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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
5
A sequence of social calls fills homes in Kirkland Vernon Amarillo and nearby areas as relatives friends and in laws visit from Abernathy Dimmitt Tell Minneapolis Childress Wichita Falls Ensuring extended stays and shared meals across a broad network of families set within a busy week of travel and hospitality.
Karne Clements of Lakeview visits grandparents A B Clements in Houston. Amarillo guests include Mr and Mrs L V Pryor and Rex. Hubert Cochran and Sue Cartlidge visit Altus Oklahoma. Frances Long of Childress visits Cartlidge and Hackler. Friends visit R R Smith home including Fort Worth and Quanah families. Fishing trip at Lake Texhoma with the Keys and Canyon business. Dorothy Myers visiting el Rio with Porter Steffey. Attendees at Memphis funeral of Mrs Henderson’s brother include Lucky and Hackler families. Jewel Williamson of Wichita Falls visits Mrs B F Taylor. Visits in Childress by Lark Collins. W P Close attends relative’s funeral in Idaho. Teddy Thomas visits Amarillo with Larry Delaney. Ronald Clements visits Paducah grandparents C B McNeal and Charlie Ray.
Westworth England reports Ben Hogan of the United States and Peter Thomson of Australia tied for the early lead in the Canada Cup with opening rounds of 68.
The Childress Index lists candidates for the Democratic Primary across offices in Texas. Names include Alton B. Chapman and Herbert C. Martin for Associate Justice, 7th Supreme Judicial District, William Ehrle and Elbert Reeves for State Representative 88th District, Luther Gribble as District Judge, Allen Harp and John T. Forbis as District Attorney, Gayton B. Smith and Dalby Fleming for Sheriff, Charles L. Reynolds for County Attorney, U. S. Fromm for Tax Assessor Collector, O. C. Hammit for Constable Precinct 1, and multiple choices for Commissioners Precincts 1 and 8 as well as other local posts.
Union Flat residents and relatives share visits across Texas and nearby states. A. V. Mote travels to Memphis and hosts Landon Smith and Waymond Smith of Olton, with Jimmy Miller of Wichita Falls in the Mote home. Families from Groom, Kress, Olton, Lubbock, Pampa, Wichita Falls, and Bryan visit or stay with relatives in Union Flat and Pampa.
Hollywood notes report George Gobel injured during a skit with guest John McGiver who allegedly tapped his hand with a sugar scoop. Gobel suffered swollen knuckles and bruises and learned McGiver had recently completed a course in acting realism.
Lone Star Gas launches a summer rate cutting gas bills for residences using air conditioning. The new reduction applies to gas usage over 8 000 cubic feet per month during May through October each year, promising substantial savings for gas powered cooling systems.
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