Social Calendar for Week at Local Churches
Tuesday First Baptist Friendship Class with Mrs Jim Bettis at Bellabat Church 730 pm. Wednesday Central Christian choir practice 7 pm First Methodist Family Night Supper and program 7 pm Peggy Pimble GAs First Baptist Church 345 pm Goberia GA First Baptist Church 7 pm Everly Hays GA First Baptist Church Thursday First Baptist WMU and Brotherhood joint meeting 7 pm at Church Friday North CHD Club 2 pm with Mrs Williamson Saturday Burlington Veterans Association and Ladies Auxiliary 42 party at WDC building 730 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Jim Bettis Siefse
Bellabat Church
First Methodist
Peggy Pimble
First Baptist Church
Goberia GA
Everly Hays GA
WMU
Brotherhood
Burlington Veterans Association and Ladies Auxiliary
WDC
Mrs Davis Feted With Bridal Shower
Mrs Jacky Davis formerly Miss Barbara Rascoe was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted in the home of Mrs Reece Timmons. The event featured punch soft drinks and cookies as gifts were opened with help from Mrs H F E Davis and hostesses Mrs Timmons Erline Elliot and Bob Elliot. The couple wed Friday night at the Bible Baptist church with minister Luther Bradley officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfield
Jacky Davis
Barbara Rascoe
Reece Timmons
H FE Davis
Mmes, Timmons
Erline — Elliot
Bob Elliot
MYF Officers Attend Ceta Canyon Camp Session
Two local Methodist Youth Fellowship officers depart for the Youth Officer Training Camp at Ceta Canyon Methodist Camp today through Saturday noon. Attending are Wayne Edmondson president and Eugenia Watkins pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Ceta Canyon
Wayne Edmondson
Eugenia Watkins
Mrs. W. Hardin Heads UDC Slate for 1957 58
Mrs. Wilson Hardin was elected to lead the United Daughters of the Confederacy officer slate for 1957 58 at a Monday morning meeting at her home. Other officers include Lonnie Garrison first vice president Ethel Seigler second vice president W M Stiner third vice president Virginia Hassell secretary Maurine Bowers treasurer reporter and Miss Ella Mae Taylor historian. The group voted to disband until September. The social hour followed with tea coffee smacks pickles and olives served by the hostess. Present were Mrs Henry Bellah Seigler Hassell Stiner Miss Taylor and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Hardin
United Daughters of Confederacy
Mmes
Lonnie Garrison
Ethel Seigler
W. M. Stiner
Virginia Hassell
Maurine Bowers
Ella Mae Taylor
Mmes Henry Bellah
Seigler
Hassell
Stiner
Miss Taylor
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Morrison in Estelline
Mrs Gayle Morrison was honored with a pink and blue stork shower at the home of Mrs OB Hoover. Guests enjoyed iced punch and cookies, spring floral decor, and gifts including an Orion blanket. Helpers included her mother Mrs J W Crisman and mother in law Mrs Buster Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle Morrison
OB Hoover
Hoover
Jack Kinard
J. W Crisman
Buster Morrison
Mmes. Hoover
G E_ Nelson
R. O Nelson
Kinard
Jack Nelson
Ott Misenheimer
Clyde Sexton
Weather Outlook Mixes Thunderstorms Across West Texas
Locals report a west Texas forecast with few storms from Pecos Valley eastward today and tonight, then partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers through Wednesday. Temperatures expected to remain steady. Meanwhile, Newport Rhode Island visitors A L Edmondson and family join relatives in Fort Worth before overseas duty in Hawaii. Cadet Charles Cheatheam departs for AFROTC summer training at Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee after Texas A&M visits. Rebecca and Joan Cheatheam spend two weeks in Big Spring with aunt S T Cheatheam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Charles Cheathear
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
C. J Cheatheam
Texas A&m College
Rebecca
Joan Cheatheam
Big Spring
S T. Cheatheam
News Items About People You Know
Local society notes record visits and family connections among residents and former Childress neighbors. Kentucky couple Mr and Mrs Lamar Masterson and extended kin visit, while many relatives from Texas and New Mexico travel, host, and plan departures after multiple stays and weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Sport
Lubbock
Mond
Altus
Oklo
Jay Mathis
Robert Crawford
Hazel
Santa Anna
Calif
Francis Sport
Sport
Bill Sport
Maureen Sehorn
Crawfords
Childress
W. B. Sport
Don van Pelt
Bob Sessions
Wellington
Temperature highs and lows over a Tuesday period
The report summarizes the 24 hour temperatures ending 11 am Tuesday with a high of 89 degrees reached at 4 pm on Monday and a low of 59 degrees at 5 pm Tuesday. A second note mentions the Australian boomerang typically measures three feet in length.
