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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1963
Page
3
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Mrs. John Rush of Fort Worth, formerly Miss Sheron Woodring of Childress, was honored with a bridal shower Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dan Jones. Guests assisted with serving and gift opening as the honoree, her mother Mrs. Fay Woodring of Fort Worth, and relatives gathered for the event.
Penn State in University Park confronts a major reshaping of its backfield as the Nittany Lions lose their leading scorers rushers and receivers. The article notes the challenge of replacing key players and rebuilding the offense.
Clear to partly cloudy through Thursday with a chance of thunder late today. Low tonight 65 high 91 for Childress. Temperatures in Northwestern Texas average 1 to 3 degrees above normal with highs 88 to 94 and lows 58 to 71. Precipitation light to moderate and ending soon in the northeast portion.
Mr and Mrs M C Monroe announce the birth of a son at Childress General Hospital weighing 8 pounds. Mr and Mrs Charles Eatherly announce a daughter Kimberly Ann born Wednesday morning weighing 7 pounds. Various local families visit, travel, and host relatives from Vernon, Commerce, Lubbock, Amarillo, and other nearby towns over the weekend, including multiple extended family gatherings and hospital updates.
Doyle Circle of First Baptist Church met Tuesday morning at Mrs. Anna Silvey's home. Mrs. Fred Becker chaired. Mrs. W. J. Hembree read the Calendar of Prayer. Mrs. Silvey led the missionary prayer. Mrs. Henry Baker Jr. led a program on What is Royal Service with assistance from several members. The next meeting is July 2 at the church.
Mrs R A Story hosted a Parrack Circle meeting with a brief business session led by Mrs Bobby Chaffin. Henry Baker Sr reported on Vacation Bible School efforts for May and June and a cash collection was taken to fund a girl’s participation in a G A camp. The program What is Royal Service featured Mines Chaffin Daccus Wes Smith Bill Wood Henry Baker Sr and Glenn Buckley. Prayers were offered by Mrs R A Story and Mrs Baker with closing words, refreshments were served to several members including Mrs Chester Hufstedler and Mrs C C Rosamond.
Mrs C J Lyons hosted the Doris Sharpley gathering at her home and led the program on What Is Royal Service. Assisted by Mines Johnnye Williams Carl Hudson and Leonard King, opening prayer by Mrs Williams and calendar of prayer read by Mrs Vandiver. Business approved aiding a child to attend a summer camp. Refreshments served after dismissal.
A. T. Fox was honored Sunday with a barbecue dinner at the home of his daughter Mrs. Robert Johnson. Entertaining assistance came from Mrs. Frank Davis, sister of the hostess. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Fox, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCann.
Television critic Rick Du Brow assesses Edie Adams decline from her musical TV roots toward canned showbiz forms. He notes adviser Barry Shear’s departure after a clash over hiring and style, with Steve Binder taking over. The review highlights Adams’s weak singing and the guest Bob Hope caused routines to feel dated. Channel Swim: Judy Henske joins Judy Garland’s CBS series. Vacation Playhouse replaces The Lucy Show on CBS for summer. Glynis Johns leads the CBS lineup with other offers from Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman.
The Harrell Chapel Needle Club met at the Community House with hostess Mrs. Ernest Lee Kilgore. Members hemmed dresses for the hostess and enjoyed refreshments. The next meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon July 9 with Mrs John McQueen as hostess.
The lowest temperature reported to the U S Weather Bureau this morning was 38 at Water town New York Tuesday's high reached 110 at Blythe and Needles California.
President Kennedy calls for national unity to tackle a “national domestic crisis” of racial tensions. He urges Congress to pass common sense civil rights measures, expand job programs, and empower actions against discrimination, while warning against filibusters and urging leaders to reduce tensions. He proposes federal power to cut funds for programs sustaining discrimination and strengthens equal employment efforts.
The Dow Jones averages show modest gains with the industrials around 719.54 up 0.64 and the rail average at 139.71 down 0.29. Trading volume reached about 4th hour sales of 480,000, with totals at 2 p.m. near 2,940,000 shares.
Admitted this week include Bob King on Tuesday James Harold Campsey on Tuesday and Mrs M C Monroe on Tuesday Dismissals include Mrs Raymond Martinex and baby on Wednesday
Junior High hayride 6 30 p m Camp Fire Girls craft in UDC Cabin 7 p m THURSDAY Modern Mothers Hobby Club United Daughters of Confederacy FRIDAY Modern Mothers Hobby Club North Childress HDC 2 p m Senior High hayride 6 30 p m
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