted carrying a 457 regmy Hector and John EUch amfly wffl be at 1999 grand jury deliberations are secret and made no immediate comment on whether there will daughters Mra Tina Mae McBee of Eastland and Mrs yawn children 20 State The College In Stephenville Texas University Board of Directors a $107550 id Asaodal itjer and Asaociitea Inc contract to efferson His parent! will be at the Holiday Inn be any further investigation into Mr Fleming moved to Abilene in 1997 with Ms parents from Oklahoma He attended Abilene Public Schools and was a graduate of Cooper High Sd where he was member of the band He attended Tens Tech forjthe death of Jiminez whose air-conditioning the body was found in hia car at his i death Magnum during an arrest te the of 2301 Irs Steakley David Arant Middleton 19 Huckleberry Ln Lenford 18 Roy Lee 950-D and of home Willie Faye lilted as the Reed address 700 block of Cedar by City Policemen Guadalupe Duran and John Perry Attorney Dub Burke represented Talley Agriculture Building Click Co Inc received $28461 award for a fire protection project involving four 1200 block of Cottonwood all for burglary ODESSA Funeral for Mra Robert (Bertha Josephine Barrow) Steakley 59 Robert August Coker 18 of and Rodney White of Mesquite 1 Plum Simmons Apt 2 were each hrieton dormitories here Sunset lenefactor of Hardin niversity wu held fonday with burial In Memorial Gardena Vote Slips Go in Mail Children's Scheduled Movies by C-C Lewis Davis BROWNWOOD Funeral for David Arant 61 will be at 4 am Wednesday in Colonial Chapel -with burial hi Greerieaf Cemetery Mr Arant died Tuesday at Bnwnwood Community Hoqdtal after a long Alness Born Feb 1 1902 he married Iva GOddard here Dec 24 1924 Survivore ere his wife two David of Burleson and of Bridgeport three Mrs 1 Fannie Mae of Do Leon Mrs Anderson of Albany Mrs Oscar Choate of two brothers Big Spring and Aden of and 11 grand- Mrs Steakley died Saturday after a long JDneu Bom Feb 23 1912 in Odessa married Robert Steakley Aug 4 1940 She wu a member Belmont Baptist Church Feat Texas Historical Assn and the Odeau Civic Concert Assn Applicationa for 1971 voter registration certificates were to be mailed Wednesday afternoon to 29718 Taylor Counttena according to County Tax County 1 open thursday til 5:30 The Steakley family has been over the AssessorGoDector Burl King The computerised applications are going to thou persons who registered to -vote in Taylor County in 1970 and one htenk application will be included In contributor years and Steakley toH-SU A series of six movies will be offered to bilenians through the Retail Executive Council of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce The Movie-of-the-onth program was adopted by te council at noon meeting Tuesday a series of G-rated movies to be shown at the Paramount Theater Saturday mornings Nov 7 through Dec Jennings SNYDER-Funeral for Lewis Davis 73 win bo at 10 am Thursday at Central Baptist Church In Burkburaett with graveside rites at 4:90 pm in Snyder Cemetery directed by BHger Funeral Hoome Mr Davis diA Tuesday in Wichfta Fans hospital Bare May 5r 1207 in chfldrui Bnwnwood he wu a longthne resident of Snyder but had lived in Burkburaett for the past five yean He was a member of Central Baptist Church and a veteran of world War Survivore are his wife francos three daughters Mrs Kennard of Burkburaett Mrs Golden of Fort Stockton and Mrs Moseley of Plains! stepdaughter Mrs Edith Barter of Houston two sisters Mrs Minyard and klre Bay Huckabee both of Snyder and six grandchildren sons Alloa risters Ragsdale Sank and Grants of California LeeRoy Coleman un feapd Cemetery Mr Austin construction Survivors daughter of LuUng Roger have difficulty te selling them he said and suggested a 50 cent price for door sales if fee situation arose hope to place the tickets on sale Oct 9 and terminate the sale Oct 30" he said The first movie scheduled Is and the Laughing Dog" for Nov 7 Also 1a fee soles are Gay Paris" of Robin Hood" The last movie Dec 19 will be In other business the council discussed binding together for Monday days" the possibility of a moonlight sale proposed tar Nov 2 xnd participation te the proposed community production 0 directed by Bob Burroughs music director at First Baptist Church 19 currently ervei as a member of the H-SU Board of Development In early 1961 Mr