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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1957
Page
2
Ruth Millett notes many women mistake good housekeeping for being a good wife. She says marriage requires love companionship shared interests and mutual support beyond clean clothes and a tidy home. A wife should offer affection cheer and personal approval, not just duties.
Tomorrow families and friends wish Sam Denny and a group including Mrs Grady Gillil James Hassell Mrs Buster Halford Gary Garrison George Thaten Jimmy Welch Bess Pigford and A J Johnson H D Wilson Bill David Stribling Larry Jones a happy birthday with warm regards from loved ones.
Two new appetizers are proposed: a liverwurst cream cheese spread with onion, walnuts and pickles served with crackers or bread. and a fruit cocktail punch with grenadine lime juice and rum topped with lemon sherbet. Christmas dinner features roast duck, yams, celery root, salad and desserts.
John Thomas was elected president of the newly organized primary grade Book Club at a meeting here recently. Other officers elected were Mike Evans as vice president Diane Munson as secretary Ann Bumpus as treasurer. The young members will meet on alternate Friday mornings to give reports on the books they are reading. Visitors are invited to attend the sessions.
The Social Calendar notes a Friday Christmas dinner for families at 6 30 p m in the High Point club room. The Hornbook is described as an elementary school book from medieval England, protected by horn.
A jumble of across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial hints. Includes definitions for names, places, actions, and objects across several themes, some entries fragmented or overlapped.
New York report notes teen couples share budgets and shop through partners. Older teens influence purchases and habits, hinting at future domestic roles. Also mentions wine choice with turkey and DIY interior decorating trends plus two Christmas gift ideas.
First grade students under Mrs Jimmy Leslie performed folk dances for the Junior High PTA meeting. Mrs Bill Moore gave the devotional reading to open. Vice-president Mrs Martin Allison presided over business with reports from Mrs Frank Martin and Mrs Paul Leach. Mrs Elmer Terry announced a January Family Relations study course to be held locally.
Mrs J A Stinnett and her pupils led a Thanksgiving program at the school last week. Following the program refreshments were served in the lunch room. Guests included Mr and Mrs Nixon Mrs Monson Mrs Monson Mrs Jenkins and Mr and Mrs Wilcot of Vernon.
Arkansas Attorney General Bruce Bennett claims the NAACP is the driving force behind the Central High School integration crisis. He says his grassroots ordinances and court actions aim to keep the NAACP busy and prevent further suits. He questions NAACP membership size and financial transparency to Arkansas members.
Jakarta dispatch reports that orders were sent to major Indonesian ports to stop the escape of nationalized KPM ships. Antara News Agency noted two KPM vessels trying to steer toward Singapore but were blocked by Indonesian passengers. The prompt followed Information Minister Sudibyo saying compensation for nationalized Dutch firms would be discussed only after Western New Guinea, or West Irian, issue is settled.
A collection of contemporaneous quotes covers labor, aviation tragedy, wage freezes, military strategy, and peacemaking. James P. Mitchell defends labor movements against racketeering while Maj. Jerry Hogue condemns a pilot who delayed bail out. Ezra Taft Benson supports a wage freeze proposal. Gen. Thomas B. White discusses limited warfare prep. The National Council of Churches urges proactive peace work.
The Forest Service of the U S Department of Agriculture administers 181 million wooded acres across 38 states Alaska and Puerto Rico.
Governor Price Daniel leads the Traffic Safety Council in a statewide December drive to save 100 lives. Col. Homer Garrison Jr and D C Greer note last year 108 fatalities and 115 forecast. plan coordinates DPS, highways, schools, and law enforcement with rural patrols, weather response, and spot supervision. Don Hill of the National Safety Council attends. A 1956 record of 2,611 traffic deaths underscores urgency.
Adlai E Stevenson wrote for the London News Chronicle accusing the Eisenhower administration of sacrificing truth and the respect of allies for political gain. He explained his decision not to attend the Paris NATO talks and pledged to campaign for a new open handed foreign aid program, though he did not specify timing.
In Savoy Illinois the fire department endures a slow burn after gaining a telephone number once used by a meat market. Village trustee Willard Ross notes housewives dialing for a pound of pork chops trigger the alarm horn and ring residences of two volunteer firefighters, a gasoline station, the fire station, and a fertilizer agency.
Irish peat beds produce turf from decaying grass rush and moss. A digger with a slane can cut about 8000 pounds of soggy turf daily, but drying reduces the harvest to roughly 300 pounds.
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and Saturday with lows 25 to 35. Local birth announced: Preston Parrish, 7 pounds 10 ounces, born in Rockwall to Mr. and Mrs. Gay Parrish and Lala Lynn Mills. Various illness updates and visits across towns, plus a newborn at the Luck home named Vick Radona weighing six pounds seven ounces born November 30.
Land Commissioner Earl J. Rudder told Gov. Price Daniel he might resign to take a top job at Texas A&M College. Daniel confirmed Rudder was considering the A&M post and would report details if he decides, while expressing hope Rudder remains in office.
Khrushchev stated that the carrier rocket of the first Soviet Sputnik plunged to earth over American territory last Sunday but the Americans will not yield it to the Soviet Union. The remark reflects early space race tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Miss Helen Bremer daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Bremer of Chil has been promoted from junior to senior membership in the Texas Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Chi at Trinity University San Antonio She is a senior majoring in music Alpha Chi requires upper ten percent rankings for eligibility and promotion from junior to senior status upon maintaining scholarship throughout junior year
Waco Texas Grand Lodge of Texas Free and Accepted Masons elected John G Kemmerer as its grand master on Thursday during the 122nd Grand Communication held in Waco.
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