Weather and local notices from Childress area
West Texas weather calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Thursday with warmer temperatures today and tonight. Local births include Timothy Wayne Stamps born Tuesday night at Childress General Hospital, with Timothy Wayne named and grandparents listed. Other notices mention David Darnell Edwards born December 15 in Clovis New Mexico, and visitors and former residents from Childress and nearby towns.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Doyle Stamps
Childress General Hospital
Timothy Wayne
Leslie Dekle
Childress
Roy Stamps
Plainview
Glenn Edwards
Clovis
David Darnell
Edwards
Joan McMillin
Warmer weather forecast amid cold front rains
A Canadian cold front moved through the state Tuesday bringing light to heavy rains and dropping temperatures as low as 4 degrees at Dalhart and Salt Flat. Laredo and Galveston recorded 44 degrees, with clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere. The forecast calls for gradually warmer temperatures beginning Thursday.
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Gulf of Mexico
Dalhart
Salt Flat
Laredo
Galveston
Rio Grande Valley
Social Calendar Friday Training Union Workers Meeting
Elementary Training Union Workers meet at 7 30 p m in First Baptist Church with nursery available. North Childress HD Club gathers at 2 p m in the home of Mrs C F Stillwell.
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First Baptist Church
North Childress HD Club
C. F. Stillwell
Calvary WMU Reports From Regular Meeting
Calvary Baptist Women's Missionary Union met in Mrs. Dan Wilhite’s home Tuesday morning. Mrs. C. E. Wilhite led prayer and opening devotions from Matthew 22. Quarterly reports were filed and leaders spoke on community missions and treasury. New member Mrs. Rose Sweat attended with several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Women's Missionary Union
Dan Wilhite
C. E. Wilhite
L. H. Bagley
D. Wilhite
Barley
Community Missions
Joe Pope
Claude Dodson
Rose Sweat
J. A Fittr
Tommye Ann DeShazo
Cheryl Devoll Feted On Fifth Birthday
Little Miss Cheryl Devoll was feted with a party at the home of her parents A. O. and Mrs. Devoll. Mrs. Claude Devoll and Mrs. Archie Howell helped with hostess duties. Guests included Cindy Howell Vickie Edmondson Kathy Burnett Jaanine Pryor Donna and Glen Devoll and Sheela Devoll.
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Cheryl Devoll
A. O. Devoll
Claude Devoll
Altus
Okla
Archie Howell
Cindy Howell
Vickie Edmondson
Kathy Burnett
Jaanine Pryor
Donna
Glen Devoll
Okahla
Sheela Devoll
Secret Pals Revealed At Cee Vee Community Club
The Cee Vee Community Club held its annual Christmas party in the club room. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served to Mines. Attendees included Bill Hoffman, Lock Seal, Tate Timmons, Floyd Finch, Joe Crain, Ova Seal, C. M. Horton, T. A. Riddell, Tulles Pistole, Hershel McIntire, R. B. Ransom, S. I. D. Lawrence, Leslie Carrick, Donald Smith, George Smith, N. T. James and Bud Bumpus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CEE Vee
Cee Vee Community Club
Bill Hoffman
Lock Seal
Tate Timmons
Floyd Finch
Joe Crain
Ova Seal
C. M. Horton
T. A. Riddell
Tulles Pistole
Hershel McIntire
R. B. Ransom
S. 1D. Lawrence
Admission and discharge notes from Childress General Hospital
Mrs. Hugh Burchett Mrs M Cole and Alton Tennant admitted on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. Dismissals include Lona Evans Mes Sanders L H Blankenship and Russell Stone on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Hugh Burchett
M. Cole
Alton Tennant
Lona Evans
Mees Sanders
L. H. Blankenship
Russell Stone
Episcopal Service Planned at St Luke's Church
Archdeacon Claude Canterbury of Amarillo will conduct the Episcopal Church service at 7 30 tomorrow night at St Luke's Church.
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Episcopal
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Claude Canterbury
Amarillo
New Year Retiree in Sleepy Eye Ends Year Early
N Year Retires Early at 65 as a carpenter in Sleepy Eye Minnesota. He marks New Year’s Eve by turning in early, going to bed before midnight to welcome 1955.
