Overby Family reunion brings scattered kin together after 21 years
The Overby family gathered at Fair Park on Sunday for a reunion the first time in 21 years with seven siblings present. Attendees included C D Overby E C Overby JoAnn H Overby J M Overby and others from Childress Roosevelt Mangum Castle Rock San Antonio Lubbock Amarillo Wichita Falls Snyder Fort Worth and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overby
Fair Park
C.D. Overby
E. C. Overby
JoAnn
H. R. Overby
Childress
Jack Overby
Roosevelt, Okla
Pitt Diamond Weighs 410 Carats In Rough Form
A 410 carat Pitt diamond in the rough is credited with funding Napoleon Bonaparte's rise, signaling its historic financial impact on his early career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Circle Jewell Murrah Hosts Business Women's Circle
Yewe l Murrah hosted the Business Women's Circle of the First Baptist Church at her home Monday night. Mrs. J E Cheatheam chaired the business session. Miss Murrah opened with prayer. Lectures covered Fifty Years To Start Laborers Together Along the Way Sunday School Boards Contributions to SMU Growth and Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
J. EB. Cheatheam
Miss Murrah
J. E. Turner
Sunday School Boards
SMU
Charlene Walker
Joyce Harris
Cheatheam
Sunday School Board
Christine Menefee
Mmes. Harris
Stanford
Buddy Cline
Irene McAlister
Turner
Walker
Misses Eee Murrah
Vera Swafford
Harbin Home Hosts Large Carey Family Reunion
The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Harbin in Carey hosted a weekend family reunion. All four Harbin children attended with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, joined by relatives from Quitman, Woliday, Loco, and local areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
A. A. Harbin
Carey
J. W. Smith
Ray Wright
Gail
Gary
Quitman
William Flowers
Lynn
Buzzy
Rebekah
Woliday
W. Harbin
Glenn and Jones Set Wedding Date in Lubbock
Miss Shirley Glenn of Lubbock will wed Bob Jones of Lubbock at 7 p.m. Saturday in Williams Memorial Nazarene Church. Miss Glenn, a 1953 Tohoka High School graduate, and Jones, a 1949 Childress High School alum who attended Draughon’s Business College in 1953, plan to reside in Lubbock where he works at Addressing Letter Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Glenn
Lubbock
Bobby Jones
C. L. Jones
Childress
G. W. Glenn
Williams Memorial Nazarene
Glenn
Tohoka High School
Jones
Childress High School
Draughon’s
Business College
Georgia Morris Elected Class Proxy at First Baptist Church
Georgia Morris was elected president of the Good Will Sunday School Class of the Junior II Department at the First Baptist Church. Officers elected include Brenda Evans as vice president Lawana Estell as secretary Mary Ellington as treasurer and Marilyn Lambert and Frankie Barksdale as group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Morris
Good Will
First Baptist Church
Gene Allison
Brenda Evans
Lawana Estell
Mary Ellington
Marilyn Lambert
Frankie Barksdale
King Memorial WSCS Meeting Discusses Quadrennial Goal
King Memorial Methodist Women Society of Christian Service met Monday night at the church to study the quadrennial goal. E C Overby led a theme on The Spirit of Christ For All of Life with a prayer by Teague. Nina Meason led I Love To Tell the Story as the opening hymn, with a Lord’s Prayer closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Memorial Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
Marvin Teague
Raymond Lassen
E. C. Overby
Christ
Teague
Nina Meason
Overby
van McCoy
Mmes
E. C. Armstrong
Virgil Brewer
Lassen
McCoy
Ed Walkup
Meason
Laverne Gurley
Mary Richardson
Couple Married In Kansas Ceremony
Luetta Ann Oldfield of Canton Kansas and Johnson Weir of Levelland Texas wed in Canton First Methodist Church in a double ring ceremony. They reside in Salina Kansas where Weir is stationed at Fort Sanoky Hill Air Force Base. Weir's wife worked at Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance in McPherson and is Canton High School class of 1953. Weir is Levelland High School class of 1951.
