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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1966
Page
3
A brief notice describes a gift item designed for women, drawn from a curated selection. The description emphasizes appeal and availability, noting its presence in a referenced catalog.
Thanksgiving gatherings spread through Northfield area with many families traveling to see relatives. The Bobby Davis family of Odessa visited Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Davis and sister-in-law Mrs. Billy Paul Simpson. Other trips included Judy Wainright from Odessa to Amarillo with the Dobbins grandparents, and Miss Nina Kincannon with Mrs. Bill Bethany returning from hospital. Families from Matador and Vernon joined guest lists in various homes in the holiday period.
Weekday and weekend announcements include Sunday issue timing at 9 a.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. Halford Circle meets Thursday at 7 p.m. in First Methodist. Band Boosters at 7:30 p.m. in Band Hall. Friday activities feature 20th Century Study Club at 9:30 a.m. and a Women Bowlers 50th Anniversary at Greenbelt Lanes at 7 p.m. Saturday brings Mabel Hare Class bake sale at Preston Clothing from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. plus a Stork shower for Mrs James Bailey at 1301 Ave D NW from 1 to 4 p.m.
Mrs. Tom Goff and Julie Wise of Clarendon joined relatives in visits to Grandparents the Jim Phillips during the holidays. Many families from Amarillo, Canyon, Childress, Estelline, McLean, Lorenzo, and other towns stopped by for Homecoming events and Thanksgiving gatherings, including the Glover and Mabry households in Estelline and Childress.
Mabel Hare leads First Methodist Church members in a bake sale starting at 8 30 a m Saturday in front of Preston Clothing to raise funds for church activities.
Happy birthday wishes are sent to Maude Stewart Paul Leach Louise Sutton Howard Newberry Tim Lewellen Jamie Alison Hayes. The message also offers a tip about cleaning hard to reach places using a yardstick with a cloth.
The article lists numerous Thanksgiving and weekend visitors and hosts across Childress and nearby towns. Names include the Riddell Sims Hortons Jones Bum pus Hutchinsons Lesley Smith Pistole Bostick Monson Crain Carrick Evans Seal and others. Guests hail from Lubbock Fort Worth Alamogordo Roswell Paducah Portales Tell Anchorage Alaska and more, with several traveling from Texas and New Mexico communities.
A young man attends a date shown to be supported by his parents. The unusual arrangement draws curiosity as onlookers note the hopeful scene and family involvement in the encounter.
A recipe by Gaynor Maddox shows a crown roast made from frankfurters mashed potatoes sauerkraut and frozen chives. The dish serves 8 to 10 and includes sour cream corn salt and pepper baked in a casserole until lightly browned, served with green beans and cucumber salad.
W S Hughes spoke on poverty during the church WSCS meeting held Tuesday in the parlor as part of the mission study. He quoted Haggai and was introduced by Mrs. Fletcher Carter with opening prayers led by Mrs. R E B Gentry and business overseen by Mrs. Lonnie Garrison.
UPI reports a nationwide weekend food shopping guide from the Interior and Agriculture departments. Beef and pork are plentiful with steaks roasts ground beef and various pork cuts. broiler-fryers are abundant and priced moderately. Vegetables like green beans cabbage carrots and lettuce are in good supply alongside fruits such as grapefruit grapes oranges avocados and tangerines. Canned salmon is highlighted as a good fish buy.
A long OCR fragment catalogs numerous local businesses and individuals, including Green's Groc, Higginbotham Bartlett, Davis Chevrolet, Paducah Post, First National Bank, Paducah Lumber, Hall-Scruggs, West Texas Utilities, Farmers Union, Paducah Implement, Production Credit, and Goodwin Gin Co, among others. The passage ends with a fact about whales living up to 50 years at the Miami Seaquarium.
A collection of Santa letters from children describing ages seven four six and noting wants such as walkie talkies dolls a gasolin e airplane and furniture. They express good behavior and request candy nuts and Christmas gifts for themselves and a sister.
County ASCS committee reviews requests for a subsidy agreement. Farmers may receive an agreement in a month or six weeks but the subsidy would not start until next fall. The plan requires not planting cotton or seed grain for five to ten years with government payments for idle land. In Swisher County a sorghum farmer could earn 35.26 dollars per acre for not growing grain sorghum and 39.36 dollars per acre for not growing cotton.
Official publication in Detroit lists requirements for distributing automobile load evenly on tires and for reflecting devices and signal lights. Government notes no turn signal may share a light with higher intensity. standards announced by Dr. William Haddon Jr. in Detroit today.
Fair and warmer tonight with a partly cloudy, warmer Friday and temperatures from 39 to 56. Mr and Mrs Tex Fillison Mrs V L Aran and Elizabeth Crady visited in Wichita Falls Quanah and Altus Okla weekend guests in Mrs Cardys home were her sister and family Mr and Mrs T D Dorsett of Borger. Home for the holidays visiting with her family Mary Braswell of Texarkana Junior College in Texarkana Mr and Mrs Roy Key spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Fort Worth with their son and family. Visiting in Childress with Mr and Mrs Warner Stevens for Thanksgiving were Mr and Mrs Fred Cawthon and son Steven of Brownfield and Preston Stevens of West Texas State University Canyon.
The notice lists admission and dismissal times for a day program and records admitted students Pamela Mitchell Hubert Heatherly Jess Evans William B Jones Joe Ward and Harry Whiteford Holland. Dismissals include Margie McClain Johnnie Collins E W Burkett Brynt Lane Myrtle Yancy Kit Williams.
Mr and Mrs Dan Jones hosted a party at their home in Lubbock to honor Clyde Martins on his 84th birthday. A dessert course was served to the honoree and guests, with attendees including Mes srs and Mmes L T Brossey E W Yager C B Morris and Frank Barksdale.
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