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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1960
Page
3
A stylish range of sportswear and vacation toys features cool color carefree designs aimed at ultimate comfort. Shoppers are invited to visit and experience relaxing products during the display run.
Union Flat residents report rain delaying harvest yet wheat yields reach higher than predicted. HD Club hosts meeting to discuss treasury, while 4 H'ers attend state meeting at AAM. Local families visit relatives in Durant Wichita Falls Lubbock and Amarillo with multiple trips and gatherings noted.
Mrs Dorothy Williams of Rock Island complains to police that a teenage boy on a bicycle drove over her back while she sunbathed in a Davenport public park.
A vintage style guide describes a summer sun themed bridal shower with a yellow color palette. It suggests a sunburst centerpiece using a frying pan, sun decorations, and yellow table accents. Gift ideas include kitchen tools and spices, with a sunshine menu featuring citrus dishes and a lemon cake.
Mrs Bill Bethany Index Special Correspondent reports visitors and family gatherings in Fort Worth and nearby towns. The piece lists multiple relatives staying with or visiting the Bill Bethanys including the Claud McDonalds Weldon Timmons Mull Tron Ranch residents and travelers from Carlsbad New Mexico and Estelline Childress Clarendon and Tell.
The column offers practical interior guidance on painting and styling rooms. It covers painting dining room furniture, simplifying decor, choosing colors like black olive green mustards and brick red, and upgrades such as new drawer pulls. It also addresses patterns for bedrooms and handling bold red schemes with white trim and textiles.
United Press International reports Americans allocate about twice as much of their spending to recreation, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco compared with medical care. The finding highlights rising consumer priorities and shifts in personal budgets amid changing health costs and lifestyle choices.
Union Flat Home Demonstration Club selects Mrs Fred West as their county delegate nominee for the September State Convention in Brownwood. Meeting at her home featured devotional by Mrs FE J Hassell and freezing fruits and vegetables program by Mrs Fred West. attendees included Mrs Linus Snider and others.
County Home Demonstration and THDA councils met at the courthouse with seven clubs represented. President Mrs. Joe Harcrow opened the gathering with a poem and committees presented charts. The group welcomed 12 new members into County Line HDC and scheduled three special meetings. The next County Council meeting is July 11. June was set as the month for nominating three THDA delegates for the state meeting in Brownsville September 14 to 16.
Mrs Florence Hardin and A A Bass installed as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron of Childress Chapter 101 O E S during a formal installation ceremony this week. Installing Officer was Mrs Eva Starr of Wellington with assistants Mrs Kay Dodge Mrs Jessie Strickland and Mrs Fern Maddox. About 80 members and guests attended including Paul Starr and Mr and Mrs R I Savage of Wellington.
Cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms and little temperature change through Saturday. Low tonight 67. Miss Fern Parrish of Boulder Colorado visiting parents in Childress. O C Hammits visit, Sharon Hammit to stay longer. Misses Bartlett Richardson Fromm bound for Draughon’s in Lubbock. Charmaine Cawthon in serious condition at Lackland Air Force Base Hospital San Antonio. grandparents listed.
Key historical events span 1776 Continental Congress declaring independence to 1949 Mussolini declaring war on France and Britain. Notable royal sightings include 1931 Mrs Ernest Simpson meeting the Prince of Wales and six years later marrying him. Thought from Heywood Broun on life and imitation.
Mr and Mrs D B Brandon observe a Golden Anniversary on Sunday June 12 from two to five o clock with a reception at their home 310 11th Street Southwest hosted by their children.
After a shutdown fears eased into triumph as performers and producers voted on a new contract at a Mass meeting in the Astor Hotel attended by about 1,000 union members. The settlement includes a pension plan and raises in minimum salaries, rehearsal pay, and working conditions, with stars like Mary Martin Ethel Merman and Jackie Gleason cited among high earners.
In Canterbury England the defense argues a 1934 road traffic act is outdated as a magistrate jokes about antique cars in a speeding case. The exchange highlights the age of the vehicle involved.
Mr and Mrs T A Atkisson of Jackson Kentucky arrive Sunday for their wedding trip following a June 5 formal church ceremony in Jackson. Patricia Ann Rose is the bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Rose. Groom’s parents are Mr and Mrs J D Atkisson of Tell Part of the honeymoon route includes Mammoth Cave Kentucky. The groom taught school last year in Jackson.
The Childress General Hospital admitted Russell Harmon on Thursday along with Mrs. Albert Hartfield Ronald Sims Mrs M S Howard and other patients. Dismissals included Mrs Joe Hix Jr Leonard King Robert Norris and Willard Copeland Jr on Friday.
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