Final services today for Mrs. Maude A Rothwell
Final services for Mrs. Maude Agnes Rothwell were held today at 4 PM at the First Methodist Church with Rev. R H Knight of Lubbock and officiating by Dr E F White and Rev Rollo Davidson. She died Sunday afternoon in Childress General Hospital and burial was in Childress cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Agnes Rothwell
First Methodist Church
R. H. Knight
Lubbock
EF. E White
Rollo Davidson
Rothwell
Childress General Hospital
Childress
Newberry Funeral Home
Mrs Eisenhower Begins Routine Physical at Walter Reed
White House press secretary James Hagerty said Mrs Eisenhower checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital for a routine top to toe examination. The First Lady entered Monday and was to stay several days. Hagerty stressed no illness prompted the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Augusta
Ga Hagerty
Walter Reed
Court-martial decision looms over Girard shooting case
Dulles urged a speedy ruling on whether a U S or Japan court martial should try Girard for killing a Japanese woman near Tokyo. Pulles pressed for a quick decision to take the case to the Supreme Court before the term ends. Japanese witnesses questioned Girard’s firing as he moved toward Mrs Naka Sakai at the firing range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard
New York
Dulles
Girrard
Tokyo
Japan
Naka Sakai
Court rulings slow drive against Communists
The high court, in part on page seven, set aside John Stewart Service’s loyalty dismissal without ruling on loyalty questions, citing procedural flaws by Dean Acheson. The decisions also require prosecutors in criminal cases to provide defendants access to certain material from FBI files, denting earlier government efforts against Communists. Other rulings this term further delayed the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart Service
Dean Acheson
FBI
Local band director Pat McNallen praised for program growth
Centumiesgrfuss hoc One at Southwestern University and graduate from Oklahoma University where he was a year as graduate assistant band director. He and his wife Ann are active in Rotary and Jaycee clubs. The couple has two daughters Pam and Karen born in Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Oklahoma University
McNallen
Ann
Rotary Club
Jaycee Club
Childress
Pam
Karen
Quotes From The News In 1956 Public Figures
A roundup of remarks from Senator Fulbright on Eisenhower and Dulles, Dr Louis Katz on heart surgery, Governor Meyner on Justice Vanderbilt’s death, Harry Kirk on pedestrian fatalities, and jockey Billy Pearson’s prize trust proposal. The items reflect mid century U.S. political and social discourse and notable public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Louis N. Katz
Chicago
Trenton
N. J
Robert B. Meyner
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Supreme Court
Washington
Harry S. Kirk
The
American Automobile Assn
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Central Christian Choir
HD Club
Mrs. Williamson
MYF
Imojean Freeze
Parnell
Hugh Wayne Lang
H. M. Lang
Estelline
A. T. Freeze
Estelline First Baptist Church
W. Hardin
UDC
Stork
Morrison
A. L. Green
G. W. Killian
Ethel Redwine
Karl Hood
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
W. E
Bill) Stephens
A. L. Edmondson
Newport, RI
J. A. Edmondson
A. L. Edmondsons
Fort Worth
Edmondson
Hawaiian Islands
Lamar Masterson
Kentucky
J. D. Short
Emory Masterson
H Webb
Larry
Francis
Red River
William Ewald
United Press
Susan Heinkel
Sid Caesar
Jackie Gleason
Susie
Poised
Bonnie
Cbs-Tv
Susan
Pegasus
Orchester
Caesar P. Penguin
Calvin the Fox
Bruce the Gopher
Wolfgang the Bear
Rusty
CBS
P.M
A. M
Maude A. Rothwell
Mamie
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Pat
U.S. Pat
J. William Fulbright
D - Ark
John Foster Dulles
Billy Pearson
America
Julia Med@e
Servel
Cline Appliance Company
Avenue C
N. W
Lone Stdt Gas Company
Schranks
Clarence Carter, Jr
Wade McConnell
John Hamilton
Ellen Wasson
Barbara Wasson
Lloyd Garvin
John Ballew
Clara Beth Adams
Pepper
Osty Man
DR. Pepper
Bottling CO
Texas
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