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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1947

Page

3

Youth Center Fund Climbs at San Jacinto Center

Donations totaling 2944.50 from 12 supporters including A A Ranferd L D Lattarmore Oscar Cook Ray Armstrong Glenn Broaddus H H Hine K A Winyard AL Garner Beaumont Stanment Mr Powell Joe Martin and Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital staff in memory of Dr A M Hoffman boost center funds. Center seeks volunteer leadership and will list instructors for boxing tumbling wrestling weight lifting crafts dancing swimming and games. volunteers urged to contact Center 7601.

San Jacinto A. A. Ranferd L. D. Lattarmore Oscar Cook Ray Armstrong Glenn Broaddus H. H. Hine K. A. Winyard AL. Garner Beaumont Stanment Mr. Powell Joe Martin Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital A. M. Hoffman Lucy Knollhoff Amarillo

School Census Nearing Close in Amarillo

Amarillo school census nears completion as Chas. M. Rogers urges parents to report missed children aged 6 to 18 by Sept 1. Officials say each missing scholastic could cost the district 35 to 55 dollars in state funds.

Amarillo Chas. M. Rogers Texas

Carl T. Lewis Joins City Health Department Staff

Carl T. Lewis, 1100 Bellaire, started today as a sanitation inspector in the city health department, replacing Mel Marrs who becomes superintendent of weights and measures. Lewis is an Army veteran who served 1942 to 1945 in the quartermaster corps. He previously co owned a Junction garage and studied at Hardin Simmons and Baylor after Plainview high school.

Carl T. Lewis Bellaire City Health Department Mel Marrs Marrs Mr. Lewis Quartermaster Corps Junction Plainview Hardin-Simmons University Baylor University

Head On Crash Near Wildorado Injures No One

Two cars collided on Highway 66 about 25 miles west of Amarillo near Wildorado yesterday afternoon. Drivers were H Upchurch of Morriston Arkansas and Mrs R L Mc Combs of Vega. Upchurch family members accompanied him, three children. A passenger in the Vega car was not learned. The crash occurred about 5 20. A separate fire at 607 Polk started by a trash fire around 8 30. A street department blockade at Seventh and Bowie fell or blew down and caught fire from a road flare. Army Week planning by Legion posts across the county runs April 7 to 12.

Wildorado Amarillo Highway 66 H. Upchurch Morriston, Ark R. L. McCombs Vega Upchurch Polk Seventh Bowie

Firemen Answer Five Alarms To Put Out Minor Blazes

Firemen answered five alarms yesterday to tackle minor blazes. The most serious was a garage fire at 3510 West Sixth near noon. Two grass fires and a trash fire occurred in the afternoon and evening including 2100 West Sixth and 1301 Jefferson locations.

West Sixth Jefferson

Building Tieup Extends To Sixteen Days In Amarillo

The building shutdown continues into its 16th day as the Building Trades Council holds its regular Tuesday session with no new developments. The Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association meets this afternoon amid a tentative plan for an Associated General Contractors gathering. A week has passed since labor and contractors last met to resolve differences over closed shop and recognition of common labor. Oliver Wright, international representative, reportedly traveled to Albuquerque and is now back in Amarillo. Labor proposes preferential hiring, rejected by contractors who see it as a closed shop. Commercial construction is nearly at a standstill.

Building Trades Council Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association Associated General Contractors Oliver Wright Common Labor Group Albuquerque Albuquerque In Connection With the Building Tioup Amarillo Common Labor Kraft Food Co Plaza Court

Melchior Concert At Municipal Auditorium April 23

Lauritz Melchior and his 45 piece orchestra will perform in concert at Municipal Auditorium on April 23. Tickets available by mail order only through the Panhandle Concert Bureau with box 1214 for checks and stamped return envelopes. Box office opens April 16. Ticket prices include tax: box and loge 3.60, lower floor 3.60 3.60, balcony 3.00 2.40 1.80 for students 1.20.

Lauritz Melchior Municipal Auditorium Panhandle Mai

Hanson Post Tonight Names Delegates to Convention

Hanson Post American Legion will elect Delegates to the American Legion District 1 Convention in Childress this evening. The meeting at the YMCA Municipal Auditorium will begin at 8 oclock with Wes Izzard on the program to discuss foreign affairs followed by a round table discussion led by F. H. McGregor commander.

American Legion District 1 Childress Hanson Post American Legion Legion YMCA Municipal Auditorium Wes Izzard F. H. McGregor

Town Contractors Shut Down Over Cement Delivery Slump

Globe-News notices report town contractors closing operations as ready mix cement firms fail to deliver, halting building and maintenance projects. The disruption impacts local construction and repair work.

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