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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1967

Page

3

Paula Rogers Receives Welcome Home Corsage At Local Party

Paula Rogers was honored with a welcome home party at a local restaurant last week. Attendees included Orinda Eik, Susan Sims, Lileesa Watt, Jyn Robbins, Janet Gloar, Deanna Allison, Darlene Whitten, Kay Campbell, Sally Darling, Cindy Howell, Rebecca Cooper, and leaders Mrs Otho Sims and Mrs Dub Eikman. A later Sims home gathering featured singing practice and refreshments.

Paula Rogers Orinda Eik Susan Sims Lileesa Watt Jyn Robbins Janet Gloar Deanna Allison Darlene Whitten Kay Campbell Sally Darling Cindy Howell Rebecca Cooper Otho Sims Dub Eikman Sims

Birthday Wishes for Local Residents Read Aloud

Tomorrow and Sunday birthday and anniversary greetings from the community. Names include Howard Newberry Miss Maud Stewart Paul Leach Jamie Alison Hayes Tim Lewellen Louise Sutton B Barnett Billy Lockhart Michael D Adams Rita Keel and Mr and Mrs E A Sanders celebrate milestones with this note.

Howard Newberry Miss Maud Stewart Paul Leach Jamie Alison Hayes Tim Lewellen Louise Sutton B. W. Barnettt Billy Lockhart Michael D. Adams Rita Keel Mrs E. A Sanders

Letters to Santa and childhood requests compiled

Readers send Christmas wishes from 4 year old Paul Wakefield to Santa asking for Gumby Pokey Give-a-show projector Games back skyway and Yogi Bear Ball Toss Game. Other notes include 3 year old Gary, Jeffrey Barber, and Rusty Riddell asking for toys bee bee gun walkie talkie and helicopter delivery.

Santa Paul Wakefield Santa Claus Gary Jeffrey Barber N.W Rusty Riddell

Local Forecast Mixes Cloudiness and Cooling

Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday morning. Partly cloudy Saturday afternoon. Cooler tonight and Saturday. Low tonight in the 30s. High Saturday near 60 with variable winds. Weather bulletin notes calm conditions for early hours.

Velasquezs announce birth at Chil dress General Hospital

Mr and Mrs Augustin Velas quez announce the birth of a daughter at 8 am today in Chil dress General Hospital. Infant weighed eight pounds eight ounces. Visiting in the Don Shanks home were Mr and Mrs Robert Hamm and family of Sherman and Mrs Melvin Shanks and children of Big Spring.

Augustin Velasquez Childress General Hospital Don Shanks Robert Hamm Sherman Melvin Shanks Big Spring Childress Bellah C. E. Kellough Clarendon

LVN Plan Holiday Party in Childress

LVN Association in Childress met Monday night in the hospital dining room to finalize plans for a holiday party at 7 p.m. December 15 in the Veteran's Building with personnel from all medical branches as guests. James Conway will serve as master of ceremonies. The group voted to invite Forbis to explain parliamentary procedure, by-laws and officer installations at the January meeting. Attending were Olean Bearden, Dorothy Smith, Nedra Pennell, Mable Owen, Ruby Steedy, Gladys Bowman, Ethel Adams, Holly Denny, Billie Maddox and Letha Wheeler.

LVN Association Childress Veteran's Building Childess James Conway Forbis Olean Bearden Dorothy Smith Nedra Pennell Mable Owen Ruby Steedy Gladys Bowman Ethel Adams Holly Denny Billie Maddox Letha Wheeler

Admitted List for Thursday and Today Names Several Patients

Admitted: Mrs. Effie Kindle and Mrs. Ross Wade on Thursday. Also Mrs. Augustin Velaquez today, Oscar Pryor Thursday, Mrs. C. M. Martin Thursday, Mrs. W. E. Tosh Thursday, and Bobby Henderson today.

Effie Kindle Ross Wade Augustin Velaquez Oscar Pryor C. M. Martin W. E. Tosh Bobby Henderson

Columbia High School Goes Russian in Living History Lesson

Students at Columbia High in Washington DC enacted a Russian style school day to illustrate life under communism. Principal Roger Kirk and English teacher Mary Arnold Garvin led the effort with banners, armband discipline, and a gymnasium march to dramatize strict Soviet education.