and Mrs SteaUey and Mr SteaUeyh mother Mrs Augusta Barrow provided a major gift to help to nderwrite the Rqwrt Uchardson Historical Fund for historical research and publications -The couple also provided funds Baptist Hymnals for in 1989 The SteaUey Room of H-SlTs Moody Center was named honor of fee family for their ince in furnishing the won Survivors Include her husband three daughters Mrs RobMe Tutt of Austin Mrs Don McCrury of Corpus Christl and Mrs Non Whorton of Rule son Robert Ernest of Odessa two brothers Hence Barrow Odens and Earnest Barrow Eola Tickets for the movies will be 150 per packet and will be llanle at partidpanting Hotnesses council chairman Dick Hood said packet wffl indude six tickets for the aix movies shown the Nov 7-Dec II he said There will be no box office tickets sold unless retailers I Funeral for Lec-Roy Jennings 42 former resident will be at 4:90 Wednesday at Stevens wife burial in Coleman Jennings died Monday in where he had been worker Include his wife Cheryl Ann Jennings five sisters Mrs FYeeman of Lubbock Mrs Billie Merryman Mrs Bobby Smith Mrs Lonnie Jackson and Mrs fra Kenney all of Coleman his mother Mrs Ethel Watson of Coleman Us grandmother Mrs Belle Keeney of Coleman Drag Charges lime Californians each envelope King said Primarily the Hanks will be to take care of the IX 19 and 20-yearoldg who may get to vote for the first time in 1971 depending on whether the law lowering the voting age from 21 to is ruled constitutional going to accept them applications -(from those 19 through 20) but not mail out the certificates un Ing to mail out the certificates until a final just to be on the safe ride" King said If the lSyeamld vote la approved and if various voter registration drives are auccessful Taylor County might register 95408 voters which would be a new county record King said The record is 34582 set during the 1968 Presidential election year The 1989 figure was 28016 King emphasised that the cards which Taylor Counttena will begin receiving Thursday are not certificates but ere applications fir certificatesi must be signed dated and returned to me If the perm expects to vote in he laid again Ms wwi that voters wait until the Jan 1971 deadline to return their applications The 1971 voting year begins on March 1 1971 Newcomers to Taylor County well the and 20-year-olds who receive blank applications may pick them up it King's office hi the courthouse or they win maUed out upon request John Robert Jones Herbert Bilhartx TWo California men arrested near Tye Tuesday have been charged before Justice of the Peace Roland Dunwody wife possesion of marijuana James Mttssey end Kenneth Zohneirski both 20 were arrested about 7 pm one mile weet of Tye on IH-20 by Highway Patrolmen Kel Davis and Charles Poe White Swan Uniforms MINERAL WELLS Funeral or Herbert Joseph Bilhartx 71 ormer Abflenian will be at 1 am Thursday at Akers Chapel Sin Antonio with burial in-ion Burial Park Mr Bilhartx died Tuesday in Mineral Wells after a long illness He was district manager Humble Oil Co In Abilene from 1947 to 1955 when he moved to San Antonio He wu born Dec 7 1894 in Medina Comity Survivore indude a aon CWC Herbert James of Mineral Wells a sister Mrs Arthur Dawson of Pearsall three grandchildren SNYDER Funeral tor John Robert Jones 72 wu to be at pm Wednesday at Fluvanna Baptist Church wife burial in Fluvanna Cemetery directed by Bolger Funeral Home Mr Jones died Tuesday Hendrick Memorial Hospital te Abilene A retired farmer and randier he wu born Oct 111897 Fluvanna Survivore are his wife Stella Mae three daughters Mrs A Perry of Odessa Mrs Milford Creek of Wichita Falla and Mrs Bobby Warren Potosi three stepsons BUI Cade of Rotan Rodney Summer Snyder and Boyce Summers Fluvanna a lister Mrs Teenie Kelso of San Diego Calif brother Lewis of EUzabethton Tenn 13 grandchildren am three greatgrandchildren A light textured double knit of 100 dacron polyester A fresh new look in an A-line skimmer with a cool jewel neckline Back zipper Short sleeves Sizes 4 to 16 16 Last Friday fee same two officers arrested two Florida youths near Meriml after finding some narcotic paraphernalia in their car Both arrests followed routine traffic violations Patrolman Poe said Wednesday that fee men were AWOL from fee Marine Corps in California He said officers aeixed a small amount of