Evening community events and weddings this week
This Week TODAY lists events from 7 p.m. Bible class at House of Prayer to bowling leagues at Greenbelt Lanes and Rotary Club lunch. Wednesday includes Rotary Club, Thursday features wedding, genealogy workshop, senior citizens club, and mixed bowling. Friday hosts weddings and Parkview Baptist gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.R. Reeves
House of Prayer
Rebekah Lodge
School Board
Greenbelt Lanes
Rotary Club
Hotel Childress
Jaycees
Senior Citizens Club
Cap Hall
Debra Bird
Alan Keith Brown
First Methodist Church
Illa Mullenix
Lonnie Phillips
Church of Christ
Parkview Baptist Men’s Fellowship
Birthday wishes for local residents listed for week
The notice greets several residents with upcoming birthdays including Mrs. Maude Furr Mickey Lambert Russell Schaefer Lizan Garrison and Donald Ray Key. Also named are Mrs. Bill Boates Louis Sally Mrs. E A Sanders Christi Diane McCoy and others in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Furr
Mickey Lambert Russell Schaefer
Lizan Garrison
Donald Ray Key
Bill Boates
Louis Sally
E. A. Sanders Christi Diane McCoy
Burns Lamb engagement announced in Paducah
Miss Kathy Jean Burns and Earl Lamb announce their engagement with the consent of her parents Mr and Mrs Hugh D Burns and A J Lamb of Balls as father of the groom. The wedding vows are set for 4 p.m. Saturday September 11 at First Baptist Church. A United Nations project in Western Samoa offers hope for threatened palm trees in Malaysia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Kathy Jean Burns
Earl Lamb
Hugh D. Burns
A. J. Lamb
Balls
First Baptist Church
United Nations
Western Samoa
Malaysia
Mrs Dugan Hosts AAUW Tea For New Year Plans
Mrs Jerry Dugan hosted the annual AAUW membership tea with co-hosts including Mrs Albert Bird and Mrs Leon Henley. Dugan, 1971 72 president, outlined the year theme A Dollars Worth and the first meeting set for September 7 at 7 30 p.m. with Barbara Rogers as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Dugan
American Association of University Women
Dugan
Albert Bird
Leon Henley
Howard Murchison
Ronny McNutt
Nellie Agnes Kennedy
Tom Hoobler
Smoothing makeup with a cold water cloth
A tip to reduce cakiness is to place a cloth cooled with cold water on the face. The cold helps remove excess makeup and leaves the skin looking smooth and sheer.
Bridal shower honors Miss Illa Mullenix prior to wedding
Miss Illa Mullenix bride elect of Lonnie Phillips received a bridal shower at the Church of Christ annex. Guests registered by Miss Cindy Blake and were seated with white and pink decor. The couple will wed at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Church of Christ with Mrs. Joe Mullenix and Mrs. Leon Phillips among special guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illa Mullenix
Lonnie Phillips
Church of Christ Annex
Cindy Blake
Joe Mullenix
Leon Phillips
Ecru
Bobby Henderson
Polly's Pointers Create Crafts From Old Plastic Baskets
Mrs E S can turn worn plastic clothes baskets into indoor planters or seed starters with lattice tops and a ribbon accent. Christine Dear Polly suggests a shadow box from a basket with blue foam sky yellow sun and a pond scene with ducks and cattails. Velma Dear Polly notes a cut down basket becomes a mending basket or pet carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Polly's Problem and Readers Letters on Clogs Mail and Cleaning
Polly asks how to remove a bad odor from wooden clogs despite disinfection and washing. Ethel laments junk mail from pension income and seeks a way to stop receiving it. Frances shares a vinegar oil water mix for cleaning wood paneling, noting it works on natural and white painted surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Charlene
Ethel
Frances
Andrea Rogers Feted With Farewell Party
Miss Andrea Rogers was honored with a farewell ice cream supper at Fair Park Rotary Bowl hosted by Miss Vicki Mullins. She will leave Childress August 27 for a new home in Austin where her parents reside. About 24 attended as gifts were given and games followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Hunter
