Calendar of church and club social announcements
Weekday and weekend social calendar items list events at Tell Methodist, Calvary Baptist, Rebekah Lodge, Womens Chorus, Hospital Auxiliary, Coin Club, and a wedding and anniversary observances. Notable entries include a Lin da Stephens bridal shower, Maurice Farris wedding, J A Stinnett golden anniversary, and church meetings at First Methodist and Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Vacation Bible School
Calvary Baptist Wmu
Joe Allen
Rebekah Lodge
Tell Women's Chorus
Hospital Auxiliary
Coin Club
West Texas Utilities
Linda Stephens
Maurice Farris
Calvary Baptist Educational
Lawson-Lee
Church of Christ
J. A. Stinnett
Tell
First Methodist Commission
First Methodist
Temperature highs and lows for the period with daily readings
The 24 hour period ending 11 am reported a high of 90 degrees and a low of 62 degrees. May 30 1965 saw a 94 degree high and 67 degree low with sunrise at 5 31 and sunset at 7 47. Readings show hourly temperatures from noon to 10 pm with a peak near 81 degrees and gradual cooling afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
Ae Eee
Cedar
Sunrise
Sunset
Weather highs and lows reported across the U.S.
High temperature reached 103 degrees at Presidio Texas while Bradford Pennsylvania logged a low of 28 degrees. The data is from Sunday reports to the U.S. Weather Bureau excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Alaska
Hawaii
Presidio
Tex
Bradford Pa
Barbara Ann Sledge
The
Texas Woman's University At
Denton
Miss Sledge
Claude E. Sledge
Childress
Pineapple Creme Dessert Salad Recipe
A simple layered dessert salad combines 1 cup drained pineapple, 1 cup miniature marshmallows, 1 cup sour cream, and 1 cup mandarin oranges. Mix well and refrigerate about one hour. Serve as a favorite salad or dessert with coconut garnish.
Age of Kennedy Part One Shines in NBC Documentary
NBC-TV aired the first half of The Age of Kennedy on Memorial Day weekend. The program traces John F. Kennedy’s political development from Harvard to the 1956 Democratic National Convention with excerpts from speeches, letters and films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick DU Brow
United Press International Hollywood
UPI
Nbc-Tv
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Hill Country
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
National Broadcasting Co
al Wasserman
Henry Fonda
Chet Huntley
Harvard
Tim
The cigarette's early forms in the Americas and Britain
Native peoples in Mexico and Central America used hollow reed tubes for tobacco, and crushed leaves wrapped in corn husks. The English speaking world popularized the cigarette after the Crimean War exposed British soldiers to Turkish cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Central America
South America
Surveyor 1 Launch Opens Space Era Amid Apollo Buzz
The Atlas Centaur rocket launches Surveyor 1 toward the moon with a 231 mile flight path and early signals show a successful ignition. NASA officials report a strong start as the mission aims to test lunar surface conditions for future Apollo landings. Astronauts Stafford and Cernan observe the milestone as Gemini 9 prepares for Wednesday flight. MIS MARY LOU WATKINS receives a piano recital honor in Pampa with family, church ties, and school music involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Agency
Surveyor
Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Moon
Earth
Mis Mary Lou Watkins
Fidela Yoder
Pampa
Burgin Watkins
Childress High School
First Methodist Church
Gemini 9 mission hopes rise as Surveyor launches
Astronauts Deke Slayton James Lovell and Gene Cernan watch the Atlas Centaur launch with optimism as Surveyor pulls away behind a cloud. Stafford predicts their Gemini 9 mission will succeed after prior delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pane One
Donald K
Deke) Slayton
Stafford
Cernan
James Lovell
Lovell
Surveyor
Perilous Pole Standoff Sparks Record Bid In Birmingham
John Stokes atop a 40 foot telegraph pole heard sawing beneath as three men attempted to set a pole squatting record. A 24 hour guard was installed to monitor the precarious situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
UPI
John Stokes
Stokes
Vicar Demands Payment After Crossing Closure
Vicar G W Bowker of Steventon England sent British Railways a $28 bill claiming the crossing closure would reduce church collections by half. Railways rejected the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steventon
England
UPI
G. W. Bowker
British Railways
Luci Baines Johnson Attends Small Town Shower in Illinois
