99-year-old joins‘ Thanksgiving in June’ dinner at Childress Senior Citizens Center

Betty Payton, left, who will be 100 in September, is welcomed to the Childress Senior Citizens Center’s weekly luncheon Thursday, June 26 by Childress Senior Citizens Center Board Chairperson Glenda Goundie. Payton said she enjoyed the dinner — a traditional Thanksgiving spread, including turkey and ham with the usual assortment of vegetables, condiments and desserts. The “icing on the cake,” she said, was conversations with other diners. Grace Holman