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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1969
Page
5
This Week features a series of civic and social events. Honors for Teresa Wilks at Young Homemakers tea in WDC followed by a Methodist program. Local clubs, weddings, church activities, and gatherings listed with venues including First Baptist Idalou and Gays Cafe.
The note extends Happy Birthday to Mrs. Sam Privitt E R Reeves Dewey Rothwell Barbara Ann Taylor for tomorrow and wishes a Happy Anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Storm.
Hospital records show admissions on Friday for James A. Orr Lela F Inman Mrs B D Knight Mrs D C Lane T J Hudson Mary Ann Scales Wikie Shires and discharges on Friday for Mrs J D Logan Mrs John Hamilton Mrs B A Watts Jesse Hollie Mrs Don Lacy Mrs B C McKinney and Mrs Earl McMinn.
Polka dot styles surge this spring with bold prints and new silhouettes. Designers showcase playful patterns across dresses skirts and accessories as shoppers embrace spotted ensembles.
Miss Sharon Moss and Patrick Paschall wed in Paducah at First Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Beck officiating. Attendants included Alicia Moss and Dena Todd. reception followed in Fellowship Hall. couple to reside in Lubbock while pursuing college careers.
Mary Barelli Gallagher details Jacqueline Kennedy’s White House life in a condensed book and Ladies' Home Journal article. She recalls food gifts traded for stamps, selling gifts to buy an antique pin, renting a Hyannis Port house, and spending heavily on clothes while shaping a controlled public image.
Former Childress resident Leatrice Ann Adams of Denver and Merle Ray Woolen of Denver were married June 21 in Last Chance Colorado officiated by Rev Samuel Graves. The ceremony included daisies gladioli and a penny in the bride’s shoe and was followed by a reception and dinner with over 100 guests.
A large list of Gainsville and Area residents attend the Kilcrease nuptials. The bride wore a lime green knit dress with gold buttons and beige accessories. The couple plan to reside with the bride's mother after the wedding trip to Arlington and Six Flags before fall term.
Doris Myers of Texas A M Extension warns protecting credit cards by listing issuer contact info and storing a wallet inventory for emergencies. The piece also recounts a Dallas shower and Gainesville luncheon for Miss Pryor with relatives and hostesses named, highlighting pre wedding events.
Mrs Don Holman, a recent bride, was honored with a post nuptial shower in the Church of Christ annex. Attending with the honoree were her mother Mrs Agnes Arron of Vinson Oklahoma and her mother in law Mrs LB Holman.
Clear to partly cloudy and hot with a 20 percent chance of thunder storms this afternoon. Low in the 70s, high near 105, winds to 25 mph. Visitors include Mr and Mrs E I Nash and Belinda Kay of Odessa with the Williams family, Santa Anna residents Burgess Nash Edna Linda Wade, Donnie Laminack of Paducah, and others visiting in Childress with Mrs W Bryan Williams. Also noted are visits by Odell Baker and son Chuck of Oklahoma City, plus Tom Higley and Amarillo relatives. Tom travels to Milwaukee for a photography convention. Kirkland ties and Kirkland relatives are mentioned.
The article notes Aristide Janvier, a Frenchman, as the inventor of the music box mechanism in 1776. It describes clockwork operation with a rotating cylinder and pins plucking teeth to produce tunes, with early pipes and later models reaching 400 teeth. It also mentions composer Joseph Hayne writing pieces for the music box and GWENALLISA GIFT SHOP offering wedding planning services at 125 Ave B NW with hours listed.
A quick method to clean patent leather shoes and bags uses a spray window cleaner. The tip highlights one fast, easy approach for restoring shine and removing smudges on glossy finishes.
First Baptist Glorieta New Mexico announces a Sunday School Conference from June 16 to July 2. Attending couples are Mr and Mrs C C Broughton, Mr and Mrs Truman Webb, and Francis Sport. Sport serves as General Associate Superintendent, Webb as General Sunday School Superintendent, Mrs Broughton as Adult 2 Bible Teacher, Mrs Webb as Ninth and Tenth Grade Superintendent, and Mr Broughton as Deacon.
Mesdames J. D. Michie Dub Nelson and Dave Brummett will host a Christian Women's Fellowship picnic luncheon at 12 p m Tuesday in the church venue.
Dr. Marshall Rhew district superintendent will show films of the Holy Land tonight during worship at 6 15 p m. Church school children present a program from the past two weeks of school. Rhew conducts the annual Quarterly Conference after the program. Youth Fun Night and games follow at 7 p m Wednesday with table tennis volleyball shuffleboard and more.
A short soft ad notes using baby powder after a bath leaves the skin silky and soft with a fine textured powder for smooth results.
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