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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1948

Page

6

West Texas Model Airplane Contest Opens in Amarillo

The first annual Kidwell Model Plane Contest will be held at Thirty-Fourth and Bowie in Amarillo on Saturday and Sunday. Sponsored by Kidwell Model Shop, the event offers free spectator admission and a concession by the Exchange Club. Mr. Kidwell reports nearly 100 entries from within 200 miles, with competition among men and boys.

West Texas Thirty-Fourth Bowie Amarillo Kidwell Model Shop Rule

Grady's Special Blanket Week at Grady's Cleaners

Grady Nutt announces a limited time offer at Grady's Cleaners 1215-17 Polk. This week two blankets two wool comforters or a blanket and a comfort for 1.50 dollars, plus moth proof cedar bags for storage and seasonal reconditioning services.

Grady Nutt Grady’s Cleaners Polk Grady’s Grady

Sid Veazey's Garage Brings Fast Wrecker Aid and Boats

Sid Veazer’s wrecker service offers 2 ton and 1.5 ton tow trucks with oilfield winches for rapid help. He lifted a 4000 gallon gasoline carrier from a ditch near Dawn last Wednesday and sells Lone Star All Aluminum boats light enough to be carried atop a car.

Sid Veazer Sid Georgia Sid Veazey Lone Star

Prescription Laboratory Reopens In Amarillo With New Look

Prescription Laboratory at 512 Polk reopens after remodeling. Bill Moe Clendon invites customers to visit the updated store offering prescription service drugs vitamins surgical garments trusses elastic hose knee caps anklets sick room supplies diabetic foods and wheel chair rental. Hours 8 30 AM to 9 PM weekdays 10 AM to 6 PM Sundays.

Prescription Laboratory Polk White and Kirk Bill Moe Clendon Amarillo

Wallpaper Sale At Nichols Paint Store This Week

Nichols Paint & Wallpaper Store at 123 West Sixth offers half price on all wallpaper this week with hundreds of patterns for every room. Ceilings and borders excluded. Ted offers white house paint at 4 dollars per gallon and Luminalite synthetic resin base paint claiming up to 50 percent savings with one coat.

Nichols Paint & Wallpaper West Sixth Cretney Drug Ted

Tri-State Construction Company opens in Amarillo offering budget pay plans

A newly formed firm by GI veterans Norris Wilkinson and Finis Payne, Tri-State Construction Company, offers building and repairing services in Amarillo with offices at 509 West Sixteenth Avenue. They specialize in garages, rooms, fences, cabinets, porches, closets, laundry rooms, small business buildings, and air conditioning, with pay plans up to three years. They quote honesty and value per dollar as growth drivers and take contracts or cost-plus jobs.

Norris Wilkinson Amarillo Finis Payne Tri-State Construction Company Sixteenth Avenue Telephone

Hartmans for Pearl Stringing and Watch Repair

Hartmans in the Fisk Building Amarillo offers pearl stringing with Pure Silk bead cord and customizable clasps. The jeweler, with 25 years in watch repair including 12 in Amarillo, provides thorough, personalized service whether clients visit or mail items for expert care.

Amarillo Hartman’s Fisk Building Polk and Seventh Hartman's Hartman Fisk

Here Are Gifts For June Bride

June, the month of brides, brings a selection at Speed Ravey jeweler on Fourth and Taylor Streets. The stock includes wedding sets and rings, a range of watches and pendants, and Alvin Sterling Silver patterns. Three-day repair service, one-day clock repair, and three-hour crystal fixes are offered, with liberal loans on diamonds, watches, radios, and guns.

Speed Ravey Fourth and Taylor Streets Ravey Ravey's Ravey’s Amarillo News-Globe

Ancient Egyptian beer jugs opened by smashing tops

Archaeologists report that certain ancient Egyptian beer jugs required smashing the tops to access contents. The discovery highlights unique storage methods and ritual or daily use practices in early brewing.

Training courses for veterans under public law

Approved to train disabled veterans under Bill 16 and returned veterans under Public Law 346. Complete business, shorthand, bookkeeping, comptometry, machine bookkeeping, and brush-up courses offered. Manager Mrs. Bess Orr Foringer. Jefferson phone 2 3594.

Bess Orr Foringer Jefferson

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