Local Citizens Honored and Community Updates
Young Homemakers of Texas names Glen Buckley November citizen of the month for eight years as mayor. Childress Booster Club to meet at 7 p.m. in Gate City Electric building. A cotton trailer fire near Tell caused loss of one bale. grass fire logged as smoldering cotton. Merchant gift certificate winners announced. pick up by December 24 at Hopes Shoe Store.
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Young Homemakers of Texas
Glen Buckley Buckley
Childress Booster Club
Gate City Electric Building
Childress
Tell
Dean Decker
Childress Merchant
Hopes Shoe Store
Chamber of Commerce
Darlene Galligan
Aubrey Martin
Clarendon
Carroll Byrd
Lou Hudson
Bobby Cagle
Clarine Smith
Mary Hill
Bill Clynch
Florence Gallagher
Debbie Fischer
Debbie McClain
Lorena Sledge
Lee Wages
Lloyd Walkup
J. R. Steen
Ava Norman
Fred Posey
Velma Trigg
Harvey Lewis
Mary L. Austin
Ruby White
Wellington
Barbara Wakefield
J. D. Hall
Doris Gentry
J. E. Martin
W. E. Gorley
Betty Atchley
Ted Thomas
Cathy Jones
Frank Barksdale
Johnie K. Williams
Zeeta Neel
Dude Lawrence
Pat Collins
Naomi Bailey
Marjorie Bell
Turkey
Ella Jones
Vera Hightower
Lois Ricks
Viola Toler
Donna McIntyre
Barbara Williams
John B. Brothers
Paducah
4-H Photography Classes Postponed Through Holidays
4 H photography sessions are delayed for the holiday period. The Junior class will resume January 4 and the Senior Class on January 11.
Bloodmobile Arrival Set for Rotary Blood Drive
The Childress County blood quota is 85 pints, requiring at least 100 volunteers at the quarterly Bloodmobile visit in Fair Park Auditorium on Wednesday afternoon. Rotary Club president Robert Proctor urges attendance to observe and consider giving without pressure, noting the program supports Childress General Hospital and can save lives.
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Childress County
Fair Park Auditorium
Robert Proctor
Childress
Court OKs gas line and county hiring at commissioners court
The County Commissioner's Court approved a gas line under roads in Precincts 1 3 and 4 near the airport with depths set from right of way. Williams Brothers of Tulsa is the contractor on the Palo Duro line with Perry Gass Transmission of Midland building the 227 mile 20 inch pipeline from Wheeler Panhandle to near Sweetwater. The court also discussed hiring the county trapper Bill Kelley and heard an ambulance service report amid hospital board talks. The court approved travel for Justice of the Peace Dottie Bettis and appointed Mike Kirkland to the Veterans Land Board and approved bills including a Rusk State Hospital examination bill. The court noted retirement plan costs and authorized three filing cabinets for the county clerk ahead of Christmas luncheon.
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Childress County
Williams Bros. Engineering Co
Tulsa
Jim Weldon
Williams Brothers
Perry Gass Transmission In
Midland
Wheeler
Panhandle Panhandle
Sweetwater
Childress
Bill Kelley
Childress General Hospital
Harper Knight
Justice of the Peace
Dottie Bettis
San Antonio
Mike Kirkland
County Veterans Land Board
C. A. Mitchell
Knight
Charles Mock
Trapper Kelley Seeks Direct Hiring Change at Court
Trapper Bill Kelley of Childress County told the Commissioners Court he wants direct hiring through no state agency. Judge Harper Knight warned laws require working with federal and state agencies, noting mileage and wildlife duties, and Kelley pledged to slow his pace while job pressures and donations affect his pay.
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Bill Kelley
Childress County
Commissioner
Harper Knight
Kelley
Lubbock
Wildlife Division
Department of the Interior
Farmers strike calling for widespread store closures and protests
Leaders in Texas and nearby counties push for a nationwide farmers strike with planned store closings and picket lines. Paducah merchants largely close in support while drivers and truckers pledge to honor protests. A rally and picnic are set in downtown Paducah to explain aims to residents amid calls for presidential and congressional action.
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Childress
Cottle
King
Paducah
Cattle
King Counties
G. E. Piper
Wellington
Man Found Shot Dead In Cistern On Richards Property
Authorities seek identity of man in his early 30s found in an 18 foot cistern behind a derelict farm house on the Richards property two miles west of Highway 83 near the Pease River. Autopsy in Dallas to determine cause of death and identity.
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Cattle County
Richards
Dallas
Highway 83
Pease River
Tom Wright
Attoney
W.H. Heatly
Frank Taylor
Masonic Lodge
Taylor
FBI
Fire at Providence College dorm kills seven women
A hair dryer fire on the fourth floor of Aquinas Hall at Providence College killed seven female students and injured at least 15. Two died jumping from windows as flames spread. the blaze was contained within an hour.
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Providence
R. I
Providence College
Aquinas Hall
Leo Trambakis
Providence Public Safety
Roger Williams Hospital
Cotton futures rise in New York market draw
Cotton futures No 2 gained in midday trading on the New York Cotton Exchange with the strict low middling 11-16 inch spot at 47.02 cents per pound across 10 markets. Midday prices climbed 80 cents to 1.80 per bale from the previous close with Mar at 50.85, May 51.70, and Jul 52.41.
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NEW York
New York Cotton Exchange
Final rites for Dr. Grover C. Fox held in Childress
Dr. Grover Cleveland Fox 87 died Saturday night. Services were at 3 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Joe S. Allen officiating and burial in Childress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home. Masons of Childress Lodge No. 695 conducted rites. pallbearers included Morris Higley and others. survivors list wife Katherine Johnston, son Dr. Jack Fox, and two grandchildren.
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Grover Cleveland Fox
First Baptist Church
Joe S. Allen
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Masons of
Baylor Medical School
U.S. Army
Tell and Childress
Fox Clinic
Jack Fox
Childress Masonic Lodge
Masket Temple Shrine
Wichita Falls
Scottish Rite
Dallas
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Ed Winegeart
The
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Martin Smith
Rusk State Hospital
Trapper
American Agriculture Group
Carter
Congress
Associated Press
Denver
Paducah Group
United States
Bud Bitner
Bitner
Washington
Atlanta
State Patrol
Georgia
Topeka
Kan
Bob Bergland
CBS
Bergland
Minnesota
Childress Bobcats
Mike Larned
Jim Eason
Nicky Hardison
Timmy Dean
Marty Morey
Ricky Anderson
Bubba Wilhite
Todd Bradley
Brett Stone
Kenny Dean
Larry Eggers
Perry Morren
Charlie Johnston
Yeners
Rhode Island Hospital
Fox
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