McConnell to Attend Texas Christian Youth Vocations Conference
Bob McConnell a member of Central Christian Church joined about 50 Texas Christian Churches youths at the Texas Christian Youth Vocations Conference held at Lake Brownwood Christian Retreat from Friday to Monday. The annual event by the Texas Board of Christian Churches offered guidance for high school sophomores and above through vocational films discussions speeches and small groups with a final worship service Monday morning. McConnell returned home Monday night.
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Bob McConnell
Central Christian Church
of Texas
Texas Christian
Lake Brownwood
Texas Board of Christian Churches
McConnell
Funeral Services Held For Cindy Jean Sloan
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Cindy Jean Sloan seven months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charlies Lee Sloan II of Estelline in the Spicer Chapel Memphis The baby died in Odem Clime Hospital after a short illness Rev David Wrinkley officiated Burial was in Fairview Cemetery Memphis Survivors include the parents paternal grandparents and great grandparents and maternal grandparents and great grandparents all of Stinnett Denver Colp and Memphis Texas.
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Cindy Jean Sloan
Charlies Lee — Sloan
Estelline
Spicer Chapel
Memphis
Odem Clime Hospital
David Wrinkley
First Methodist Church of
Fairview
Memphi
C. L. Sloan II
L. Sloan, Sr
Denver Colp
Willie Mae Johnson
Stinnett
W. C. Felkner
Joe Record
Hillary's Trek Slowed by Antarctic Snow
Sir Edmund Hillary's overland push to the South Pole slowed by impassable snow as Sno-Cats bog down and fuel runs low. He remains about 100 miles from the pole while Dr. Vivian Fuchs's British party, from the opposite side, trails more than 300 miles away across a treacherous icefield as weather worsens.
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Lilington
N. Z
Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Hillary
Ott
Vivian Fuchs
Antarctic
Fuchs
Pole
San Antonio Sees Second-Highest Rainfall in 1957
Record rainfall totaled 48.83 inches in San Antonio during 1957 marking the second highest year since records began. The all-time high remains 50.30 inches set in 1919.
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San Antonio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Barrymore Jr. jailed for three weekends after arrest
Actor John Barrymore Jr., 25, must spend three weekends in city jail for drunk and disturbing the peace. Municipal Judge Henry Draegar fined him $100 and ordered jail after Beverly Hills police arrested him following a quarrel with his wife. He is the son of actor John Barrymore.
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Hollywood
John Barrymore Jr
Henry Draegar
Barrymore
Beverly Hills
John Barrymore
Holenstein Named Switzerland’s President in Rotary Tradition
Dr Thomas Holenstein a 61 year old corporation lawyer turned politician was named Switzerland’s president marking the annual cabinet rotation He heads the Public Economic Department and was chosen by Parliament to succeed Dr Hans Streul with the tradition of rotating seven member federal cabinet leaders.
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Bern
Switzerland
Thomas Holenstein
Corporation
1Ith
Holenstein
Public Economic Department
Hans Streul
Department For
Finances and Customs
Females in a Fish Line Exhibit Hermaphroditic Reproduction
A New York report describes lebistes reticulatus females producing offspring without male input. Nineteen females in an aquarium line appeared to bear young from their own eggs, later shown as functional hermaphroditism rather than parthenogenesis. Dr. H. Spurway of Calcutta has studied the original female and notes 39 births totaling 287 young from the 19 females.
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New York
Lebistes
H. Spurway
Indian Statistical Institute of Calcutta
Reversal of Sex Traits in Lebisterus Specimens Noted
Report describes 19 individuals entirely female initially but later tests showed masculine reproductive parts, implying fertility of eggs. Authors caution science lacks understanding of natural occurrence and life cycle challenges in Lebisterus in native habitats.
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Lebisterus
Birthday Greetings Tomorrow for Local Residents
Tomorrow brings birthday wishes for Ann Clements Mary Ann Taylor Homer Coats Sr Betty Collin Mrs M L Mardis Leonard Trosper and J Leonard Jones.
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