Garden Valley Homecoming Held Sunday in Club Building
Garden Valley hosts its annual Homecoming this Sunday August 22 at the Woman's Department Club with 10 a.m. registration and a basket lunch. Officers are Floyd Biddy president Bob Moates vice president Miss Bertha Johnson secretary treasurer and Mrs Jimmie Sessions assistant secretary. Memorial services follow at 2 30 p.m. and the year’s passings include Wess Marrow Ruth Hedge Prather Charlie Duke D R Ralston and Mrs Rob Trimble.
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Garden Valley
Woman's Department Club
Floyd Biddy
Bob Moates
Bertha Johnson
Jimmie Sessions
Wellington
Wess Marrow
Ruth Hedge Prather
Dallas
Charlie Duke
D. R. Ralston
Rob Trimble
Garden Valley School Alumni Move to Childress
Four former Garden Valley School teachers now live in Childress. The group includes Mr. and Mrs. A B Shaw Mrs Lorena Holliman Merchant and Mrs Fay Williams Stanfield. Sunday church services were held each week in a small church that has since been moved in February.
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Garden Valley
Childress
A.B. Shaw
Lorena Holliman Merchant
Fay Williams
Stanfield
Sisco Services Held Today for Otto E. Sisco
Funeral services for Otto E. Sisco 66 were held at 2 p.m. in Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Bud King and Rev. A M. Stamps officiating. Interment followed at Childress Cemetery. Sisco died at his home 910 B N Tuesday after a lengthy illness.
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Otto E. Sisco
Calvary Baptist Church
Bud King
A. M. Stamps
Childress Cemetery
Newberry’s
Sisco
B. N
Program On Drugs Presented To Rotary Group
Mrs. Lewis White announced Childress Schools will teach drug use and abuse this year. The program titled Crime Prevention and Drug Education will require community support beyond the schools as Mrs. White urged Rotary members to get involved. Lewis White introduced the program. guest Jack Boone of Memphis attended.
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Childress
Rotary
Lewis White
Rotary Club
Jack Boone
Memphis
Russell J D Russell Receives SMU Master of Liberal Arts
Russell J D Russell, former Childress resident, earned a Master of Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University in May. A 1947 Wellington High School graduate, he also holds a 1962 BBA in marketing from SMU and serves as distributive education co-ordinator at Garland High School.
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J.D. Russell
Childress
Southern Methodist University
Wellington High School
SMU
Russell
Garland High School
Garland’s four year tenure and family ties in Garland
The text notes Garland’s four year role and mentions Mrs. Russell formerly Lynn Moore of Childress who teaches at South Garland High School. It also states he was football coach at Childress High School. The couple has three children and a grandchild. their eldest son attends Rice University on a scholarship as an athletic trainer and serves as vice-president of the Community Action Program and on the Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lemen's Grand Opening Brings Fresh Fashion Across Town
Tom Lemen announces the grand opening of Lemen's formerly Saied's, with remodeling creating a vibrant store atmosphere. The shop offers junior and misses fashions and shoes, after purchasing the store on February 1, 1971. Lemen's ties include J.C. Penney Co. arrival in Childress in 1965, ties to San Angelo and Abilene, and a community role with Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Tom Lemen
Coleman
Abilene High School
Hardin, Simmons University
Lemen
Carol Stanley
Washington, D.C
Avenue K
Cathy
Wayne
Dickie
First United Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Hospital Notes and Visiting Details Mixed With Shark Teeth Fact
Admitted list includes J. H. Lumpkin Viola Hardin Mrs A V McFarland Mrs Ray Cornish and others with Wednesday entries. Discharged names include H E Berg Neil Gage Dorothy Smith and Ken Lambert. Visiting notes mention Mrs Al Devoll Cheryl Bear McDaniel and others from Quanah Hereford Amarillo and Wichita Falls. A stray line notes sharks have five or six reserve sets of teeth behind a formidable outer row.
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J. H. Lumpkin
Viola Hardin
A. V. McFarland
Ray Cornish
Robert Butler
Danette Inman
James Collingsworth
David Eslick
Marvin Lynch
Wellington
Robert Johnson
H.E. Berg
Neil Gage
Joe A. Gillem
Glenn Reed
Dorothy Smith
Ben McLeland
Ken Lambert
E. MM. Timmons
Rowden Cordell
J. D. Elliott
Roy Seay
al Devoll
Cheryl
Bear McDaniel
Holmes
Quanah
Rowden Jefferies
Owen Bybee
Hereford
Oran Kerley
Amarillo
Bruce Bybee
Wichita Falls
Houston Mayor Welch faced loan scrutiny from Sharpstown era records
Houston Mayor Louie Welch reportedly received at least 12 loans totaling over 94000 from the defunct Sharpstown State Bank between 1967 and 1971, as bank records show. He also owed 235000 on a separate loan tied to National Bankers Life Insurance stock purchases.
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Houston (Ap
The
Houston Post
Houston
Louie Welch
Sharpstown State Bank
Welch
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
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Edna Reeves
Lillie Mae Reeves
Lorena Rhodes
Eva Carothers
Velma Pulliman
Irene Deahl
Stella Woodard
Ruth Jones
Jewel Bolton
Vera Lanier
Alta Rhodes
Faye Carothers
Women's Department Club
Lemen’s
Tokyo
Marie Leslie
J.R. Bryan
Lamar
Wilson Elementary
Bob Copeland
Childress Office Supply
ACD
Keted Cliadgamer
BANK
Americard Pi
X-acto
Merriam-Webster Dictionaries
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
Lipper
Clear-Wu & Mon
Best Buy
Sharpeners
Bankamericard
BP. Ab
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Crayola
Kleer
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