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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
1
Local ASC office manager Gene Frisbie announced the voting locations for the December 13 national referendum. Wives are eligible to vote and no poll tax is required. Polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Childress ASC office Carey Tell Kirkland Loco and Harrell Chapel.
A capacity crowd packed the High School auditorium to hear Dr Joseph Ayad discuss parent child and boy girl relationships. The event drew both parents and children from the community to the public address by the Amarillo based psychologist.
Homer McMinn was elected Commander of the Childress Boating and Fishing Club for the coming year. Officers named include Dub Eikman as Vice Commander and Pete Clifton as Crewmaster. The meeting featured a budget presentation, bake sale report, Christmas program, and a guest list of members and families.
Supreme Court ruling requires private restaurants in interstate bus terminals to serve all passengers regardless of race. The decision extends to rail and air facilities as courts interpret the Interstate Commerce Act. NAACP officials anticipate widespread desegregation of dining facilities in the Deep South.
About 160 tickets remain for the Stinnett Albany semi final Friday night. CBCD Manager Jeff Henderson announced the 7:30 p.m. game offers $2 reserved and general admission, 75 cent student tickets. He urged early purchase at the city hall office or Eubank Park, noting expected sell out.
Eight Latin Americans are in jail after the Murphy Gulf Station robbery about 10 p.m. last night. They were arrested at Trash Hill in Oklahoma early this morning after the sheriff notified the area. Rafael Pazorin held the $46 money taken from the cash register. The eight drove in while M. E. Hardin worked and paid for gas. two entered the station and seized the cash. They claimed they had been picking cotton in the Childress area.
Willis Hawkins 18th District Commander of the American Legion from Hart spoke to Voitures and wives at Voiture 1059 Christmas Dinner at the Veterans Building. Hawkins said serving began after discharge from the Armed Forces and joining the Legion. He was introduced by State Senator Andy Rogers. About 50 Voitures and wives attended. gifts were given to all ladies as Santa Claus, Mrs. Mary.
A group led by Gene Autry and ex Stanford football player Bob Reynolds won AL membership and approval to run a Los Angeles club starting in 1961.
Weather reports from Childress indicate cloudy skies and a transition from light snow to freezing rain by 1 p m. Temperatures fell to 28 degrees as measurable moisture remained minimal at .01 inches. Vehicle windshields showed light icing during the steady freezing rain.
Mayor Paul Ord spoke at noon to the Lions Club outlining the water bond proposal and the allotted expenditures for each section. He noted Childress offers the lowest water rates in the area and compared ten thousand gallon consumption with nearby towns.
Funeral services for Luther B Foust 56 of Enid Oklahoma will be held at Carey Baptist Church at 4 p m Thursday with Rev Hubert Foust and Rev Joe Allen officiating Burial will follow in Carey Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home direction He died Monday afternoon at his Enid home after living there 12 years moving from Colorado Springs He owned Nesbitt Orange Bottling Company Survivors include his widow Ruth four daughters Judy Foust and Mrs C R Gussie of Enid Mrs C M Floyd of Richardson and Mrs Henry Baker Jr of Childress one son Johnnie of Enid four brothers and six grandchildren.
The Labor Department classified nine more major industrial centers as having substantial unemployment raising the share of US factory communities in this category to 51 of 118. The report cites job cutbacks in steel aircraft aluminum and other durable goods producers and notes a forecast of higher unemployment next month. New centers include Bridgeport Waterbury South Bend Fort Wayne Gary Hammond East Chicago Spokane Hamilton Middletown Steubenville Weirton and San Bernardino Riverside Ontario. Smaller areas added include Eureka Ukiah Pueblo Ashtabula Conneaut Kent Ravenna Bristol John City Kingsport Provo and New Martinsville with Rocky Mount dropped.
