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Childress Index

Location

Childress, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1963

Page

3

The Patio Dress With Smooth Bodice And Gored Skirt

The Patio Dress offers a smooth fitting bodice and slimming gored skirt in minimum care cotton. Available in gold blue or coral with regular and custom sizes.

Social Calendar Events Listed For Week

A weekly social calendar lists activities from First Baptist WMU and Church of Christ Ladies Class to Rebekah Lodge and Union Flat UDC. Meetings run across Tuesday to Saturday with times in the morning and evening at local venues including First Baptist Plant Circle and South Childress HDC.

First Baptist Church of Christ Artis Circle Sulla Howard Preston First Baptist Plant Joe Allen Rebekah Lodge Ioof Halk Kirkland Union Flat CYW South Childress High Point Burlington Club Gay’s Gate

Senior Calendar Highlights for May Events

Senior May calendar lists a May 21 picnic at 1 30 p m and a May 2 brunch honoring Kay Eatherly and Joy Hackler at the Clyde Hackler home with Mrs Fay Newman as co host.

Kay Eatherly Joy Hackler Clyde Hackler Fay Newman

Birthday dinner honors A D Linley on 65th milestone

A birthday dinner celebrating A D Linley at his home marked his 65th birthday. Retired from the Fort Worth and Denver Shops night foreman post, Linley hosted guests including D A Linley, Nicky, Kim, Mark, Gregg, Kenneth Artis and family, and Otis.

A. D. Linley Fort Worth Denver Kenneth Artis D.A. Linley Nicky Kim Mark Gregg Kenneth, Jr Clyde Otis

Dow Jones Averages Move Quietly With Mixed Losses

UPI reports broad market activity with declines across indices including 30 industrials down 4.71 points at 720.10 and 65 stocks trading at 256.27, while rails yield a 0.40 point drop and utilities slip 0.12 as total sales reach 3.48 million by 2 p.m.

United Press International Indus

Local social notes highlight visits and guests across Texas towns

Mrs. A B Clements and Mrs A L Myers toured Grand Prairie and Dallas with relatives. others attended a Wallace homecoming and visited Fort Worth Irving Amarillo and Quanah. Numerous families hosted guests from Wichita Falls Paris Odessa and Lubbock with church gatherings and medical trips noted.

A. B. Clements A. L. Myers Grand Prairie Dallas J. Motsenbocker Wellington Wallace John Hubbard Julie Snodgrass Fort Worth Irving Raymond Hardin Carley Jarrell Amarillo O. L. Thomas Sherman

State spending and tax plans loom over 58th session

The 58th Texas legislature nears adjournment as spending bills and a $32 million tax rise shape the final budget. House Chair Pep Heatly resisted expanding the House bill beyond comptroller estimates, while senators push for tax revenue to bridge a $30 million gap. Major issues like a women's rights amendment and new state colleges linger in committees as sessions wind down.

Senate Pep. W. S. Heatly Paducah House Appropriations Committee Comptroller San Antonio Laredo House Dallas Houston Orange Conference Committee

Man Drowns Near Lubbock While Fishing

The body of Haskell Gyrus, 53, of Lubbock was recovered Sunday from Justice Ty River after a companion reported he fell from a boat while fishing. Local authorities investigated the drowning and identified the victim.

Lubbock Haskell Gyrus Justicety. Mpaniont Wio

Home Town Pageant Highlights NASA Chief in Parade

Dr. Robert Seamans, NASA assistant director, rode in a cream car with Mrs. Cooper during a noon event in a 5.3 mile Main Street parade. About 15,000 residents lined the route to greet the dignitaries after an officers club lunch.

Ieal CST Robert Seamans National Aeronauics and Space Administration NASA Cooper

Partly cloudy to Tuesday with warm spell in Childress area

Local forecast covers northwestern Texas including Childress. Temperatures trend 48 to 62 overnight and 75 to 84 Tuesday with a slight midweek warmup. Precipitation likely east of the area less than an inch to three quarters of an inch, with possible thunderstorms. In local notices, births reported at Childress General Hospital: a son born to Mr and Mrs C A Needham Wellington at 9 p m Sunday weighing eight pounds 12 ounces and another son to Mr and Mrs Ted Thomas Altus at 2 55 p m Sunday weighing six pounds 10 ounces. Nearby visits include Horace Henson Colorado with relatives in town, and social calls at Quartz Mountain Lake and Estelline business visitor Jerrel Rappo.

Childress Texas C.A. Needham Wellington Childress General Hospital Ted Thomas Altus Horace Henson Colorado James Laningham Polly Floyd Gilliland Quartz Mounitains Lake Jerrel Rappo

Local residents report varied business travel and family events

Charles Reynolds visits Clarendon on business. H. A. McCarthy of Vernon is in Childress. Michie Thaten travels to Los Angeles on business. Floyd Gilliland schedules business in Abilene. Mrs. E. J. King and daughter visit Canyon for two weeks. Mrs. R. E. Jones visits Canyon for two weeks and attends her grandson’s graduation. Henry King reunites with family after a 10 day Arkansas vacation and mourns his brother’s death. George Barry of Childress is listed as a patient in Amarillo.

J. C. Hinton Quanah Offie Cooper San Antonio Werner Amarillo Greer Weightmans L. V. Royal Childress At .V ‘King Jr L. E. Byats R. W. ‘Roberts Harry Thaten B. Gressett Jerry Gressett James Standridge Claude Bob Johnston Eldorado Sandra Weightman Juanita Kelley Robert Nippert Cliff Jones Turkey O. J. Rickmans Marvin Stovall Corpus Christi T. J. Cross Chillicothe Clarence McIintyres Gus McDaniel McLains Velma Rush Bernard Gressett Clarence McIntyre Granite Okla Bessie Martin Marie Gressett Frank Jackson A. W. Pomroy Grover Sides Messrs Mesdames Woody Wade Lubbock Clarence Bass Herber Lindoph Baird Sanger Willis Moran Tell Mesdames Rhine Simpson Maggie McClain Lola Sturges New Mex Willis Miller Bullard Claude Key Theodore Cochran Billy Adair Charles Berry Frank Cochran Ralph Sides Altus Craterville Asio Charles Reynolds Clarendon H. A. McCarthy Vernon Michie Thaten Los Angeles Calif Floyd Gilliland Abilene E. J. King Canyon R. E. Jones Henry King Arkansas George Barry

VFW Protests Move to Normalize Hungary Ties

The Veterans of Foreign Wars protested against normalizing relations with Communist Hungary and opposed reports that U S officials might back a Hungarian seat in the United Nations.

VFW Washington UPI Veterans of Foreign Wars United States Hungary U.S United Nations

Cooper flight signals end of Mercury program and Gemini ahead

President and NASA officials said Mercury flights may end within a week as Cooper’s mission is seen as highly successful. Gemini plans target two-man crews in orbit up to two weeks, with the first Gemini flight due in late 1964. Cooper reflected that man serves as a backup to automatic systems and noted horizon visibility during his capsule run.

Mercury Cooper Seamans Gordon Cooper Ecapsule

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