Former Resident Joins Judson College as PE Head
Dr. Jean Richardson, a Childress native and former Eastern New Mexico University administrator, will lead Judson College Alabama's physical education department this fall. She has taught at Randolph-Macon Women’s College Rice University and Texas Women’s University and published in multiple journals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ala
Houston Air Venturers Club
Judson College
Jean Richardson
Childress
Europe
Canada
Mexico
Alabama Baptist College For Women
Randolph-Macon Women’s College
Virginia
Rice University
Texas Women’s University
Texas
Judson
Eastern New Mexico University
Richardson
Pi Lambda Theta
Delta Kappa Gamma
American Association of University Women
New Mexico
For
International Olympic Committee
The
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Physical Educator
Alabama
Medford Learns Dean Martins Method On TV Sketches
Kay Medford, a Broadway and Hollywood veteran, explores Dean Martin's onstage card reading style as they develop 10 to 12 minute sketches for his show. She recalls past TV misses and notes she is living in a hotel while joining a revived regular role, aided by fresh material and a stock company. The article mentions her Tony win for Funny Girl and her prior TV disappointment with To Rome With Love. George Washington is noted as Society of the Cincinnati's first president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Kay Medford
Dean Martin
Brodaway
Dean
Miss Medford
Barbara Streisand
Martin
Bronx
Rome
John Forsythe
New York
Walter Brennan
Ralph Nader
Highway Week Proclaimed by Governor in Texas
Governor Preston Smith proclaims September 1925 as Highway Week in Texas. He praises a 70 thousand mile highway network as the backbone of the state's economy and lauds the Texas Highway Department for leadership in beautification and safety. Open houses and ceremonies mark the observance. Seventeen girls are capped in the Junior Volunteers Candy Stripers ceremony at Childress General Hospital District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
Lone Star
Texas Highway Department
Highway Department
The
Texas Good Roads Association
Childress County General Hospital
First Baptist Chapel
Tina Fowler
Charles Harrison
Weldon W. Teague
Lula Mae _ Carter
Charles Christy
Dan Davis
A. F. Verner
Jack Fox
Dwayne McKee
Candy Striper
Lisa Fowler
Kathy Morey
Joyce Shelton
Childress General Hospital
Paula Parr
Kathy Sager
Charles Meisner
Foster
Fellowship Hall
Canyon
Susan Brown
Susan Smith
Vicki Trosper
Erin Teague
Mrs. Weldon Teague
Reavis Rites Held in Shamrock for Cecil L. Reavis Sr
Funeral services for Cecil L. Reavis Sr., 75, of Shamrock were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church of Shamrock. Rev. Tommie Beck officiated with burial in Shamrock cemetery. He died Thursday morning in Shamrock Hospital after an accidental fall. Survivors include his wife, three sons Col. Cecil L. Reavis Jr., Sherrod, and Don H.. his brothers Hollis, Rev. Andrew, and Raymond. five sisters including Mrs. Hallie Carter and Mrs. Ruby Vandergrif. and a sister-in-law Mrs. Renfro of Childress. He was a World War I veteran and former West Texas Utilities employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Reavis Sr
Shamrock
Childress
First United Methodist Church of
Tommie Beck
Shamrock Cemetery
Reavis
Shamrock Hospital
Hollis Reavis
Vera Renfro
McKinney
Trukey
West Texas Utilities Company
Ira Heath
Clarendon
First United Methodist Church
Shamrock Lodge
Af&am
Shamrock Order of the Eastern Star
Turkey
Company H
Shamrock American Legion DeSharo George Post
Cecil L. Reavis Jr
San Antonio
Sherrod
Midland
Don H
Amarillo
Hollis
Andrew
Stowell
Raymond
Sunnyside
Wash
Hallie Carter
Ruby Vandergrif
Lubbock
Lola Taylor
Mildred Sitton
Hot Springs
Ark
Margaret Richerson
Wichita Falls
Renfro
D E Students To Report Now
Childress High School distributive education students must contact instructor Z. J. Harmon to arrange a Fall term job. Harmon is available at the high school from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress High School
Z. J. Harmon
Harmon
Guthrie Schools Add Two Teachers for Fall Term
Guthrie Independent School District welcomes two new teachers for the fall term starting August 16. Pauline Burkett, a University of Colorado graduate, will teach business in the high school, after four years teaching in Colorado. Ronda Whitley, from Denton, becomes home economics instructor, replacing Mrs. Carl Bradley. she holds a bachelor’s in home economics from North Texas State University and is pursuing a master's in school psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Guthrie Independent
Bill Daugherty
Pauline Burkett
Ronda Whitley
Burkett
University of Colorado
Colorado Sapings
Whitley
Denton
Carl Bradley
New Home Ec
North Texas State University
Guthrie Schools Open August 16 With Registration Details
Guthrie public schools in King County begin Monday August 16. Supt. Bill Daugherty says teachers return the preceding Wednesday and students register Thursday August 12. Registrations in order: 1 pm for grades 6–8, 2 pm for high school, 1–4 pm for grades 1–5. Vaccination certificates required under new state laws. immunization list provided at registration. Free or reduced lunch applications available. approvals notified within three days. Lunch prices: 35 cents grades 1–5, 40 cents grades 6–12, 50 cents adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Guthrie
King County
Bill Daugherty
Texas State Department of Health
Cottle County Represented at Texas Cancer Meeting
Mrs Kelly Payne will represent the Cottle County Unit of the American Cancer Society at the Texas Division Inc 26th annual meeting August 25 26 at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston. She will be joined by Mrs Jessie Thomas as alternate and vice president with about 300 delegates expected for the two day sessions on service rehabilitation education campaigns and leadership development. Dr Grover Bynum of Austin division president will speak after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbreath
Unit
Paducahans
Kent Copenhaver
Brownsville
Grover Bynum
Austin
ACS
Bynum
Mayo Clinic
Tulane University
Texas
Must Attend Instruction School Opinion from Texas AG
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin says state or local officials may hold second offices only if no conflict of duties exists and the employer must ensure compliance. He also interprets a 1971 law requiring justices of the peace to complete 40 hours of instruction within one year as a 40 hour course set by higher learning institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
David Wade
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Justices of the Peace
First Municipal Fire Department Founded in 1659
The World Almanac recalls Peter Stuyvesant establishing the first municipal fire department in the United States in 1659. A supply of ladders hooks and 250 leather buc ots were distributed and a chimney tax supported maintenance. The department’s main duty was inspecting fire law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Washington
Society of the Cincinnati
Ramona Skinner
Debbie Blackwell
Susan Leary
Robin Rogers
Jill Turner
Danette Inman
Michelle Creamer
Sandra Dill
Patty Atchley
Iris Wakefield
Donna Polasek
Sharon Barber
D.E
Harry's
V. W
Childri
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cottle County
Cancer Meeting
Jp's
Schoice
SWIFT
Gibson’s Bread
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!