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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
7
Readable fragments refer to a board of education item labeled BOE 13 and related agenda. Key names and exact actions are unclear. context suggests a school district notice and potential decision or discussion.
Julia Ann Stamps leads event with Jim Wilcoxson Charles Crouch John Townsend and Sandra Dement involved in a noted community gathering. The article lists these individuals as participants or honorees in the Corral segment.
A student editorials ponders final grades and regrets over breaks taken during study periods. It questions whether teachers assigned too much homework and recalls distractions like movies, cartoons, and late nights hindering performance. It also asks what comes next semester.
The CHS girls basketball tournament held Saturday January 5 featured Mrs Ima Murray’s physical education classes. The Others won first place as all fifth period girls. Misfits took second and Larks third. Eight players made the all tournament team: Mary Ann Townsend Diana Veal Marsha Harris Alice Wyatt Bettye Galyean Judy Wilson Bettye Smith Linda Priest Patti Daniels Judy Shaw. Lucretia Henderson earned the sportsmanship trophy.
Mrs Mae Blackwell CHS Librarian announced a list of new books arriving for the high school library. Readers can look forward to titles by Paul Gallino Dorothy Sterling Copekin Margueritta Harmon Bro Lavinia R Davis Thomas B Costain and others including Irving Stone Alistair MacLean and Edna Ferber.
Ozark Air Lines reports over 400 dogs were shipped in a 30 day period from Mt. Vernon Illinois terminal. total weight about 6319 pounds.
Column explores literal meanings of common phrases and how listeners interpret them. It explains fallacies in everyday talk with examples like shoot Great Caesar's ghost good grief shut my mouth and dadburn to show how phrases can imply actual events.
Pam Hughes born July 24 1945 in Childress lives at 22 Ave D Se with her mother Frances Hughes. She enjoys steak and french fries blue and orange, dreams of owning a Sting Ray Corvette to visit movies starring Paul Newman Dick Chamberlain Elizabeth Taylor. She loves Monkees Loren and Ben Hur and reads Child of Our Time while walking to Walk on the Wild Side. Pam plans West Texas State College government major after graduation and has participated in FHA FFA pep squad science club speech club girls volleyball and extemp in ILA. Her ideal partner unknown and she aims for success and happiness.
Joe Hix, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. J O Hix of Arlie Route, born July 21 1945 in Chilress, stands 5 11 and weighs 145 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He dislikes stuck up people and says his most embarrassing moment is too embarrassing to tell. His favorites include Mexican food chicken fried steak chocolate pie blue and white Thunderbird Butterfield 8 Charlton Heston Elizabeth Taylor and the book Flash. His hobbies are pool car work and hunting. He has belonged to the FFA speech and science clubs and foresees graduating from Childress High School as his most exciting moment, with plans to attend West Texas State and pursue a business administration career.
A poem describes a student's daily homework task to improve grades and study themes. It mentions finishing work before getting lost, answering teachers, and placing assignments on the teacher's desk within classroom walls. The closing line crowns the task as central to school life.
The golf buggy business expands 10 to 15 percent yearly. Merrill Lynch reports sales this year around 20,000 units priced from 800 to 1400 dollars each. Four manufacturers control about 70 percent of the market.
Frances Martin flashes an engagement ring in CHS halls while Miss Kennedy's senior English classes work on career themes due January 25. Various quirky notes follow about students, ink, sunglasses, a green iguana, and a dramatic account of Darryl Morris.
Juanita Foster, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Vernon Foster of 311 South Main, born March 2 1945 in Childress, is 17. She stands 5 6 tall weighs 98 pounds with blonde hair. Her pet peeves include freshmen who disrespect seniors and her favorites are fried chicken blue and green and the song Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. She has been active in FHA four years Deca club and librarians. plans Bethany Nazarene College to study elementary education after graduation. She has not yet found an ideal boy.
Carol Cole wrote a ninth period English class story titled The Battle set in Colorado mountains. The tale follows a survival struggle in a pine covered clearing by an old water hole where three bucks and nine does graze.
Charles Person, warrant officer of the U. S. Army band at Ft. Sill, met with CHS students and led several pieces, sharing opportunities in an army band and praising the 19 man ensemble. The report notes Kenneth Alford's Vanished Army as a contest piece and mentions April judging expectations.
The Long Chapter of FHA met January 9 in the high school auditorium. President Pat Painter opened the meeting. Nicki Sooter introduced Cartie Seates who presented Paula Leach Frances Rigsby and Darlene Kisselburg. The girls shared vocational facts. Linda Williams led a parliamentary procedure program with Margie George Carolyn Bruce Sandra Bekert Marie Lewis Mary Braswell Beverly Holton.
The Corral describes 1934 Bobcats uniforms sewn in royal blue with red and white accents, brown and black helmets, and white socks. It also notes TCU speed reading courses, a world tour for Texas Christian students, and a dark room for Texas Wesleyan College photographers. A feature profiles Eddie Simmons and Jim Lassen, with brief life details and future plans. A wolf and antelope scene portrays a harsh wilderness balance and survival.
Childress High School bears a bronze plaque naming the first board of education led by Roy Coffey with H S Black as vice president and F A West moreland as secretary The architect was Guy A Carlander and the two floor building was erected in 1926 Now 36 years old students praise the builders.
A muddled reminiscence recalls a chaotic half time and school activities with rips, misfires, costumes, and pranks. Students tripped, outfits failed, and a wall collapsed at a banquet as bands, plays, and athletic events unfolded amid cold weather and scattered mishaps.
National Geographic reports about Burundi after independence that roughly half of its population has embraced the Christian faith, reflecting the religion's strong early influence in the new nation.
Childress Bobcats rebound to beat Olney 40 to 22 led by Jimmy Wilcoxson with 22 points and 11 by Thornton. Lawrence and Hopkins add 4 each as the Cats limit Olney to 14 points in the final three quarters.
Report notes special guards in Tokyo subway stations push riders into jammed trains. A separate historical fact mentions the first elephant in Christian Rome owned by Pope Leo X in the 16th century.
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