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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 2

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THE ABILENE BEPOBTER-NEWS Abllrnc Texas Monday Evening July 15 1971 Deaths anil Funerals IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU REGISTER YOUR CHILD NOW! Pre-Kindergirtei for 4 yr olds Kinderjartea for those 5 yrs by Dec 31st first Grade for those 6 yrs By Dec 31st Also-Secoid Third and Fourth Grades (DEGREED CERTIFIED CHRISTIAN TEACHERS) Modern Air-Conditioned Central Heated Buildings Well Established Proven School Over Past-15 Yrs (Reasonable Tuifion-lt really does not cost but If pays to give your child the best LIMITED ENROLLMENT-CLASSES ARE FILLING UP FAST DO NOT WAIT TOO LATE AND BE DISAPPOINTED FAITH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 2300 So 20th STREET ABILENE TEXAS PHONE 692-1500 exc sum 'day cue is also orrmo iY me sc hood Rules Enforced Cemetery directed by Spill Funeral Home The Infant was the granddaughter of Dr WO Beasley assistant president of Hardin-Simmons University She died at 9 am Saturday in Hendrick Memorial Hospital Louise Barron Louise Barron 63 of Cisco died at 7:10 am Sunday at the EL Graham Hospital in Cisco after a short Illness Funeral will be at 10:30 am Tuesday In the East Cisco Baptist Church Mrs Middleton BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) -Mrs Laura Jane Middleton 90 of Breckcnridge died at 9:20 am Sunday in Stephens Memorial Hospital Funeral' will be at 10 am Tuesday in Bridgeport Church of Christ William Reynolds IIASKELL Services for William II Reynolds 87 a retired Haskell farmer was at 10 am Monday in the Church of Christ in Ilaskell Survivors include five daughters Mrs Sue Foley of Sweetwater Mrs Billie Hawkins of Anadarko Okla Mrs Lennie Ilineman of Abilene Mrs Lela Ford of El Cajon Calif and Mrs Bobbie James of Soda Springs Idaho a son Roy of Big Spring a brother Marvin of Kerrville: two sisters Mrs Maty Tucker of Lufkin and Mrs Cyde Keeley of Stamford 24 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren Nathan Henderson BIG SPRING Nathan Henderson 87 of Big Spring died at 10:50 am Saturday in a local nursing home Services ware to be at 2 pm Monday in the alley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel Survivors include three daughters Mrs Ruby Nix of Big Spring Mrs Lucille Hooper of Dallas and Mrs Doris Benton of Del City Okla two sisters Mrs Minnie Smith of Abilene and Mrs Emma Franklin of Larnesa one brother Wess Henderson of Comanche three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren Charles Pumphrey WINTERS Services for Charles Pumphrey 88 was at 10:30 ajn Monday in First Baptist Church of Winters the Rev David Crooks pastor and the Rev Virgil James of the Southside Baptist Church officiating Mark Evans 14 of San Angelo received too much mail Monday so he had to sing a song in front of his fellow delegates at the leadership training workshop of junior high school student council officers Seeing to it that the rule is enforced is Nancy Attebury 1(5 of Amarillo a student director at the workshop this week at Hardin-Simmons University iStaff photo by Don Blakley) Students Learn Council Workings iRSTUn INMK umtt ll-IV-M BN SIZE WAUn (NATIVE (0101 MNUUTS Ml OKI nnm Loyu ot 2034 Park Mrs Maria It Lopez of 2334 Burger and Mrs Aurora Rodriquez of 2034 Park Mrs Martha Harvey Services for Mrs Martha Harvey 73 of 728 Sycamore who died Sunday evening in her home will be at 10:30 am Tuesday in North's Me-mnnal Chapel 242 Grange The Rev Richard Smith pastor of the Evangelical Methodist Church will officiate Burial will be in Clyde Cemetery Justice of the Peace Rowland Dunwody ruled death was due to apparent natural causes She was born April 13 1901 in Sulphur Springs and moved to Clyde as a young girl She married Earl Boyce in 1917 in Clyde Mr Boyce died in 1943 She married James 1) Harvey in 1949 in Abilene Mrs Harvey worked in dry cleaning firms for many years She was a member of the Evangelical Methodist Church and the Royal Neighbors and the Woodmen of the World Survivors include her husband: one son Willard Boyce of 726 Sycamore: one daughter Mrs Callie Hardin of Austin six grandchildren one sister Mrs Margaret Davidson of Mesa Ariz Edmund Yates Services for Edmund Yates 87 a practicing Abilene attorney for the past 40 years who died Sunday after an apparent heart attack will be at It am Tuesday in Elliott-Ilamil Chapel of Memories Dr James Flamming pastor of the First Baptist Church will officiate Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park