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Luetta Ann Oldfield
Lewis D. Oldfield
Canton
Kan
Johnson Weir
Levelland
J. D. Weir
Bakersfield
Calif
A. J. Johnson
Marvin Weir
Childress
Canton First Methodist Church
Salina
Sanoky Hill Air Force Base
Wednesday And Thursday Social Calendar Events
Wednesday features First Methodist choir rehearsal and a farewell supper for the Wilson Coles at Presbyterian Church seven p.m. Everley Hayes at First Baptist seven p.m. Central Christian choir practice at 7 30 p.m. Thursday includes Wesleyan Service Guild at First Methodist Church seven 30 p.m. South Childress HD Club all day meeting with Mrs Charlie Scott and a ladies coffee hour nine thirty to eleven a.m. Childress Country Club Assembly of God Fellowship supper at Fair Park seven 30 p.m. Friday Olympus Community ice cream supper and a bridal shower for Mrs Weldon Altman at Calvary Baptist Educational Building seven 30 p.m. Saturday dance at Country Club and Burlington Club picnic at Fair Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Coles
Presbyterian Church
Everley Hayes Ga’s
First Baptist Church
Central Christian Choir
First Methodist Church
Church Parlor
South Childress
Charlie Scott
Olympus Community
Weldon Altman
Linda Ashley
Calvary Baptist Church
Weather West Texas and Local News Roundup
Weather outlook for west Texas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with a small temperature shift tonight and Thursday and possible isolated late day or night thunderstorms. Plus a community notes item list including birth of a 7 lb 9 oz son to Mr. and Mrs. George Morey at Childress General Hospital and visits among local families including the Munsons Evans Latsons Givens and others with travel to California, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
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West Texas
Fidelis Class Has Session In Church
Members of the Matrons Fidelis Class of the First Baptist Church met in the church education building on Monday afternoon. Mrs. B. J. Teague gave the opening prayer, and Mrs. M H. Turner led a devotional from Acts 2 1 9. Mrs. D O Nash read a letter from a home mission field worker M S Wall of Cubero NM. The group was dismissed with a prayer. Attending were Mrs. Turner Mrs H W Epps Teague Nash Anna Silvey Ed Inman and Henry Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
B. J. Teague
M H. Turner
Foreign Mission Magazine
D. O. Nash
Home Mission
M. S. Wall
Cubero
Mmes. Turner
H. W. Epps
Teague
Nash
Anna Silvey
Ed Inman
Henry Green
Group Ends Meeting with Pool Visit and Cold Drinks
After a business session the group proceeded to the swimming pool. They were then served soft cold drinks.
Walker AFB KC97 crash prompts board inquiry
Eleven airmen were lost as a KC97 crash at Walker AFB followed a fire after takeoff. A Walker AFB spokesman said the cause was unknown and a board of inquiry will supervise wreckage reassembly to determine what went wrong, a process expected to take time. The KC97 crew belonged to the 509th Air Refueling Squadron. tower observers noted the craft burst into flames shortly after lifting off, climbing about 1,000 feet before entering a spin and crashing.
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Page One
Walker Afb
509Th
Walker
Former Resident Minnie Mills Dies in California
Funeral services for former Childress resident Mrs. Minnie Mills of North Hollywood California were held at Forest Lawn Cemetery Hollywood Hills. Mills age 48 died at her home in North Hollywood around noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Munson
Lawthon
Okla
T. H. Munson
Jim Evans
Canyon
J. S. Evans
J. R. DeShazo
Lubbock
Tom Fisher
Tommy Fisher
M. O. Latson
Idalou
Latson
Tommy
Glenn
Kay Fisher
Lorenzo
Earl Cook
Henry Givens
Fort Worth
Given
J. K. Givens
C. A. Craig
North Hollywood
Calif
Minnie Mills
Herchel Hamil
Jan
Judy
Jill
Memphis
Tenn
Rush Record
Childress
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Hollywood Hills
Mills
Lost 40 Pounds With Barcentrate
Mrs. Lessie Duncan and Bonnie M. Bomer report weight losses from Barcentrate. Duncan says she dropped from 190 to 150 pounds, a 40 pound loss, while Bomer claims an 11 pound loss. The ad promises money back if the first bottle fails to show fat loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lessie Duncan
Fulton St
Houston
Tex
Bonnie M. Bomer
Broadway
San Antonio
Texas
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Card Higley
Women’s Editor
Paris
Jewell Murrah
Pecarst
June Stanford
Glenn, Jones
Tre
Hags
Batiste and
Plisse
Hermuda
the Fashion
King Memorial
WSCS
Kansas
First Methodist
Burlington Club
Ing
Childress General Hospital
Mrs
George Morey
California
Percy
Pever Puff
Barbara Swain
Calvin Brown
Hargrave Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Ave. G. Nw
Ber
Wesda
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