The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 18, 1961 Page: 6 of 22
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SQUADRON VISITS — Japanese Vice Adm Sakuo Mikami stands on the deck
of one of a squadron of four destroyers which arrived in San Diego Monday
proudly flying the rising sun flag. Mikami said his country, now limited to a
maritime defense force, needs a real navy again. (AP Wirephoto)
Martin Does Complete Run
From Aircraft, Back Again
Ex-Knox City
Resident Dies
KNOX CITY (RNS) - Grave-
side rites for Mrs L J Howell
M. will be held at Gillispie Cem
etery, six miles west of Knox
City , at 4 p.m Tuesday with the
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS 6 A
Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Morning, July 18, 1961 V N
Wreck Victim’s Ex-Clyde
Funeral Pends y n
SWEETWATER - Funeral ar- DICS
rangements for James William
McCutchen, 34, Sweetwater truck a D
driver killed late Saturday night 1 OsImAC
when his auto overturned west VMIQJ
of here, are pending until arrival
date of a brother with the US CLYDE (RNS) — Arthur Ran-_________..._____
Army in Korea is determined, dolph (Dick) Gray, 74, a former Knox City Methodist Church, of-
Patterson Funeral Home is in resident of Clyde, died at 5:30 ficiating
charge of. arrangements. Monday aDumaschos Pinkard • Smith Funeral Home DECATUR - Final rites for a
Born Aug. 12, 1926, at Lipan, pitclie followingheart attack is in charge of arrangements former Abilene resident were held Colorado City for four years. He
Mccucenhi=% AN M GPL = ^ from *=-=-Ma == retired former coauarue
,I and Larry Allen of Fort mason and veteran 01 "ond war
Funeral services will be con- Worth officiating 1
- ALi == ^- * H ELEN EM ELM Fa
Born Jan 1, 1875, in Alabama and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem-Rome Cemetery. Details of the
Mrs. Howell is a former Knox etery under the direction of Chris- service will be announced from
were, thecity resident. She came to Texas tian Funeral Home the Hassell and Foster Funeral
an early age and lived in Mr Belew was a native of Wise Home of Athens, Tex.
Somerville in Erath County be countyBedea was o "Dec 21. He is survived b> his wife; one
- . fore moving to Knox County in 0 ,, oA atonded daughter, Mrs F T Pierce of
schools and was married toSd: “ she moved to the Plains in snool in Wise County Colorado Cry. Asstera Mm Net.
Elsie Hays in Delhi, Okla, in 1946.A barber in Decatur until 1930. brother Fred Blanton of Emory
1912. The family had lived in She is survived by three sons, he moved to Eastland and worked not hear b other Jack and
Clyde and Dumas. In Dumas he Roy of Meadow. L L of Brown- for the Railroad Commission sw h / EhCAP
was employed by the Shamrock field and Mike of Plainview: two there until 1935 „r Belew then three ofandenitaren County and
Oil Company for many years. Fol- daughters. Mrs. Mae Ivy of Me-moved to Abilene where he lived
lowing his retirement several Donald, N. M. and Mrs. M S. until 1955. He moved to Chand
years ago, he returned to Clyde Lowrey of Knox City; and 17 ler, Ariz., in 1955 an(j made his
where he lived until the death grandchildren____________________home there until his death.
of his wile. _Married to Ollie Mae Cart-
He was a member of the Clyde - * -
Methodist Church
Rites Held Sidney Blanton
Succumbs at 68
For Former
Rev. Jarrell Sharp, pastor of the
Abilenian
COLORADO CITY (RNS) -
Sidney Lee Blanton, 68, died at
his home in Colorado City early
Monday of a heart attack.
Blanton was horn April 10, 1893,
in Mississippi and had lived in
and Sweetwater most of his life. : ___________Cnape
Winfred W Glass, a passenger Clyde in November, 1959, was field hospital at 4 p.m Sunday Dallas
j in the auto, was asleep in the making his home in Dumas with L_____________.
back seat and escaped injury a daughter. Mrs Melvin Bell He dueled at 10 a m Tuesday in
Survivors include three daugh- had lived with her sines the death Brownfield
ters, Linda of Sweetwater and of his wife in November, 1969
Mitchelene and Patricia of En- Born in San Marcos in Decern
nis; a son, James Jr of Ennis ber, 1886, his parents
his mother, Mrs. Ora McCutchen late Mr and Mrs T. J. Gray.at
of Sweetwater, his grandmother. The family moved to Moran in ‘
Mrs Linnie Cooper of Hamlin: 1900 and to Clyde in 1904.
two brothers, Joe, with the Army Mr Gray attended
in Korea, and Robert of Bell,
Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Jor-
dan
Roscoe Resident
Named in Charge
SWEETWATER (RNS) - An-
astasio Bugarin. 17. of Roscoe,
was charged by complaint in No-
lan County Court Monday with
aggravated assult in connec-
tion with an automobile accident
that occurred Saturday.
