Local Visitors and Birth Announcements Highlight Holiday Notes
A parade of holiday visitors appears across West Texas towns with many relatives from Dallas Abilene Lubbock Shamrock and Borger visiting Garvin Avary Shanks and Johnson households. Births announced include Ronnie Harold Mathews in Bakersfield and Lonnie James Mathews in Borger with family details.
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West Texas
C. J. Mathews
Bakersfield
Calif
Ronnie Harold
Paterna
Carless Sanders
Lonnie James
Borger
Jackie Mathews
Carless Sand
Christmas Guests Gather Across Texas and Nearby States
Holiday visitors span multiple towns including Waco Wichita Falls Paris Amarillo and Lubbock. Families such as Gambol Goff Rea Neely Rhodes Stinnett and Crain host relatives and friends from Dallas Fort Worth Wayland Pep and other locales. New birth noted as Bill Atkinson and Garland announce a seven pound son.
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Kay Gambol
Waco
Virgia Gambol
Gambol
Larue
Ray
Aubry Testermen
Gens Gambol
Wichita Falls
Raymond Caldwell
Ray Don
Jarvis Michie
Virginia
Ray Wysal
Lloyd Wysal
Cape Rock
Paris
C. C. Cooper
Ernest Rea
Cecil Glover
Anton
Joanie Stevenson
Pep and
Geraldine Rea
Wayland
C. ©. Neely
Charlene
Roy Neely
Amarillo
Hardixon
Childress
Vera Knicht
Dallas
J. B. Wyatt
Wichita
Kan
E H. Patterson
Conroe
R. H. Knights
Sarah Beth Rhodes
H. B. Rhodes, Jr
Harlinger
Ht. B. Rhodes
Frankie Goff
Bob Goff
Matador
Jim Goff
Adrian
Tom Goff
Johnny Metracken
Pearl Shackelford
Chirence Shackelford
John
David
Johnny Shackelford
Shamrock
David Walker
Bilb
Donna
Abilene
W ©. Skinner
Jamita’ Stinnett
Bobby Garrison
Lubbock
Weldon Stinnett
Fort Worth
Rowden Cordell
Johnny Peery
Sam Peery
Saint Jo
Peery
George
Roy Peery
Bill Atkinson
Garland
L. Crain
Program Held By Tell Methodists
Tell Methodist Church held a post holiday program with solo numbers by Rita Cenn Mrs Cecil Glover Geraldine Rea and Mrs J A Stinnet including Joy to the World Walking in a Winter Wonderland White Christmas There ll Always Be A Christmas Star of the East and Silent Night Here Comes Santa Claus The Jones Family skit featured Tell Home Demonstration Club members Gifts of fruit nuts and candy were distributed by Santa during the gift exchange.
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Tell
Tell Methodist Church
Rita Cenn
Cecil Glover
Geraldine Rea
J. A. Stinnet
Meta Maxwell
Tell Home Demonstration Club
Santa Claus
Santa
Ashby Family Reunion Held In Park Here
The D. M Ashby family held a reunion at Community House in Childress Fair Park. Ashby, 76, and his children attended with many relatives from Tell, Childress, Wellington, White Face, and other nearby towns. A noon meal was served by D. M. Ashby and family.
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Ashby
Tell
D. M Ashby
Childress Fair Park
Oscar Glover
Delbert Seal
David
Gienda
Doug
Joe
Willard Williams
Jerry
Childress
Bul Ashby
Ronny
Stinnett
Howard Graham
Gene
Ray Asehton
de Kay
Wellington
Darrell Seal
Rush
Buster Black
Pat
Wheeler
T Glover
Shirley
Janice
Rosenburg
Ore
Des Sridges
Linda
Etta Williams
D. M. Ashby
Mrs Bruce Honored On 82nd Birthday
High Point special report describes a birthday luncheon at the home of Mr and Mrs Johnny Henley honoring Mrs W S Bruce on her 82nd birthday. Guests included Aubery Dean Henley Bruce Parr and families plus J A Henley and others.
