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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
10
Montgomery reports Alabama state division of forestry will ship 800000 young trees to 800 Future Farmers of America members this year. Since 1942 the program has involved 5000 FFA boys planting 5 million trees on idle land.
Major Nial reports that about two million veterans will see cost of living raises in their next compensation checks. The increases range from 60 cents to 22.50 depending on disability rating, with 5 percent for 10 to 49 percent and 15 percent for 50 to 100 percent. Peacetime vets receive 80 percent of wartime rates.
Julius Vinson Porter aged 68 of Amarillo died at St. Anthony's Hospital. Born June 25 1883 in Alabama he lived in Amarillo since 1919 and was a Baptist. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev Sam D Smith and burial at Llano Cemetery. Survived by wife Martha Porter Amarillo a son J W Porter Jr Amarillo three daughters and several siblings.
A 26 year old Herbert Young employed on the J B Ross farm four miles east and one mile south of Olton was injured when the truck he drove rolled over three times on a farm road near the Ross farm. He suffered a broken right leg in two places and severe head and hip cuts. He received treatment at Olton Memorial Hospital.
Farmers mistook a taxiing aircraft for a monster on a rural road near Johannesburg South Africa. An African elephant weighs between 6 and 8 tons when mature.
Randall County grand jury will investigate Monday the shooting of Loyd White a Dallas magazine solicitor who was wounded by Police Lt. William Arterburn. The incident occurred on a vacant lot at 3600 Hughes after an alleged assault on Mrs. Arterburn. White is hospitalized in stable condition.
William S. Edwards, 79, died Saturday night in his Amarillo apartment after a period of ill health. He owned the Dr. Pepper Company branch here since 1917 after moving from Salida, Colorado. Born July 10, 1872 in Memphis, Tennessee, he leaves two sons James P. Edwards of Amarillo and William V. Edwards of Buena Vista, Colorado, a daughter Faye McCafferey of Denver, six grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home handles arrangements.
Funeral mass for Henry Leven of Groom set for 9 oclock Tuesday at St Francis Catholic Church with Fr Joe Walters officiating. Burial in St Francis Cemetery. Leven was a pea farmer, 79, died Saturday at his son Louis house in Groom. Survivors include three sons, four daughters, a half brother, 20 grandchildren, three great grandchildren. Lake Mead is the world s largest artificial lake storing 31141755 acre feet.
Olton on June 15 reports J. T. Jones resigned as superintendent to the school board after a Saturday night meeting. He will not announce future plans and will handle inquiries until July 1. Vacancies exist for high school principal and science and math teaching posts.
A variety of new subjects were added to the system and all school buses were replaced. The subject mentions farming interests in the Orton area and ranch holdings in Parker, Jack and Wise counties. Also notes foot and mouth disease outbreaks in Norfolk causing the slaughter of 3,000 sheep cattle and pigs.
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