Christmas Activities Dot Local Groups Week
Local organizations hold holiday events from Monday through Friday. Lottie Moon Week of Prayer at First Baptist Church features a Cowboy’s Christmas program by Mrs. Walter Smith. Garden Club meets at 3 pm with gift donations for Christmas cheer. Gene Slingerland to speak at American Legion Auxiliary meeting alongside hospital project discussions. Bobcat Mothers Club hosts annual banquet at Fair Park Auditorium with Quarterback Club guests. Christmas luncheon by Childress County Home Demonstration Council at Women’s Department Club. Junior High PTA program by Mrs Marie Leslie’s first grade at 3 pm in Junior High. Nursery available. Modern Home Club hosts Christmas dinner for husbands in WDC building. Quaker HD Club Christmas dinner at High Point club room with secret pals and gift exchange.
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Lottie Moon
First Baptist Church
The
Women's Missionary Union
Walter Smith
Garden Club
J. Mc Crews
A. D. Ward
Bobcat
Fair Park
Bobcat Mothers Club
Childress County Home Demonstration Council
Woman's Department Club
Marie Leslies
Childress Young Women's HD Club
High Point Club
Loretta's Gift Shop Sees Holiday Visits and Guests
Local notes list numerous visitors and extended family staying in the area over Thanksgiving and holiday weekends. Amarillo residents and relatives from Dallas Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls are among those visiting and traveling, with shopping and gift wrap promotions mentioned.
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Lowry C. Elliott
Amarillo
Wra S. Baker
Dallas
Holley
L. C. Elliott
Loretta
Bill Heckathorn
Wayne Heckathorn
Mike
Cathy
Heckathorn
Lewis Dermid
Oklahoma City
Okla
Shorty Grimes
Mere
Kenneth Posey
Houston
Pill Montey F Carey
Bible Hook
Hildie Gillespie
Wichita Kan
Wre
Cecil Gardner
Karl Gillespie
AL. Harp
Carcon Rena
Lou Jeffers
Spur
Jeffers
Altus
H. B. Simpson
Betty Law Simpson
Patsy Simpson
Enid
Colene Williams
Abilene
Tommie Mills
Etta B. Anderson
Bettie Gregory
Robert W. Emery
Doyle Gregory
Fort Worth
Lee Gregory
Turkey
Billy
Gano
Mroo
L. Stewart
Don
Midland
Ginny
Margaret Nelson
Gretta
Patsy Hammonds
Dimmitt
Childress
Vera Vaught
E. A. Beaver
Temperatures Recorded Over Weekend Period
Temperature readings show a peak of 47 degrees at 11 am Saturday and a low of 2 degrees during the afternoon Saturday. The fragment lists multiple hourly values for Friday and Saturday with inconsistent markings, indicating a partial temperature table.
Marathon Walker To Get New Shoes
ANGLETON Texas November 30 The 46 year old Mexican mother Mariel Carreon walking a 387 mile pilgrimage from Galveston to the Mission de San Juan will swap worn shoes for new ones in Bay City after a cold 40 degree night forced sheltering in Angleton She vowed to sleep on the floor until her son Alfonso was freed in a tavern brawl case he was acquitted Wednesday in Galveston News records her vow and long trek toward the mission outcome sought and the shoe change noted by locals.
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Angleton
Tex
Galveston
Rio Grade
Bay City
Mariel Carreon
Mission de San Juan
Johnson says classroom lead key to national security
Senate majority leader Lyndon Johnson told the Texas State Teachers Association that the nation’s only true security lies in regaining the technology lead through education. He urged teachers to maintain focus on improving learning to ensure survival.
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Dallas
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Johnson
Texas State Teachers Association
Churchill celebrates 83rd birthday at Chartwell gathering
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 83rd birthday at Chartwell near London with his children and grandchildren. Field Marshal Montgomery attended as the guest of honor while an American tribute to the wartime prime minister aired on television. Churchill expressed gratitude for the many messages received from well wishers worldwide.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Chartwell
Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery
Britain
Montgomery
United States
Attempt To Kill Indonesian Head
Assassins hurled hand grenades at President Sukarno in Jakarta as he left a children's anniversary event. Seven people were killed and several were injured, mostly students. the attackers were not identified.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Mohammed Leaves Statler in Secret Service Escort
King Mohammed arrived at the Hilton Statler lobby in a gray suit and overcoat with a scarf. He boarded a nine passenger limousine with three Secret Service agents and an aide, then drove through a tunnel with a police detail tailing. Newsmen and photographers followed in a second car, but Mohammed’s vehicle vanished as the tunnel surfaced.
