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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1963
Page
3
Our first new spring shipment of Nelly Dons is here with dresses cut for fit and full standard measurements. They promise good lines and dressmaker care with careful proportion for average to long waisted figures. Try one on tomorrow and notice the quality details.
Locals forecast fair and mild through Wednesday with low tonight in the 30s to 38 and Wednesday highs near 60s. Mrs. Weldon Lane underwent major surgery at Parkland Hospital Dallas and is reported in satisfactory condition in room 629. American Legion Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Veterans Building. new members invited. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. John Cox and daughter Linda, the Oliver Austins, and Elizabeth Ann Benson.
News notes describe the Meltons near Coleyville in the Cee Vee region over the holidays with Austin and Morris Banktead visiting earlier for quail hunting. The Meltons also called on G Hildreth and family in Lubbock and visited Mrs Vera Walker in Temple. Dalton Sarrells of Childress is listed as a patient at Northwest Texas Hospital.
In Fort Worth a 14th floor reception celebrated Patience Beacon Bass Patience, an eight-foot display of 4/680 half gallon milk cartons marking 2337 gallons of milk she produced last year. The Texas Jersey Cattle Club honored her as a champion with eggnog toasts and soft orchestra.
American Legion Auxiliary at 2 30 p m Union Flat HDC all day Wednesday First Methodist prayer group with Mrs J A McNese in parsonage 9 30 a m Union Flat HDC all day with Mrs J M Patterson WWI Veterans Auxiliary 7 30 p m at Veterans Building East Ward PTA 3 p m Thursday WSCS subdistrict meeting 9 30 p m King Memorial Home Economics Club 3 p m at WDC CYW HDC 9 a m Home Arts Club 3 p m with Mrs J W Chambers South Childress HDC 2 p m with Mrs W A Dacus Larkspur Club 3 p m with Mrs T B Pryor Friday High Point HDC 2 p m
UPI reports the IRS allows Texans to deduct estimated 2 percent sales tax payments on federal returns if itemizing on Form 1040. A table links income ranges from 1,000 to 20,000 plus to estimated tax payments, but notes the listed amounts do not represent actual payments.
Mrs Orval Phillips reports a flurry of visiting relatives from Littlefield Spake Dimmitt Childress Mineral Wells and Perryton with multiple Nelsons Simpsons and Helms families. A 45th wedding anniversary is celebrated as kin gather from Lubbock Amarillo Liberal Liberal Kan Fort Worth Pampa and Clinton Okla.
The attorney general will present the government's argument that a unified system is proper and that reapportionment should give each person a single vote. The Justice Department disclosed a letter from Sol Gen Archibald Cox to Supreme Court clerk John F. Davis stating the United States has filed a brief amicus curiae and has half an hour for oral argument.
The 1.5 percent special motor vehicle resale tax must be calculated separately by those who paid it in 1962. Taxpayers claiming overpaid sales tax must substantiate with receipts. Deductions for the tax appear on Page 2 of income tax Form 140 under taxes state and local sales taxes.
Gamma Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will hold a luncheon meeting in Memphis on January 12. The program theme is Reviewing the Contributions made by Women Leaders of the Modern World. Local speakers include Ruth Richerson Clarendon Luile Moseley Quail Lucille Naylor Clarendon Marguerite Goodner Amarillo and Brunette Morris Memphis. Inez Blankenship Clarendon is program chairman. Mrs L C Sweatt Wellington is chapter president and will run the business meeting. Hostesses are Ethel Hillhouse Carrie Belle King Alma Bruce Maxine Cape Tops Gilreath and Margaret McElreath Memphis.
Mrs. Tom Goff traveled to Amarillo to be at son Billy Ray's side after major surgery at Northwest Texas Hospital. Visitors include Shirley Gambol, Pat Gambol, Virgil Gambol family, and many others from Dumas Childress and surrounding towns. Local mentions include funeral attendance for C. E. Stiwell, new 1963 Mercury owners Ernest Lee Kilmore, and returning service member Vance Gresham from Memphis.
United Press International reports New York cotton prices at noon with May futures at 34.75 cents per pound, up 7 points, and the nearby July contracts at 34.65, up 2 points.
ABC's The Dakotas debuts to mixed reviews with Larry Ward Jack Elam Chad Everett and Mike Greene, criticized for weak acting and predictable plot twists. Eisenhower TV appearances and NBC CBS scheduling notes follow in a broader Hollywood Television In Review roundup.
The article notes lawmakers aim to convert an 80 mile Padre Island stretch from Corpus Christi to Brownsville into a national seashore, with Congress already approving the plan. It also mentions efforts to improve dilapidated state parks, attract tourists, and Gov elect Connally's support. Taxes are expected to remain largely unchanged for two years with possible extensions and a failed pipelines tax.
Admitted entries include Kay Rodriguez Monday and Mrs Herbert Wells Kirkland. Other patients listed are Ollie Brown A G Woods Mrs Nora Key and Mrs Refugio Arellano Crowell along with Mrs W J Pleming. Dismissals include Robbie Kisselburg Monday and Mrs Pablo Hernandez and baby Kirkland. Mrs Bertha Patterson Estelline and Betty Anthony Monday.
Uncut gem diamonds and rough industrial diamonds totaled 269,559,752 dollars in 1962. Central Selling Organization of London reports the peak, highlighting strong demand and pricing for rough stones worldwide.
WMU meeting of the associational group will be at 10 a.m. on January 18 at Goodlett First Baptist Church. All WMU ladies are urged to attend. nursery will be open. Mrs Roy Swain may be contacted if transportation is needed.
A group of readers sends birthday greetings tomorrow to J F McMinn Mrs Glenna Sue Moore Mrs J C Jones Jody Martin Lillie Mae Eatherly A G Hargrave and Susan Leary.
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