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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
2
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Community Center HD Club Hosts Christmas Dinner
The HD Club held a Christmas dinner for families and guests at the Community Center. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Hafner and others. Larry Davis and Mrs. Felton presented readings. Dottie Wheeler sang. Santa Claus appeared as carols were sung. Attendees included Feltons, the Fletchers family, Mills, Davis, Smotherman, Wheeler, and Colliers among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Com Center
Community Center
W. E. Hafner
Bill Moore
Low Jeffers
Jo Ann Miller
Guy Mayo
Larry Davis
Texas
Jack Felton
Dottie Wheeler
Mommie
Santa Claus
Messrs
Mmes
W. D. Felton
Ren
Montie Cameron
L. C. Royall
Dalton Martin
N. C. Mills
J. M. Davis
Otis Smotherman
Mark Cole
Mable Smotherman
Bennie
Lillie Nelson
J. H. Collier
Quilting Club Hosts Christmas Dinner Gathering
The GLYMPUS Quilting Club hosted a Christmas dinner for members families and friends in the club room. Attendees shared a festive decor filled evening then played 42 and discussed plans for the annual Community Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C and Ll
Frank Mitchell
Charles
M. B. Morris
Gay
W. «I.indle
Gordon Adams
Troy
Don Crook
Bryan Ray
Vernon Loven
Family
Luther Smith
Olympus
Sandra Lee Kindle
Odessa
George Schaefer
Childress
Mines
Calvin Mitchel
Denise
Wesley Wiley
Brenda
Gould
Okla
Robert E. Lee PTA Meeting With Clifton Tennison
The Robert E. Lee PTA will meet at the school building on Wednesday afternoon at 2 30. Clifton R. Tennison will be the speaker and the school children will present the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
PTA
Clifton R. Tennison
Mrs. T. Hardin Leads Book Club Christmas Program
Mrs. Tom Hardin could not attend. her prepared program was read by Mrs. Morris Higley at the Book Club’s annual Christmas meeting hosted by Mrs. Jasper Dorsey and Mrs. Lee Hollingsworth. Members exchanged gifts for state hospital patients and Austrian Elderly Women's Home, with carols led by Bill Dorsey and accompaniment by Mrs. J. W. Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hardin
Book Club
Jasper Dorsey
Lee Hollingsworth
Dorsey
Wichita Falls
Hardin
Morris Higley
Bill Dorsey
J. W. Chambers
J. H. Jernigan
Gusiftwi
Mmes
Lon Alexander
J. A. Alien
Tom Huggins
E. E. White
J. Ross Bell
Travis Walling
J A. Brewer
Charles Boyd
George Robertson
Bill Ross
Inez McFerran
J W. Chambers
Leftwich
Higley
W. H. Craven
Martin Crews
Rush Record
Addie Findley
Hoopston
Ill
Coffey Piano Students Hold Weekend Recitals
Mrs. Roy Coffey presented her piano students in a series of recitals over the weekend. Performers included Evelyn Holland and others at 4 pm Saturday, a 7 pm program featuring Zoe Ann Nichols and more, and a 7 pm Monday session. A social hour followed the Saturday event with punch and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Coffey
Evelyn
Linda Gale Holland
Jeanie Collins
Janice Harwell
Addison Bobbitt
Carol Denny
Lynn Ella Nabers
Linda Gale Waltermire
Douglas Custer
Dena Folley
Carol Ann Tennison
Jimmie Ruth Weir
Arlynn Caradine
Zoe Ann Nichols
Johnny McConnell
Jerry Newberry
Clara Ann Robinson
Phillip Collard
Barbara Ann Sledge
JoAnn Mitchell
Celia Farha
Joan Bruce
Jackie Privitt
Frankie Barksdale
Betty Shahan
Yvette Gibbs
Mrs. Co
Tiny Tablet Brings New Hope For Asthma Victims
Reader letters prompt claims of relief from asthma with Primatene a tiny tablet that allegedly opens airways and loosens mucus in minutes. The ad cites three medicines, no prescription needed, selling at 8 cents a bottle with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gethmae Specialiste
Opr
Leo
Whckitoiel Mhermecel Company
Social Calendar Highlights Church and Community Events
Ten events listed across churches clubs and schools include First Baptist, Calvary Baptist, Methodist groups, Beta Sigma Phi, Woodmen Circle, Central Christian Fellowship, Wilson PTA, United Council of Churches, Bobbitt en Banquet, and various Christmas parties and dinners on weekday evenings with times from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Notable venues include First Baptist Church parlor, Central Christian Church, Gay's Cafe, and the Woman's Department Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman Circle
W. M. Stiner
