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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1955

Page

2

Social Calendar Highlights Local Church Meetings

Monday events feature Pythian Sisters in EP Hal at 6 pm and various women’s circles at multiple churches including First Baptist First Methodist and Calvary Baptist. Rebekahs WF also meet, WSCS hosts Adams and Wesleyan groups, and Methodist choir rehearsals at 7 pm. Wednesday Union Flat HD Club all day. Saturday Burlington Club holds a watermelon feast at 7 pm at Rotary Bowl Fair Park.

Pythian Sisters Business Women's Circle of First Baptist Church WSCS First Methodist Church Adams Circle Wesleyen Calvary Baptist WMU Vfw Hall Burlington Club Rotary Bowl Fair Park

Birthday wishes for Robert F Ray Sr and Ina Johnson Raney

Readers honor Robert F Ray Sr and Ina Johnson Raney with birthday wishes today. Messages from family and friends express affection and best regards.

Robert F Ray, Sr Ina Johnson Raney

Basket Luncheon Marks Closing Revival at High Point

High Point Community held a basket dinner at the High Point School house to close a revival meeting. Rev Robert Knight of Tell led the invocation before soft drinks and fellowship. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Earl Murphy and children who plan to move to Germany for 33 months, plus numerous local attending families from High Point and nearby towns.

Highpoint High Point Robert Knight Tell Earl Murphy Germany Horton Murphy Quanah J. T. Patterson Lula Huddleston Estelline Ward Terry Stanley Bill Kelley Ray Marilyn Juanita Elbert Kelley W. L. Foster B. F. Adams Ernest Aran Clyde Hackler Woodrow Holman Grace, Dewayne Robert and Wilson Charlie Drake Floyd Biddy High Point Community

Couple Married In Heath Home In Simple Ceremony

Miss Oona Melrose Stroud and Robert Henry Woodard wed Saturday at 3 PM in the A L Heath home in Avenue G SE. Rev A L Heath officiated. the couple will reside in Santa Anna after a six month stay in Crowell. Attendants included both families and several local residents.

A. L. Heath Avenue G. SE Oona Melrose Stroud Robert Henry Woodard Miss Stroud Alvin Stroud Quanzh Childress Woodard Roy Lee Woodard Crowell A L. Heath Harry Newton Copa

Terry Family Holds Reunion at Rotary Bowl

HIGH POINT Special A reunion for the Terry family gathered at the Rotary Bowl in Fair Park Sunday. The eldest attendee was 91 year old Mrs. Ella Terry and the youngest was three month old Paula Beth Parr. A basket lunch was served to many relatives from Tulsa Fort Worth Memphis Wellington Pampa Quitaque Dallas and Cee Vee.

High Point Terry Rotary Bowl Fair Park Ella Terry Paula Beth Parr Bruce Parr C. G. Smith Gary Smith Lorene Arthur David Jimmy Tulsa Clarence Smith Fort Worth Paul Smith Jerry Edd Hillhouse Stanley Clyde Parr Memphis Edna Hodler Mary Ester Wellington Ira Smith Pampa Jake Merillo Quitaque Terry Parr Gradey Lee Dallas Grady Parr James Terry Mike

Mayor's Rainy Day Advice Goes Unusual

A Lasalle Illinois housewife called Mayor B D Bruno during a heavy rain to ask how to keep water out of her home. The mayor replied with an unusual tip Don ask to pay your water bill.

Good Old American Standard of Living Rising

Graph shows Americans have more of the good things in life over 25 years. Data from the First National Bank of Boston economic progress report illustrates rising living standards and greater household possessions.

First National Bank of Boston

Postman on Longest Inland Lake Mail Route in Wisconsin

Emil Zembinski, 31, delivers mail across 60 miles of a lake chain of 27 connected lakes in Wisconsin using a 135 horsepower motorboat. He marks channels with buoys before summer service from June 1 to Sept 15, delivering to 175 docks and handling errands for summer residents. He also guides tours, runs errands, and plays accordion at taverns after hours. He has served eight years without missing a day during the four spring and fall months, enduring rough seas during storms.

Three Lakes Wis Emil Zembinski Zembinski Milwaukee Wisconsin

Hospital Notes Admit and Discharge List

Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs A A Westmoreland Mrs Leroy Sims Mrs Harold Trent Dr P L Vardy Layman Hightower with Saturday Sunday Sunday Monday and discharges including Mrs H S Voyles Mrs J H Peters Ruby Taylor Jim Hoover Buddy Ehrle. Also a note on curing concrete by wetting cement for several weeks to prevent rapid drying and increase strength.

A. A. Westmoreland Leroy Sims Harold Trent P. L. Vardy Layman Hightower H. S. Voyles J. H. Peters Ruby Taylor Jim Hoover Buddy Ehrle

Weather and Local Births Highlight West Texas Notes

Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change. A sev en pound twelve ounce son born at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in Childress General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Blacksher. maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. August Imhof of this city. A seven pound thirteen ounce son born at 45 o'clock Monday morning in Childress General Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Layman Hightower. set in West Texas locale. Also mentions attendees at a Colorado Springs conference and local visits among Fort Worth and Amarillo contacts.

West Texas Childress General Hospital D. C. Blacksher August Imhof Layman Hightower Bob Holland, Jr Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Bear Trap Ranch Colorado Springs Colo W. M. Stiner Gene Miller Bob Jeaneane Fort Worth Jimmy Stiner Amarillo Magnette Billye Stiner Dallas W. M

Weekend visitors and family ties highlighted in Quanah notes

Morrison, her sister and a niece Mrs. Dean Buskirk and Mrs. Hortense Priest of Okiana Mississippi, were weekend guests of Lon Hassell's family. Jeff Hassell and baby from Fort Worth visited with relatives. O C Burrows and Darrell visited in Quanah with her brother and family.

Lon Hassell Jeff Hassell Baby Fort Worth O. C. Burrows Darrell Quanah

Weather Summary and Local Visit Notes

The day showed a high of 94 and a low of 73 with temperatures throughout the day listed in hourly increments. Mrs Wallace Gregory and her children visited from Amarillo, staying a week with the Gregory family before moving on to Childress. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs Cecil Griffin from Lubbock and other relatives and friends.

Wallace Gregory J. W. Gregory Carol and Gayland Insko Amarillo Gregorys Childress Burrows’s Cecil Griffin Lubbock

Lost 40 Pounds With Barcentrate

Mrs. Lessie Duncan and Bonnie M. Bomer report dramatic weight loss using Barcentrate. Duncan went from 190 to 150 pounds, a 40 pound drop, while Bomer claims an 11 pound loss. Advertisement urges Texas readers to buy Barcentrate with a money back guarantee.

Lessie Duncan Fulton St Houston Tex Bonnie M. Bomer Broadway San Antonio Texas

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