Avenue E
Northwest
Nixon
Salem
Arkansas
Childress County
F. C. Hunter
Nelson Amirkhan
Chester Hunter
Polly Roche
Fredia Miller
Childress
Andrea Rogers
Fair Park
Vicki Mullins
Miss Rogers
Austin
Andy Rogers
Thomas Families Gather for Annual Childress Reunion
The descendants of John Demp and Bud Thomas, early area settlers, held their annual reunion in Childress with over 100 attendees. Notables included Will Thomas of Kirkland as the eldest present and Ronnie Kyle Lane of Skellytown as the youngest. The gathering honored distant relatives from Huntsville Alabama and recognized a business slate led by Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Demp
Bud Thomas
Childress
John Thomas
Will Thomas
Ernest Thomas
Kirkland
Carl Harris
Lazare
Pert Dobbs
Demp Thomas
Earl Boone
Chillicothe
Mutt Thomas
Vernon
Delta Mae Draper
Atlanta
J. E. Thomas
Canyon
Essie Glenn
Amarillo
J. L. Brooks
C. T. Thomas
Ronnie Kyle Lane
Skellytown
Matt Thomas
Owen Sanders
Seal Reunion In Fair Park
The annual Seal Family Reunion gathered at the Community Building in Fair Park over the weekend with registration starting Saturday morning. Attendees included numerous Seals and related families from Tell, Hico, Bowie, Lubbock, Sayre, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tell
Seal
Fair Park
J. Frank Inman
Bruce
Ivy Lambert
Ken Paul
Matt Seal
Judy
Denese
Dan Seal
David Debra
Delbert
Carroll Seal
Clay
Darla
Roy
Eula Seal
Cee Wee
Roy Seal
Hico
Bill Robertson
Sayre
Okla
Dale Greenray
Dan
Mike
Bowie
Dale Inman
Lachella
Lubbock
C. E. Seal
Paris Designers Drop Mini Midi Maxi Focus for Fall Winter
Paris fashion reports show hemlines mostly knee or below with chasubles prominent. Coats come in varied lengths with revived raglan sleeves and hooded duffle styles in many colors. Rich fabrics like taffeta satin velvet appear. black dominates and bold color accents, plus updated Chanel inspired suits and wide shoulder lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Noel
Paris
Dior
Molyneaux
Venet
Coco Chanel
Griffe
Cardin
Balmain
Castillo
Food Guide highlights thrift prices for meats and produce
Texas A M University Extension specialist Gwendolyne Clyatt advises shoppers on smart buys. Beef and pork prices hold steady with value cuts like short ribs and end cut loin roasts. Fryers and broilers are bargains, eggs are cheaper, and a broad fruit and vegetable selection remains economical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Gwendolyne Clyatt
Texas A&m University
Miss Love and Sp Jerry Don Carter Wed In Home Ceremony
Patricia Love and Jerry Don Carter married in a 7:30 p m August 19 ceremony at the bride’s grandparents home in Kirkland. Elder L C Royall officiated. Attendees included family from Childress Hollis and nearby towns. Carter to report for eight months military service at Fort Benning after September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Love
J. D. Carter
Patricia Love
Jerry Don Carter
Elder
L. C. Royall
Kirkland
Elder Royall
E. L. Love
Avenue C
Joe Carter
Hollis
Duane Dodson
Fort Benning
Robert Davin Born To The Bob Fillpots
Mr and Mrs Bob Fillpot of Houston announce the arrival of a son Robert Davin born at 11 30 p m August 21 in a Houston hospital He weighed nine pounds nine ounces Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Buster Fillpot of Childress and Mr and Mrs Clabourn Cole of Waco formerly of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Fillpot
Houston
Robert Davin
Buster Fillpot
Childress
Clabourn Cole
Waco
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Madge Culberson
Cecil Pryor
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Don Johnston
Rusty Wood
Bill Hubbard
C. C., Broughton
Bobby Hart
James Collingsworth
Mesdames David Anderson
T. C. Bailiff
Frank Wallin
W. I. Hughes
Mary Jane Heath
Barbara Rogers
Duke Holland Jr
Harper Knight
Miss Frances Long
State Farm
Earl Harwell Childress
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Miss Illa Mullenix
By Polly Cramer
Food Guide
Mrs
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Bob
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