High Point social notes cover visits and church events
The High Point News lists Rev. L M Hearn preaching Sunday with visitors Walter Free of Denver and Carrol Cato of Vernon. It notes extended visits among the Frees, Biddys, Kelleys, Henleys, Holmans, and others, along with county revival attendance in Childress and a HD Club hats study at the REA building. Local marriages and travel include Robert Holman and Betty Painter’s Wichita Falls homecoming, plus Holmans in Johnson Kansas and trips to Santa Fe Taos and Ruidosa New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Biddy
L. M. Hearn
Walter Free
Denver
Carrol Cato
Vernon
Willis Cato
Leon Henleys
Carrol
Walter Frees
Ernest Aran
J. E. Kelleys
Childress
J. E
Bill Kelleys
Floyd Biddys
W. Frees
Grady Parrs
Leta Henley
High Point HD Club
REA
Mary Scott
Mines
Claude Andrews
W. E. Andrews
Bill Kelley
E. F. Adams
Clyde Hackler
Robert Holman
Wichita Falls
F. E. Biddys
Tell
J. E. Begleys
Theer
Fred Hershers
Seattle
Wash
Travis Phillips
Duncan
Okla
Tommy Reynolds
New Orleans
Donnie Tripps
Fort Worth
Louise Smith
H. E. Whites
Harley White
Hobbs
N.M
Cee Wee
Vertna Bumpass
Bridal shower for Mr and Mrs Tommy Williams
Friday social calendar lists a bridal shower from 7 30 to 9 pm at the Church of Christ annex for the couple. Readers are also wished happy birthdays for Dickie Briley Mrs Wilbur Williams James Parker Mrs E G Bramlett Sue Carrick Ricky Wheeler and Mrs J M Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Williams
Church of Christ Annex
Dickie Briley
Wilbur Williams
James Parker
E. G. Bramlett
Sue Carrick
Ricky Wheeler
J. M. Preston
Final Rites Held for Mrs Ester Maybell Court
Final rites for Mrs Ester Maybell Court were conducted at 10 a.m. today in Newberry Chapel by Rev J A McDonald and Rev Joe Allen. She died Tuesday morning at Zoes Rest Haven. Burial was in Childress Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ester Maybell Court
Newberry Chapel
J. A. McDonald
Joe Allen
Feet care ad promises relief for ache and itch
An advertisement from A. L. Harp Drug touts a T-4-L foot solution claiming relief for achy feet, swelling, itch, and athlete's foot. It urges twice daily bathing and promises results within one hour with the product available at the local drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Harp Drug
Local Foreseeable Weather and Personal Travel Notes
Clear to partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers through Friday. Low tonight 72 and Friday high 96. Rebecca Ruth Love of Childress listed as a patient at St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo. George Spear to attend State American Legion and 40 & 8 in Fort Worth. Miss Sarah Ragle to Vernon then Canyon with her mother. Roy Rogers family visiting Amarillo with Tommy Johnson. Weldon Jordan visiting Lawton overnight with Floyd Gilliland. Tommy Williams and Alvin Simmons hosted in Amarillo and Oklahoma for visits. James Laningham may be dismissed from Veterans Hospital Amarillo today or Friday. Mrs. R. S. Branum and Joretta Copeland returned to Dallas after visiting the Efird family. Eddie Funderburk, a nephew, returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo
Rebecca Ruth Love
George Spear
Fort Worth
Sarah Ragle
Vernon
Canyon
Roy Rogers
Tommy Johnson
Weldon Jordan
Lawton
Okla
Floyd Gilliland
Tommy Williams
Oklahoma Christian College
Gladney Williams
Alvin Simmons
Los Angeles
Zenda
Oklahoma
James Laningham
Veterans Hospital
R. S. Branum
Joretta Copeland
Dallas
Paul Efird
Eddie Funderburk
Riverside visit anchors in laws and kin gatherings
James E Weaver and daughter Teri of Riverside California visit at the home of his parents and relatives. Ellis Stevens family from Oklahoma City also stay with the Weavers and S Stevens relatives. Cindy Ann and Ray Weatherly join from Wichita and visit the Arringtons and Weatherlys. Linda Moore of Childress recovers from surgery at Memorial Hospital Quanah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Weaver
Teri
Riverside
Calif
Rip” Weaver
Ellis Stevens
Judy
Oklahoma City
S. Stevens
Larry Delaney
Emmett Arrington
Donna
Wichita
Kan
Cindy Ann
Ray Weatherly
Emmett Arringtons
Virgil Weatherlys
Bobby Weatherlys
Linda Moore
Childress
Memorial Hospital
Quanah
Kennedy birthplace infant at Otis AFB hospital
