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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
3
Offers linen products for table cloths up to 106 inches long luncheon cloths linen place mats roll covers pillow cases linen guest towels in assorted colors. Select linens from a wide collection for brides.
The schedule lists First Methodist WSCS study at 3 p.m. and Jesse Bodeen Circle at 9 45 a m at First Presbyterian Church. Union Flat and Kirkland Home Demonstration Clubs meet. other events include Air Force Reserve Squadron Flight E at 8 p.m and choir rehearsals.
The Modern Mothers Home Demonstration Club held a craft session focused on wire wall plaques. Instructors Mesdames Mills Martin Smith taught the group with Mrs Harold Dean Eutley welcomed as a new member. Hostesses were Mrs Jerry Conn and Mrs Teddy Hightower. Next meeting June 18 in the city auditorium to make aluminum serving trays.
A Sunday afternoon ceremony at Central Christian Church united Harolyn Kay Clark and Dave Brummett Jr both of Childress. Capt. Fred Clark Jr and Mrs Clark hosted guests as the couple, attended by Miss Sue Clark and Miss Mary Margaret Brummett, exchanged nuptials with Bishop Kenneth Jones officiating and a reception following. The bride wore a Queen Anne style gown of Japanese obi brocade and carried white carnations. After a wedding trip to Ruidoso New Mexico and El Paso the couple will reside at 1006 Avenue E Northwest Childress. The bride will finish high school in fall, while the groom, a Texas Highway Department employee, is a Texas A&M alumnus.
On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brummett Sr hosted a rehearsal dinner in Gay's dining room for wedding party members and family. Asters adorned the tables as the betrothed couple exchanged gifts and gave remembrance tokens to the wedding party, with attendees including Miss Clark and fiancé Dave Brummett Jr. and Allen Cawthon among others.
Peter F. Lynch president of A Sulka and Co notes women influence a large share of men’s apparel purchases. He cites a national study showing women decide 38 percent of suits 56 percent of shirts 36 percent of slacks 24 percent of sport coats and 17 percent of headwear. He adds many ties go unused as women buy for their own tastes and Father’s Day prompts tie shopping.
Miss Carol Cowley 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Cowley of Lubbock is leaving June 17 for New York then sailing to Germany as one of 400 American students chosen by the American Field Service for an eight week stay in Germany and two in Venice Italy She grew up in Childress and is niece of Mrs Joe Greer and Mrs D D Williams Sponsored by the Lubbock Lions Club and Lubbock Rotary Club she will return September 5.
The maximum temperature for the 24 hour period ending at 11 am Tuesday was 86 degrees at 4 pm Monday. The minimum was 65 degrees at 6 am Tuesday. The chart lists hourly readings from Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning.
United Press International notes Lucille Ball dominates the CBS Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Show review of Lucy’s Summer Vacation. The piece lauds Ball for transforming a weak script into comic gold with timing facial expressions and physical comedy. Arnaz Lupino and Duff contribute understated support while Ball remains the central force.
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with a low of 64 and high of 86. Mr and Mrs Catarine Ramirez welcomed a daughter at 12 45 pm June 8 at Childress General Hospital. Galveston guests visit Ball family. Channel and TV listings preview show business and entertainment notes from NBC CBS and ABC, including program changes and pilots.
Mr and Mrs Carl Crow and family returned from a vacation to Houston Galveston and Pasadena where Mrs Crow's brother Raymond Richardson resides Jeff Davis attends a business convention in Buffalo New York Mrs Lucy Darling accompanied home by Mrs Floyd Darling and Sally Ann after two weeks with the F Darling family Mr and Mrs Pat Rich visited Plainview to see their daughter and family Wayne Borchardt and to bring Patricia home Roger and Johnny King with family arrive from Salt Lake City Utah for a family visit Mrs Mamie King Marie and P M E Drake spent the weekend in Plainview with J L Snows Sharon Drake remains as a summer guest in the Snows home Thurman S Drake and wife return to the U S from Greenland and plan a visit in Childress Miss Eula Alexander and Mrs Bertha Nave host Mrs Locke Alexander of Orlando Florida and Mrs James Alexander with son Locke of Savannah Georgia
Tomorrow offers greetings to Hiram McCoy Gus Leftwich Mrs J W Zuber Mrs Gladys Collyer Archie Howell and Juanita Kelley in a community birthday listing.
A 12-county cotton producers group plans a central office funded by local growers to manage construction, equipment, and maintenance. The Agriculture Department will supply staff and utilities during operation, with the plant owned by producers. Secretary Zollie Steakley approved the charter and voting directors include Dutch Hunter and J. R. Mofley among others.
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