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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1966
Page
7
The Corral staff lists editors and contributors including Elton Shires Ann Brewer Ronald Briley Richie Cates and a wide team of students. Names such as Géne Clements Tidy Cooper Wilson Holman Nonald Hatcher and Troy Norrell appear among writers and staff.
Senior girls plan a holiday gathering while trig students enjoy games and bones study. ghost stories, music, and a Christmas theme thread through daily notes. Students share classes, tests, and social odds as campus life buzzes with humor and routine.
Students and teachers list humorous wishes for Santa Claus including golf clubs, a football jacket, a fast getaway car for senior week, a senior ring, a car that doesn’t need oil, and practical items like a ruler with a sharp edge and a dishwasher. The column notes seniors seek diplomas and other quirky items appear in the playful list.
A list highlights how synonyms and antonyms evoke meaning and shows reader recognition hinges on names. Readers encounter altered names such as Verna Hawk Susan Crucifix Ronnie Snow Julia Badwin Debbie Cospiron Nancy Valley Danny Road Linda Spring Kent Table Andy Shortbine Judy Satan Mike Less Dale Oatman Vick Will Kathy Walk Wesley Room Monica Brown and Debbie Fowl.
Senior Personality Linda Jean Camer, born to Mr. and Mrs. Montie Camer on September 11, 1947 in Quanah, lives with her parents in Kirkland. She lists horseback riding and 4H as hobbies, favors red items, and plans to attend St Anthony's school of nursing after graduation to pursue a career as a nurse.
Childress High School students organized a White Christmas drive placing canned foods wrapped in white paper under the tree in the lower hall. By Tuesday deadline the food was delivered to needy families in Childress. A heartfelt thanks was given to all participants for the success.
A satirical roster imagines teachers and local figures filling the US Cabinet. Names such as J. W Hamilton Kay Reeves Wright E A Sanders Martha Wallin and others appear as President Vice President and secretaries in a playful mocks of government duties and roles.
The tale credits Frigga and her son Balder in Norse myth. Balder dies from a mistletoe arrow, Frigga cries turning into white berries, and mistletoe becomes a love symbol with kissing.
A guidance note warns students about the dangers of a self styled smart aleck at CHS who ridicules teachers and desks while boasting of popularity. The piece cautions that loud boisterous behavior may backfire as peers laugh at the misfit.
CHS teachers outline Christmas plans with four traveling out of town to Abilene Dallas Norfolk Virginia Midland Arkansas and an upcoming wedding and honeymoon trip for Mrs Johnson. Others stay home rest visit family and entertain while some anticipate work or cooking and hosting.
County attorney C L Darter was guest speaker for the National Honor Society addressing Service Leadership and Juvenile Delinquency in Childress County. He noted youth delinquency was very low and received a gift of appreciation. A program committee including Jackie Webb Bee Sehorn Sue Vowell and Judy Henderson was appointed and members with late dues were announced.
December 14 marked an important day for seniors as the ACT exam was administered at centers worldwide. Most students took the test at Clarendon Ouianah or Canyon, with testing running from 8 30 a m to 12 30 p m. The Student Profile Section gathered information colleges use for planning, while the four main sections English mathematics social studies and natural sciences tested college level reasoning skills.
CHS band will travel to Fort Worth Texas on January 27 for the Fat Stock Show with new uniforms for parade. Members raise funds for the trip and welcome support. Band caroled December 15 and quotes from the For What It’s Worth Department accompany the item.
A claim identifies Nocotine as the inventor of cigarettes in the historical note. The snippet notes the individual’s role in creating the smoking product, highlighting his prominence in early tobacco history.
The article recounts legends behind Christmas customs. It explains Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra, aiding a poor family with anonymous gold gifts, and the robin's red breast as a sign of tending the Holy Family. It notes the robin’s legend spreading to America via Dutch and English children.
A school debate warns that free soft drinks candy and chips at the gym may end due to a few students damaging machines. The student council cheerleaders profits from clubs rely on the system and urge action to protect machines and school pride.
A humorous questionnaire questions spending limits dislikes and worthiness of gifting. It suggests evaluating the recipient and oneself before buying and ends with a tongue in cheek note about trying it next time shopping.
A concise meditation on accountability in labor and the idea that misjudgment arises when one thinks their efforts serve another’s will. The remark highlights personal duty and the illusion of external authorship in work.
Mrs Helen Johnson and her students decorate multiple bulletin boards with holiday scenes in blue gold and green foil. Mary Jo Johnson’s group includes Nativity and Christmas card displays with snowflakes holly and a Jingle Bells powered door ornament. Other classrooms feature Santa Mary and Joseph scenes, evergreen boughs and peace on earth silhouettes.
A sophomore Brenda Lewellen writes poems on Christmas meaning and timelessness. The Meaning of Christmas contrasts gifts and Santa with the Christ Child birth beyond the hills. Unending Time compares time to a sunset and a grain of sand, implying perpetual continuity.
Linda Garrett, serving at Tips Drive-In, is this week’s D E Spotlight subject. The piece notes her move to Carey from the Garretts’ January 12, 1949, note and her career plan after graduation to become an airline reservationist in Denver, Colorado.
A compact reflection notes that people who spot faults often perceive a reward in doing so, suggesting a mindset that critics gain social or personal payoff from negative assessments. The piece implies a critique of fault finding as a behavior pattern.
At a December 14 meeting in the auditorium the Spanish Club selected the club name Il Cuarto de Rompero with blue and silver colors an eagle swallowing a snake as emblem a red carnation as flower and motto if we can't do it nobody can. The club held a tacky party December 19 in the Women’s Department Club.
In the Burkburnett Tournament Eisenhower beat the Cats 51 to 1 in the first round as Ike Hughes led with 15 points for the Robts. Paul Camp scored 12 and David Lassen 10 for Childress. The Cats then lost 53 to 48 to Wichita Falls Coyotes with Lassen 14 and Willie Clark 18 leading Wildress. Other scorers included Camp, Hughes, Walker, Downing, and Moore. Burkburnett won 92 to 4 in the consolation.
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