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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1961
Page
2
Gay Gibson tours Bangkok and beyond in beguiling summer dresses suitable for city streets and seaside escapes. Shop the selection and explore versatile ensembles that blend global style with local charm.
Outdoor brunch feature outlines Salmon Hash with butter onions green pepper celery chili sauce and salmon with potatoes. Recipe serves eight includes side dishes like Tomato and Lettuce Salad Applesauce Raisin Cake and Coffee with a brief preparation method.
Mrs Jim Collins led a lesson on Intercessory Prayer at Everley Hayes Circle First Baptist Church Tuesday in Mrs Ben Teague's home. Mrs W H Newberry read the prayer list and prayers were voiced by Mrs Margaret Simpson and Mrs Roy Swain, president of WMS. Circle chairwoman Mrs W E Rule presided over a brief business session where Mrs Newberry read the minutes. Refreshments followed during the social hour.
The schedule lists THURSDAY activities for CYW HDC at 2 p.m. with Mrs. M A Cooper and 2:30 p.m. Wesleyan Service Guild in the church parlor. FRIDAY features High Point HDC at 2 p.m. SUNDAY hosts a mother and daughter tea honoring Linda Jane Denny at 3 p.m. at the home of Mrs. E J King with Mrs. Robert Jarrett as co hostess.
The fur seal features the largest narems of any mammal. A male averages forty to sixty mates in its mating cycle.
Lois Arnold was elected president of the newly organized Licensed Vocational Nurses Club at Childress General Hospital. Other officers include Nedra Pennell as vice president Lillie M Copelin secretary treasurer and Dorthy Smith parliamentarian. Sponsors are Oma Whitehead Marcella Herbert and Mary Campsey.
Mrs A B Clements reports guests from Arlington Childress and Garland include Loyd Gilbert J B Collins and the Collins family and Janna Jon. Frances Long of Childress was in Kirkland on business Thursday. Weightman Con way and FFA picnic attendees Sandra Weightman Tose Stepp visited Fair Park.
Tomorrow neighbors extend birthday greetings to Mrs. R. L. Murray Ronald Briley and Mrs. R. W. McFerren with well wishes for good health and happiness.
A group of 10 representative college girls in New York discuss future careers and marriage prospects. They favor work for fulfillment and view combining career and family as possible, with fashion and leadership as key themes in Glamour Magazine’s college issue.
Childress County 4-H Council met in the courthouse to plan a county camp a record workshop and a scrap iron drive. The session included opening songs pledges devotion reports and committee updates with several local leaders in attendance.
On this day in history several events are noted including the Constitution taking effect in 1788 and Grover Cleveland's nomination in 1892. Lou Gehrig’s diagnosis in 1939 and Churchill’s 1941 pledge to assist the Soviet Union are also listed with a Churchill quote about dictators and tigers.
The United States imports more coffee than any nation, with a quantity seven times greater than the second-ranking nation, France. This underscores US dominance in early global trade patterns and consumer demand.
Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York labels the Kennedy administration's foreign policy a developing yes no maybe complex. He warns this uncertain approach risks sending mixed signals abroad.
NBC TV’s JFK Special Report sidesteps Kennedy, interviewing Attorney General Robert Kennedy on civil rights strategy. The piece misses depth, ignores patronage issues, and peters out with weak tempo. Channel notes cover Autry, Red Skelton, Candid Camera, Wyatt Earp and NET’s An Age of Kings airing Oct. 21.
The hospital recorded admissions for C. G. Boles Mrs. R. L. Hamm Mrs. Gladys Sterling Mrs. R. Van Wagner Mrs. Harold Edmondson Quan ah and discharges for Mrs. E. E. Martin Emmett Beal Mrs. Robert Patrick Wellington Bobby Poling and Mrs. Harold Edmondson.
A description of how the varying hare gains a white winter coat after shedding its brown summer fur. It notes the seasonal color shift linked to colder months and the animal’s adaptive camouflage.
Fair and a little warmer through Thursday with a low around 60 tonight and a high 89 to 93 Thursday. Five day outlook shows temperatures 1 to 4 degrees below normal with a warmer trend toward Sunday and possible showers near week’s end. Local notes list visitors including Eugene Painter and Don from Waco and George Tipps Jr from Fort Worth visiting relatives.
Ly and other friends and relatives visit with Mrs Ida Copelin. H H Griffith and son Hoyle of Santa Fe New Mexico are here. Harold Smith returns home for the rest of the summer after work in Silverton. Donna Farris Snyder Okla and Lou Carol Saied Perrigon visit the Ben Saied family. Wayland Trent Geraldine Rea visit Amarillo. Iley Compton Maria McIntosh of Dumas visit. Charles Reynolds vacations in California.
UPI by Dorothea M. Brooks summarizes Carl Snyder of Harris Trust and Savings Bank who argues that large loans do not guarantee an easier sale, since buyers and lenders affect assume liability and market value can shift. Tax benefits only apply to very high brackets. He urges a conservative, debt-free or low loan approach to keep liquidity and protection.
Acousticon offers a no charge private ear level wear test of the Tru-Life model weighing about 4 ounces. Wilbur Jones of Acousticon Reach Amarillo will fit hearing aids at the Hotel Childress Childress Texas on Thursday June 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. His expertise and years of use promise personal satisfaction of hearing again. Stop by to discuss hearing problems and pick up the model. Acousticon Reach 804 Polk Levine's Amarillo Texas DR 3 9448.
In Jackson Mississippi a city judge granted Bill Horton a divorce on Monday finding sufficient grounds. Horton said his wife left him in 1929 and he believes she does not plan to return.
Wendell Peterson, a 60 year old airline veteran, retired after flying from New York to San Francisco in 4 hours and 41 minutes aboard a Trans World Airlines Boeing jet. His mother and wife accompanied him on the final flight as he closes a long career in commercial aviation.
TV listings show programming across stations KFOX KSYD KGNC KFDA KVII and more with children's programs news weather drama and late night shows scheduled throughout the afternoon to midnight including Wagons Train Kraft Mystery Theatre Route 66 and The Price Is Right per station time blocks.
A dense list of daily 1961 television programming across KGNC KGNC-TV KSYD TV W30 and EV I TV networks. Programs include Popeyes Clubhouse Bugs Bunny Today Say When Price Is Right Concentration Truth or Consequences and The Price Is Right again, with soaps like Guiding Light Edge of Night and The Brighter Day.
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