Highway Patrolman Leo Sand-
ers and B G. Jones signed a
complaint alleging that Bugarin
was the driver of a car that made
a U-turn on U. S. Highway 84
north of Roscoe Saturday when
Survivors in addition to his
Funeral Pending
For Mrs. Eaton
James Dennis
wright Sept 6. 1908, in Decatur, RileS Pending
he was a member of First Meth- •
odist Church of Chandler at the Final rites for James Dennis,
time of his death 74-year-old Abilenian who died
Survivors include his wife, Sunday at his home, will be an-
nounced by Elliott's Funeral
daughter are two sons. A R
Gray of Clairmont, Calif., and
Paul of Amarillo; five grandchi)„ ..
dren and four great-grandchildren; I Funeral is pending for Mrs F three daughters, Mrs. Alvin A
one brother, Leonard of Kermit :R Eaton, 91, of Bronte, and will land of Fort Worth, Mrs. Hex
two sisters, Mrs. Tom South of be announced by Clift Funeral Baggett of Big Spring and Mrs. -------------------
Clyde, and Mrs Bob Norrell of Home in Bronte : Paul Rogers of Worthington. S. 16th, is survived by a daugh-
Baird: and a number of nieces Mrs Eaton died at 8:45 a.m Ohio: two sons, Charlie Belew of
and nephews. Monday at the home of a daugh-Casa Grande, Ariza and James
Funeral arrangements are ter. Mrs. R. H. Pendergrast. 1931 Sensibaugh Belew of Stanfield,
Site St. with whom she had Liv-Brann X^nd^s. Frank
ed the past two months.Messenger of Washington State
Born Aug 31. 1869, in Coryell a brother, Tanday Belew of Ver-
County. She was a member of the non: 15 grandchildren and eight
Bronte Church of Christ. great-grandchildren
Also surviving are another ------------------------
arrangements
pending at Dumas funeral home
Mrs. Gertrude Mitchell was ser-
iously injured Robert M. Mit-
chell. 38. of Belton said that his
mother was thrown into the wind , - -
shield of his car when the acci- Burial is expected in Clyde Cem-
dent occurred | etery beside the grave of his
Mrs Mitchell, 68, of Belton, wife.
The body will be brought to Clyde
where another service will be
By TOM SEPPY who don’t like changing, but most when much military thinking was
BALTIMORE. Md. (AP)—Suc-of the people think the new period decidedly earthbound. In 1945 it
. cess, like a rocket, has been is a challenge” organized a guided missile sec-
: divided in three stages for the Martin actually got into space tion. William G. Bergen, a young
i Glenn L. Martin Co. ------.--------engineer, was placed in charge_
For years Martin was one of, , n, . | Rocket Report remains in Simmons Memorial D , LALA :
the nation’s leading airplane man- Snyder Decident By 1947 Bergen said Martin Hospital here from weakness Retired Mechanic
! ufacturers. Sales went into a tail DYOCT KCCHI 1 completed a detailed report on a caused by loss of blood Her right PM 1 IVVIIOIIIV
spin in the early ‘50s. Martin nr • | LLLU rocket that could have been used elbow and arm were severely cut
• gave up planes and went entirely Dies in Lubbock as an intercontinental missile as She is the mother of Mrs. W. 0.
1 into missiles, the first aircraft J well as launch a 1,450-pound pay- Sullivan of Abilene.
maker to do so. (Martin says it “SNYDER (RNS) — Alvin load into orbit nA. n.su__v
could have orbited a satellite be- S. 1Nobody was interested," said PalfARon T
1 fore the Korean War» Sparks, 56 a Snyder drilling em- Bergen I II. FOHTU
, Now the firm has come full pany employe of 2411 32nd 51 ’
, circle and is making aircraft died Monday at 1:45 pm at tinued not on a crash basis but
■ again—but aircraft such as Glenn Methodist Hospital in Lubbock, merely in an orderly program.
I Martin never dreamed of when Funeral will be held at 2 p.m We could have had 1.000 pounds
, he built his first motorized box Wednesday at the Calvary Bap-in orbit before the Korean War."
