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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Joe Tipps of Geneva New York announce the birth of a son named Stan Mark born June 21 in a Geneva hospital. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Tipps of Childress.
Suffering a concussion from a recent accident, a family is updated as Rebecca and Joan Cheatheam return after three weeks in Big Spring. Numerous visits and travels span from Wichita Falls to Lubbock and Amarillo, with relatives visiting parents and recovering loved ones.
Childress was showing slight improvement Saturday in a hospital at Fort Collins Colorado after a health setback.
The 24 hour period starting Friday noon to Saturday 11 am recorded a maximum of 91 and a minimum of 70. Forecast details are garbled but indicate a sequence of temperatures around the mid 70s with readings near 71 and 74 at various times.
Edinburg City Manager Jack Reynolds resigns effective July 19 to accept a similar role in Denton starting July 20. Reynolds leaves after serving in Edinburg for years, with Denton appointment anticipated to shift local leadership ahead of upcoming year.
Public records report incomplete city court files due to the absence of J Copelin. Building permits issued to D W Grose to add a utility room and to John T Forbis to add a bedroom. Fire department responded to a grass fire near FW&D right of way and a drowning incident. Seventeen JP court tickets listed with various offenses and fines. Seven warranty deeds filed to multiple buyers. Two marriage licenses issued and two new cars registered.
A devotional excerpt extols God as Creator and judge of mankind and urges belief in the Bible. It references faith, salvation, and following a holy path called "The Way" while wishing a Happy Birthday to Johnny King.
Jim McKay discusses obtaining permission to televise an American–Russian track meet from Moscow for ABC on July 23. He notes AAU and Russian Light Athletic Commission roles, required government clearances, and a lengthy process, with reference to prior 1961 broadcasts and a memorable Lenin Stadium crowd cheer for Wilma Rudolph.
Admitted: Mrs Kathryn Lawrence Friday, Jimmy Gentry Friday, A S Feagin Friday, Mrs A A Loven Friday. Dismissed: R F Larmon Friday, Mrs Bert Hargrave Friday, Mrs M C Monroe and baby Friday, W S Morgan Friday, Mrs Wayne Cook Friday, Mrs Kathryn Lawrence Saturday.
Cattle and calves receipts 5 400 cattle 1 400 calves. About 40 percent eligible classes including 18 loads steers four loads heifers and about 20 percent cows. Cows weak to mostly steady lighter weight heifers steady to weak. Hogs receipts 1 650, slow trading. Barrows and gilts steady to mostly 25 cents lower spots unchanged, sows steady to 50 cents lower. Sheep receipts 11 100, trade slow. Slaughter lambs yearlings and ewes mostly $1 lower feeder lambs 50 cents to $1 lower. Market index 30 ind 721.30 720.78 724.81 720.78.
The Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association wrapped up a two day convention in Odessa with reports on pending Washington legislation affecting the industry.
Funeral services for Charles Wayland Tucker age 9 of Childress will be conducted Monday at 2 pm at the Church of God in Christ. He drowned Friday at a northeast Childress swimming hole and died at Childress General Hospital. He is survived by his parents three sisters and two brothers.
The text shows currency figures and movements with entries like up 4.21 and prices around 140.00 to 140.24. It lists two items Steky 257.15 259.66 255.64 258.48 and 65 with varying values. The fragment reads as a stock quote style snippet without an identifiable event or clear entities.
Funeral rites for 80 year old former resident Mrs. Emmie Jane Barnes were held Saturday at 2 pm in Newberry. Burial followed at Tell.
Mrs Barnes died at 1 p.m. Thursday in a Wichita Falls hospital after living with her daughter in Wichita Falls for 11 years.
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