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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1964
Page
7
The annual Sweetheart Banquet will be held at 6 30 p m Monday in Friendship Square with tickets at one dollar CMF will prepare the steak dinner for their sweethearts and John Forbis will be guest speaker.
Christmas Eve services and the celebration of Holy Communion will be conducted at St Luke's at 7 p.m. with Reverend Charles Pederson of Amarillo officiating.
Holy Angels Catholic Church will conduct the annual thirteen hour devotion to honor the Blessed Sacrament today. Parish members are invited to participate in this extended solemn rite spanning morning to evening.
The United Presbyterian Women host a Christmas program at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Hospitality Room of First Presbyterian Church. A silver offering will be taken for the Children’s Home in Amarillo.
King Memorial Methodist Church hosts a Christmas Fellowship Dinner at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A filmstrip will be shown during the program hour.
Mabel Hare organized a Christmas party and salad gathering for Class A residents and neighbors. Attendees enjoyed seasonal treats and shared holiday greetings in a community setting.
At the regular meeting at Mrs. John Forbis home the girls worked on Christmas gifts for their mothers and discussed plans for a party honoring mothers. Refreshments were served by Kathy Sager to Nancy Forbis Carol Hart Diane Holtman Pam Fenter Marijan Mitchell Twalla Dill Lisa Fowler and guests Mrs Bill Sager and son Will.
Holy Angels Catholic Church hosted its annual Christmas dinner at the Woman's Department Club in Wo man's. Rev Richard Neyer presented Moses and the Covenant with soundtrack while decorations were arranged by Mrs. Alex Saied H Gray and James Ragsdale. Donations supported the Panhandle Children's Home. Attendees included Mrs A G Never Denver Mrs M Garcia and daughter Mrs P Shaw Nellie Kennedy and many others.
Mrs. J. Gribbs was welcomed as a new member at a Friday morning meeting of the Twentieth Century Study Club held in the Woman's Department Club. The program America Sings featured Matt Keith and others singing Christmas songs. Gifts were given to ill member Mrs. John Gay and to those who moved. Hostesses served refreshments and cards were signed for absent or moved members.
The notice lists daily weekday social and church activities across multiple venues including First Methodist, Central Christian, King Memorial, Paducah First Christian, and Union Flat HDC. Events feature luncheons, Christmas socials, circles, dinners, and official board meetings scheduled Monday through Friday with times and host groups.
Friends gathered in the Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon to honor Miss Maude Stewart with compliments and good wishes. Mrs. Frank Travis of Plainview organized the event, with tea prepared by local women and music by Mrs. Charles Barnes and Mrs. Tom Hardin. Guests included Rev. Leslie Ellison and others from Childress, Amarillo, and Plainview, with floral gifts from the Czews ki families and an orchid for the honoree.
Mrs Naomi Finck of Tula presides over the VFW auxiliary District 13 convention in Talia while serving as secretary treasurer of Post 179% office. The Fincks live near Talia on a farm and attend First Presbyterian Church with children Jim 12 Mary Jane 10 and Dale 6.
A UPI report notes aluminum, now inexpensive, once commanded prices above 50 dollars per pound about a century ago, according to the Book of Knowledge. The material’s value shifted as production methods improved and supply expanded.
The library promotes relaxing reads for December with The Best of True West edited by Joe Aus t all featuring vivid West stories and attic diaries. Also on display is Death of a Nation by Clifford Dowdey about Confederate history, while the library closes December 24 to 27.
The Hobby Club held its annual Christmas season party and gift exchange Thursday at a local restaurant. Attending members included G H Eastham, Lonnie Elkins, A B Taff, W L Foster, Lavada Weddington, Velma Shoults, W M Stiner, J E Begley, W H New, and others with Trudy Brown, Mitt Preston, Rennie Wayne Mitchell, Pearl Cope, Elizabeth Jarrell, Edith Yates, Juanita Hill, and Anna Silvey among the guests.
Julie Newmar, star of the new My Living Doll on CBS Television Network, is described as the daughter of a former Ziegfeld showgirl.
Donna Mills serves as acting president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars David Brown Post 2512 Auxiliary during its two day District 13 convention. She combines duties with her role in the American Legion auxiliary Cox Farr Post 65 and is wife to Buster Mills, a post senior vice commander and Sgt at Arms. Her daughters Rita, a Texas Tech freshman, and Sandra, a high school student, are part of a family active in veterans groups and local hospitals support.
A busy stream of holiday social notes fills this Childress column. Local families travel to San Antonio and Acapulco for holidays, while visitors gather for church and pizza parties. Red Cross fundraising trails goal by 2367.93. readers urged to donate a dollar per household.
Childress residents are invited to the annual Christmas Tour of Homes in Memphis sponsored by the Delphian Club. The event runs 2 to 5 pm on Sunday December 13. Five decorated homes will be open including antique, contemporary, and modern decor. Tickets are one dollar and the tour starts at 803 6th St with a tea at Lakeview to end.
Mrs A H Lankford hosted the Larkspur Club annual holiday luncheon at her home on Friday. Gifts were exchanged from a silver tree and the entertainment rooms were decorated in seasonal theme. Attending were Mmes Hubbard Pierce Pryor Randal Raney McConnell Coats Snyder Lewis and guest Mrs Jim Clifford.
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