Highland Park Pupil Transfers Rejected By County Board
The Potter County School Board denied 18 Highland Park students transfers to Fritch Elementary and Phillips High for next fall. The decision, backed by county superintendent Bragg, cites funding limits for tuition and a proposed $100,000 bond issue. Delegation leader Harvey Farr urged action to withhold transfers.
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Potter County School Board
Highland Park
Fritch
Phillips High School
Highland Park School Board
J. W. Bragg
Harvey Farr
Highland Park Board
Bragg
Farr
Coldwater Cattle Company
Turkey Creek Gas
Phillips
Fred Fuqua
Fuqua
J. G. Dowse
Brith
John Detten
Roy Eastland Jr
Jess Hill
Bragie
Panhandle High School
Passhandle
Amarillo Air Force Eass
Turkey Creek
Highland Park School
Fritch School
Meade High School teacher arraigned on statutory charge
Meade Kan June 28 A 62 year old Meade High School industrial arts teacher Owen Covel was arraigned on a charge of attempted statutory reported incident involving a 12 year old girl He has been held in Meade County jail since Saturday A two hour preliminary hearing followed the arraignment He pleaded innocent and was bound over to district court on 5000 bond The next term opens Oct 4 for trial Covel married with no children and had no prior record The offense carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison
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Meade
Kan
Meade High School
J. Bob Wilson
Owen Covel
Meade County
G. Snodgrass
Covel
Roland Aarbo
Liberal
Snodgrass
Scout Officials Head to Austin for Coordinated Finance Talk
Two Llano Estacado Council representatives from Amarillo will join state discussions in Austin on the new coordinated finance campaign. W. B. Weatherred and W. J. Hiatt attend for the council, which covers nine Panhandle counties.
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Llano Estacado
Black minister sails for England and Russia mission
Dr. J. H. Jackson of Chicago leaves by ship for preaching engagements in England and Russia becoming the first American Negro to join such a program.
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New York
J. H. Jackson
Chicago
England
Russia
Hall County Pioneer Dies in Memphis Hospital
Peter Ballard 91 longtime Hall County farmer and stockman died in a Memphis hospital after a year of declining health. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Estelline Methodist Church with Revs. F E King Jim H Sharp Charles R Kelley and Robert H Knight officiating. Burial in Newlin Cemetery. He was born April 16 1864 in Lancaster Tennessee and survived by five sons three sisters 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Memphis
Peter Ballard
Hall County
Estelline Methodist Church
F. E. King
Jim H. Sharp
Charles R. Kelley
Robert H. Knight
Newlin
Spicer Funeral Home
Mr. Ballard
Lancaster
Tenn
Jennie Maggart
Smithville
Eccuple
Presbyterian Church
Ballard
Childress County
L. D. Ballard
Hillsboro
O. G
W. B
Tulsa
J. A
S. D. Ballard
Plainview
William Ballard
Chattanooga
Mettie Richardson
Rochester
Hale County Farmers Bogged Down Again
In Plainview and surrounding Hale County areas another rain shower drenched fields with up to 4.75 inches reported northeast of Plainview. Farmers face delayed cotton stands with hail damage noted near Bert and Frank Buchanan place while grain sorghum benefits from the wet season and favorable turning conditions. County agent Ollie Liner cites 90 to 95 percent cotton stands, with 275 000 acres of grain sorghum planted, up from 230 000 last year.
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Plainview
Providence
Here
Hale Center
Troy Pritchard
Wilfred Stoerner
Virgil Brasher
East Mound
Kress
Carl Losson
Bert and
Frank Buchanan
Hale County
Ollie Liner
John McQuien
Plainview Co-op Compress
Liner
Mountainair Seeks State Aid for Water Crisis
Mountainair receives state assurances to aid its water shortage. The Interstate Streams Commission will aid with two state engineers while exploring long term fixes costing an estimated 150 000 to 175 000 dollars. Possible up to 10 000 dollars may come from fire insurance and other funds.
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Mountainair
Santa FE
Joe Lawson
Interstate Streams Commission
Our Man
Lawson
Commission
State Engineer's Office
D. M. Smith Jr
Irwin S. Moise
Steve Reynolds
John H. Bliss
Reynolds
Simms
School of Mines
Socorro
P. K. Akin
Zane Spiegel
Akin
Rites Today for Mrs Gibson
Mrs Ella Browder Gibson 83 former Hall county resident died at her Mineral Wells home. Funeral services set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Memphis Presbyterian Church with Rev F E King officiating. Born August 21 1871 she was part of pioneer Memphis and Hall county families.
