Buthker Relates Gains of Rotary
Henry Buthker outgoing president of the Amarillo Rotary Club reviewed the year noting 30 new members and statewide and national praise for the club through its Youth Service Orchid award. He cited an upcoming Denver Post magazine feature about the award to a Negro woman and passed the gavel to successor S Densel Dean.
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Henry Buthker
Amarillo
Rotary
Denver Post
Buthker
S. Densel Dean
Llano Estacado Scouts Open Valley Forge Jamboree Camp
Sixty seven Boy Scouts from the Llano Estacado Council establish their camp at Valley Forge Pennsylvania for the National Jamboree opening. Leaders Jeff Bentley and Walter Mellor organize two troops 31 and 42 as 48 000 Scouts from states territories and 17 foreign countries converge for the event. President Truman and General Eisenhower are noted as participants with a weeklong program ending July 6.
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Llano Estacado Council
Valley Forge
Jeff Bentley
Walter Mellor
Scouts O
Truman
National Organization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
Washington, NC
Mount Vernon
Lincoln Memorial
National Capitol
Boy Scouts of America
Philadelphia
United States
Paris Texas square dance showcased by designer Jacques Fath
Paris in early August will host a Texas style square dance organized by designer Jacques Fath at his rural chateau near Paris. He will host guests in blue jeans and checkered shirts with six Texas musicians and 32 young dancers to teach the steps.
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Paris
Jacques Fath
Texas
Fath
Genevieve
Truman Supports Carolina Demos
President Truman said he will support the entire Democratic ticket in North Carolina and would do everything possible to help James Roose. He noted friendliness toward Senator Graham of North Carolina, defeated by Willis Smith in the Democratic runoff, and affirmed he always votes the Democratic ticket.
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo
Texas
Welt
California
Graham
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Washington
Truman
James Roose
Mrs. H. N. Hill Dies at Clovis
Elizabeth Marion Hill 61 dies Thursday at her Clovis home after illness since January. Survived by daughters Ann Hill Hunter Pasadena and Bessie Crook Clovis. sons Herbert and Dee Hill Clovis. sisters Mrs James Hubbell Albuquerque Mrs R P A Johnson Madison Wis and Mrs Mary Carlisle Wenatchee Wash. Funeral 4 p.m. Friday Steed Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Thomas H Raper. Burial in Albuquerque Saturday.
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Clovis
Elizabeth Marion Hill
Herbert N. Hill
Ann Hill Hunter
Pasadena
Bessie Crook
Herbert
Dee Hill
James Hubbell
Albuquerque
R. P. A. Johnson
Madison
Wis
Mary Carlisle
Wenatchee
Wash
Steed Funeral Home
Thomas H Raper
First Methodist Church
Rotary officers sworn in with new president and past leaders
New duties yesterday named George Grimm as vice president Tom Gallaher Jr as secretary and J Howard Paul as treasurer. The first act of the new president was to call upon Bob Clement immediate past president prior to Buthker who presented Buthker with the pin emblematic of membership in the Rotary Past Presidents group.
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George Grimm
Tom Gallaher, Jr
J. Howard Paul
Bob Clement
Buthker
Rotary
Poisoning of Boxer Dog Sparks Family Suspicion
A young female Boxer named Pallas, valued at 150 dollars and owned by Jimmy Weakley of 1006 Mississippi, was found dead late Tuesday from strychnine poisoning. The autopsy confirmed poisoning. the dog was chained in a yard and had just 10 minutes to die. The Weakleys suspect a malicious act by an unknown person.
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Jimmy Weakley
Mississippi
O. C. Weakley
Jimmy
Mrs. Weakley
Pallas
Stovall Funeral Services Set For Mrs. Stovall
Funeral services for Mrs. Tommie Lee Stovall 35 of 3518 West Fifteenth will be held at 2 PM in N S Griggs & Sons Chapel Rev J Dewey Horton officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers are Carl Meadows Co J Novak Lloyd Byars C H Chowning Tom Fletcher and W G Miller She died at 1140 PM Wednesday after a long illness at Northwest Texas Hospital She was a member of First Baptist Church and had lived in Amarillo 12 years Survivors include husband F E J Stovall her mother Mrs Kate Bunker Tulsa Okla two sons Calvin and Richard Stovall Amarillo a daughter Sherry Kay Stovall Amarillo three sisters Mrs A R Haywood Tulsa Miss Fern Bunker Amarillo and Mrs Don Pilgrim Fort Smith Ark and two brothers Harry Fort Smith Ark and Jack Bunker Chicago
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Tommie Lee Stovall
West Fifteenth
Northwest
Texas Hospital
First Baptist Church
Amarillo
FE. J. Stovall
Kate Bunker
Tulsa
Okla
Calvin
Richard Stovall
Sherry Kay Stovall
A. R. Haywood
Fern Bunker
Don Pilgrim
Fort Smith
Ark
Harry
Jack Bunker
Chicago
Parrot Reveals True Sex After Egg Surprise
Mrs. Perry C. Burks of 1611 Van Buren reports her parrot Debber, long believed male, laid an egg about bantam size revealing the bird’s actual sex. The owner notes she has kept the bird for nearly 20 years amidst the odd claim. A Joliet Alabama plant producing horseshoes uses 12 000 tons of steel annually.
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Perry C. Burks
van Buren
Joliet, al
Couple Charged in Brownwood Child Incident
Emory H. Perdue aged 26 and his wife Edith 19 were charged after a 9 year old girl said she was lured behind a Brownwood store on June 25 where a woman held her and a man harmed her.
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Brownwood
Tex
Emory H. Perdue
Edith
Tulia Seaman Participates in Reserve Cruise Aboard USS Les Moines
Darrell G. Embry of Tulia, apprentice seaman in the United States Navy, took part in the annual Reserve Cruise aboard the heavy cruiser USS Les Moines. The event occurred off the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina with crew receiving battle problem training and updates on tactical warfare developments.
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Tulia
Darrell G. Embry
United States Navy
Les Moines
Virginia
North Carolina
Scouts Make Beds Before Jamboree Departure
Maids at a midtown hotel found 500 Wisconsin Boy Scouts had vacated rooms after a long trip to the Jamboree at Valley Forge. Each bed was neatly made, a sign of the scouts orderly departure.
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New York
Valley Forge
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