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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1954
Page
5
Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Bates depart with their daughter Judy for Hawaii. Dr. Bates will spend a month attending revival meetings and address the Island-Wide Encampment for Baptists. Accompanying them is Miss Lill Hewitt, youth director, to teach and assist.
Amarillo announces Fleetwood and Drake as prefixes for the metropolitan numbering system. The Fleetwood office will be at 34th and Western, Drake serves the Ninth and Tyler main office. About 90 percent stay with current numbers awaiting a December rollout adding prefix dialing.
The Amarillo YWCA begins horseback riding lessons at Scott's Stables 4601 Washington from 10 to 11 AM. Tennis for intermediates starts Tuesday with ongoing sessions Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 to 6:30 PM at Memorial Park. Swimming, sewing, and a Santa Fe building tour are scheduled for the week at Thompson Pool and the YWCA.
Republican state headquarters reported a narrow field of candidates for state and congressional offices on the last day to file for the July 24 primary. Five men listed for state offices and four for Congress. Dallas meetings sought a Dallas candidate.
Summer day camps begin June 21 at three city parks and the Ashcroft Ranch with songs games crafts and nature lore. Camps run Monday through Thursday from 9 AM to 1 PM for Brownies at San Jacinto Ellwood and East Side Parks and 9 AM to 3 PM at Ashcroft Ranch for older scouts with bus travel and advanced campcraft activities. Registration remains open with directors listed for each site.
Casting session for the drama planned for summer recreation will be held today at 8 PM in Sam Houston Park. Director Bob Garrett says the play titled Two Parts and You're In will be presented the week of June 20 and invites all interested to try out.
Completion of plans to participate in Dumas Dogie Days will be finalized at a 10 AM meeting of Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Good Will committee. One or two busloads plus a caravan will travel to Dumas for a Thursday through Saturday celebration.
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