Robert Gordon Columbia D.C UPI Columbia High School George Washington Washington Garvin Columbia High Roger Kirk Kirk Poland Barbara McEachern Mary Arnold Garvin Miss Garvin The People’s Party

Television In Review By Rick Du Brow

Hollywood coverage outlines ABC TV Capote festival next week with Good Company interview hosted by F. Lee Bailey from Bridgehampton. Plans include Among the Paths to Eden December 17 with Martin Balsam and Maureen Stapleton, plus A Christmas Memory rebroadcast December 19 and Laura adaptation January 17 with Lee Bouvier Jacqueline Kennedy's sister and Rupert Stack.

Rick DU Brow Hollywood UPD Truman Capote Bridgehampton N.Y F. Lee Bailey Bailey Capote ABCTV Abc-Tv Martin Balsam Maureen Stapleton Eden Beautiful Capote Geraldine Page Alabama Laura ABC Gene Tierney Clifton Webb Dana Andrews Lee Bouvier Jacqueline Kennedy Rupert Stack Miriam

Temperatures Report Past 24 Hours and Dec 1, 1966

Maximum temperature reached 63 degrees by 4 p m Thursday and minimum 41 degrees by 5 and 6 a m The piece compares to 1966 December 1 when highs and lows were 68 and 35 degrees Sunrise is 7 29 and sunset 5 31 Read The Classifieds.

Local Thanksgiving Visits and Hospital News Across Texas

Mrs Tom Goff reports Frank Cox Jr former resident is in Amarillo hospital after a heart attack. Frank Cox Sr. also confined there. Visits from Willard Williams home Childress and others in Canyon and Vega. Quenton Henderson SMU spending Thanksgiving with parents. Rhodes in Amarillo for district Democratic meeting and visited Stewart and friends in Vega. Baptists attended Sunday services nearby.

Tom Goff Frank Cox Jr Amarillo Frank Cox Sr Oscar Glover Willard Williams Childress Tristan Mabry Lubbock Truman Mabr Jim Phillips Jerry Cooper Canyon O. B. Sageser Bob Cagle Bob Jr Mmes Guy Burton Preston Mills Lotella Voyles Quenton Henderson SMU H. J. Henderson H. B. Rhodes Oward Steward Vega

Dow Jones Averages End Mixed on Trading Day

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 2.37 points to 873.44 while the rail index rose 1.32 to 235.18 and utilities edged down 0.06 to 124.46. The overall stock index stood at 307.76, up 0.08.

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Treasury Report Figures Read Incomplete Formatted Numbers

Treasury release presents totals in irregular numeric blocks including large sums and decimals. The data shows several monetary figures with inconsistent comma placement and an apparent aggregate of accounts or balances.

Holiday Calendar Notes for December

December calendar items list multiple social gatherings, parties, and luncheons in Washington DC and local communities. Activities include home demonstrations, book clubs, Christmas events, and various club functions with dates from December 1 to December 15, plus a note about Mauritius language and U S road density.

Fellowship Guild Meets at Central Christian Church

Mrs. Carlton Downing hosted the Fellowship Guild meeting Tuesday evening at her home with Mrs. Louise Bowers presiding over the CWF Prayer. Members voted to buy four coffee makers for the church and planned a December holiday party at Lois Stiner’s home. A bake sale and bazaar were announced for Saturday at Lois’ Shop. The devotional was read by Mrs. Stiner and Miss Magnet Stiner spoke on Science and the Christian Religion. Refreshments followed as the Benediction was shared.

Fellowship Guild Carlton Downing Central Christian Church Louise Bowers CWF Lois Stiner Lois Stiner Magnet Stiner Arvine Bellah Bob Clapton Bettye Estes Hal Price Henry Webb

Calvary Baptist Bazaar and Open House Details

A community notice lists events at Calvary Baptist and First Methodist. Saturday activities include a shower for Mr and Mrs Tinker DeShazo, a women's fellowship bazaar and bake sale, and a Hughes Class party. Sunday features an open house for Col Weldort's retirement at 200 Third St Southeast.

Tinker DeShazo Calvary Baptist Educational Hughes First Methodist Teague Col Weldort U. S. Army Third St

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