Mr Yates was born Jure 29 1895 in the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Yates of Tarrant County He tended school in Keller and North Texas State University in Denton lie married Eugenia Richardson on April 4 1921 MR YATES was a self-made attorney and passed his bar examination in 24 In a recent Reporter-News interview Mr Yates explained how he learned the law: got a bunch of books together and studied Intermittently for three or four years 1 worked at almost anything you dan think taught in a country school worked in the oilfield When I finally made up my mind to go full time studying it took me about three months to get ready I would study from 6 in tue morning until 10 at night taking out every hour or two to chop After passing his uar exam Mr Yates practiced in Denton then went to Roby -In 1926 In 1933 he joined the Abilene law firm of Scarborough Ely Mr Yates became a full partner with Dallas Scarborough in 1935 when the Scarborough Yates Scarborough Black law firm was formed UPON THE death of Mr Scarborough the firm dissolved and Mr Yates went into partnership with his son Jack Yates in 1957 The firm specialized in oil gas and property law The Yates Yates 'irm as dissolved in 1973 and Jack Yates moved his practice to the Bank of Commerce Building Suite 208 while Mr Yates remain'd in the First National Ely Building Suite 310 A member and deacon uf First Baptist Chur Mr Yates also taught Sunday school He had taught the class the morning of his death Mr Yates was also a veteran or World War I In the 142nd Inrautry or the 36th Division lie received the Purple Heart ror wounds suffered during combat Survivors include his wifr of the home two sons Jack of 1237 Meander Edmund of Dallas one daughter Mrs Gordon (Miriam Gustnfsin of Akron Ohio: one brother Gordjn Yates of California and nine grandchildren Dr Hamlett Services for Dr Earl Gregory Hamlett 79 former St Paul United Methodist Church pastor were at the at 11 am Monday Dr Ira Williams pastor officiated assisted by Dr a i Egger Abilene district Methodist superintendent nnd Dr Weldon Butler Amarillo superintendent Burial was in 1 Cemetery irder direction of Elmwood Funeral Ilone He had been pastor of St Paul from 1946 to 1950 and from 1955 to 1957 An Abilene resident since his retirement in 1962 he lived at 1102 3rd Apt 411 Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs Joe Lowrey of Dallas and Mrs Bill Shaw of Odessa five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild Beulah Yerger Funeral for Beulah Yerger 65 of 934 Palm St who died Sunday will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the Elliott-IIamil Chapel of Memories The Rev IL Terry minister of Temple Baptist Church will officiate He will be assisted by the Rev Ed Nowell minister of the Lakeside Baptist Church Burial will be in Cedar Ilill Cemetery Mrs Yerger died at 8:30 pm Sunday in Hendrick Memorial Hospital after a brief illness Mrs Yerger was born July 24 1908 in the Iberis Community in south Taylor County She married Alvin Yerger Jan 18 1930 in Tuscola They moved to Abilene from Tuscola in 1951 She was a member of the Temple Baptist Church Survivors are her husband of the home one son Larry Edward of 3325 27th four sisters Mrs Mary Tate of Abilene Mrs Lavada Clifton of Dallas Mrs Lavana Conklin of Plainview and Mrs Cora Lee Thornton of Wylie two brothers Luke Kossey of Abilene and Leonard Kossey of Borger Big Country Raymond Burnett SWEETWATER (RNS) Raymond Burnett 79 of Sweetwater died at 2:45 am Sunday at Simmons Memorial Hospital Funeral is pending at McCoy Funeral Home Crooks Infant WINTERS Memorial services will be held at 4 pm Tuesday for the one-day-old daughter of the Rev and Mrs David Crooks pastor of First Baptist Church of Winters at her father's church Dr James Flamming pastor of First Baptist Church of Abilene will officiate Burial will be in Lakeview Abilene Archie McDavid Archie McDavid N2 of Amarillo funner Ahilcnian and brother ol an Abilene woman died at 1:36 a in Sunday in St Anthony lluspitul in Amarillo after a long illness Services will lx at It) ain Tuesday at Die Schooler-Gor-ilon Funeral Chapel in Amarillo Graveside rites will be at 4:30 pm at Cedar Hill Cemetery the Ilev Ira Williams pastor of St Paul United Methodist Church of Abilene officiating Local arrange-inents are under direction of North Funeral Home He was born March 21 1K92 lie moved to Abilene in the early HMlOs and moved to Amarillo in 1926 where he operated a dry goods store lie had been retired for several years Survivors include his wife Jessie of Amarillo