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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1964
Page
3
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Mrs Frank Decker led a continued study from the mission book as the Pipras OBrien Jones circle members gathered at Mrs E E Smiths home Tuesday. Mrs Roy Swain read the Calendar of Prayer and Mrs Henry Baker Sr offered a missionary prayer. Guests included Mrs Jewell Stinnett and Mrs J D Atkisson. Attending were Mmes D O Nash Pearl Douglas Mitte Newberry W L Painter C J Lyons Gene Stewart Earl Wilson Ada Hensley W E Rule AL Heath B F Loveless and Carl Hudson with Mrs Bob Miller closing prayer.
Doyle Circle met at Mrs. Fred Becker’s home on Tuesday with Mrs. Jack Quisenberry reading the Calendar of Prayer. Mrs. Jim Bennett led prayers for missionaries and guest speaker Mrs. Joe Allen directed a study from the current mission book. Refreshments served to visitors Mrs. Walter Chamblis and Mrs. Claude Johnson. Frances Sport and Leonard King attended, and Mrs. Quisenberry closed with prayer.
Parrack Circle met at Mrs. John ie Williams home this week with Mrs. Jess Vandiver reading the Calendar of Prayer and leading prayer for missionaries. Mrs. Truman Webb taught the lesson and Mrs. George Spear offered closing prayer. Refreshments were served to attendees and guests including Mrs. Arvil Kite and Mrs. W. L. Riker WMU president.
The Phillips family held a reunion and picnic at Childress Fair Park on Sunday. Attendees included Ray mond Phillips and family, Malones of Lawton, Amarillo and Du mas residents, Tell and Inglewood members, Lubbock and Claredon names, and the Fromms of Childress.
Patricia McCormack surveys advances as women enter business, law, medicine, and higher education. From Abigail Adams to 20th century executives, historical barriers yield to educated women pursuing careers once closed to them.
TV reviewer notes John Masters presents a low key look at Indian soldiers in the Jawan program on NBC. The hour hides politics, showing training and village backgrounds, with some audience engagement during the Emmy awards telecast week.
Tell HD Club hosted an informative session on How Do You Meet An Emergency led by Mrs. Willis Moran. Hostesses Mrs. W. W Boykin and Miss Teterman led devotional. prayer by Mrs. Gus Woods. Members and guests enjoyed social hour with refreshments, recreation planning by Mrs. Moran and Mrs. Conn.
Mrs T A Addell and Frances Galloway hosted in Lubbock with Patricia Jones as guests while Ardmore and Amarillo travelers kept busy. Visits spanned Kasciuske Mississippi to Temple Texas with numerous relatives and friends dropping by homes in Derwin Dimmitt Childress Vigo Park Quanah Wichita Falls and Jacksonville for gatherings and services.
Bus driver Roy Wygal and his wife entertained students who ride his bus at their home on Monday. Games were played by the young guests and refreshments served for Steven Smith Susan Sherry and Smitty Smith Cindy Keel and Mrs W H Tippett Mrs Mary Lou Tippett.
Hospital news lists patients and discharges by name with days of the week. An art club meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. at Wilson to elect new officers before instructor Sherwood Suter arrives.
Locals in Childress expect cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and cooler air tonight. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of isolated showers and a high near 86. Northwestern Texas temperatures run 2 to 5 degrees above normal with slow weekend warming and rainfall under one inch. In local notes Mrs. W C Hinds of Abilene, mother of Mrs. Frank Ehrle, was ill yesterday and improving at Childress General Hospital. Mrs Eloise Duke of Kirkland is listed as a patient at the same hospital.
Mr and Mrs Walter Len eh am of Tucumcari NM with their daughter Blanche visited Amarillo while en route home from Texas and California relatives. The Lan inghams and other relatives stopped to see J B Goodson family during their trip home to Pantex.
Absentee voters who were hospitalized on election day must cast a ballot in the same party primary as in May. Eligible voters who skipped the first primary may vote in the runoff for either Democratic or Republican races. Campaigning heated up with Baker arguing a Pool victory in the at large race would insult President Johnson, while Pool spoke at Beaumont against cutting postal services and foreign aid. Bush campaigned in the Rio Grande Valley and Cox appeared in Odessa Monahans and El Paso.
The notice lists candidates for sheriff in the upcoming Democratic Run-Off scheduled for June 6. J. E. Snooks Benham Gaylon Smith vie for the office in this election context, with the incumbency noted as re election.
Radio Moscow reports Indian leader Nehru's death provokes deep grief among Russians. Bandaranaike to attend funeral as Vatican sources note Pope Paul VI prayed privately. Earl Attlee calls Nehru a great world figure and perhaps the dean of world statesmen.
The U.S. Weather Bureau recorded the day’s peak temperature of 103 degrees at Hutchinson Kansas, excluding Hawaii and Alaska. It also noted an early morning low of 33 degrees at Williston North Dakota.
The Goff family group gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Goff for a covered dish luncheon and visiting. In the afternoon they swam and took photographs at Neely Lake. Attending were numerous Goffs and related families from Tell, North Kingsport, Dumas, Amarillo, Childress, and Tell.
CVW HD Club meets Thursday at 9 a m with Mrs. Lonnie Elkins at South Childress. PRIDAY High Point HDC gathers with Mrs. Leon Henley at 2 30 p m.
Mrs. Henry Storms sixth grade class enjoyed a Saturday night outing featuring a hayride, a tacky party, and a wiener roast. Special honorees included spelling bee winner Jeni Allen and science fair winner Teresa Wilks, with Patricia Smith recognized for fire prevention.
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