The Childress Index launches its 1960 Christmas Coloring Contest inviting children age 10 and under to compete. Four top prizes include Britannica Junior sets, a Murray Missile Bicycle, and Prang art supplies. three National Champions receive 15 volume Britannica Junior sets plus large prizes. Thirty nine National Merit Star Awards also offer major toy and tech prizes. Every entry gets a deluxe Prang Crayons set. Drawings appear on Page 5.
Contest rules invite boys and girls 10 and under excluding relatives or employer of the newspaper. Judging rests on beauty imagination coloring neatness and originality. Clip color and print name and address on each entry then mail or deliver to the Christmas Coloring Editor Chil dress Index. Each child may enter any number of sets and all entries must be received by Tuesday December 13.
The Childress Index will enter the best two contest sets in the National Christmas Coloring Contest, competing against top drawings from across the country.
Three area registrants were forwarded to the Amarillo induction station for Army service. They are Harvey Wayne Crump of Estelline and Raymond Dee Tipton and Hugh Travis Kutch, both of Wellington, according to the local draft board office.
The City Council will convene at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall to discuss local matters and public concerns.
Laneard B. Bell aged 78 and his son Hubert 48 died from suffocation in a Southwest Street home fire at 6 50 p m Monday. The residence at 310 Second Street Southwest was gutted. Justice of the Peace Paul Goodson ruled the cause as suffocation after investigation. Fire Chief John Ballew cited a faulty gas stove. Police Chief Alvis Maddox described the elder Bell as partially blind and the son as crippled. The younger Bell reportedly tried to escape but was overcome by smoke riding near the door.
Parts of southeast and southwest Childress were without electricity briefly this morning when a primary line separated. The line broke where it had been spliced, likely due to wind and a rapid temperature drop, according to Carl Hudson, manager of West Texas Utilities.
T W Felton pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in County Court this morning. He was fined 125 dollars plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his license suspended for six months. Felton was arrested by the City Police Department around midnight last night.
John Orville Ferrell 45 of Greggton Texas died instantly when his car was struck by a switch engine west of Quanah Monday night.
Postmaster acting C L Byrd urges early mailing of Christmas cards and gifts to ensure delivery before Christmas. He stresses clear return and recipient addresses, recommends two bundles with “ALL FOR LOCAL DELIVERY” and “ALL FOR OUT OF TOWN DELIVERY,” and notes first class rates allow handwritten messages with forwarding and return services. He also warns of long lines late in the day and to check size and weight limits for bulk items.
The Childress County Grand Jury met yesterday and returned seven indictments. Merrell Green and Louama Griggs of San Antonio were indicted for theft and are out on bond. Daniel B. Ward was indicted for renewing mortgaged property. J A Sonny Smith was indicted for assault with intent to murder and is out on bond. Doyte Ragsdale and James Brown, addresses unknown, were indicted for theft by bailee and are not in custody. Ralph E. Capps, in the state pen, was indicted for passing a forged instrument.
Billy Joe Brown pleaded guilty to speeding in a justice of the peace court and received a 200 dollar fine plus costs after a chase west of Childress. Joe Patterson, accompanying Brown, admitted being drunk in public and was fined 200 dollars and costs. Brown also pleaded guilty in county court to worthless check swindle with 15 dollars and costs and payment due.
Hugo Hortsmann superintendent of the Pythian Home at Weatherford will visit the local Knight of Pythian Lodge Thursday night. He will be accompanied by several children from the home including Lynn Easley formerly of Childress. All members urged to attend the meeting with supper at 7.
The AAA Blackhawk and Chil dress Bobcats semi final match shifts from Friday to Thursday. The B game starts at 6 p.m. with the A game around 7 38 p.m. Only 250 reserved seats available in Childress, selling fast at Eubank Park. Student tickets at 75 cents each issued at Childress High School.
Three divorces were granted in District Court yesterday. Abbie Davis versus Lewis Davis and Ruth Weatherbee versus William E Weatherbee were arraigned with custody of children awarded to Ruth Weatherbee. Sharon Lynn Chapman versus John Hugh Chapman also granted. Judgement in favor of O D Henry versus Jack Porter and Floyd McMinn.
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