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9 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
€ A Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, September 15. 1988
GRASS FIRE RAGES
Portland St. Fire
Burns Closet, Roof
Abilenian’s Son
Fatally Crushed
By Tractor
T. J. White, about 40, son of an
Abilene woman and brother of two
Abilene residents, was killed Wed-
nesday afternoon when a tractor
fell on him as he worked on a
neighbor’s farm at Brenham.
Mr. White, a farmer at Bren-
STORK NEWS
Fire damaged a closet and the right - of - way spread to the
attic and roof of a home belong- edges of three nearby ranches be-
:ing to Thomas F. Tracy of 541 fare firemen put it out. Crews
. Portland St. shortly after noon of three Abilene fire trucks battl-ham was working to fill a trench
. Wednesday, Fire Department ed the blaze for an hour and 37 Him-was wona
• officials said. minutes. The fire was reported sile on a neighbor’s farm when the
t Firemen worked 14 hours mat 9:30 a.m. accident occurred.
: extinguishing the blaze, which At 3:08 p.m., firemen were call- Funeral arrangements, are
• was believed to have been started ed to N. 18th St. and Minter Lane, pending at • Brenham funeral
: by defective wiring, where they fought a grass fire home.
• Two booster trucks, two engine in a vacant lot for 30 minutes Survivors include the wife and
.......before extinguishing it, two children, all of the home; his
A trash fire spread to nearby j mother, Mrs. Talmadge White of
grass at the Power Feed Co.,3602 Grape St.; three brothers,
Anson Ave. and West Lake Rd. George A. White of 3508 Grape St.,
shortly after 5 pm. Wednesday, Grady of Fort Worth and Elgin
Firemen answered the alarm at of Shreveport, La.: two sisters.
5:10 p.m. One booster truck and Mrs. C. E. Mayfield of 2334
crew worked 20 minutes in extin- Huckleberry Lane, and Mrs. J T.
quishing the blaze. Goode of Levelland: and several
An engine truck and crew were nieces and nephews.
called to N. 12th and Orange Sts. His father, Talmadge White,
at 8:31 a.m. Wednesday to wash died last year.
trucks and a ladder truck answer-
ed the alarm at 12:18 p.m.
Damage to the home was not
estimated. The house was insur-
A grass fire east of Elmdale on
the Texas and Pacific Railway
Mrs. Eberf May,
Former Clyde
Resident, Dies
CLYDE (RNS) — Mrs. Elbert
75, former Clyde resident,
died Tuesday in a Houston hospi-
tal one hour after being admitted
there. She had been in ill health
since suffering a stroke two years
ago
For the part six years Mrs.
- May had been living with a daugh-
, ter, Mrs. Tleen Haile, at 1502
gasoline off the street. The gas-l
oline was spilled over the road as DIL
when a wholesale bread truck: DIdOIdY
and an automobile collided in the 2
atersechon— Ackerly, Dies
Sam Moore Rites
Stated Here Today
Eight births were reported
Wednesday at Abilene hospitals.
At Hendrick Memorial:
Boy to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
I. Tarlton, 3894 N. 11th St., at
5:46 p.m Wednesday.
Girl to Mr. end Mrs. Charles E.
Elliott. ACC, at 1:16 a m. Wednes-
day.
At Dyess AFB:
Boy to A.2.C. and Mrs. Gary
Allen, 1724 Sewell St., at 7:19
a.m. Tuesday.
Boy to Army Sp.5.C. and Mrs.
Robert W. Walker, 4525 State St.,
at 11:12 a.m. Tuesday.
Boy to S. Sgt. and Mrs. Jack
D. Burton, 1225 S. 5th St., at
8:59 a.m. Tuesday.
Girl to A.1.C. and Mrs. Joe F.
Bowers, 2257 S. 2nd St., at 10:24
a.m. Tuesday.
Boy to S. Sgt. and Mrs. Frank
L. Stewart, 1222 Matador St., at
10:03 p.m. Tuesday.