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Page One
The
Statler
Hilton Hotel
Mohammed
Secret Service
Texas Holiday Deaths Rise to Twenty Saturday Night
Thanksgiving holiday deaths in Texas reached twenty by Saturday night with fourteen due to traffic. Other fatalities included drowning, fires, and a gun accident. Franklin Brown, 32, of Los Angeles, drowned after his car went into Buffalo Bayou in Houston. The count began Wednesday evening and runs through Sunday midnight.
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Texas
Franklin Brown
Los Angeles
Buffalo Bayou
Houston
Insurance Commissioner Appointment Deemed Not Subject to Senate Confirmation
Texas Attorney General Wilson ruled that the appointment of Insurance Commissioner William Harrison is not subject to Senate confirmation. The ruling nullified the Senate's action on November 12 and declared a previous reorganization bill unconstitutional for requiring such confirmation.
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Austin
Wilson
William A. Harrison
Senate
Harrison
State Board of Insurance
Board of Insurance
Affliction and Faith Healing at House of Prayer
A church notice from the House of Prayer at 401 S Main St invites those who are sick to request prayers. The message cites biblical verses on judgment, affliction, and healing through Christ, urging readers to return to the Lord and heed His commandments while welcoming Pearl Robinson to the services.
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Israel
House of Prayer
Main St
Pearl Robinson
Pentagon fights funding gap for Jupiter IRBM tests
The Pentagon faces funding strains to produce and test Jupiter missiles. The Army resists cutting existing activities while dipping into other funds to continue testing the 1,500 mile range missile. Budgetary gaps emerge as Air Force plans for Thor and IRBMs shift. The Nile is noted as a temperate-zone river in a separate aside.
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Pentagon
Fisa
School Menu Week Described With Daily Dishes
Calendar styled menu lists meals for Monday through Friday. Monday features Beet Vegetable Stew and Cheese with Raisin Applesauce Cake, milk. Tuesday offers Chuck Wagon Steaks with Cream Gravy and sides, milk. Wednesday presents Chicken Pot Pie, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, and Chocolate Fudge Cake, milk. Thursday serves Hot Dogs with sides and Fruit Cobbler, milk. Friday includes Ranch Style Beans with Pork, Greens, Cornbread and Peanut Butter Cookies, milk.
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Mondey
Exas 4-H wins team title at Chicago expo
The Texas 4-H swine judging team captured the team title at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. A Texas boy, 16-year-old Vic. Sehehin of Wellborn, won a $400 scholarship for individual wine judging. Pennsylvania and North Carolina finished second and third in the competition.
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Chicago
Beef Week in Texas Proclaimed by Childress Mayor
The mayor of Childress declares December 17 1957 as Beef Week in Texas to honor the cattle industry and its contributions to the state, with the proclamation dated November 26, 1957 and signed by Mayor H C Preslaft.
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Texas
Childress
H. C. Preslaft
Former resident J. F. Newberry buried in Dallas
Final rites for J. F. Frank Newberry, a former local pioneer resident, were held at the Oak Cliff Assembly of God Church in Dallas Friday afternoon. Burial followed at a Dallas cemetery. Officials included H. C. Noah and Rev. W. W. Grant.
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J. F
Frank) Newberry
Oak Cliff
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Jan Leslie
Gage
Vanity Fair
Gene Slingerland
American Legion Auxiliary
Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary
L. W. McClendon
Book Review Club
Fefe. White
John Cates
WDC
Mesdames
C. B Gloar
W. O. Hamm
Walter Lockhoof
Bill Sager
Mrs. Day
Little Ages Shop
China
Comports
Rostoria
Candlewick
Loretta’s
H. Im
Wweatwerforecast
West Texas
Mere and
M & M Hobby Center
Sammy Joe Harris
W Ot de Shazo
Lazare
Carl Harris
de Shazo
Luther, Millers
Joe DeShazo
Ronnie
Dumas
Terri Lee
JL. Spencer
J EL Begley
Melissa Rideout
Wichita Falls
Dewey Bushon
Buck Smith
Albuquerque
Clarence Smith
Linda
R. DeCagle, Jr
Mitzi
Chi Chi
Sweetwater
H. A
Doyle Stamps
Fort Bennmy
Reverve Officer Training Corp
Stamps
Mes
Leslie Dekle
Lubbock
Sperw
Mrs Roy Stamps
Plainview
Lloyd Cole
Topeka
Kan
Andy Rogers
Winnie
United Press
Ays
Equator
Wool
Orion
Éanse
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