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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1964
Page
1
Houston faces a growing encephalitis outbreak with three confirmed deaths and 16 suspected others. City Health Director Dr Pigford says U S Public Health Service tests should help diagnose cases and trace causes as insecticide fogging aimed at the culex mosquito continues.
United Press International recalls the start of World War II with the 1939 invasion of Poland by German forces and the ensuing years of global conflict. The piece notes blitzkrieg, the Reichstag speech, and the 1945 Allied victory with vast casualties and devastation across Europe.
Childress may gain a lasting water surplus within months as the Greenbelt Municipal and Industrial Water Authority opens bids for the first phase of a 73 mile pipeline from Lelia Lake Creek to Childress and Quanah. The approximately 4.1 million dollar contract will be decided at 10 am in the district courthouse with interest from over 50 firms.
The Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Service will distribute $794,946 to Childress County farmers in 1904, with funds partly mailed and partly pending. Allocations include feed grain $194,533, 1964 wheat program $274,157, cotton allotment $51,256, and soil bank payments $275,000.
Rainfall at the FAA station for August was .82 inch, up from July’s .03. Year total reaches 9.94 inches signaling a drought year. moisture fell on August 12 as a trace, 14 at .41, 15 at .22, 17 at .01, and 26 at .19.
Funeral services for Mrs. Flo rence Welch 90 year old former resident will be held at the Newberry Funeral Chapel at 10 a m Thursday with Dr Bur gin Watkins officiating and burial in Childress Cemetery. She died this morning in Orlando Florida.
Ballots for Chamber of Commerce directors must be returned in numbered envelopes. Members are urged to use numbered envelopes to avoid voiding the ballot. Deadline for balloting is September 9. Aazeel
Dr Burgin Watkins pastor of the First Methodist Church spoke to the Lions Club on Criticism. Charlie Brown announced the carnival set for Oct 12 13 and 14 and urged members to make it the biggest yet. President Sam Miller referred a appreciation letter for Lions help in Greenbelt Bowl Classic and announced Friday board meeting at noon. Joe Thurman led the program with guest Rev Clarence Bounds of Crowell.
American Legion Post 65 and Auxiliary hold regular business meetings at 8 p m today at Veterans Building Commander Jake Lawson reminded members
The Childress VFW will host the winter 13th District encampment on December 5-6 following a weekend in Canyon. Attendees included Commander John Pyle and Junior Vice Commander Raymond McFarland. H. R. Fulton delivered the welcome from the CofC, with Dis Martin as Department representative. Fred Shipman of Plainview presided over the men’s session, while Naomi Fink led the women’s sessions as District Auxiliary head.
Mrs. F. C. Marmaduke, 89, sister to Estelline resident Mrs. Lillie McClendon, died at 4 a.m. Monday at a daughter’s home in Wichita Falls. Funeral at 10 a.m. today in Worley Funeral Home chapel Wichita Falls. Burial in Waurika Oklahoma Cemetery. She lived 39 years in Waurika and 10 in Wichita Falls, and was a longtime member of Waurika Baptist Church. Surviving include two sons, four brothers, five sisters, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
The public is invited to a reception for Childress School System teachers at 7 30 p m on September 8 at the Woman s Department Club. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development will host with Mayor C J Lyons serving as Master of Ceremonies.
David Bray of ToHoka told an inter city Wellington Rotary meeting that his year as a Rotary Foundation Fellow was an amazing adventure in people. He studied in England last year and praised the Foundation program enabling Rotary Districts worldwide to send a Fellow every other year to study abroad.
The mourning dove season started at noon in Texas North Zone with favorable prospects for a good harvest. State wildlife officials report dove populations near last year in three regions, with deep South and southeastern Texas showing strong potential. Regulations largely unchanged: daily 12, possession 24, three-shell capacity, no rifles, one feathered wing kept on dressed doves. North Zone runs Sept 1 to Oct 20.
A Junior High Bobkitten Mothers group will meet at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at Green belt Lanes.
Texas adjutant general says 45 National Guardsmen were called to serve food and direct traffic at a Johnson rally barbecue near the LBJ Ranch. Reports differ over how many actually served, with as many as 24 seen dishing meals while 3 or 4 were officially listed.
Nine Protestants Jews and Catholics issue a scathing statement through Operation Yorkville denouncing a recent Supreme Court decision on obscenity and film content. Signers include archbishops and bishops from church groups in New York. The missive condemns the court for muting moral standards and urges religious leaders to unite against what they call moral decay.
Ernest Rea announces a county Democratic club membership drive with cards priced at $1. Pur chase from Rea Bernie Steed Andy Rogers or The Childress Index. A meeting is planned next week to arrange for Congressman Walter Rogers appearance on September 21 with time place and date to be announced.
UPI reports Democratic vice presidential nominee Hubert H. Humphrey drew a standing ovation from colleagues and the gallery as he entered the Senate chamber for the first time since his nomination.
Police seized Abbyssina Hayes known as Shaykh Muhamad during a raid on an African Asian culture center in North Philadelphia riot zones. He faces 10000 dollars bail as investigators examine the weekend unrest that left the area ravaged and plundered. Authorities recovered weapons and Molotov components, while Muhamad claims the liquids were cleaning fluids for his establishment.
Enrollment across the Chil dress School System shows a drop this year due to Hall County students transferring from J. J. Rhoads School to Memphis. Total enrollment is 1,432, up from 1,425 last year, with Rhoads at 136 this year versus 157 last year. Qualified substitutes are needed for 1964-65 per Supt. J. W. Hamilton, calling those with valid certificates or college training to apply.
A Hammond organ was purchased and delivered to King Memorial Methodist Church through the Linda Walkup Memorial Fund. Donations from Friends of the Lloyd Walkup family total about 1700 dollars, with the fund not yet fully paid. Memorials may be sent to Mrs. Raymond Lassen, 702 Avenue B. The Walkup family has long been active in the church.
Walter W. Davis 79, brother in law of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lyons of Childress, died Monday morning in Henrietta. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m today at Henriet ta with burial at Post Oak. He lived in Iowa Park and earlier served as deputy sheriff in Wheeler County and Wichita Falls. Survived by his widow and son Cecil Davis of Amarillo.
The Goldwater for President club and Youth for Goldwater members will meet at 7 pm today at Don Gage's home 711 Avenue K Northwest. They will plan campaign activities, Gage said.
The Childress County Old Settlers Association will host a Hootenanny at Fair Park Auditorium on September 26 starting at 8 p.m. Admission costs 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for children, and under eight enter free. Mrs. O. H. Watson leads entries across three divisions and proceeds benefit the 1965 77th Anniversary events.
Congressman Walter Rogers plans to be in Childress on September 21 for a Childress County Democrat Club meeting. Arrangements were made by State Senator Andy Rogers. Time and place will be announced later. Club president Ernet Rea expects a large turnout.
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