Central Christian Fellowship
Friendship Square
United Council of Churches
Central Christian Church
Bobbitten
Gay's Cafe
Winson
First Methodist Church
First Methodist
First Methodist Hughes
First Baptist Sunbeams
Mabel Hare
First Baptist Church
First Baptist
East Ward
South Childress HD
PTA
Music Room
Childress Hotel
Woman's Department Club
First Methodist District
High Point
Wesleyan Guild Program At First Methodist Church
Members of the Wesleyan Service Guild gathered at the First Methodist Church for a Christmas program. The group sang, prayed, and discussed future study courses while readings, poems, and solos followed a devotional led by Mrs. E. E. White and Mrs. J. W. Martindale. Present were Mrs. Cecil Flynn, Mrs. Fern Maddox, and others including Mrs. G. T. Palmer, Mrs. Jess Cannon, Mrs. Bethel Larned, and Mrs. Ollie Witcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
The
First Methodist Church
Guild
Cecil Flynn
E. E. White
St. Luke
Fern Maddox
Sorority party changes venue for Beta Sigma Phi event
The Beta Sigma Phi Christmas party moves from Mrs. Ernst Davis home to the Travis Walling residence at 211 Avenue E NW tonight at 8. Change due to illness of Mrs. W. E. Davis. Mrs. C. E. Morgan John Crews Louis Mulling Robert Kilgore receive birthday wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist
WMU
J. W. Chambers
Beta Sigma Phi
Travis Walling
Avenue E Nw
Veteran's Hall
C. E. Morgan
John Crews Louis Mulling
Robert Kilgore
Ernst Davis
Avenue E
W. E. Davis
Local Birth Announcement for Hammons Son
Mr and Mrs Glenn Hammons announce the arrival of a son weighing seven pounds eight ounces born at 10 42 o clock He is reported in good health at the time of the note. The notice accompanies weather and regional forecasts for West Texas including Panhandle and South Plains areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Glenn Hammons
Chester Beaver Arrives in California After Japan Service
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Beaver learn their son Chester Beaver reached Long Beach California after about eight months in Japan. He plans Christmas with his wife and son in Tracy California and will be discharged in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Beaver
Chester Beaver
Long Beach
Calif
Japan
Chester
Tracy
CHILDRess General Hospital Visiting Hours Notice
Hospital announces visiting hours with admitted and discharged lists. Mrs W H Martin and Donald Gentry on Monday, Larry Ham Tuesday. Carrie A King Elmer Sedberry Willie Mae Harris Mrs Robert Jones and Wylie Shires on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Martin
Donald Gentry
Larry Ham
Carrie A. King
Elmer Sedberry
Amarillo
Willie Mae Harris
Robert Jones
Wylie Shires
Okinawa Area Compared To Los Angeles Size
Okinawa covers about 485 square miles about slightly larger than the area of Los Angeles. Local comparison highlights geometric scale with the California city serving as a point of reference for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Los Angeles
Temperature Extremes Recorded Over 24 Hours
The high for the 24 hour period ending at noon today reached 56 degrees while the low dropped to 31. The chart lists noon to night readings with multiple times and inconsistent entries.
Funeral Services Held For W. Davis
Final rites for William H. Davis, former Childress farmer, were held at 3 pm Tuesday at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Glen Norman of Amarillo and Dr. Clifton Tennison officiating. Burial followed in Childress Cemetery under Blackburn-Shaw of Amarillo and Newberry Funeral Home of Davis assisting. Davis died Sunday morning in an Amarillo hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Davis
Childress
First Baptist Church
Glen Norman
Amarillo
Clifton Tennison
Childress Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Newberry Funeral Home
Davis
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Caro Higley
Helen Harper
Jewel
Orion
Baleleny
Quilting Club
Mrs. T. Hardin
Coffey
James Henry Weston
J. E. Turner
Burlington Club
Childress General Hospital
Morris Higleys
Bebe Amacker
Gus Leftwich
Shamrock
J. P. Myndy
Miren Pool
Muleshoe
Elden Smith
Plainview
N. D. Rogers
A.D. Crawford
Fort Worth
Annie Mullins
Val McClenham
W. Davis
White
Shop White
Gist Thrift Sale
Peey
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Archie Pearce
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