marijuana and three pipes for smoking the drag three small bags containing six pills each three white capsulea and four large red pills Poe said fee drugs had been sent to the Uniform Shop Second floor Big Country IMPERIAL FORMULA'S Annual Nutricia Cream Sale the reg 14 4 ox sin is Til Ray Blackstock Probation Given In Marijuana Case for Ray to be at DPS lab in Austin to determine what they are Funeral Blackstock 7Bwas DIM now A six-year probated prim term was handed down Tueeda fcfeftMkeNiee un to Wayne Paul Gaskin 26 2001 11th following his guilty HIM Brady Aviation Company Sold SAN ANTONIO (AP) Ex-callbur Aviation Co of Brady Tex hu been sold to the San tetonio firm of Hickey an lust it wu announced Tuesday The Excalibur company wu an aircraft modification brine of Swearingen Aircraft of Su Antonio a spokesman said 650 Meeds on plea to fekny possession marijuana charges before 104th Dist judge NeQ Daniel Charges Involved an Aug arrest In the 5100 block Durango by Abilene police wife Donna Mae is charged in connection with the Mm arrest She remained committee In a workshop session prior to fee regular meeting Tuesday night fee Abilene Board of Education received fee report of Unbelievably priced for this month only So let your savings show with jars of nutricious Nutricia Cream the incredible formula that firms and lubricates while you sleep turning dryness to dew All this at a remarkable saving to you 2 oz size reg 850 NOW 3 JO THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Ni twin (rty wont om SaturWy an Swiay it county jin Wednesday Asst Criminal Dist Atty Britt Thurman prosecuted the with stipulated testimony Attorney Bob Chappel IIPMT1I PttSUSMttW CO CyartHit bttwoon lit 4 In aw a (Acn) aum MitaMk Tn JN04 represented GadUL 0 McCarty vm Praol nt Demonstrating the workings of fee burglar alarm system Rob NiHy and Dennis Bryant of the Control System of Drills Nally said feat each unit would coat $1459 and would serve one acfaooL The board took no action Reporting for the insurance committee wu Scott Hays chairman who said the committee had approved fee updating of major medical hospitalization for fee teachers and wu in the process of updating fee disability income plan He also discussed tu sheltered variable and inveitmeut annuities however the board took no action pending further study The board also approved fee Library Sculpture Shewing Thursday Clinics are crafted with microscopic attention to the young look in styling The "old shoe" comfort Look into Uinics for comfort and style 1495 WWtcamaar Vic ProiHow if Hllirlil Frank PniWt Ukn fi- -m WWW rfwnant or wranrai A model of a proposed statue for the AbQene Public 1 library paM at MUan the Citizens Advisory Committee on fee school needs for the nest five yean The Board will now study the findings and recommendations of fee committee before taking any official action Reporting for fee committee Bob Kennedy and Don Maples- -Last week the committee met te final aeaion and it wu revested that the enrollment for fee next five years wu projected to increase 1451 students and that an additional 41 permanent classrooms would be needed At fee regular board meeting members heard a presentation on burglar and vandalism alarms and a report from the Insurance committee a approved an official textbook Taiaa at 4:15 pm New Mexico SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CAR-RIER-OCL IVORY IN WEST TEXAS Order Nutricia Cream at these savings: 4 oz jars Reg 14 now 850 1 2 or jars Reg 850 now 3 Name Address City State Zip Charge Check Sunday H25 par mw Evanin an Sunday SUS par nonlti Twai omr rn BY MAIL In Sunday Evanl Marnkip an TAW'" will bo shown Thursday by a sculptress Jo Roper of Montezuma NM will show the modd representatives of fee American Assn of University local chapter along wife art consultants Miss Roper was commissioned to do a piece to go In the career window of fee library building par manttii OTHi Suwlnia a inp mm euimay vr in rttip Othtr DfS mt mu rtatMit MIMHR bP THE ASSOCUTEO PRESS appointment of Nano Ortiz director of the Human Relations IWimninlty board Tht SmctstoS Praaa duatniy tlw uaeHr pnn prtnM In wa ME as In AP nawn aw Program to the Action Program directors Shoe Salon First floor add 45 postage end 4Vi lax on mall erds i 1 1 -AA rt.

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