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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1955
Page
2
Funeral services for Pete Coffman were to be held at 4 o clock today at Newberry Chapel with J W Bragpshaw of Acuff officiating Coffman a retired cowboy died at 2 30 o'clock Tuesday morning at Morgans Convalescent Home He was 70
Partly cloudy weather will turn much colder with light rain or snow in the Panhandle and South Plains Thursday, then freezing rain or snow at night. Friday brings more cold, with temperatures 8 to 30. Mr and Mrs Fred Ward announce birth of son Robert Lee at 5 35 pm Wednesday in Childress General Hospital. Locals share visits with Bill Heckathorn in Oklahoma City and family. the Dermids and Pratt family join from Los Angeles for weekend at Wrinkles.
A long list of Midland and area families hosted relatives and friends over Christmas. Visitors include the Wrinkles, Kimbroughs, Rasberries, Palm family, and many others from Odessa, Wichita Falls, San Antonio, Amarillo, and beyond. Tech Sergeant Bob Heard and family also visited en route to Amarillo Air Force Base before his discharge.
Hospital announces visiting times for Walter Rawlings and others listed as admitted or dismissed on Wednesday and Thursday. Visitors include Mrs Bill Pennell Mrs W G Moran Mrs Fred Ward Lupe Mendoza Brenda Manley B E Gressett Mrs Mark Cole Mrs J L Holden and Joe Allen Lane per the schedule.
City clerks puzzled by a deed showing John Williams turning over his farm to John Williams while John Williams witnessed. The legal owner, aged 92, appears to transfer to his son John II with John III as heir apparent, creating an unclear succession.
Dorhthy Pisula a St. Louis psychologist tells parents at a Catholic Charities workshop that a child can often diagnose his own trouble and that bringing a child to a guidance clinic does not prove illness.
Larkwood extends its 0 day guarantee on X-90 stockings to Easter. If three stockings from two pairs run between now and Easter, return all four stockings with this slip and the guarantee portion. Replacement will be two new pairs at no cost.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Roy Key and Elva Weir in relation to understanding normal behavior of growing children. No clear event or date available. reads as an educational or guidance note. Further readable context needed for a fuller card.
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