one sister Miss Eul a McDavid of Abilene and several nieces and nephews including A McDavid Hal McDavid Mrs Joe Shelton Mrs Evelyn Pender-gast and Mrs Helen Lewis all of Abilene The family will be at 823 Beech Joe McFarland Joe McFarland 44 of S33 South Jefferson died at 1:40 pm Saturday at the Dyess Air Force Base Hospital after an extended illness Funeral services are pending at Kl-liolt-IIamil Funeral Home Born July 28 1929 in Sania Anna he attended school in Coleman He entered the US Army in 1946 and married lleko Shibala in Tokyo Japan in 1933 Mr McFarland retired from the US Army in 1966 after 26 years of service and moved to Abilene from Foil Sam Houston In San Antonio shortly afterwards Survivors include his wife of the home three sons James William and George all of the home two daughters Dorothy and Wanda both of the homo two sisters Mrs Bonnie Jennings of Abilene and Mi's 31 ary Huggins of Tyc four brothers John Morrison of Kerrville James Morrison of Abilene Kenneth McFarland of Brownwood and Wallace McFarland of Abilene and his mother Mrs Annie Jackson of Abilene Tate Hogan Services for Tate Hogan 52 of 2307 Anson Ave were to be at 3:30 pm Monday at the Eliiott-Hamil Chapel of Memories The Rev Alfred Altum pastor of North Park Baptist Church will officiate assisted by the Rev Brooks retired Baptist Minister Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park Mr Hogan died at 7:10 pm Friday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas after a short illness He was born Dec 8 1921 in Dallas and moved to Abilene in 1932 He married Helen Margaret Downing Sept 28 1946 in Abilene He was employed by the Lone Star Gas Co as a compressor operator for 27 years Mr Hogan was a charter member of North Park Baptist Church He was in Uie US Navy in World War II Survivors include his wife one daughter Mrs Sharon Lee Laird of 1241 Victoria two sisters Mrs BG Clinton of 1234 Clinton and Mrs WL Reynolds of 3217 Russell Pallbearers will be Wayne Austin JC Braune Ray Lew- -is George Williams Arnold Westbrook and Homer Ilar-endt I Mrs Emma Stitts Mrs Emma Frances Stitts 88 longtime Abilene resident died Sunday in the Lawndale Nursing Home in Lawn Graveside services will be at 3:30 pm Tuesday at the Cedar Hill Cemetery the Rev Jesse Adkins ufliciating El-liotl-IIamil Funeral Homo is in charge of arrangements She was born July 27 1883 Survivors include three sons Ervin Hector of Lawn Dewaitl Hector of 750 Kirkwood and Millard Hector of 2nd St and Pecan Ave Manuel Rodriquez i Manuel Rodriquez 47 of 2034 Park died al 7:23 pm Sunday at Hendrick Memorial I Hospital after a tong illness Services are pending with North's Funeral Home 242 Orange Mr Itodriqucz was born Jan 6 1927 in Winters lie grew up in Ballinger and moved to Abilene in 1939 He was a construction worker in the Abilene area He was a member of the St Vincent a 1 1 1 1 i Catholic Church Survivors are four brothers Guadalupe Jr of Saginaw Mich Lorenzo and Joe of Madison Wis Jesus of 716 Elm three sisters Mi's U- SHUGART PHOTOS OFFER Please-call 673-4271 Extenafon 225 IF YOU MISS YOUR PAPER! THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS mwwwd twa oanv except snci a ordnv and Sunday Bv THB REPORTS II PUBLISHINI CO 00 Block CypiMi St PO Phan Abilina Tm fa Andrew Milan President and Publliliar DF McCarty Vlca Pros want Gnnl Manaar Cd WltfKdmatr Vie Presiuemef EdltorMI Fran Pruitt icaraiidant of Circulation Jacend clan imtaga paid at'OR tam SUBSCRIPTION RATES: CAR RIER-Ofil IVERY IN WEST ffXAl Momma ana Sunday ar Rvarbw ana Sunday S2fi pur month Other waa an requast By VAIL in Tarn Mamina am Sunday er Evanina and Sunday 13 a0 pa month I Othar rata on requtb MEMBER OP the ASSOCIATK PRESS I Tha Auooa'od cmiiMd ardu I uvaiy la usa fur reoupncatias at al heal nawa arintad In Ihia newawaar a wall a mt AP nrwa diaoaunn i By LIZ MOORE Reporter-News Staff Writer They're bright mature and articulate Probably the cream the best of their schools They're 140 junior high ftchool students from across Texas in Abilene this week to learn how to lead their student council governments The Texas Assn of Student Councils invited the students many of whom are tasting their first significant roles as leaders to the Hardin-Sim-mons University campus for a workshop in leadership training For five days the boys and girls will be taught the principles of a democracy the importance of school spirit and of course what a student council does And somehow they will attempt to apply these ideals to the very real and specific problems of junior high school life Four presidents all boys