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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1966
Page
3
Readable items list weekday events including a Methodist senior ride and a bake sale at Preston Clothing. Also mentions Olympus Homecoming registration at Park Auditorium and related morning times.
A weekend reunion gathered the J Javis family at the Barrett home with members and relatives from Fort Worth Dill City Ver Roy M. Shultz Wichita Falls Abilene Paducah and other areas. Guests included Jr. and Mrs. Bill Barrett S. Matthews Parker Frye and many others.
A CBS television pictorial essay by Andrew Rooney and Harry Reasoner surveys hotels and motels across the United States. It traces the evolution from inns to luxury establishments, notes the decline of lobby social life, and highlights a Bowery hotel chain for poor travelers. The piece praises Rooney’s sharp wit and the program’s sober, noncondescending tone.
Johnson and Hughes Chapter members of Future Homemakers of America held a final session Tuesday morning with a salad luncheon in the department dining room to honor mothers. Teachers received the members’ achievement records and a list of luncheon guests and attendees was recorded including Mescomes and several family members. The note also wishes a happy birthday to Mrs Privitt and others.
Mrs W J Hembree presented a review of Meet the American Jew at a Tuesday morning joint meeting. New members Mrs Jack Preston and Mrs Jack Tutor joined. Gifts, prayers, and a calendar of prayer for missionaries were shared.
Mr and Mrs M H Conn of Tell Tuesday hosted a backyard picnic supper for the Tell Home Demonstration Club. A G Woods gave the invocation and home movies were shown after the meal. Attending were A G Woods and grandchildren Carolyn and Sharon of Dallas Willis Moran Mrs H J Henderson and Lucertia and Aubrey Testerman.
A juvenile court judge with 25 years' experience says loving parents who show mutual respect reduce youth trouble. Children secure when parents avoid quarreling and fear, and feel supported by a united, happy home. Yet many families focus on giving children everything while neglecting their love for each other.
The 24 hour period ending 11 am today saw a high of 90 degrees with a 66 degree low. For June 29, 1965 the high reached 95 with a 70 degree low. Temperatures by hour show evening readings from 7 pm to 11 pm and sunset at 7 58.
Mrs Tom Goff Index Special Correspondent reports Mrs Jim Phillips attended the funeral of W L Cornel at Allison. Several visitors traveled from Clarendon Canyon Houston Fort Worth Amarillo and other Texas towns to call on local families.
G B Wallace faced an unusual scene when a seven foot black bear wandered into his Dallas barber shop and caused a halt in trimming as a Ringling Brothers trainer arrived. The bear reportedly fled after being frightened by a tiger roar, breaking its leash and entering downtown.
The five day forecast shows clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures from 71 to 94 degrees and rainfall around a quarter inch. Local residents and visitors, including the Ross family of Florence and the Dement and Cheatheam families, are mentioned in weekend visits, hospital listings, and travel plans across Texas, Oklahoma, and the West as clerks, patients, and relatives travel and gather in Childress.
Patrick Russell faced a double theft of his $9,000 plane over the weekend. It vanished from Columbine Airport, reappeared in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and five hours after he retrieved it there, the aircraft was stolen again before being recovered.
Visiting hours are morning 9:30 to 10:30, afternoon 2:30 to 4:00, evening 7:00 to 8:30. Admitted: C. R. Pinson of Fort Worth, Mrs. Gene Frisbie, H. B. Morris Jr., Mrs. Jimmy Bridges, Juanita Shed, Edgar Hall all Tuesday. Dismissed: Mrs. Mary Freeman Tuesday.
A divorce petition was filed Tuesday at the district clerk’s office by Juanita Mae Bourland against J Lea Bourland, with Margaret Hipps noted as district clerk.
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