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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1957

Page

3

Holiday freezing and fruit cake guidance from extension agents

Better Homemaking urges holiday planning over weeks for pies cakes and prepared foods with correct packaging and cooling. It promotes Extension Bulletins on Frozen Foods Christmas Time at Home and Eat More Pecans plus guidance on aging fruit cakes and decorating tips from the County Home Demonstration Club cook books.

Lou Jeffers Childress County County Home Demonstration Club Extension Foods

New Farm Bureau Head Believes In Free Enterprise

J. H. Harrell West, 57, elected president of the Texas Farm Bureau, champions American free enterprise. A former sharecropper who started farming 34 years ago, he now operates a productive farm near Bishop in Nueces County. West succeeds J. Walter Hammond, 69, of Tye, at the November 20 Dallas annual meeting after two decades as a Farm Bureau leader.

WACO Spl J. H. (Harrell) West Texas Farm Bureau American Free Enterprise System West Bishop Nueces County J. Walter Hammond Tye Taylor County Dallas Farm Bureau Hammond

West elected to board and rises to president in 193?

West was first elected to the board of directors in 1937 and re-elected District 12 director every year since. He became secretary-treasurer in 1938 and then vice president last year. Born March 1900 in Grandview Johnson County he married Ola Bostick in 1924 and began farming as a sharecropper. They have a son Tilden, 19, and Margaret Attaway, 25.

West Grandview Johnson County Fort Worth Baylor University Ola Bostick Tilden L. D Margaret) Attaway

Reverend uses ventriloquist dummy to preach to 2000 children

Derby England reports Reverend Philip Schofield explained his decision to use a ventriloquist dummy during a sermon for about 2,000 children on Sunday. He said the dummy helps people remember the message better than his own voice.

Derby England Philip Schofield Tev. Schofield

Fort Worth Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Activity

Cattle supplies 2400 head with calves 700 and many cows stockers and feeders. Slaughter cattle steady to strong, cows slow but steady, bulls steady, calves robust. Hogs 400 with higher butcher prices, sows up, lambs and yearlings steady with strong slaughter goats. Readies include price ranges for steers heifers cows and feeders.

Neon Cotton Prices in 1958-59 Futures Market

United Press reports on New York and New Orleans cotton price moves. December prices show increases in Dec and March contracts with mixed changes. New York and New Orleans markets list unquoted or lightly formatted futures figures for 1958-59.

New York New Orleans

Train disaster in Formosa kills at least 18

At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a passenger train derailed in Formosa in what authorities call the worst rail disaster there in a decade.

Taipei Formosa

Tito Collapse Not Serious Says Yugoslav Chief Executive

A Belgrade report states President Tito collapsed from exhaustion and lumbago while rising from a chair but officials deem the incident non serious after specialists were called in. The note follows a string of health concerns among world leaders and amid NATO missile-base debates with European allies.

Tito Eisenhower Yugoslavia Belgrade

Wolf Hunter Admits Shooting Saturday Near Carthage

Reginald Harris a Panola county rancher said he shot Marvin Calvin Cordoba 34 after Cordoba approached with something in hand while Harris waited in Sabine River bottoms near Carthage. Harris posted bond at 2500 dollars and told Sheriff Spradlin his account.

Carthage Tex Marvin Calvin Cordoba Sabine River Reginald Harris Panola County Johnny Spradlin Cordoba Harris Spradlin

St. Louis Named Ninth Largest U.S. City

The ninth largest city in the United States is St. Louis Missouri, with a metropolitan population of 1,681,281.

United States St. Louis, Mo

Cooper Starred With Generations Of Leading Ladies

Hollywood writer notes Gary Cooper has paired with three eras of top actresses. He co stars with Suzy Parker in a new film and praises her potential. Cooper recalls guiding many rising stars from Marlene Dietrich to Grace Kelly and Ingrid Bergman. He credits his success to selective casting and hopes Suzy shines.

Cooper Hollywood Gary Cooper Suzy Parker Suzy Jayne Mansfield Manolete A la Monroe Marlene Dietrich Sylvia Sidney Grace Kelly Joan Leslie Patricia Neal Audrey Hepburn Ruth Roman Elizabeth Montgomery Loraine Day Ingrid Bergman Susan Hayward Lauren Bacall Teresa Wright Carole Lombard Paulette Goddard Barbara Stanwyck Merle Oberon Loretta Young Joan Crawford Ann

Gosnell Named Section Leader In Infantry in Korea

Sergeant First Class Jessie G. Gosnell of Wellington is a member of the 1st Cavalry Division's 21st Infantry in Korea. He serves as a section leader in Company H after entering the Army in 1942 and arriving in the Far East following an assignment at the Presidio of San Francisco. He attended Texola High School. his wife Ruth remains at the Presidio.

Cav Korea AHTNC Jessie G. Gosnell Cora B. Gosnell Wellington 1St Cavalry Division 21St Infantry Gosnell Army Far East Presidio of San Francisco Calif Texola Okla Ruth

Private Roscoe A. Pierce Graduates Signal School

Pvt Roscoe A Pierce son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Pierce Route 3 Paducah graduated December 6 from the eight week lineman course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga The course trained him to lay and maintain open and lead covered field wires and cables He entered the Army last July and trained at Fort Carson Colorado His wife Shirley resides in Augusta Georgia

Fort Gordon AHTNC Roscoe A. Pierce Roscoe Pierce Route 3 Paducah Army Southeastern Signal School Pierce Fort Carson Colo Shirley Augusta

Texas projects 205 violent deaths in 12 holiday days

Texas DPS forecasts 205 violent deaths in the 12 day Christmas to New Year holiday period. The tally includes 113 traffic deaths, 48 personal crisis and homicides, and 44 accidental deaths. Gov Daniel backs a December traffic safety push aiming to save 100 lives.

Austin Texas Department of Public Safety N K. Woerner Price Daniel Homer Garrison DPS

Thieves Break Into Butcher and Cafe Then Flee

Weekend burglars shattered plate glass to attack a cafe and butcher shop but failed to steal the safe embedded in concrete, leaving empty-handed and escaping.

London Cafe

Japanese postmaster sets fire to post office in failed cover up

A 33 year old postmaster in Hokkaido burned down his post office to destroy crime evidence as postal funds ran short and an inspector was due. The blaze caused property damage but no details on injuries are provided. Authorities are investigating the incident.

Adlai FE Stevenson John Foster Dulles State Department White House Sherman Adams James C. Hagerty Dulles North Atlantic Treaty Organization Paris Tokyo Hokkaido

Paris Newspapers Raise Prices Amid Government Edict

Paris morning papers raise prices to 20 francs per copy with L Equipe increasing to 30 francs seven cents. The hikes follow a government decree announced last week affecting numerous publications.

Paris L'Equipe

Shrimp Boat Sinks Off Fort Isabel Texas

A 128000 pound shrimp boat exploded and sank three miles off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday. Its captain and crew escaped unharmed.

Fort Isabel Tex Texas Gulf of Mexico

Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery

A new healing substance named Bio-Dyne is reported to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and statements like piles have ceased to be a problem. Preparation H appears as ointment or suppository with a money back guarantee.

New York, NS. Y Patorf

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