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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1958
Page
5
A scrambled local item mentions NE econe, a hit W, and a delay of play on a following day. It references an offer or plan and asks about a date and person names, but the fragment lacks clear facts or context.
A light cooling salad platter suited for hot days combines lime gelatin with apple sauce and mayonnaise plus olives and greens. It features a tuna lime mixture and sliced luncheon meat with a crisp olive garnish, served with crackers and layer cake.
A new makeup line from Charles of the Ritz introduces emerald, amethyst, and amber shades. For evening wear the eye looks feature green fern shadows and black mascara for a heavy lid effect. Pale green face powder and mint hints accompany the emerald set. The purple combo for fair redheads blends mauve powder with silver eye shadow and charcoal liner. The amber daytime set targets blondes with gold powder china blue shadow and blue lid outlines.
Local residents host relatives from Amarillo Estelline White Creek Abilene Hart Lubbock Childress and Wichita Falls with many visits and family reunions. Icelandic water heating noted as a public utility fact ends the column.
Local residents report numerous visits across Childress and nearby towns. Families such as Kelley, Loyd, Barton, Mullins, Hackler, Jones, Tala mant ees and Whites travel to Lubbock Vernon and Vernon for family and business. hospital updates note Richard Holeman improving after discharge, while guests gather at homes in Oklahoma City Blair Paducah and Spring Lake with relatives and neighbors.
Local residents and families traveled to Amarillo Wichita Falls Abilene and Decatur visiting relatives and friends. Notable names include the Peery Crain Goff Mabry and U.S. Fromm families plus Mrs Mon a Kuykindall Thelma Mahon Jap Garrison and others. A note mentions T A Adkisson headed to Fort Knox after a visit with family. Weather aside a lightning fact follows about its winding river like path.
After a morning service at First Methodist Church Rev. Rollo Davidson and his family depart for Washington DC to attend the National Methodist Convocation on Local Church Evangelism July 3-4. The event features youth emphasis and a 1000 member minister chair with Rev. Davidson invited to participate. They plan sightseing on return with visits to relatives in several states, returning to Childress July 17.
Unmitted notices from Childress General Hospital show names of patients and staff with upcoming discharge days. The Friday and Saturday entries include Mrs. J T Alexander Friday R M Pryor Friday D S Arnold Saturday and dismissals for Frank McWhorter Friday Mrs L Barley Saturday Mrs J A Freeman Saturday and Tom Hard'n Saturday.
The United States government continues to purchase dogs for military needs. German shepherds are employed to guard warehouses and other government property.
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