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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1973
Page
5
Former Childress Air Force Base commander and retired general Jack White, now in Uvalde, will be installed as president of the Uvalde Rotary Club. He first visited the local club as a guest and later returned.
A column notes quirky office habits and local gifts including cotton candy from the Ringling Bros circus in Amarillo. It reflects on spouses’ naming conventions, recent weddings Jerita Landrum McNeal and Ronnie Wadley, and a fundraising update for the Library Building Fund. The piece ends with a playful aside about German sausage and a diary entry about quitting smoking.
This condensed weekly guide lists local gatherings and events in Childress. Highlights include birthday reception for Mrs. J A Stinnett, church meetings, Kiwanis and Lions Club activities, youth rallies, youth trips, and the County 4-H Dress Revue with community meals and services scheduled across churches and clubs.
Tomorrow includes Kimberly Ann Clark Charles Mashburn Tony Bolkenstyn Jeffery McKee. Tuesday lists Roger Melton Mrs Tommy Newberry Clarine Smith Gene Smith. Mr and Mrs Mike Mayo celebrate anniversary.
The 88th birthday of Mrs. Sarah Vinson was celebrated June 22 at her daughter Mrs. Jane Mallorys home. She received gifts money and a granddaughter made cake. Friends Mmes. E J Wood Bill Medor Hattie Killingsworth A M Stamps Edna McNabb Wilbur Withey W D McDonald E H West Minnie Coyn Helen Adcock Trudie Brown Betty Emery Phylis Scott all of Childress and Amanda Hall of Memphis Tenn attended.
Miss Jewell Murrah presided as hostess at a salad luncheon held at her home. Mrs Ida Nobles gave the invocation and read the devotional. Guests included Mrs Frank Decker Mrs Roy Swain and Mr Joe King. Members present were Mrs Annie Woods Mrs Jewell Stinnett Mrs Lisa Fite Mrs Iva LeCroy Mrs Nell Sides Mrs Eura Dacus R E Mitchell Mrs Grace Atkinson and Mrs Evie Rule. Mrs Decker read poems A Tree and Patience and spoke on the history of the King James Bible begun in 1550 and completed in 1611.
A Fairfield County housewife reports saving about 10 percent on meat bills by buying a 194% pound hindquarter at 99 cents a pound and storing it for five months. She notes waste from suet and calculates per cut prices versus chain store costs, showing a net saving of 14.42 dollars after butcher and scale charges.
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