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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1950
Page
5
Palm Sunday night in Livorno Italy witnessed three sharp earthquakes forcing dozens of residents to flee in automobiles and horsecarts. At least one woman was injured in the tremors.
Genial Amarillo civic leader Fred Galle died suddenly at his home at 113 East Seventeenth. He was 64 and had lived in Amarillo since 1924 after earlier moves from Chicago. A lifelong Mason and longtime Khiva Temple recorder, he served in numerous Masonic offices and supported Red Cross, Community Chest, and Girl Scout activities. Survivors include wife Lena, two sons Richard and Gene, two daughters, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Blackburn Shaws with Masonic rites.
Public notice of a sewing pattern advertisement from Amarillo Globe News features Anne Adams junior Miss patterns with a lumber jacket top and sunfrock sizes 11 to 17. Includes mail order details, prices, and request for pattern book offer.
In Boston on April 2 a bedroom invader fled after Mrs. Edna M. Devolder 48 and her three daughters woke to attack. Police say the assailant, about 25, climbed out a window bleeding, leaving teeth and a trail of blood. Daughters Elizabeth 25 Mary 24 and Jane 22 helped in the defense.
Martha Kelley a 442 year old arthritis patient at Massachusetts General Hospital was crowned Miss Martyr of 1950. For two years she endured rheumatoid arthritis without crying for attention. She wore traction weights by day and heavy casts at night, yet maintained composure reported nurses.
Advertises a shop offering top pianos and band instruments with contact phone 2-2329 at 217.
In East Aurora New York on April 2 an eight year old Patrick Joseph Kelly was swept into a 300 foot tunnel under Main Street by flood waters from Tannery Brook. He emerged 300 feet away, struck a rock, grabbed tree roots and climbed out. He told his mother Mrs Joseph Kelly that he feared he might not survive the ordeal.
Wilmington Delaware April 2 A massive city block fire likely the worst in local history swept through part of the city damaging or destroying 18 homes. The blaze originated at the Wilmington Sash and Door Company killing one person and injuring eight. Damages were estimated at about one million dollars with no official cause available.
Funeral services for W D Waggoner a retired farmer and rancher and 30 year resident of Canadian will be held at 2 pm Monday at the First Baptist Church Canadian He died Saturday night in a Pampa hospital after a short illness age eighty Burial will be in Canadian cemetery under Dunkel Carmichael Funeral Home of Pampa He is survived by his wife Jessie four daughters Mrs E B Bomar of Kingsport Tenn Mrs Victor B Penuel and Mrs Earl Barnard both of Phoenix Ariz and Billie Waggoner of Canadian two sons Lem D Waggoner of Pampa and Gordon Waggoner of Sacramento plus a sister Mrs Kate Richardson of Mulberry Tenn He was a native of Lynchburg Tenn and member of the First Christian Church.
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