Boy to A.1.C. and Mrs. Alfred
J. Williams, 558 Vine St., at 10:23
p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Britton
Dies at 88
BIG SPRING (RNS) -
Martha Ann Blagrave. 79, of Rt.
1, Ackerly, died at 4 p.m. Wednes-
day after an illness of several
Mrs.
years. She was born in Leon Coun-
Funeral will be held at 2:30 ty March 10, 1881, and had lived
p.m. Thursday in Elliott’s Chap- at Ackerly since 1914.
el of Memories for Sam K. Moore, Funeral is pending at River Fu-
82, of 1517 Oak St , an Abilene neral Horne and will be an-
resident for 30 years, nounced.
Officiating will be the Rev. Mel- Mrs. Blagrave was a member
Cherriton St., Houston.
Mrs. May was born Lena Stead-
ham in 1885 in Alabama, the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John E Steadham, early-day Put- vin Byrd, pastor of Temple Bap-of the Assembly of God Church.
nam settlers.
She moved to Clyde in 1904
and was an operator for the first
telephone company in Clyde. In
1906 she married Elbert May at
Putnam.
The family lived in Clyde until
moving to Eastland about 1930.
Mr. May died in 1933.
Mrs. May had been a member
of the Clyde Church of Christ since
she was a girl.
Funeral will be held Thursday
at 10:30 a.m. in the Clyde Church
of Christ with Owen Cosgrove,
minister, officiating. Burial will
be to Clyde Cemetery beside the
graves of her husband and a
daughter, Frances.
Bailey Funeral Home of Clyde
has charge of arrangements.
1ST ROUND
Altus Crew
Wins Bomb
Competition
AUSTIN (AP) — A B52 crew
from the 11th bomb wing at Altus
Air Force Base, Okla., was offi-
cial winner of the first round of
bombing competition at Berg-
strom Air Force Base here
Wednesday.
Officials of the Strategic Air
Command’s 12th combat competi-
tion said the crew, commanded by
Lt. Col. Duard Y. Jackson, made
612 points out of a possible 800
The target city of the simulated
bombing run was Jackson’s home
town, Atlanta, Ga.
Second place in the competition
went to Maj. Robert G. Graham’s
847 crew from the 22nd Bomb
Wing at March AFB, Calif., with
608 points. Maj. Dixie Howell's
B52 crew from the 4238th Strate-
gic Wing at Barksdale AFB was
third with 603 5 points. Fourth
went to Maj. Harold E. Confer’s
B58 Hustler crew from the 43rd
Bomb Wing. Carswell AFB, with
545.5 points.
The bombers took off again
Mrs. Susan H. Britton, 88. long- Wednesday night, with different
crews aboard, in closing missions.
time Taylor County resident, died
at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at her
home at 642 Clinton St. She had
been in ill health for several
years and recently had been un-
der the care of a doctor.
Born Feb. 24, 1872, near Salado,
Tex., in Bell County, she came to
Taylor County with her parents,
the late Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Cathey, in 1888, settling near
Guion.
list Church. Burial will be in She was married to J. T. Bla-
Cedar Hill Cemetery. grave Dec. 15, 1900, in Leon Coun-
Mr. Moore died Tuesday at 5:15 ty.
p.m. at Cox Memorial Hospital! Survivors include her husband;
after being hospitalized earlier in two sons, Arthur and Floyd of
the day. He had been ill about Ackerly; three daughters, Mrs.
two weeks. . . • Bertha Froman of Ackerly, Mrs.