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Mrs. Bruce
High Point
Johnny Henley
W. S. Bruce
Aubery Dean Henley
Bruce Parr
George Bruce
Leon Henley
J. A. Henley
LeRoy Stephenson
Rayford Holtman
Childress
Falcon Water At Low Point In Falcon Reservoir
Falcon reservoir storage at year end hits the lowest level since October 19 1953 the dam dedication date. The 1957 cotton outlook for Reynosa Matamoros and the Lower Rio Grande Valley is poor. Mexican river authorities cap irrigation to 25 acres per farmer, down from three irrigations last year, risking reduced cotton acreage unless heavy rainfall comes in January or February. Falcon storage stands at 287 500 acre feet with 16 180 acres covered. Mexico owns about two thirds of the water per Boundary Commission.
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Laredo
Wouter
Falcon Reservoir
Reynosa-Matamoros
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Falcon Dam
Boundary Commission
Funeral Services for Claude Ticer Held Today
Final rites for Claude Ticer were conducted at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Ira L. Parrack presiding. The Marlin veteran passed away Wednesday morning at the Veterans Hospital. Pallbearers named Neal Rogers, U S Fromm, Lon Hassell, Clarence Carter, Bill West and George Ford. burial in Childdress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
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Claude ¢ Ticer
First Baptist Church
Ira L. Parrack
Ticer
Veterans Hospital
Marlin
Neal Rogers
U S. Fromm
Lon Hassell
Clarence Carter
Bill West
George Ford
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Tallahassee Bus Sitters Defy Segregation Warnings
Rev C K Steele, a Tallahassee Negro leader, urged sit ins on buses but avoid conspicuous demonstrations. A large crowd of jeering teens forced Steele and other leaders to abandon a planned mass bus boarding.
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Minutemen
C. K. Steele
Tallahassee
Steel
Sermon by John T. Forbis at First Presbyterian
John T. Forbis will deliver the Sunday 11 o'clock sermon at the First Presbyterian Church. There will be no evening service, as announced.
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John T. Forbis
First Presbyterian Church
Michigan To Halt Trucks For 36 Hours
Detroit reports a 36 hour truck stoppage to back James R Hoffa as intercity freight halts from 9 am Saturday to 9 pm Sunday. Hoffa says the move would demonstrate effects of a proposed weekend truck ban by the state legislature.
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Detroit
Michiagn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Father of Local Resident Succumbs
John L. Hunter aged 85, father of W. E. Hunter of Childress, died Wednesday afternoon in Stephensville. Funeral services were held at Margaret Methodist Church at 2 PM. Burial was planned in Crowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Hunter
W. E. Hunter
Childress
Stephensville
Mr. Hunter
Margaret
Margaret Methodist Church
Crowell
Geologist Linked to Oil Figures in Canada and New York
Old Houston wildcatter Edward Lieberman 30 and his brother Emanuel of New York are tied to a fugitive case. Irving Milner, missing in Canada, is involved in a separate extortion scheme against financier Serge Rubenstein before his death last year.
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Houston
Tex
Wildcatter
Edward Leiberman
Emanuel
New York
Irving Milner
Canada
Emanuel Lieberman
Lester
Serge Rubenstein
California Gophers Under Scientific Scrutiny
In Davis California UC campus researchers study life histories of pocket gophers field mice and other rodents. Observations suggest plant cover changes from fertilization alter rodent populations. Zoologist Walter E Howard aims to measure effects on size number of rodents litter size and breeding season length.
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Davis
Calif
California
University of California
Walter E. Howard
Eight Hour Day For Farmers May Arrive
Albany reports a potential shift to an eight hour day for farmers as modern farm equipment and techniques reduce labor. Governor records show 11.5 hours in 1946 and 10.2 hours by September 1956, with declines expected to continue nationwide.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Largest Brontosaur Dreadnaught of Prehistoric Giants
The brontosaur was the largest animal ever to walk the earth, a long extinct plant eating dinosaur. An average specimen weighed over 80 tons and stretched about 70 feet in length.
Ded Diplomats Get Bids To Inaugural Ball
Iron Curtain diplomats including Russia and Hungary are invited as honored guests to President Eisenhower’s Inaugural Ball next month. Invitations reflect tradition while funds from ticket sales may aid Hungarian relief. the reviewing stand name was changed to honor freedom.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
Eisenhower
Court of Honor
Spirit of Freedom
Moscow
State Department
Georgi N. Zaroubin
Zaroubin
Temperatures Record Peak 68 and Low 39 in 24 Hours
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending 11 30 a m Friday was 68 degrees at 3 30 p m Thursday. The minimum was 39 degrees at 5 00 a m Friday.
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