of Abilene junior high schools are eager to exercise their new influence BROOKS Gregg Wilson Flynn Gideon and Eddie Weaver think they have something to contribute to the problems of student drop-outs race relations smoking glue-sniffing and student participation in campus life have to make the school more is the way Greg Brooks 14 sees the whole picture The son of Mr Film to Feature Hendrick Hospital Hendrick Memorial Hospital will be a star this week A movie New was on the schedule for the hospital with filming to start Monday afternoon The 16mm color with sound movie is part of the hospital's 30th anniversary celebration in September But the film will not be labeled so it can be used long past the 30th anniversary DICK SPALDING Hendrick vice president said the film will be suitable for television since it will be minutes 'it is impossible for an emerging medical center such as Hendrick to convey to the public what they must know without the tools such as mu-t on pictures and he said The film will lie shown to employes to patients bv closed circuit television the general public civic clubs and communilv organizations Zachry Naill and Associates Inc of Abilene arp producing the film for Hendrick Frank -Olson of Dallas who write for the Dr Kildare TV series wrote the script arp trying to depict the hospital in all its honesty the human rmotion commission pain and Spalding and Mrs Dick Brooks of 2716 Shoreline Dr looks as if he would be the shy one in his ninth grade class at Jefferson Junior High but his opinions indicate otherwise known two or three he acknowledged or student council or anything can lot of it is the said blonde blue-eyed Gregg Wilson The ninth grader at Mann Junior High is the 14-vear-old son of Mr and Mrs Larry Wilson 3689 9th of the parents don't even care or that their child iR dropping out Gregg said adding that another problem at his school is fights A BAD he said are fights between boys and girls boys and boys a big problem between the said Greg of the teachers are afraid of the students afraid they might be exclaimed dark-haired Eddie Weaver 14 son of Mr and Mrs Roy Weaver of 2041 Par-ramore Eddie a ninth grader at Franklin is probably the quietest of the four but like the others volunteered his thoughts readily just he shrugged talent show brought them said Flynn Gideon 14 ninth grader at Lincoln and the son of Mr and Mrs Bob Gideon of 3126 Fifth many participated as wanted to" he explained wouldn't think that very many would sign up but they did" shows everyone likes them You see your friends up there acting added Eddie a grin breaking his serious mood can usually earn some money on that project said Gregg the businessman THE BOYS ALL told about their successful Grub Days Western Days and successful assembly programs the musical ones need something that will get student Eddie said but a lot of teachers don't like assemblies" Greg added act up but they're going to cause trouble no matter The young leaders agreed that assemblies are one of the best wavs to keep kids interested iii school and out of trouble elsewhere this place" Greg said near the school and kids go there and sniff glue and Lincoln it's not so much drugs as said it's outside the The examples of problems go on but the boys all hare optimistic ideas on how to handle them through the own representative government think we have a lot uf Gregg summed up FAULT CUTER 143 WESTGATE SHOPPING CAPITAL 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 TC NORTH 12TH MOCKINGBIRD 1441 FIRST 2102 FIRST APPLIANCIS TV 249' 6 222333522IBE52ESn25iS Sale ends Saturday July 20 Our People Make la Number One FURNITURI jiwfuns Our July Summer Sale of Yard Furniture Wrought Iron Serving Cart Your choice of block white or yellow Rg $7495 59 Golden Anniversary Sale Select Group of FLOOR SAMPLES Save 50 off regular prices ZaleaGuklen tears anil WcYc Only Just Begun River Oaks Shopping Center 673-8211 Downtown Showcase Square 673-4957 Set of 3 Stack tables in black yellow or white wrought Iron finish Rag $3495 lie drliirr nml sen dm ft SO In MONUMENTSMARKERSfltf MUTE -MARBLE -IROKZI1WE DO CEMETERY UOTJJf ABILENE MEMORIAL COMPAWjM Ym NORTH lUkfrkHktP PMIf 4tr-57i CAT ED NEAR OFTICI BATTlB-OWNlRStiidSUN Loptl-OESlGNilf lain Revolvm Charge a fain Custom Charge BanhAmancjrd a Mastar Chores American lpress a Dinars Club a Cad Blanch a layaway Sate puce? elf-cwe on selected merchandise I' ll'- J'' nM included in this sal Original price tax shown on tMt item AH -I-ti- 'Ijliie-1 hi p-inr sai Illustrated not aril an 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