Parade Formation and March Order Listings
Detailed roster of parade divisions and forms on Polk Street and West 17th and 16th Avenues. Names, units, schools, bands, escorts, and host groups listed for Amarillo area entries with section leaders and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Street
15Th Avenue
A. Petersen
A. R. Donnell
Police Department
Motor Vanguard
E. A Simpson
Marshals Masses
Happy High School
Sam
E. C. Black
Joe A. Miller
H. P Burgard
Texas Defense Guards
Amarillo High School
Glee Club
11Th Avenue
Clay Thornton
Fred DeCoster
Friona Chieftan
Navy
Navy Mother's Club
A. E. FP
Seventeenth Avenue
C. C. Metz
Wayne Middleton
Plainview High School
Khiva Shrine Patrol
Shriners
Plainview
Pampa
Hereford
Friona
Panhandle
Dimmitt
Canyon White Deer
Dalhart
Dumas
Happy
Memphis
Higgins
Phillips
East 16Th Ave
W. L. Hiatt
Hereford High School
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Maverick Club Social Center For Girls
Dimmitt High School
Float of
Greece
Amarillo Hellenic Society
East 16Th Avenue
Bones Hooks
Lubbock
Colored Girls
Civil Service Club
16Th Avenue
Maynard Drake
Royee Gant
Price Memorial College
Amarillo Safety Council
Price
Memorial College Unit
Mary's College
Amarillo Globe-News
15Th Street
Polk
Roy Pollard
Lenville Routh
Edward Jones
West 14Th Ave
Ralph Dykeman
FE. Rollins
Division Brotherhood of Railway Engineers
Brotherhood Railway Engineers
Order of Railway Conductors
West 12Th Avenue
Walter Perkins
White Deer High School
San Jacinto
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Amarillo
North Amarillo
Arthur Ball
John Mead
Myers
12Th and
Polk Streets
12Th Avenue
West 11Th Avenue
D. C
Tack Letters and Personal Notices Taken From Western Flyer Ad
A clipped column lists a maroon Western Flyer bicycle with cream trim and white tires offered for return by Lester Henderson at 1716 Polk Street with a reward. Also includes notices seeking work, locating friends named Taylor with a child Gladys, and commercial listings for Amarillo firms and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Henderson
Polk Street
Call
Sea Wolves Loosed on Atlantic and Arctic Lanes
The article warns of a massive Nazi U‑boat offensive in the Atlantic to block Allied material to Europe and Russia, cites 94 sinkings off the Americas since Pearl Harbor, and notes Soviet and Allied naval actions and Arctic supply routes via Murmansk as crucial to the spring offensive. It highlights mounting German pressure and Red Navy strength in multiple theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Washington
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Russia
Fuehrer
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Canada
Caribbean
South America
Simons
Fifth Naval District
Murmansk
Arctic
Red Navy
Moscow
London
Black Sea
Crimea
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Turkey
Berlin
Baltic
Vladivostok
Far East
New Discoveries From U S Federated Biologists
Boston April 3 report details based on experiments in swimming efficiency body size digestion and immunity. Findings include crawl stroke lowest calories, small men cooling better, arginine in diets linked to fertility, silica dust protecting against pneumonia, acne linked to metabolism, vitamin B-1 not aiding muscular work but boosting mental energy, and digestive waves reversing direction causing nausea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
America
Plain Sewing and Yard Work Offers In Local Ads
Plain sewing and ironing is requested by DPMP Oba at 1001 North Johnson St. Experienced in tree pruning and yard work with hauling of fertilizer, dirt, and sand. Also two loads of kindling offered for hauling. Mrs Fay Bohannon seeks ranch cooking or boarding house maid work at 507 Lincoln St with contact after 6 PM at 415 W 10th St Apt 2. A boy reports losing a Stamp Book with $1.60 in stamps and his name and address in the back, asking for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Fay Bohannon
Lincoln St
Tack
Ladies In Retirement at Little Theater Promises Challenges
The Little Theater presents Ladies In Retirement with seven roles set in 1885 Estuary House England. Ellen Creed cares for her two sisters and friend Miss Fisk. the production stars Mrs. Wayne O Keefe and highlights a stark psychological drama where each character contrasts the others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theater
Estuary House
England
Ellen Creed
Miss Fisk
Miss Monroe Competes With Mrs Roosevelt In Long Haul
Lucy Monroe claims travel parity with Mrs. Roosevelt while dominating sprint venues. She tours nationwide for Treasury singing programs to boost war bond sales and morale, noting frequent performances since Pearl Harbor with about one show every other day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lucy Monroe
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Monroe
Lincoln
Texas
Jackson
Land of Ours
U. S. Treasury
Pearl Harbor
Carol and Carl Robertson honored on first birthday
Carol and Carl Robertson were celebrated on their first birthday with a party at their parents home 824 Florida Street. Yellow decor and Easter egg centerpiece accented rubber bunny favors as guests included Richie Fairman Dee Bonnie Bagwell Linda Su Gary Greer Donna Kay Dye and several adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Carl Robertson
C. E. Robertson
Florida Street
Richie Fairman Dee
Bonnie Bagwell
Linda Su
Gary Greer
Donna Kay Dye
G. Greer
Ladies In Retirement staged with suspense and drama
Two sisters conflict with sharp contrasts while a murder unfolds in Estuary House. Cast includes Bette Burgess Billie Burger Virginia Erickson and Ellen Creed with Frank Coulter directing and Albert Feather involved in a con. The play blends crime and remorse into a moving drama and ticket sales support the Service Men's Civic Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Burgess
