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PLAIN FACTS ABOUT SIMPLE FUNERALS Isn’t it time we started to stress the spiritual aspects of funerals rather than the material? Many people spend more on funerals than the deceased would wish because they do not realize their options or they are afraid of “what people will think.” At Reveley Memorial Services we explain your choices, and let you know we are in agreement with your desire for simplicity. No pressure is brought upon you. Many times all arrangements can be completed at your residence. Reveley Memorial Services offers you the following possibilities: A service at the location of your choice, with or without the casket present Graveside Services in the cemetery of your choice Cremation Donation to medical science Shipping We have a selection of caskets, including a cremation receptacle, a plain pine coffin, cloth covered woods, or metals. We can travel anywhere, and serve a 100 mile radius of San Antonio at no additional fee. We believe that money lavished on funerals should be spent on your family, your church, or your favorite charity. Discuss this with your family now, while you can. Call us for pre-need planning, or any information you may need. REVELEY MEMORIAL SERVICES of San Antonio Simple Funerals 533-8141 San Antonio Austin/441-7500 Information SOCIAL CAUSE CALENDAR Forest Services Supervisor, Box 969, Lufkin, Tx., 75901. PEACE WALK Dallas/Ft. Worth peace and disarmament groups are planning to walk from Dallas to Carswell Air Force Base in Ft. Worth, July 3-4, in solidarity with the Peace Pilgrimage from Washington, D.C., which will arrive 375-3715 for details. MLK COMMEMORATION A coalition of civil rights, peace, and labor groups will march for jobs, peace, and freedom on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, August 27, from the Lincoln Memorial to the White House. Dallas/Ft. Worth groups are organizing buses to Washington, leaving Dallas August 25. Round trip, $115. Progressive Organizations For some weeks now, the Observer has been updating its mailing list of progressive organizations. Those groups that did not respond to our mailing, or could not be reached by phone or mail, were dropped from the list. Please send us the name, address, and phone number of any group we’ve omitted. The list is available for a $5 processing fee to any group deemed progressive in purpose. We expect to begin filling orders for the list in June. The Observer especially thanks those friends who helped with the updating task. DALLAS ACLU, 651-7897; ACORN, 823-4580; Amns. for Demo. Action, 368-8931; Armadillo Coalition, 349-1970; Bois d’Arc Patriots, 827-2632; Bread for the World, Joe Haag, 741-1991×298; Casa America Libre, 942-9413; 946-9446; Ctzns. Party, 352-1239; Clean Air Coalition, 387-2785; Comanche Peak Life Force, 337-5885; Cmte. in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, 375-3715; Dallas Friends Service Group, 321-8643; Dallas Gay Alliance, 528-4233; Dallas Inter-Religious Task Force on Central America, 375-3715; Dallas UN Assn., 526-1853; E. Dallas Nghbrhood Assn., 827-1181; Environmental Health Assn., 370-3805; Fredrick Douglass Voting League, 426-1867; Hard Times News, 942-4236; Human Ecology Research Foundation, 620-0620; Humanists of North Tx., 381-1818; Lawyers’ Alliance for Nuclear Arms Control, 43 Charles St., Suite 3, Boston, 02114; Lesbian Neighborhood Info. & Action Service, 827-2632; N. Lake Col. Solar Club, 659-5254; N. Tx. Abortion Rights Action League gressive Voters League, 376-1660; Resistance Cmte., 942-4236; Sierra Club, 369-5543; Tx. Tenants Union, 823-2733; UNICEF, 241-7807; War Resisters League, 337-5885; West Dallas Involvement Cmte., 1902 Bickers, 75212. Notices on upcoming events must reach the Observer at least three weeks in advance. HANDICRAFT SALE There will be a giant sale of Guatemalan handicrafts, most of them made by the Zunil and Comalapa Women’s Cooperatives, on June 4, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 600 W. 28th, Austin. Proceeds will benefit the Central American Resources Center. BLACK WOMEN HONORED A photo exhibit touring from the Smithsonian, entitled “Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds,” will be at the Carver Museum, 1161 Angelina, Austin, June 7-August 25. ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM The Houston Toxic Substances Task Force will hold a public forum June 11, 8:30 a.m.-noon, on “Enforcement of Environmental Laws in Texas.” State officials and EPA panelists will speak about the role of enforcement agencies in controlling toxic materials. Registration begins at 8 a.m., El Paso and Dallas Rooms, University Center, Univ. of Houston Central Campus. Free; tax-deductible donations requested. ENVIRONMENTALISTS MEET The Houston Sierra Club will have a day long strategy meeting for area environmentalists June 18, Armand Bayou Nature Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., to discuss how to save Lake Houston and West Galveston Bay from environmental destruction. JUNETEENTH BLUEZFEST, ’83 The Black Arts Alliance, River City Bluez, and Liberty Lunch will present Juneteenth Bluezfest, ’83, at Liberty Lunch, Austin, June 17 -19, to celebrate the day news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas. Black American music, traditional ethnic foods, and cultural and artistic exhibits will be part of the festivities which pay special tribute to Austin’s veteran 477-9660 for more information. PANHANDLE PEACE GATHERING The Aztlan Network of peace and justice organizations from Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico is sponsoring a meeting and workshop in Amarillo, June 17 -19. Rev. C. T. Vivian will speak and there will be 373-8668 for time and place. FOREST CAMPAIGN Texas environmental and wildlife preservation groups, concerned about what clearcutting is doing to East Texas timberland, are asking Texans to respond to the Forest Supervisor’s request for options on a new forest plan. Those who favor a return to selective harvesting of national forest instead of clearcutting, and who want 55,000 acres of East Texas timberland set aside for public use as a wilderness, should write the THE TEXAS OBSERVER 17