Born July 8. 1878, in Milam Sarah Shorts of Tarzan, Tex., and
County, he married Eva Osborne Miss Velma Blagrave of Ackerly; . . . 1 .
in 1906 at Hollis, Okla. They moved four half-brothers, Sam Goolsby ters at 642 Clinton St
from Slaton to Abilene about 30 of Stanton and Ben, Ted and Frank -------* "
years ago. . , Goolsby of Lamesa: a sister,
Mr. Moore was a retired em-Mrs. Ofa Stevens of Houston; two
ploye of West Texas Cotton Oil half-sisters, Mrs. Fanny Walton
Mill and a member of the Method-and Mrs. Mattie Payne of Lame-will be announced by Kiker-
ist Church, sa eight grandchildren and one "
Survivors include his wife; one great-grandchild.
daughter, Mrs. Hollis Irvin of Rt. —--------------
2. Merkel; three sons, Tommy of . . , ...
Kansas City, Kan., and Vernon Mrs. Guttirsz
She married A. B. Britton on
May 1, 1890, at Guion. They settl-
ed on a ranch where the town
of Ovalo is now located, and lived
there until Mr. Britton's death in
1988. Following her busbend's
The lead in the tanker stagings
was shared by Maj. Albert H.
Howell’s KC97 crew from Forbes
AFB and Capt. John A. Brad-
ford’s KC135 crew from Altus
AFB, each with 289.5 out of a pos-
’ sible 300 points.
The 27th Munitions Maintenance
Squadron of Little Rock AFB led
the munitions loading competition
at the halfway mark with 998 out
of a possible 1,000. Second place
went to the 32nd MMS at Chen-
nault AFB, Lake Charles, La.,
with 956. Third was captured by
the 28th MMS from Carswell AFB
with 948.
death, she moved to Abilene and
made her home with her daugh-
She was a member of the Church
of Christ.
Burial will be in McBee Ceme-
tery, near Ovalo. Arrangements
Warren Funeral Home of Abilene.
Surviving are three daughters,
Misses Winnie and Esther Britton,
--.------.---and Raymond, both of Abilene: Dies at Winters
Survivors include one son. How-one brother, Dave of Austin: 11
ard May of Silver Spring, Md.: grandchildren and two great-
two daughters, Mrs. Haile, and grandchildren.
Mrs. Mary M. Roscoe of Chey-------------------------------
enne, Wyo.; four grandchildren LOH Infant Dies.
and four great - grandchildren: Lot inrant Pesi
three sisters and two brothers. Rites Held Here
Rites Held Here
Burleson
Due Home
Willie D. Howe, 74,
Megargel, Dies
CISCO (RNS) — Graveside
rites for the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lott were
held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in
Oakwood Cemetery, with the Rev.
WINTERS — Funeral for Mrs
Olivia Morine Guttirsz, 21, of
Edroy, who died at 4 a.m
Wednesday in a Winters hospital,
is pending at Spill Funeral Home
here
Mrs. Guttirsz was picking cotton
on the Pete Davidson farm near
Wingate Tuesday when she be-
came ill about noon.
Born March 7, 1939. In Sinton,
she spent most of her life in
Edroy. She is survived by her
husband, Guadalupe Guttirsz:
twin children, Leonaell and
and Mrs. R. C. Lackey, all of
642 Clinton St.; three sons, A. A.
Britton of Hamilton, W. 0. of
Gardena, Calif., and Joe Britton
of Seminole; one sister, Miss
Beulah Cathey of Long Beach,
Calif.: eight grandchildren, in-
cluding one she reared from in-
fancy, Mrs. Jean Button of Riley,
Calif., and seven great - grand-
children.
John Wood, administrative as-
sistant to Cong. Omar Burleson,
said Wednesday that Burleson is
to arrive in Abilene late Thurs-
day or early Friday for Saturday's
Lyndon B. Johnson Appreciation
Dinner.
As chairman of the House Ad-
ministration Committee, Burleson
remained in Washington "straigh-
tening up” House affairs follow-
ing adjournment of Congress.
While in this area, Burleson will
stay at his home in Anson,
Almon Martin, pastor of First
SEYMOUR (RNS) - Willie D. Christian Church, officiating.
Howe, 74, a farmer in the Megar- Burial was directed by Rust-
gel community for 54 years, died Hamner Funeral Home. . .