Luci Baines Johnson, guest of honor for Pat Nugent, arrives with Secret Service escorts to a Waukegan shower attended by 150 guests and 59 onlookers. The couple’s family and friends mingle as gifts including sheets, silverware, blankets, and an FM radio are presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Luci Baines Johnson
Pat Nugent
Luci
Waukegan
Swedish Glee Club
Joseph Matulenas
Nugent
Almanac snapshot May 30 1966 history and births
On May 30 1966 Almanac notes Joan of Arc’s 1431 execution in Rouen and 1883 panic at Brooklyn Bridge collapse reports. It recalls 1842 RAF raid on Cologne and 1964 Indy 500 winner A J Foyt with fatal crash of Sachs and MacDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jupiter
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Joan of Arc
Maid of
Orleans
Rouen
France
Brooklyn
Britain
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Germany
A.J. Foyt
Eddie Sachs
Dave MacDonald
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Motorist Heroically Rescues Boy From Flames
A bystander sprinted to the tracks and, with the help of Dennis, carried the boy to safety. They removed burning clothing, wrapped him in a car garment, and drove Ronnie to Brookdale Hospital where he remains on the critical list after sustaining third degree burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Dennis
Ronnie
Brookdale Hospital
Pravda Claims U S Sends Saboteurs to Cuba via Guantanamo
Pravda accuses the United States of sending saboteurs and killers into Cuba through the Guantanamo naval base amid Cold War tensions. The charge highlights Soviet media framing of U S covert activity in the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda Today
United States
Cuba
American
Guantanamo Naval Base
Five Day Forecast and Local Social Notes
Temperatures dip 1 to 4 degrees below normal with highs near 82 to 89 and scattered showers expected later in the week. The piece also records numerous social visits and travels including Truitt Mitchell’s graduation salute in Denver City and multiple local visitors from Texas and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Perkins
Truitt Mitchell
Denver City
Truitt
Perkins
J. T. Mitchell
Lawrence Moiola
Rawleigh
Calif
Maude Farr
Moiola
Lena Mae Simpson
Kirkland
Thomas Rutledge
David Baker
Waylon Bratcher
Bobby Rowland
Denver Colo
Rex Pryor
Matalie
Diane Thompson
Dallas
Portia Pryor
Sharon Eubanks
Amarillo
Ova Pryor
Warren Pryor
G. T. Murphy
Hartsville
S. C
Homer Compton
Hugh Rhodes
Harvey
John
Lubbock
Rhodes
Church of Christ
John W. Gay
James Yarbrough
Jewel Pardue
Northwest Texas Hospital
James Berryman
Frenchman dies after pledge to eat 12 eggs
Frenchman Joseph Gregnier died from suffocation after a bet to eat 12 hard boiled eggs in one sitting. The incident occurred Sunday in Hard Win Tours France according to UPI reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tours
France
UPI
Joseph Gregnier
Letters to the Editor and community notices
The Childress Index publishes a letter to the editor from May 26 1966 thanking editor Morris Higley for research photographs and public service. The page also includes birthday and anniversary wishes for Lillie Mae Ingram, Mrs Wilson Hardin, Kenneth Ellig, Mrs Loyd Wheeler, and Mr and Mrs Robert Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Higley
Lillie Mae Ingram
Wilson Hardin Kenneth Ellig
Loyd Wheeler
Robert Carter
Bridegroom Foils Pranksters With Helicoaster Escape
Jim Luterman, 31, married Sunday to Kathy Goodman after planning a prankless getaway. A friend obtained the master key, clothes were hidden in a locker, and the couple used a helicopter to depart, eluding the would be sneaky plans of prankster friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DALAS
UPI
Jim Luterman
Luterman
Suterman
Kathy Goodman
Buddy
Embezzling Toll Clerk Faces Charge in El Paso
Bridge toll collector Henry Kaplan, 38, was charged with embezzling an average of 30 dollars nightly from toll boxes over the past seven years. Admitted and dismissed entries note Saturday admissions and dismissals in El Paso Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso, Tex
UPI
Henry Kaplan
Kaplan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edie
Helon
Imovies
Television In Review
Palm Beach
Fla
Navy
United Nations
Cash & Carry
Hargrave's
Ave. G
USC
Encyclopeedia
Waukegan, Ill
the Almanac
Childress Index
Mr. Morris Higtey
Childress, Texas
Sandra Leitner
American Cancer Society
Austin, Texas
W. M. Nations
Wellington
Vera Hickey
Eddie Melton
Bennie Schlegel
Shamrock
Charles Jordan
Jimmy Pierce
Hetching Post Sm Stoms
Choice Beef Club
Chuck
Hamburger
Colesian
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