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Memphis
Ella Browder Gibson
Hall County
Mineral Wells
Rain Scattered Across Panhandle and South Plains
Rain showers drenched scattered Panhandle and South Plains areas Monday night and Tuesday. Littlefield logged .75 inches in 30 minutes with heavy hail, Paducah had 1.01 inches, Clarendon 1.17 inches bringing its yearly total to 15.21, Lelia Lake 1.55 inches, and Ashtola 0.70 inches. Farmers report slow drizzle with minimal crop damage as replanting continues.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Littlefield
Paducah
Clarendon
Lelia Lake
Ashtola
Bailey Smith Rites Slated
Funeral services for Bailey Weldon Smith will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Spicer Funeral chapel Memphis with Rev. Elvis Pitts officiating. Smith, 48, was found dead at his Amarillo home from a heart attack. He was born December 29, 1905 in Memphis and lived in Lakeview Borger Hall County and Amarillo. Survivors include son Dale Smith and daughter Yvonne Sikes, plus three sisters and his parents. Burial at Fairview Cemetery Memphis.
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Bailey Weldon Smith
Spicer
Elvis Pitts
Newlin Baptist Church
Smith
E. 10Th
Amarillo
Lakeview
Borger
Hall County
First Baptist Church
Leslie
Dale Smith
Yvonne Sikes
Jack Eastland
B. C. Jones
Tulia
M. Hancock
Mrs. Anna Carson Dies After Stroke in Friona
Mrs. Anna Carson long time Friona and Parmer County resident dies at Parmer County Hospital after a stroke she suffered last Tuesday. Funeral set for Thursday at Sixth Street Church of Christ Friona with Minister M B McKinney officiating. Born December 27 1899 in Oklahoma she moved to Friona in 1925. Survived by husband Fred, son David H Carson daughter Vadys Peters and eight sisters and six brothers with burial at Friona Marcum Claborn Funeral Home.
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Parmer County
Parmer County Hospital
Sixth Street
Church of Christ In
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Carson
Oklahoma
Fred Carson
Duncan
Okla
David H. Carson
Vadys Peters
Amarillo
Ella Carson
Marlow
Bertie Rowell
Emma Pettigrew
Adda Stogdell
Della McDaniel
el Reno
Susie Warner
Kansas City
Kan
Cardie Watchell
Oklahoma City
Cleo Fender
Enid
Russell Lowry
Conley
Matt Lowry
Amalio
Thurman Lowry
Lawton
Jess
John
Jim Lowry
Friona Cemetery
Marcum-Claborn Funeral Home
Lions Club begins Kiddie Park project in Hereford
Hereford set to add a Kiddie Park with toys for preschoolers across Park Avenue from Cameron Park. The Lions Club plans more than 1800 in equipment, landscaping, and an underground watering system, funded by the club’s July carnival proceeds, with the City Commission to maintain the park.
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Hereford
Park Avenue
Lions Club
City Commission
Cecil Massey
Massey
Cameron Park
Community Center Calendar Passes a Busy Amarillo Day
A series of events appears for Amarillo including preschool swimming at the Community Center on 609 Carolina with various groups involved. later advanced preschool swim, Roy’s youth sessions, adult mixed swim, and general swim. Evening activities include a duplicate bridge at Elks Club, a YM A flight line event, a Texas National Guard armory gathering, and a Big Apple Amarillo Moon Night Theater production at Sam Houston Park.
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United Church Women
Trinity Methodist Church
Amarillo Credit Grantors
Blackstone
Jayvees
American Legion Hall
W. 7Th
Roy
YMCA
van Buren
Marine Corps Reserve
88Th Special Infantry Co
Naval
Amarillo
Sam Houston Park
Loyal Order of Moose
Temple
Polk
W. 10Th
Notre Dame at Rheims Timeline From 1211 to 1430
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Rheims was begun in 1211 and completed in 1430. A military unit listed as USAR and 807th AFA battalion plus Phillips Service Battery is noted with times 7:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Plainview High Plains Today.
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High Plains
Plainview
Notre Dame
Rheims
France
Judge Stone Acquitted Of All Counts In Plymouth Case
Brockton Mass June 2 Special Judge Harry K Stone Plymouth County probate court ruled innocent on five counts accusing him of larceny and conspiracy to take county funds. He was charged with approving pay vouchers for a secretary who did not work and alleged total theft of 7500 dollars. The case arose from Stone detaining Amarillo man Louis Bob Conley on contempt over custody orders. Stone presided since 1938.
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Brockton
Mass
Harry K. Stone
Plymouth County
Amarillo, Tex
Stone
Louis Bob Conley
Amarillo
Conley
Texas
Draft Extension Act passed by House and Senate
The House approved the Draft Extension Act 388 to 5 after rejecting a motion to return it for conference. The Senate followed with a voice vote, approving the doctors draft extension, set for two years while the regular draft remains four years. Both laws were near expiry. A separate note mentions a new telephone cable linking 38 communities in northern Naples province, Italy.
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House
Senate
Mason
R-Ill
Province of
Naples
Italy
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