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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
3
Bargain alert for home and outdoor use. Selection includes sailing blue denim and Avondale fabric options that resist ironing. Prices start at 10.95. Stock emphasizes casual wear and back yard entertaining needs.
Miss Linda Sue Widener and Frank Browder Foxhall were married in a June wedding at the groom’s parents home in Memphis. Rev. C B Herring officiated the double ring ceremony with Ward of Colorado Springs as the sole attendant. The couple will reside at 623 South Eighth Street after a San Antonio honeymoon.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin UPI reports Elmer Mueller was fined 25 dollars Thursday after conviction as a peeping Tom. The article notes Mueller is nearly blind with vision limited to his right eye.
Almanac notes for Friday June 19 1959 mark the 170th day of the year with 195 remaining. Historical entries include the 1756 Back Hole of Calcutta deaths, 1846 Hoboken first organized baseball game, 1867 Maximilian executed, 1885 Statue of Liberty arrival, 1903 Lou Gehrig born, 1912 eight hour day for federal workers, 1934 creation of the FCC, and 1953 Rosenbergs executed.
A brief quoted line reflects on intelligence and prudence. The note cites British scientist Thomas Henry Huxley and his remark about logical consequences guiding wise people versus scaring fools.
Mrs DeArmond demonstrated outdoor cooking to South Childress HD Club members in the home of Mrs Cooper. Mrs Miles Clapp led the opening devotional and Mrs W M Stiner gave the council report. Hostesses served chocolate cake and soft drinks to eight attending members.
In Tel Aviv a man jailed after beating his wife while she slept said the act was unintentional and linked to a dream about revenue men seizing property. He described waving his hands as his wife’s face blocked his aim.
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with isolated thundershowers. Local residents travel widely including Mrs. Jean Robinson and daughter Edwina returning to Chicago. Mrs. Wallace Gregory and family to Colorado after Mr. Gregory’s heart attack. Amarillo guest Mrs. J W Gregory. Jim Martindale and family in Matador. high school poet Thomas Kirkland to New York for United Nations Youth Tour. multiple visits from Norman Oklahoma, Houston Texas, Salt Lake City Utah, and Fort Worth Texas.
Mr and Mrs A V McFarland host relatives with their daughter Vikki visiting from the area as she heads home after a stay with her grandparents. Wayne Webb and children Pat and Cathy returned to Breckenridge after a few days with local kin. J A Melton and daughter Ann from Houston were guests at the A T Petty home this week.
United Press International reports a surge in religious education with three quarters of Protestant churches planning vacation church schools likely to enroll over 8 million children. Programs run June to August, often two weeks, sometimes four, blending Bible study with crafts and plays. Church camps, though smaller, attract youth to live Christian principles year round.
Church leaders report more than 700000 young people attend camps nationwide. They anticipate a roughly 15 percent rise in camps and campers this summer. In addition to live in camps, many churches now sponsor day camps on city outskirts with buses transporting children. A growing trend is the family retreat where parents join children for a weekend or week at a church camp.
Television stations operate a Trouble Report to identify goofs or outages from studio origin to TV circuitry. The effort aims to locate the responsible individual or equipment. If problems lie in network lines it typically points west of Denver or east of it.
The alert acknowledges frequent outages and asks viewers to check other channels and wall plugs. It asks to report cases where the screen lights and hum is heard but no signal, and requests calls for consistently snowy pictures to help clear system troubles.
In Janesville Wisconsin Odore Hawke was charged after police found his fishing gear scattered along the Rock River to fake a drowning and collect life insurance. He was convicted and placed on one year probation for leaving fishing lines untended.
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller announced on Thursday night a further $500 annual cut to the state budget by eliminating payments for calling cards used by deputy superintendents of the Department of Insurance.
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