Billie Burger
Edward Percy
Reginald Denham
Miss Fiske
Virginia Erickson
Oma Link Rowley
Ellen Creed
Albert Feather
Frank Coulter
Albert
Adelaide Horton
Estuary House
Ellen Naomi Allison
Ladies In Retirement
Service Men's Civic Center
McNutt May Reveal Mobilization Plans
Pittsburgh April 3 Informed labor circles predict Roosevelt will disclose total war mobilization plans at the April 7 AFL-CIO joint labor rally. Paul McNutt Social Security Commissioner is favored as mobilization director with a message from the President. William Green and Philip Murray will also speak amid hopes for a wartime labor truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Afl-Cio
Paul McNutt
McNutt
Donald Nelson
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Labor
Eat More Fish During Wartime Convention Talk
Robert Jahrling of Springfield urged more seafood on wartime menus at the Texas Restaurant Association convention in Dallas. Elected officers include President Harry Akin of Austin and Vice President Dan Heslop of Harlingen with secretary-treasurer Jay Caldwell of Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Robert Jahrling
Springfield
Mass
Texas Restaurant Association
Harry Akin
Austin
J. D. Houston
Marlin
R. P. Etchison
Houston
Dave Crowder
Emmett Curtis
Gainesville
Chris Sermos
Waco
Dan Heslop
Harlingen
Jay Caldwell
Markets Close for Good Friday Observance
In observance of Good Friday all American security and commodity markets were closed today. The Amarillo office of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane, the largest American brokerage firm, was closed all day. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beane
Enemy bombers report over southern Wales. no casualties
London reports enemy bombers over southern Wales for the first time in months. A single raider dropped bone on a Southeast Coast town but caused no casualties or damage. Spanish remains sole language in Cuba’s remote rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wales
Bone
Cuba
Blame Your Lazy Liver Bile II Advertisement
An old-style ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claiming they stimulate liver bile secretion and improve bowel movements. It lists prices 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ and urges daily use to prevent constipation and headaches.
Army Air Base Cash Rescues Southern City
Sumter South Carolina credits a new army air corps basic flying school with averting bankruptcy. Payroll from July to October released 1.5 million dollars into local trade, offsetting a cotton crop collapse and drought. As field work faded, cadets’ presence boosted business and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Base
Southern City
Sumter
8S. C
U.S
Army
Air Corps
Sumter County
Eood
Columbia
Fort Jackson
Candlelight Communion At San Jacinto Church
A candlelight communion service will be held tonight at 8 o clock at the San Jacinto Methodist Church in observance of Good Friday. Special music will be provided by the choir. There will be no sermon, only the communion service. Forty two young women are giving instruction to young men in the Civilian Pilot Training Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shamrock High School
Fred S. Oliver
Eugene Worley
Service Men's Civic Club
KGNC
Charles Hoppin
Duncan McClaren
Higgins High
Hanson
American Legion
Lone Cowboy
John V. Henry
American Legion Auxiliary
Llano Estacado
D. Salvation Army
George Hammock
Red Cross
West Texas State College
Canyon
American Red Cross
Hospital and Recreation Corps
Knitting Corps
Motor Corps
Braille Corps
Nutrition and Canteen Corp
St. Anthony's Hospital
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Northwest Texas Hospital
Blackburn-Shaw
Mothers-in-Law
Junior Welfare League
Amarillo Day Nursery
Panhandle High School
Business and Professional Women's Club
Pilot
Victory Bridge Club
Altrusa Club
Amarillo Federation of Women's Club
Amarillo Panhellenic Club
Amarillo Garden Club
Security Benefit Association
Amarillo Club
Palo Duro Canyon
Sam Houston Junior High
Horace Mann Senior High
Central Junior
McKinley
Wolflin
Margaret Wills
Alice Landergin
Johnson Wilson Humphrey
Sanborn Bivins
Dwight Morrow
SAM Houston Ranger Band
Tam
East 9Th St
Taylor
Gladys
Johnson St
Amarillo Times
Amarillo Gas Company
Anderson Mattress Company
Belmont Park Improvement Co
Fadger Ice Company
Braniff Airlines
Bruckner Garage
Dwight Newby Co
Fraser Milling Company
Gulf Oil Company
Heath Furniture Company
J. W. Hill Furniture Company
Cal Farley Unit
Sons of the West
Interstate Theaters
Leeway Motor Freight Lines
Lincoln National Life Insurance
Tower of London
Ronald Gene Mitchell
West 4Th St
Pearl Boss
S. Cleveland St
Dear Tack T
Polk St
Thomas W. Hipp
N. W
2Nd St
Borger
Broadway
Clif Side Ave
E. W. Cargill
John Allen
Original Mexican Inn and Orchestra
National Cash Register Company
Pinkney Packing Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Paramount Recreation Club
Southwestern Public Service Company
Silver Grill Troy Laundry
Travelers For Defense
Freeman’s Flowers Tolzien Music
Panhandle Trailways
Dee Stationery Company
Amarillo Laundry
Amarillo Tee Company
Soil Conservation Service
Yellow Cab Company
By Howard W. Blakeslee
DPMP
Oba
North Johnson St
Birmingham St
Cooking
10Th St
Apt
Jacksonville, Fla
Carol and
Globe News
Tolzien
Wurlitzer
WM. Knabe
Phillips 66
Vam
San Jacinto Church
Ane
Ligt
Badeger-Herring Sales & Drug Co. Inc
Whiteface
Odessa
Matos
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