In Baylor County Hospital at 11:30 The child was stillborn at 8:30 Leonora, and her parents, Mr.
a.m. Wednesday, p.m. Tuesday in Graham Hospital and Mrs. Roman O Ball of Sinton.
Funeral will be held at 4 pm here.
Thursday in the Megargel Church The father is employed by
of Christ with Floyd Davis, min- Brown Construction Co., moving
ister of the Seymour Church of here about four months ago from
Christ, officiating. Burial will be Abilene.
in the Megargel Cemetery under Also surviving is an 18-month-
direction of Harrison Funeral old sister, Susie.
Home of Seymour.
Mr. Howe was bora Sept 23.
1885, to Coryell County and moved
to the Megargel community in
1906. He retired two years ago due
to ill health and had been ill until
his death.
He la survived by five sons, J.
C. Howe of Graham, Willie Frank
of Wichita Falls, Van Earl of
Rawls, Chester Lee of Lubbock
and Lonnie of Sen Antonio; two
daughters, Mrs. Lillian Royston
of Seymour and Mrs. Ollie Loftis
of Clyde, two sisters. Mrs Ed
. Shelly of Megargel and Mrs. Wal-
a ter Musgrave of Lockney and 21
grandchildren
Resumes Pactice
On account of sickness in
my family and an oper-
ation, I could not practice
for several months. I shall
now resume practice.
Dr. Cyrus N. Ray
Oestopathie Physician
and Orthopedic Surgeon
Office at 609 Orange St.
Abilene, Texas
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Funeral Here Today
Funeral for Mrs. Nancy Adeline
Abbott, 87, who died in Abilene
Wednesday morning following a
three week illness, will be held at
3 p.m. Thursday at Kiker-War-
ren Funeral Chapel.
2 AF Pilots
Break Space
Cabin Record
longer than U minutes they would
lose something emotionally and
the medical and scientific tests
which mart be made would be
endangered," said Dr. Billy E.
Welch, project officer at the
school.
On Aug. 29 the pair broke the
SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Two Air
Officiating will be the Rev. J.
A. Bell, visitation minister at the Force pilots emerge from an I
First Methodist Church here, as by 12 foot steel tank Thursday aft.
RS. WA we method er completing a full month in the
ist Church. Burial will bo in Tye make-believe space cabin.
Cemetery. Capt. William D. Habluetzel of
| record for time spent In a simulat-
ed space cabin when they passed
,. the 13-day, 20-hour and 40-minute
5 mark set in February by technical
8 Sgts. Hobert M. Craft, 36, of We-
dowee, Ala., and William W. Hen
derson, 30, of Alice, Tex.
Mrs. Abbott had been a resi-Ingleside, Tex., and 1st Lt. John
dent of Tye for 58 years. w Hargreaves Jr of Castle Air
== ====== = ... ==
Vines Tenn. “Mr. Abbot aled In capsule to make two nights to
1940, the moon and beck.
Survivors include a son, W. T. “They are in good shape and
of Rt. 1, Tuscola; a daughter, Mrs. apparentlyfeeling fit * “pokes:
Buena Tye: two man at the Air Force School
brothers. Jim Askins and Baruet of Aviation Medietas reported
Askins, both of Oklahoma; 12 Wednesday.
grandchildren, 43 great-grandchil- Habluetzel, 36, and Hargreaves,
dren and 11 great-great-grandchil-30, are scheduled to leave the sim-
dren. ulated space ship at 6:30 a.m.
--------------------------------Thursday. First there will be 15
a AL minutes of picture-taking and
Steakley to Okay hand shaking, then a full day of
1 l medical and scientific tests to de-
IRI in Dual Dala termine how well the human body
LDJ 111 Dual KOIC reacts to the space-like environ-
AUSTIN (AP) - Secretary of ment.. M oorters tame to them
State Zollie Steakley said today_“If we let reporters Lee____
he will certify Sen. Lyndon John- . _
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