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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
2
Mrs. Chester Carter visited the C. R. Copeland family in Amarillo on Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Burrows were in town today. Richard Briey was in Fort Worth on business Wednesday and today a recent visitor with Mrs. Hugh was noted.
Mrs W H Riter and daughters Jane and Greta of Abilere along with Mr and Mrs D R Culwell and their daughter visited Hedley Monday for the funeral of Hodge Adamson Willie Meek and D R Culwell also called on J P Meek in Wheeler where he is a patient. Mrs G T Palmer returned home from Wichita Falls after visiting daughter Velina Shepherd and family.
Sen. Alien Ellender D La warns the United States is being bred white in its foreign aid program after European and Asian tours. He will not back new economic aid without a full review, urging donor nations to contribute and stressing domestic needs over overseas commitments.
Hospital announces visiting hours in two sessions daily and lists admissions including Johnny Glover and Mrs W G Johnson on Wednesday. Dismissals include R H Rudasill and Danny Maniey on Wednesday and Den Lassen and Mrs J C Kendricks today. The Toledo War left Michigan with the Upper Peninsula in 1837 after a clash with Ohio.
The 24 hour period ended at noon today reached a high of 44 degrees and a low of 25 degrees. Hourly readings show daytime peaks in the mid forties and evening temperatures dropping to mid twenties.
Community members send warm birthday greetings to Nell Burch Mrs J M Crawford and Peanut Rollins today, expressing best wishes and happiness on their special day.
The flight engineers union reached a settlement with United Air Lines. DC6 engineers will see monthly pay rise from 775.58 to 815.53 while DC7s move from 856 to 962, retroactive to February 1, 1955. A side issue involved AFL Airline Pilots substituting during the strike, to be resolved by AFL CIO officials.
Continental and Braniff Airlines outlined large expansion programs totaling about 74 million. Continental ordered 12 Viscounts five DC-7B turboprops four Boeing 707 jets worth 51.7 million with Boeing service aimed on the Chicago Kansas City Denver Los Angeles route this August 1959. Braniff ordered nine Lockheed Electra turboprops at 22 million.
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Dyer Childs 72 were held at Southside Baptist Church with Rev Ira L Parrack officiating. Burial followed at Childress Cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home direction. Pallbearers included Charley Rose Jess Wheeler Tommy King Joe Wilks E K Wilson and J B Holland. Mrs Childs a longtime Childress County resident died Tuesday afternoon after hospital admission.
Fred W. Jones of Tucumcari New Mexico died yesterday morning in Tucumcari relatives report. He was brother to Mrs Lon Alexander and Mrs Inez McFerr en both of Childress Texas. Funeral arrangements were not known.
Three Childress Texas soldiers in the 86th Infantry Regiment help provide a Christmas banquet for about 200 orphan children near Wurzburg Germany. Pvt Troy W Boykin Pvt Fred J Meek and Pvt John N Mitchell arrived in Europe July 1955 after basic at Fort Riley Kansas and enter service in January 1955.
The Quaker Home Demonstration Club will host its annual family Christmas dinner and gift exchange at the High Point Club house at 6 o'clock Friday night.
A compiled list of across and down crossword clues including feminine appellations names ages cards and Greek letters plus terms like ignited river Spanish letter and various nouns and verbs. Entries reference Lilies maid Astolat and Francis and Merkle as named clues with references to ages, positions, and common nouns.
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