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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1955

Page

2

Entertaining with Mrs Combs Quick Coconut Custard Sauce

Anthonette Combs of New York shares a simple coconut custard sauce recipe using cold milk cream sugar vanilla and instant pudding mix paired with seasonal fruit. She also offers a fast summer snack idea of spaghetti meatballs with cheese squares baked briefly for unexpected guests.

Anthonette Combs New York Hawaii Puerto Rico South America United States Westchester

Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted

Admitted: Jimmy Dorman, FriDay Jean SmitH, FriDay Mrs. C. M. Martin. Discharged: O. R. Tomison, SaturDay.

Jimmy Dorman Jean Smith C. M. Martin O. R. Tomison

Arrival of a baby and other local notes

Mr and Mrs J D Poling announce a six pound eight ounce daughter born at 11 50 a m Friday in Childress General Hospital Mr and Mrs Bill Team of Hutchinson Kansas are parents of a seven pound son born at 5 p m Friday The Team surname links to Mrs Cora Bell Powell of Childress and includes maternal grandparents Pat Powell and Austin Copeland local residents. Other items list guests and visits including Roxie Bryant Vernon visits Otto Petri Wichita Falls and trips by Ivey family to Tennessee Mobile and Temple plus a DC trip by A A Bass family and Kay Long's summer stay in Amarillo.

J. D. Poling Childress General Hospital Bill Team Hutcheinson Kan Team Cora Bell Powell Childress Pat Powell Austin Copeland O. R. Culwell J. R. Adamson Turkey Vernon Eubank Otto Petri Wichita R. W. Hicks Royce Lynn George Irving Quanah Hicks Claude Whitley R. C. Ivey S. T. Cheatheam, Jr Terry Tennessee Mobile Ala Temple Chesapeake Bay Kay Long Amarillo C. R. Tedford Toni Dallas Ted

News items About People You Know

Ford's parents Mr and Mrs James Allen visited with Mrs Myrta Bybee Friday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs M D Bybee of Amarillo, Mr and Mrs John Owen of Abilene, a Bybee nephew, and Mr and Mrs Denver Redwine. Jack Steed 15 son of Mr and Mrs J A Steed is doing satisfactorily in Bethania Hospital Wichita Falls after surgery. Announcing the birth of a son Friday in Quanah General Hospital are Mr and Mrs Gene Frisbie.

Fleeting Impressions Sermon Ad by Rev Pearl Robinson

A church advertisement urges action beyond mere listening in a Sunday sermon by Rev. Mrs. Pearl Robinson. It warns that impressions without deeds waste time and fail to take root.

House of Prayer Pearl Robinson

Happy Birthday Shoutouts for Today

Alexander Taylor Jr. Mrs. Jeff Morgan Ralph Roper receive warm birthday acknowledgments today with best wishes for health and happiness from family and friends.

Alexander Taylor, Jr Jeff Morgan Ralph Roper

Wartime and flood relief efforts in early crisis

Amid wartime strain labeled Operation Noah and widespread floods in eight states 210 deaths are identified. Officials report rising unemployment claims likely exceeding 60 000 and a preliminary $1.6 billion damage estimate may be revised upward as relief work continues. Secretary Weeks orders a million machinery pieces from Connecticut to aid the emergency. Red Cross donations flow as shelter roads and industry are rebuilt.

Noah Labor Department Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Connecticut Red Cross

US Delegation to Japan Targets Security Ties and War Crimes

US officials discuss Japan's long range defense, Far East security, and China policy alongside Japan's UN membership. Diplomats deem no urgent issues, aiming to bolster pro American elements while outlining wartime crimes. About 557 Japanese war criminals remain jailed with 210 needing US consent to release.

Japan Far East U. S Red China United Nations United States

Truman Defends Congress Achievements Amid Civil Rights Debates

President Truman touts Congress as Liberal progress despite GOP opposition. He cites education aid and Social Security as targets, praises the $1 per hour minimum wage as an outstanding example of liberal legislation enacted by the Democratic 84th Congress despite administration foot dragging.

84Th Congress Truman Congress

Community Visit Notes From High Point Area Socials

Social column lists visiting relatives and friends from Big Spring Kirkland Huliver Estelline Tell Lub bock Morton Dumas Denver Claude Quanah Quanah contingent and relatives in High Point area. Guests include E F Adams Clee Parr Bruce Parr Johnny Henley Arthur Rothwell Kenneth Smith Glenn Holtman and others. Visitors traveled to Colorado Springs Cripple Creek Canyon City Pike's Peak and Will Rogers Shrine before returning August 21.

F. E. Biddy Richard Holeman Eugene Holeman Big Spring Clyde Holeman Kirkland E. F. Adams Cecil Adams Huliver A. Markham Lula Huddleston Estelline Raymond Caldwell Tell Clee Parr Memphis Bruce Parr Grady Parrs Johnny Henleys Arthur Rothwell Kenneth Smith Bill Kelleys B. H. Kelley Morton Boody Bryant Elbert Kelley Marilyn Bovina Dumas Denver Colo Walter Frees Red Fitsgearld Claude Allen Jones Clyde Hack- Newman Quanahler W. T Minnie Cochran Eugene Dill Woodrow Holeman Horton Murphy Weldon Spinks Austin Bureau of Reclamations Amarillo Air Field Spinks Baldean Foster High Point R. B. Howard James Holton Colorado Here Colorado Springs Zoo Pike's Peak Cripple Creek Canyon City

Two Killed In Stock Car Crash At Carp Airport

A stock car left the track at Carp airport and struck spectators during a race curtailed by the crash. Two people died and eight were injured. The driver, Victor S. Stiles of Pembroke, was unhurt. Names of the deceased were withheld. Races continued after the incident during a day hosted by the Ottawa Light Car Club.

Carp Ontario Carp Airport Victor S. Stiles Pembroke Ont Ottawa Almonte Ottawa Light Car Club

Texas Tech Graduate Ann McFarland Graduates

Miss Ann McFarland of Childress earned a bachelor of science in education at Texas Tech and will teach in the Lubbock Schools this year. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. V. McFarland, attended the commencement.

Ann McFarland Texas Tech A. V. McFarland Childress Miss McFarland Childress High School Lubbock

First Olympic Games Held In 776 B C

The earliest Games began in Greece with 776 B C as Cornebus of Elis won the lone event, a roughly 200 yard sprint.

B.C Greece Cornebus of Elis

Church event at Negro Church of Christ in September

A meeting set to run from September 4 to September 11 will feature Thomas Reese as the speaker at the Negro Church of Christ. Nichol Berry of Wellington will lead singing with services at 10 AM and 8 15 PM daily.

Negro Church of Christ Thomas Reese Nichol Berry Wellington

Stamp on meat labeled harmless vegetable compound

A note states the inspection stamp on meat is harmless and refers to a vegetable compound. The reassurance suggests no safety concern and clarifies the stamp’s composition.

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Helen Harper Orion Gaynor Maddox NEA Food and Markets National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association Ginny Kennemer Gladys Stone Elsie Sanders Elsies Beauty House Ave. C. SE Carol Smartt Hartley's Carol Ben Munson Quincy Smartt Roxie Bryant Vernon Are Legion of Pharmacy Roberson-Eubank Drug CO Highpoint News Tweed Texas Dorothy Kilborn Ft. Scott, Kan Paddy Sae Susie Dahil
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