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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1968
Page
2
Advice on maintaining proper humidity to prevent floor separation furniture joint failure and piano tone loss. Cautions against plastic storage for leather clothing and goods and recommends controlled temperature and humidity like storing as fine fur.
Funeral services for Hugh Lyman Davenport Sr. were held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Lakeview with Rev. W. E. M. Queen and Rev. C. C. Lam officiating. Burial followed in Union Hill Cemetery with Lakeview Masonic Lodge conducting rites. Davenport died Thursday night in a Memphis hospital after about two weeks of illness. A native of Lakeview, he was a pioneer banker, farmer, rancher and merchant who owned Davenport Hardware Co. He was a longtime member of the First Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Knights Templar and Khiva Temple in Amarillo, and held York and Scottish Rite affiliations as a 32nd Degree Mason.
City court records list Isiah Massie traffic failure to yield right of way and $10 fines, Roberta Easterday red light, $10, Benito Reyes public intoxication $30. New vehicle entries show owners and 1968 models. Marriages listed David Longbine with Linda Poling and Tom Hoobler with Lila Kolmar. Divorces filed for Glenn Neel versus Erma Neel. Justice Court fines include multiple speeding and license violations, and a stop light violation.
The article discusses a child's fear of separation from parents seen as security symbols. It advises brief goodbyes, consistent promised return, and gradual exposure to separations via babysitters or relatives. Parents should respond warmly without reinforcing anxiety or enabling its manipulation.
A devotional piece reflecting on scripture about mercy truth righteousness and peace. It discusses division caused by belief in Christ and cites Amos John Luke and Luke 12 51 to frame faith differences within families and communities. The text ends with a prayer for grace in Christ's name.
UPI reports rescuers found two more bodies in the Hida River after a landslide swept two buses into the stream. The disaster, described as one of the world’s worst traffic events, left ten victims confirmed with 70 feared dead or missing.
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