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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
2
Larkspur Club meets June shower at Central Christian Church from 3 pm to 1 pm. Larkspur Garden Club hosts a meeting at 3 pm with Mrs. T. B. Pryor. Friday Chi Rho ice cream supper at Central Christian Church starts 7:30 pm.
The June 2 ceremony at Highland Methodist Church in Odessa united Miss Trudie Jo Jordan and Charles Edward Crews Jr in a candlelight double ring. The bride wore peau de soie with lace, pearls and a chapel train, with matron of honor Mrs. Sam Covington of Lubbock and bridesmaid Alma Agee of Las Vegas, New Mexico. The groom’s family and Odessa and Albuquerque guests attended, and the couple planned a Colorado Springs honeymoon before settling at the Crews Ranch near Las Vegas.
WMS convened Tuesday morning for a business session and Royal Service program. Mrs Carl Hudson led a hymn, Mrs Joe Allen gave the first prayer, and Mrs Jim Collins presided. Special prayers were offered for Clifton Swain and others ill. The program on The Way of Righteousness in Pakistan featured Mr Wright and participants including Mrs Margaret Simpson and Mrs Maddin. The meeting, attended by 24, adjourned with benediction.
A newspaper birthday notice wishes Mrs. L. H. Holtman and C. M. Collins a happy birthday tomorrow. The brief celebration snippet appears in the community notices section.
Five day forecast shows temperatures 1 to 5 degrees above normal with highs near 89 to 93 and lows around 58 to 69. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible with limited precipitation before the weekend. Local social notes mention visitors from Fort Sill and Amarillo and hospital admission for Mrs Lyons.
Mr and Mrs J E Bud Cope lin vacation in Grand Forks North Dakota area where their son is stationed. Marine Corps Col and Mrs B H Elliott and family of Coronado California travel to visit parents Mrs and Mrs L C Elliott and friends Clifton Swain of Amarillo, son of Roy Swain, hospitalized there for possible surgery. Betty Painter returns home from a two week vacation at New
General White former Commanding Officer of the Childress Army Air Field will fly to San Antonio for a two day meeting and then Albuquerque. Mrs White will travel by auto to Albuquerque tomorrow with Mrs Higley. Guests at the Vernon Rotary event included Walter Lockhoof Harold Prather Pat Ragsdale and others.
The article notes Judge Bean and political factor in a June runoff where Joe Pool defeated Bean after Bean admitted not filing income tax returns in 10 years. The indictment stems from IRS led by a 23 man federal grand jury chaired by Clarence Covert. Bean claims he paid taxes via withholding, which IRS disputes without returns.
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