• kite-appearing plane in 1909 tist Church here, with the Rev,
Martin now makes spacecraft—Cecil Wagner, pastor, officiating Disae Dara
Apollo, designed to carry three assisted by the Rev T Geradd KICS PETO
men around the moon Slomar. Cates of Abilene, former pastor "
designed for rescue missions and Burial will follow in a Snyder
to shuttle supplies from earth to Cemetery under the direction of
' space stations: Project RSVP, for Bolger Funeral Home
j a recoverable space ship. Born May 21, 1905, in Eastland
: Such projects have completely County, he was married April 4.
J changed the nature of Martin 1926, to Miss Viola Putty in
I “When we were building con- Anson They came to Snyder in
held in Clyde Methodist Church
Dies in Merkel
MERKEL - Verner B Sublett,
67. retired mechanic, died at
7 30 p m Monday in Sadler Clin
ic here, where he had been a
Home
Mr Dennis, who resided at 1609
ter, Mrs B. R. Raley, of Hough-
ton, La., and two sons, James of
Houston and Gerald of Pasadena.
daughter, Mrs. Odessa Knightlin- In its natural habitat the new-
ger of Denver, Co 0 : two sons, born lobster has one chance in
J. E of San Angelo and Frank a million of reaching maturity
R. of Bronte: a sister, Mrs. Edna But when hatched in a hatchery.
Matlock of Breckenridge: two
brothers. Charles and Ira Offield
of Breckenridge: 14 grandehi-
dren and 18 great - grandchildren
the odds- are reduced to one in
hundred
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Funeral for John W Patterson, longtime Merkel resident and had
46, will be held at 2 p m. Tuesday been living in Junction the past ..... . H 1 wan!
in Elliotts Chapel of Memories, few years. He was born July 15, Military Air Transport C124 with
with M. F McKnight, minister of 1895, ,n Lampasas County: engine trouble landed safely at the strength that propels waste from
Highland Church of Christ, offi Funeral will be announced by Gander NO ^ Monday night the body. Stagnant bowel contents be-
ciating Starbuck Funeral Home Royal Canadian Air Force search] come so dry and shrunken that they
Graveside rites will be held at Surviving are his wife: o n e and rescue headquarters report-
4:30 p.m. in Moran Cemetery, daughter, Mrs. Vernell Crow of
Mr Patterson, a pumper for Junction; one brother. B T. Sub- The plane, carrying nine peo-
j Sinclair Oil Co. died Sunday night lett 01 Merkel: two grandchildren ple, turned back to Gander after
in Hendrick Memorial Hospital and three great-grandchildren, passing the 400-mile mark on a
flight to England. At one Pont
For Analyst
Funeral arrangements will be
announced for Michael Asciutto,
49, a support logistics spares an-
, ,. , , alyst for General Dynamics-
cent of our employes were engi-t A tool pusher, he was employed Astronautics who was found dead
neers and the rest were factory by Joe Melton Drilling Co He Monday morning in his apart-
workers,” said Albert L. Var- was a member of Calvary Bap- ment 738 Chestnut St
rieur, vice president in charge of tist Church. | Mr. Asciutto was believed to
Martins Baltimore plant Now Suvivors include his mother have suffered a heart attack
about 24 per cent of the employes Mrs. Cora Sparks of Midland: his Kiker - Warren Funeral Home is
i are engineers ” wife: five sisters, Mrs Rebecca in charge of local arrangements
I Bill Hilmer, a gray-haired fore-Loving of Midland, Mrs. Burton He was on loan to the missile
i man, has been with Martin in all Pernn of Ranger. Mrs Bryan force here at Dyess AFB from
■ three of its phases. Baskett of Seattle, Wash., Mrs General Dynamics - Astronautics
. When he joined the company in j W. Parmley of Big Spring and in San Diego, Calif, where he
, 1928 planes were made of wood Miss Kate Sparks of Midland: was employed by the firm's main
: and cloth. four brothers, Dean and Johnny, plant
: Then came World War II, the both of Midland, Jim of Odessa One the job here since June 30.
: days of Rosie the Riveter. Now and Jack Sparks of Big Spring, be lived near San Diego.
i the riveters are gone,” said Hil- ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
ventional airplanes, 8 to 10 per 1949 and had lived here since.
, mer. "With the missiles, the men
* had to learn to solder
I ‘‘I guess there are some people
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home; and one brother, Claude 31, District Judge J. R. Black
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 18, 1961, newspaper, July 18, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672011/m1/6/?q=%221961-07%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.