Winners Named In Local UDC Essay Contest
The Childress Chapter of United Daughters of The Confederacy announced winners across high and junior divisions. Dawana Carmack, pen name Mary Jones, took senior prize with Causes of The War Between The States, while Jan Hickman placed second. Jena Thea Mullin won first in the seventh grade division with The Part Texas Played in The Confederacy, using pen name Abbie E. McAlister. Karen Leonard and Connie Hogue were runners-up. Fifth and sixth graders wrote on Sam Davis, with Rieta Garvin winning for Mary Beth. Darla Wynn and Lorene Franks placed second and third. Winners receive cash prizes, a Jefferson Davis Medal, and a Certificate of Merit at a forthcoming tea, with thanks to teachers and the UDC for promoting heritage and reading.
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Tops Gilreath Dawana Carmack
Abbie E. McAlister
Karen Lynn Leonard
Childress
Marty Miller
Connie Hogue
Sam Davis
Tennessee
Rieta Sue Garvin
Turkey
Mary Beth
Darla Wynn
Betsy Ross
Helen Keller
Lorene Franks
Jefferson Davis
UDC
Texas
Duke
Jane) Holland Jr
Gordon
Marjorie) Bain
Turkey School
Doc
Christine) Williams
Tops Gilreath
Maryland State House Doors Open Outward Attract Confusion
The State House in Annapolis changed doors to open outward to meet fire regulations. Some visitors mistake the outward doors for being locked and turn away, causing new safety and visitor flow concerns.
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Annapolis, Md
Maryland
State House
Community Notes Flatly Span Local Visits and Hospital News
Mrs. Tate Timmons hosts guests with Throckmorton ties while many friends travel to Amarillo Hollis Huntsville and Kosciusko. Mrs. Mae Lawrence rests post surgery in Childress hospital as Branda Timmons aims for recovery in three weeks. Local families attend Golden Wedding Anniversary in Quitaque and gather for water meetings in Quanah.
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T. A. Riddell
Charles Neskorik
Danny
Phil
Throckmorton
Tate Timmons
Bob Jones
Lubbock Hospital
Jones
David Jones
Ginger Hill
Steve Arledge
Bama Ortiz
Tommy Harwell
Bruce McCarter
Lubbock
Mae Lawrence
Childress Hospital
Virgil Potter
Jimmy Watson
Hobbs
N.M
Ova Seal Home
Truman Smith
Wyatt
Lana
Dumont
Clyde Seal
Tell
Ron Wayne
Todd Mills
Canyon
Mills
Joe Crain
Visiting families extend across towns in Texas
To Cee Wee. The G. W. Jenkins are visiting in Anna with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jenkins and in McKinney with Mrs. Rural Wathall. Visiting Sunday in the Dallas Love home were Mr. and Mrs John Browning and Julie, Mr. and Mrs. Troy Boykin and Todd of Tell.
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Cee Wee
G. W. Jenkins
Anna
Leo Jenkins
McKinney
Rural Wathall
Dallas Love Home
John Browning
Julie
Troy Boykin
Todd
Tell
Federal Gun Control and Farm Loans Highlight 1972 Texas Brief
Repossible summary of the document notes opposing federal gun control and advocating enforcement, plus Rural Environmental Assistance Program changes for mesquite control in Texas and record loan funding for farm operating loans. It mentions amendments for ammunition exemptions, local policing needs, and 1972 USDA brush control clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
ASCS
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Childress Youths 10 Attend Workshop
Steve King and Bruce Inman of Childress High School FFA join a three day farm electrification workshop June 12 14 at the Episcopal Church Conference Center north of Amarillo. The Southwestern Public Service Company sponsors the event with over 100 FFA members and teachers. courses cover farm wiring controls and farm motors. The top five students win a trip to the FFA national convention in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve King
Bruce Inman
Childress
Future Farmers of America
Episcopal Church Conference
CHS Band Earns Region 2 Honor Band Title
Childress High School Band directed by Andy Anderson won Region 2 Honor Band at a regional bandmasters meeting in Haskell. The ensemble was chosen from 12 eligible regional bands to submit a contest tape in August for the Texas Bandmasters Convention State Honor Band contest in San Antonio, which will feature 20 entrants.
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Childress
Andy Anderson
Haskell
CHS
San Antonio
First national park for performing arts in Fairfax County
The quiz item notes Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts in Fairfax County Virginia as the first national park dedicated to the performing arts inviting writers and composers to work there.
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National Park
Wolf Trap Park
Fairfax County
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