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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1956
Page
2
A 4000 year history marks bulgur wheat as a high protein, versatile food. The process preserves wheat germ while removing hulls to yield small nutty kernels. Recipes include Magic Wheat and Tuna Casserole and Bulgur Pancakes with measurements and baking steps.
Ada Hensley hosted the Salle Fite Circle of the First Baptist Church for a work meeting on Tuesday. Invocation by Anna Silvey opened the gathering and a covered dish lunch followed. A brief business session decided to donate the day’s quilt to the Home for the Aged in Houston.
Mrs. Tom Rothwell was honored with a Sunday luncheon in Fair Park for her 74th birthday. Her children from Childress and Midland joined numerous relatives and friends, with the Merrill Conn family performing musical numbers and gifts presented to the honoree.
Mrs Volis Hall was feted with a pink and blue shower at the home of Mrs Lewie Kanagy Tuesday night. Guests signed the baby book while pink and white decor and a spring flowers centerpiece set the scene. Hostesses included Mrs Ed Hall and many others guiding games and gift opening with a high chair as the honorees gift.
Clothing leaders of the Home Demonstration Clubs in Childress County met in the court house to chart a series of tailoring workshops this summer. The sessions run July 26 through August 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each Thursday in the Chamber of Commerce Assembly Room, with county agent Mrs. Lou Jeffers among 13 leaders present.
The original habitat of the potato is believed to be Peru or Chile where the tuber grew wild on the high Andes plateaux, according to historical notes on the crop’s beginnings.
The Palace shows The Harder They Fall with Bogart Sterling and Steiger then Artists and Models and Rock Around the Clock with Halley and Johnston. Gem offers Wicked Wife Macao Undercover Man and Broken Lance Untamed Warriors Make Haste To Live. Car-Vu presents Broken Lance Untamed and The Warriors with star casts in a weekly cycle.
Green Bay signs six foot four inch 230 pound tackle from Southern Methodist University Forest Gregg to NFL roster.
Hollywood profile of Marjorie Rambeau on NBC TV This Is Your Life detailing how her 1945 auto accident left her with a cane and special shoes she calls George She embraces acting after injuries and uses a wheelchair for Lux Video Theater role noting the stage career continues and her outlook improved
McCann reviews week’s major world developments. Twining to Moscow for aviation day, UN inspection teams expelled from South Korea amid truce violations, Adenauer seeks East German talks while noting 18900 prisoners. Mollet’s crisis debate in France. Segni’s party boosts local wins but Rome deadlock. Cyprus violence surges and Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday event tight security.
In Grand Rapids Michigan an ambulance responding to a call at an auto agency was waved into an elevator and taken to the fifth floor where a sick employee was loaded and rushed to the hospital.
Washington reports Moscow voiced surprise at a Soviet note accusing United States spies of linking a tapping tunnel into East Berlin. The note claims proof of American involvement and demands punishment. State Department has only a summary and will study the full text upon receipt. Moscow broadcast named an American service agency in Western Germany as responsible.
Hospital listing notes visiting hours from 10:30 AM to 11:10 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:38 PM with admissions including Emmett Thompson and Dub Elam on Thursday and dismissals such as Gertrude Smith and John Powell on Thursday. Detroit police report a large theft at B and B Market after a Memorial Day picnic. Thieves took 30 pounds of spare ribs 15 pounds of hot dogs 20 loaves of bread five pounds of sausage five cases of beer and $45.
Funeral services for Willie Sewell 69, who died Wednesday at his home 510 Avenue I, will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. Clifton Tennison officiating. Burial is in Childress cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home. He leaves a wife, five daughters, three sons, six grandchildren, four brothers, and five sisters.
Fort Worth markets show cattle steady with good slaughter steers at 19 dollars and beef cows 10.50 to 11.50. Hogs mostly steady at 16.25 to 16.50 for mixed grades, sows 10.50 to 12.50. Sheep 800 head, lambs 17 to 21, wethers 12.50 to 13, stockers scarce.
US visitors linger on page one as Russians impress with five or six. Officials form first and second teams to keep pace in the race. Some Oklahoma locals abstain from the liquor, while guides realize the state remains legally dry.
Cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers across the Big Bend through Del Rio Eagle Pass area. Cooler except Panhandle and South Plains. Partly cloudy and cool tonight with a slight warming trend tomorrow in the Pecos Valley northward and eastward. Local social notes record UT student L O Shoemaker visiting with parents and various visits among families in Brownwood Amarillo Lubbock and Abilene with multiple relatives and UT summer plans.
The Jaycees anticipate danger for a candidate if he runs late and aim to provide voters with a view of many candidates in the July Democratic primary. Several other activities are planned for the Independence Day celebration and will be announced later.
The text outlines three major rock classifications forming the earth’s surface: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. It states these categories as foundational to geology and the study of rocks.
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending 11 30 a m Friday was 82 degrees with a 12 30 and 1 30 p m peak. The minimum 65 degrees occurred 4 30 to 6 30 a m Friday. Readings list hour by hour for Thursday P M and Friday A M with values.
Senate discusses tying all TVA appropriations to a settlement over new power units. Senate passes a 1.4 billion bill to fund Commerce Department and related agencies for fiscal 1957. House extends Defense Production Act for two years. Senate Judiciary Committee moves a bill to reverse the Supreme Court ruling on state sedition prosecutions.
Historical records note Ireland has no native snakes. The absence is often cited as a notable biogeographic fact, with legends attributing it to St Patrick. No evidence shows snakes established in Irish habitats, aligning with island isolation and climate.
Today recipients Mrs Wilson Cole Loretta Boyd Geneva Stewart Florenc Howard Mrs E L Rickman and Mrs T C Bailiff receive public birthday greetings from the community in a brief local notice.
Storms rake Texas and Oklahoma with funnel reports and high winds. In Central Texas Austin records 61 mph gusts while Waco hits 74 mph and dust blows. A funnel sighting near New Sweden remains unconfirmed. Elgin police report a warehouse damaged and windows blown out with no injuries.
The Hammites are described as the world’s first civilized people, credited with domesticating animals, inventing the plow to till fields, and uniting under kings.
O. A. Cooper of 79 Gillis St San Angelo Texas says he lost 37 pounds taking Barcentrate. If the first bottle doesn t show you how to lose fat safely without starvation a diet return the empty bottle for your money back. Costs little at any Texas druggist.
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