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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1955
Page
2
First Methodist Choir rehearsal and Family Night with potluck supper at Fellowship Hall on Wednesday. Friday features North Childress HD Club with Mrs. V A McCoy at 2 p.m.
The Vivian Hickerson Circle of the First Baptist Church gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Jack Sides home for a regular meeting. Mrs. Dan Jones gave the opening prayer and Mrs. Sides led the devotional. Quilting work was done with Mrs. Leonard King as director and Mrs. Ruby Cannon offered the closing prayer. Lemonade and cake followed, served by the hostess to Mrs. Leonard King, Mrs. Ruby Cannon, Mrs. Dan Jones, Mrs. Stanley Fyfe, Mrs. Bob Collins, Mrs. B. J. Teague, Mrs. Mittie Newberry, Mrs. George Howard, Mrs. Oran Walraven, and visitor Lannelle Cannon, daughter of Mrs. Ruby Cannon.
Mrs. Claude Dudley led a brief business session at the Blanche Grove Circle of the First Baptist Church hosted by Mrs. W. R. Pearson. Plans were made to send a quilt to Blackwell Oklahoma. Attendees included Mesdames Carl Hudson, E. A. Cawley, Claude Dudley, C. M. Hill, H. W. Epps, Mattie Inman, the hostess, and new member Mrs. Elbert Cannon.
A birthday greeting notes today for Mrs O H Gibbs and Gladys Wright. The message wishes them happiness and good health on their special day.
The newspaper lists the Women’s World editor contact as WE 7-2525 for inquiries and submissions.
Miss Annette Cochran’s engagement to Lt. Robert W. Simon of San Francisco was announced at a Sunday tea hosted by Mrs. Belves Bailey. The couple, whose wedding is set for July 10 at First Methodist Church, will marry as Simon serves as a USAF pilot at Travis AFB.
Plans underway to organize a choral group as a new department affiliated with the Woman's Department Club. Mrs. Kenneth Wricht will train the chorus with regular meetings devoted to choir practice. Call listed club members to join before August 1 for inclusion in the yearbook plans.
Betty Ransom bride elect of Donald Lee Smith of Paducah was honored with a bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Bill Hoffman. Charlene Riddell led games and the honoree received a cooker as a gift. Attendees and gift givers included numerous local residents and families in the Paducah area.
Miss Mary Ann Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Moore of Amarillo and William Harvey Boles son of Mr and Mrs W H Boles of Arkansas were married in a Sunday afternoon ceremony at the bride’s grandmother’s home in Childress Rev H W Barnett officiated. The couple will reside at 806 North Roosevelt Amarillo where the groom works for Plains Creamery.
Members of the Ashby families gathered for a weekend reunion with activities at the City Auditorium Fair Park. Attendees included D M Ashey Oscar Glover Delbert Seals and families from Tell Shirley Glover Roseburg Ore Ray Aseleton Wellington Willard Williams Childress Alice Smith Big Spring Clem Davis Dallas Frank Davis Bonham Roe Stroud Ernest Stroud and Newell Ashby Amarillo brought the Amarillo Indians ball team to play Childress Saturday evening.
A jumble of nearly unrelated clues covers fish species, Greek letters, months and places. Read as a crossword style mosaic with stray terms like Boston’s favorite and Greek perch guiding scattered connections.
The entry lists answers to a sequence of crossword style clues. Unknowns include terms for 28 Descendant 30 Feminine appellation 31 Ooze 33 Perfume 35 Wild ass 40 Lightweight paper 43 Portends 45 Burst forth 46 Fishing plave 47 Measure of land 48 Egyptian river 50 On the ocean 51 Kind of fish 52 Essential being 55 Trade-lasts ab.
The Daisy Shields Circle of the First Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. C. P. Boyd’s home for the last gathering until September. Mrs. Boyd gave the invocation and Mrs. Frank Buster presented When Your Home Is In the City. Guests included Mesdame Barnes, Buster, Sager, Johnston, Albertson, Hardin, and Miss Stewart as a garden refreshment hour followed under a shade tree.
A fragmented roster lists individuals including Bob Jones and Allem along with Thomas Tate Timmons Berry Tate and Ben How ard, Fred Ballard, D. D. Chewn ing, Judy Offman, Norma Rausm, Linda Glispie, and Paula Glispie in an unspecified community notice.
A large Immel family reunion and covered dish luncheon gathered relatives at the Community House in Fair Park. Attendees included members from Bryan Arlington Kellerville Plainview Tulsa Higgins Lubbock Panhandle and Jean, among others, sharing memories and meals.
Elmer McClurg of Eldon and several El Paso area families enjoyed a warm afternoon with swimming and baseball. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fritts and Ray Allen Floyd Ronnie and Mrs. Cora Sims all of El Paso and Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sims of Childress.
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