Local Birth and Visits Highlight Childress Area News
Mr and Mrs Jim Morland welcomed a son weighing 6 lbs 8 ozs at 12 49 pm on June 19 at Cardress General Hospital. Mrs Mabel Jakeway returns to Los Angeles after visiting her Woods brothers. Fort Worth visitors and Cheathearn family members stay with local hosts.
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Jim Morland
Cardress General Hospital
Mabel Jakeway
Los Angeles
Calif
J. A
Gus Woods
Charles Cheathee
Econ
Fort Worth
Jack Adams
J. Cheathearn
Rye Spring
Margaret Moore
Otto Klarr
Grand Island
New
Jessie Mae DeSharo
Childress
Goodall Hospital
Memphis
Sedelle McKinney
Ora Holiman
Amarillo
Donald Phillips
Jan
Velma Steed
New York City
Pennsylvania
Friest Lane
Danny
Paris
Floyd Lane
Billy Bob Johnson
Lubbock
Family visits span several states for Father’s Day weekend
Local households welcomed relatives and guests from San Antonio Phoenix Amarillo and Eagle Mountain with extended stays and outings. Visits included Morren Moran Fiesal Bartlett Bartlett Houchin and Bridges families sharing hometown connections and travel stories across Oklahoma Texas and California.
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Perry Morren
San Antonio
R. W. Moran
Phoenix
Ariz
Bill Dawson
Lewis Whitley
Vernon Moran
Amarillo
Phil Fiesal
Oklahoma
Barbara Bartlett
Childress
Austin
Girl's
Linda Puckett
Paducah
Marivan Houchin
Leon Bridges
Eagle Mountain
Calif
Hugo
Okla
Funeral Services For T. Huggins Held Saturday
Last rites for Thomas Harvey Tom Huggins were conducted at 4 pm Saturday in Newberry Chapel with Rev. Rollo Davidson and Rev. J L Hester presiding. He died Friday morning at Childress General Hospital. A longtime resident since 1997, he retired August 31 1444 as conductor for the FW D Railroad after starting as a brakeman October 12 1899. Pallbearers included Ernest Aran Lee Johnson John Ballew Bertram Knight Elbert Kiig baum Johnny Robinson Jim my Williamson and W. M. Watson. Interment followed at Childress cemetery.
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Thomas Harvey
Tom) Huggins
Newberry Chapel
Rollo Davidson
Sinton
John Ballew
Bertram Knight
Elbert Kiigbaum
Johnny Robinson
Jimmy Williamson
W. M. Watson
Childress Cemetery
Radio station rid New Jersey of insects in campaign
WNTA in Newark offers 10 cents for each dead fly mosquito or wasp and has collected at least 1775 insects from listeners across New Jersey. The drive aims to reduce pests while publicizing the station.
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Newark
N. J
UPI
WNTA
New Jersey
Flower bulb origin centers on Haarlem Leyden corridor
Most of Holland's millions of flower bulbs come from a 20 mile stretch between Haarlem and Leyden. The region supplies a large share of the bulbs used domestically and abroad, highlighting the area's agricultural and export significance.
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Holland
Haarlem
Leyden
Emma Lankford 95 Proves Age Is Just a Number
Mrs Emma Lankford 811 Ave E Southeast celebrated her 95th birthday on June 14 born June 14 1864 in Colbert Alabama. She moved to Texas in 1896 lived in Lamar County then Childress and has six children 13 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. She says long life comes from hard work as a housewife and still tends her yard and cooks daily cornbread
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Emma Lankford
Ave. E
Southeast
Lankford
Colbert
Alabama
Old South
Emma Yocum
John Lankford
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
Lamar County
Childress High School 1949 Class Reunion Planned
Mrs. Marcia Kinney Leonard announced that the Class of 1949 will hold a reunion at Fair Park on July 4 and begin plans for a 1960 gathering. Members are asked to bring picnic dinners for their families.
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Childress High School
Fair Park
Marcia Kinney Leonard
Dalai Lama seeks international charge to probe Tibet
Dalai Lama in Mussoorie urges an on the spot investigation by an international commission into conditions in Tibet under Chinese rule. He proposes Nehru and Chou En Lai meet to discuss mediation and calls for third power involvement. He says Tibetans continue revolt and will not return while Reds control Tibet.
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Mussoorie
India
UPI
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Jawaharlal Nehru
Chou En-lai
Red China
Peiping
Childress Hotel
Glen Buckley
Ave. G. Northwest
Leonard
We- 7
Love and courtship stories in a small town
Vignettes detail how couples met and proposed in a close community. Brides and grooms share early impressions and evolving affections from high school to early marriage, with many proposals occurring in cars, at parties, or during casual gatherings. Names include Clarence Carter, Larkin Wallis, Olympus music scene, Robert Jones, and Johnny Glover.
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George Curlee
Clarence Carter
Larkin Wallis
Mr. Wallis
Anderson Mitchell
Olympus
Hoyt Crain
Wreck Kills Amarillo Girl Near Canyon
A car carrying four teenagers left a highway five miles northwest of Canyon and rolled over killing 16 year old Mona Hintz of Amarillo. Two boys and another girl were injured. Tony Huckabee 18 and A B Fincher 19, both of Amarillo, and Frances Russ 16 were identified as occupants. The Texas highway patrol said the group was trapped for nearly two hours after the crash.
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Canyon Upi
Canyon
Mona Hintz
Amarillo
Tony Huckabee
A. B. Fincher
Frances Russ
Vega
Texas Highway Patrol
Proposal and delayed marriage after high school and college
He proposed when he further impressed her and presented his fraternity pin. They married about three years later after she finished high school and briefly attended college.
Dutch Experts Need Seven Years To Grow New Tulip Varieties
Dutch horticulturists report a seven year period is required to develop each new tulip variety. Experts say patience and long term breeding programs yield novel colors and patterns for the market.
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Navy
Frank D. Oliva
Gene B. Blackwell
Optometrist
T. Huggins
Ey Ag Vago PV
Jamaica
Php
Mrs
Bowers & Black
Insurance Agency
Louise Bowers
Donald Black
Lama
Murraylane
Beauty Salon
N. Main
Vernon Eubank
Eubank
Cecil Park
AMVC
Rexall
Italy
Sebastian
Wreck
Tiny Putt Shop Hotel
Childress Bldg
Vogue Cleaners
Ave. C. No
Lois
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