Baby born prematurely to Mrs. Kennedy on Hyannis Port's Squaw Island was baptized by Rev. John Scahill in Portland. The newborn, named for Kennedy forebears, is being treated at Otis AFB in a private Boston Medical Center room with an isolette and medication as doctors monitor respiratory distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Afb
Kennedy
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
John Scahill
Portland
Maine
Otis
Patrick J
Joseph Patrick
Bouvier
Churchill
Scahill
Winston Churchill
White House
Pierre Salinger
Boston
Children’s Medical Center
Salinger
United Press International
Hospital Notes And Movements In Town
Admitted this week include Mrs Ada Gillespie on Wednesday Dr J H Jernigan and Effie Jones today. Discharged: Mrs Olive Richerson Estelline Mrs Bob Miller Mrs Jack Scott Mrs Emma Caradine and Lucille Ball who after a three year illness could not walk had her first film break in The Big Street as a show girl who became a paralytic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Gillespie
J. H. Jernigan
Effie Jones
Olive Richerson
Bob Miller
Lucille Ball
White roof paint cools houses up to 20 degrees
The National Paint Varnish and Lacquer Association reports painting dark roofs white reduces interior temperatures by as much as 20 degrees. The idea has grown in popularity in recent years across homes and buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
Life insurance in 1962 tops 730 billion dollars
The United Press report states the American public held life insurance worth 730 billion dollars at the end of 1962 per the Institute of Life Insurance. Art Linkletter, host of House Party, has sustained a 30 year relationship as national spokesman for YMCA youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pres International
The
Institute of Life Insurance
Art Linkletter
House Party
YMCA
Men in Military: Ranger crew and Air Force arrivals
Billy F. Wormsbaker radioman first class USN, son of Mrs. Claudine Wormsbaker of Childress, reports aboard USS Ranger, a major Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier based in San Diego and rotating to the Far East with the Seventh Fleet. Jerry L. Jones, airman first class, medical laboratory specialist, arrives at Keesler AFB Mississippi for U S Air Force Hospital duty. son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jones of Childress, a Childress High School graduate, married to Rosemary Guerry of Charleston Heights South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS
Ranger
PHTNC
Billy F. Wormsbaker
USN
Claudine Wormsbaker
Tenth St
N. W
Childress
Pacific
San Diego
Calif
First Fleet
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Keesler Afb
Miss
Jerry L. Jones
United States Air Force Hospital
Jones
Lynn Jones
Avenue J
Childress High School
Rosemary Guerry
E.M. Guerry Sr
Navajo St
Charleston Heights
S, C
Weather snapshot shows 101 degree max and 71 degree min
The report records a 24 hour period from 12 noon Wednesday to 11 am Thursday with a high of 101 degrees at 2 pm on Wednesday and a low of 71 degrees at 8:30 am Thursday. For August 8, 1962 the high was 101 degrees and the low was 75 degrees.
Invasion Claims Clash with Haitian War Zone Status
The Couvalier communique says an invasion force of about 100 men led by ex General Leon Cantave and officers was routed within hours of its first attack. Government reports contradict this, saying 150 heavily armed troops were flown to Cap Haitien as the region was declared a war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Christophe
Couvalier Communique
Leon Cantave
Pierre Paret
Rene Leon
Port Au Prince
Cap Haitien
Weather highs and lows across states
UPI reports an array of temperatures with lows reaching 43 degrees at Pellston Michigan. The day’s highs included 103 degrees at Red Bluff California Wichita Falls Texas College Station and Presidio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pellston
Mich
Red Bluff
Calif
Wichita Falls
College Station
Presitio
Tex
Walker to Retry X15 Altitude Mission Today
Joe Walker and the X15 rocket ship prepared for a second attempt at an altitude record near 68 miles after weather and light issues forced cancellations. NASA officials shifted the schedule to today as conditions were monitored for the historic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
Space Agency
Joe Walker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
GOP
Hotel San Francisco
Fairmont Hotel
Row Palace
Robert L. Pierce
St. Francis Hotel
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