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Newspaper

Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1955

Page

2

First Baptist Church Christmas Banquet and Schedule

The article lists multiple Christmas party dates across First Baptist and First Methodist parishes with times from 3 to 7:30 p.m. It details a junior and intermediate department banquet at the church parlor, and notes a recent Intermediate Department banquet with guests including LeRap Reeves, Hugh Frith, and Jan Preston. Approximately 70 attendees and gifts to the Lottie Moon offering are recorded.

First Methodist Church E. E. White Adams Bert Hargraves First Baptist Church McFarland H. E. Sherwood Central Christian The LeRap Reeves Reeves Hugh Frith Jimmy Evans John Hamilton Jan Preston Carolin McFarland Claudia Robinson Clifton Tennison Tenniso Lottie Moon Clarence Smith Truman Webb R. A. Yarbrough Gene Stewart Jack Gibbs Morris Sullivan R. L. Adams

Say Happy Birthday to Jim Murray

A brief notice praises Jim Murray on his birthday while recalling that enlistment of Negroes as U S soldiers began by Lincoln on August 25 1862.

Jim Murray U. S Pesident Lincoln

Better Homemaking Frozen bread and baking tips

Frozen bread keeps indefinitely at cold temperatures and may be used directly from the freezer or after thawing. Home makers report cost savings and ease, with freezers used year round. The note provides a waffle recipe and other quick-bread tips, plus a meeting notice for Home Demonstration work on January 21 in the county courthouse basement.

J. B Goodson Quaker HD Club Kermit, Texas

Christmas Cranberry Stuffing and Meringue Pie Tips

Kathryn B. Niles shares cranberry stuffing recipe for two 6 pound birds using cranberry sauce sugar raisins cinnamon lemon rind and water. She also describes a light meringue topping for pumpkin pie and a holiday dinner menu with boiled tongue parsley potatoes broccoli rolls and beverages.

Chicago Kathryn B. Niles Tommorow

District Pastors Dinner at First Methodist Church

District pastors and families gathered for the annual Christmas dinner and program in Fellowship Hall. Mrs. D. M. McBrayer led a family worship service with a Christmas litany and Luke 2:8 20 story read, two carols sung, and gifts collected for Gilbert Galloway in India. Approximately 55 attended.

Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church D. M. McBrayer E. E. White Gilbert Galloway India Gallaway Dr. White

Weather Brief and Birth Announcement From Lubbock

West Texas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with light snow flurries in the northern Panhandle Monday afternoon and colder Monday night. Tuesday shows rising temperatures. Low temperatures range from 12 to 20 degrees in the Panhandle and South Plains and 20 to 30 east of the Pecos Valley. Mr and Mrs Jim Wilson of Lubbock welcomed a seven pound four and a half ounce daughter at 5 55 p m December 15 in a Lubbock hospital. Mrs Wilson is Joyce Lowe of Childress and maternal grandparents are J H Lowe of Lubbock and Thresa Burton of Childress.

Texas Panhandle Pecos Valley South Plains Jim Wilson Lubbock Wilson Joyce Lowe Childress J. H. Lowe Thresa Burton

Week in San Angelo and Area Social Notes

Mickie Barron visits with brother Mack Barron in San Angelo as many locals host relatives and friends for holidays. Miss Margaret Hagan attends sister Nelle Hagan Carter’s wedding in Texas and will return for Christmas. Visitors travel between Amarillo Dallas Muleshoe and Magno lia Ark with family and friends for gatherings and holidays.

Mickie Barron Mack Barron San Angelo Farrington Loretta Margaret Hagan Texas Tech Malone Hagan Nelle Hagan Carter Laura Mary Roberts Amarillo Dallas C. T. Montford Muleshoe Bill Heeckathorn Bill Moates W. S. Hughes Magnolia Ark RK. M. Franklin W. H. Ut

Tell Home Demonstration Club Members Entertain Families

Tell Home Demonstration Club members hosted a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs Merrell Conn. Attendees included W C Cawthon, Ronnie Cawthon, Jerry Conn, Stelton Crain, Joe Crain, J D Hudson, Truman Mabry, J A Orr, Ernest Rea, Mrs J D Atkinson, Frannie Neeley, Linda Smith, and Rita Conn.

Tell Home Demonstration Club Merrell Conn Messrs Mmes W. C. Cawthon Ronnie of Childress

VFEW Auxiliary Banquet Highlights Christmas Dinner

The VFW Auxiliary held its annual Christmas banquet at the Childress Hotel with Lou Nell Collins providing soft accordion music. Gold Star mothers Mrs. W. K. Peden and Mrs. Nora Brown were honored while gifts were exchanged after a turkey dinner. Carrie Cline and Thelma Sealander reported on the Paducah convention and the group sent a hospital card to Hattie Mae Vitt in Wichita Falls. Minnie Lee Reynolds, American Legion Auxiliary president, attended.

VFW Childress Hotel Lou Nell Collins W. K. Peden Nora Brown Paducah Carrie Cline Thelma Sealander Hattie Mae Vitt Wichita Falls Minnie Lee Reynolds American Legion Auxiliary

Mexico City man injures himself in bathroom mirror attack

Silvano Delgads, hospitalized with a deep wrist cut, told doctors Friday he smashed his bathroom mirror with his fist because he was disgusted by his "ugly face."

Mexico City Silvano Delgads

Mrs Davis remembered for library service and TB Seals work

Longtime resident Mrs Davis served on the library board for many years and directed TB Christmas Seals postal mailings until four years ago. She helped organize the local TB Seals chapter and lived in the area for nearly five decades. Survivors include sons Ernst and Dan Davis of Childress and daughter Mrs. G. E. Smith of Amarillo.

Ernst Davis Dan Davis Childress G. E. Smith Amarillo

Public Forum Reflections On Bible Reading In Schools

A letter argues colonial era Indians sought a Bible in Washington and contrasts it with today when reading the Bible in public schools is deemed unconstitutional. The writer laments the impact on 50 million children, urges return to God, and cites Luke 2 8 14 to celebrate Christmas.

Washington Heaven Jesus T. E. Williams

Predicts Failure Of Efforts For High Farm Price Supports

Congressman Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina, chairing the House Agriculture Committee, says Democratic attempts to restore rigid high farm price supports will fail. He expects Senate passage of a House bill to junk flexible supports, but a presidential veto by Eisenhower is likely and overriding it doubtful. If vetoed, Congress would push a bill removing the contested price support provisions.

Washington Harold D. Cooley D-Nc Cooley House Agriculture Committee Senate Eisenhower Congress White House Agriculture Ezra T. Benson

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