Various Amarillo Community Club Schedules
A list of events across the city includes morning swimming lessons for boys at Thompson Park, noon club meetings at Herring Hotel for Amarillo Lions and Real Estate Board, Kiwanis on North Pierce, afternoon B&PW Club at Herring Hotel, Gold Dusters at Youth Center, 20-30 Club at Jones Bros, airplane model construction at YMCA, Lucky Twenty Club at Carver Library, CAP and AAFA Building at 9201, Squarewheelers at VEW Hall, and Knights of Pythias at Pythian Hall. Event locations include Jones Bros, Herring Hotel, Ninth and North Pierce, Carver Library, VEW Hall, and Pythian Hall.
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Thompson Park
Amarillo Lions Club
Herring
Jones Bros
North Amarillo Kiwanis
Ninth
North Pierce
B&pw Club
Gold Dusters
Jones Bros. Village
YMCA
Lucky Twenty Club
Carver Library
CAP
AAFA
Squarewheelers of
Amarillo
Ichoor Sports Club
Vew Hall
West Eighth
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Hall
N. W. Sixth
High Plains Today Event Notes and Brazil Textile Investment
Local notices list air reserve flights at Borger Sunray Hereford and Shamrock activities plus a Memphis cleanup, a Dalhart sanitation clinic at La Rita Theater, and a Sao Paulo textile firm purchasing 300 US looms to modernize equipment. Brazil's textile industry noted as historic and large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger 983Ard Air Reserve
Sunray Volunteer Fire Dept
Hereford 983Ard Air Reserve
High School
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
Dixie
Memphis
Dalhart Food Handling
la Rita Theater
Sao Paulo
Brazil
United States
High Plains Wells Show Record Decline in 1953
The U S Geological Survey report on Groundwater Development in the Southern High Plains of Texas 1953 records the greatest on record average net decline in more than 400 observation wells. It notes 24 500 wells in use and withdrawals totaling 4 7 million acre feet, with 4 3 million acre feet pumped in the Southern High Plains, and warns that Ogallala formation water has dropped by about 100 million acre feet since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
High Plains
Texas
U. S. Geological Survey
Ogallala
July 15 Deadline Set In Anti McCarthy Move
Senator Flanders plans to press the Senate on stripping Senator McCarthy of chairmanships, setting July 15 as a floor deadline if the Senate Rules Committee takes no action. He cites McCarthy’s failure to testify on 1952 questions about finances as contempt. Senate leadership doubted time remains in this session for study.
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Anti-McCarthy
Washington
Flanders
Senate Rules Committee
Jenner
R-Ind
Congress
McCarthy
Senator Hennings
D-Mo
Fromm McCarthy
6000 Flock to Royal Gorge Roundup
A June 21 report from Canon City Colorado notes about 6000 spectators attended the 1954 Royal Gorge Roundup. Don Epps Estancia New Mexico won the calf roping with 17.7 seconds. Jim Lake Canon City won saddle bronc. Johnny Carruthers West Palm Beach Florida took bareback. Maynard Cook Gunnison Colorado won bulldogging with Skeets Duni fon Giants New Mexico second. Good Man owned by A W Rogers Pueblo and Mack owned by Bill Purphy Canon City won the one mile Derby.
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Canon City
Colo
Royal Gorge
Don Epps
Estancia
N. M
Jim Lake
Johnny Carruthers
West Palm Beach
Fla
Maynard Cook
Gunnison
Skeets Dunifon
Giants
Good Man
A. W. Rogers
Pueblo
Mack
Bill Purphy
Miss Amarillo Welcomes Lucille Simon In Pageant
Lucille Simon, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Simon, Route 2 Box 558, enters the Miss Amarillo pageant at Stephen F. Austin auditorium Saturday. Jaycees sponsor. winner goes to Miss Texas in July. Simon is a Canyon High School graduate (1953) and one year at West Texas State College. She plays the Hawaiian guitar and hopes to become a music teacher. Top prize is a $500 scholarship donated by the Will Rogers Range Riders. Judging 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Weldon Bright provides music. Panhandle Florist Association furnishes flowers. Unit 13 of Accredited Beauty Culturists styles contestants. Jaycee-Ettes serve as chaperons. a dance follows.
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Amarillo
Lucille Simon
H. A. Simon
Will Rogers
Weldon Bright
Panhandle Florist Association
Unit 13
Association of Accredited Beauty Culturists
The
Jaycee-Ettes
Damage Seeker Pays 84 After Suit Against Air Force
A Memphis man sought 20000 damages in federal court after claiming injuries from a collision with an Air Force truck but Judge M S Boyd ruled the suit meritless and found Thompson grossly negligent. He was ordered to pay damages to the Air Force truck plus court costs. The notice also includes a Texas citation by publication for Leafy Dell Cook vs Doyle Cook seeking divorce and child custody in Potter County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis. Tenn
A. N. Thompson
Air Force
M. S. Boyd
Memphis
Thompson
State OF Texas
Doyle Cook
Court of Domestic Relations
Potter County
Amarillo
Texas
Blanche Calhoun
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. B. Burgess
5Th
Tyler St
National Guard
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
36Th National Guard
Carl L. Phinney
142Nd Infantry Regiment
Concho River
San Angelo
Tom Green County
Tex
Braphff
Dallas
Braniff International Airways
Amarillo Hotel
Thomas Jefferson
Chrysler
Indianapolis
Daytona Beach
Carter Motors
Miss Amarillo
Ince
Houston Lady
Ruth A. Darlington
W. Clay
Houston
Fedway Cotton Shop
Fedway Street
Fedway Lingerie
Fedway
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