Town Folks and Visitors Arrive as Wind Baffles Crowd
A bustling page lists residents and guests returning from trips to Austin Columbia and Denver with many addresses. Names include Sloan Kruser Mrs R B Masterson and Mrs Bittie Callahan. Notes also cover birthdays moves and a new baby born at St Anthony's Hospital with birth date April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan Kruser
van Buren
R. B. Masterson
Polk
Austin
Zachary Scott
Mary Kruser
J. M. Dodson
Hoyt Saunders
Cheyenne Terrace
Columbia, Mo
Donda Dodson
Joyce Saunders
Stephens College
Local birth notices and hospital arrivals excerpted
The item lists several births and arrivals including a daughter for Pvt. and Mrs. L. T. Anderson at St. Anthony's Hospital on April 8 and a daughter born to Pvt. and Mrs. Glen Stockwell on April 10 also at St. Anthony's. It notes a son Gary Don for Lt. and Mrs. C. B. Williams born March 31 with grandparents N. D. Norton. Other notes include military family moves and medical updates for various residents, travel to Demopolis, and routine personal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Housley
Hereford
St. Anthony’s Hospital
L. T. Anderson
North Pierce
St. Anthony's Hospital
Glen Stockwell
East
G. F. Beringer
West
C. B. Williams
Hot Springs
Ark
Gary Don
N. D. Norton
Hayden
Medical patients and surgical cases listed in Canyon region
A long list of individuals from Canyon and surrounding towns receive medical treatment or undergo surgery. Names include A D Schneider Canyon and Baby Joseph Profanchik 746 North Williams among many others in Hereford Tulia Dumas Canyon Pampa and Floydada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. M
A. D. Schneider
Canyon
Joseph Profanchik
North Williams
C. A. Barnes
Happy
H. G. Conkwright
Hereford
R. N. Adams
Tulia
Eileen Burns
Army Tech Village
G. F. McManus
Army Air Field
D.C. Eilend
Boise City
Okla
Frances Ann Giles
Lincoln
Ivy E. Duncan
Pampa
George Clarkson
Vernon
Loreta Hawkins
R. V. Dobbs
Dumas
Linda Fae Dudley
Birmingham
T. H. Etter
Spearman
W.H. Thrasher
Buchanan
Daniel Graham
North Taylor
C. Strafuss
Gilbert Bellinghausen
O. J. Orr
North East Fighth
E. C. Brown
Kentucky
Raymond Tipton
Borger
Bobby Reed
Atlas Hotel
Owen Williams
Lydd Carter
Pierce
Ed Win Hammonds
Floydada
Amarillo School Board Members Serve Long Terms
The Amarillo school board averages six years and 19 days in office. W W Gibson becomes president after three years on the board, J B Briscoe serves as secretary after 13 months. Dr R P Parcells, reelected without opposition, has 14 years on the board. Beaumont Stinnett, Avery Rush, J W Mode each sit about six years, and W B Gunn nears five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
W. W. Gibson
J. B. Briscoe
R. P. Parcells
Beaumont Stinnett
Avery Rush
J. W. Mode
W. B. Gunn
Army Aptitude Tests For Amarillo High Students
Eligibility tests for the Army Specialized Training Reserve Program will be held Thursday at 9 in the Amarillo High School Library. Open to boys turning 17 between Oct 1, 1944 and Aug 31 this year, with proof of graduation or ability to graduate before 17 years 9 months. College students need college authority statements and parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Specialized Training Reserve
R. B. Norman
Amarillo
Army
ASTRP
Amarillo Sailor Survives Iwo Jima Rescue and Purple Heart
Odelle S. Harris, 20, Navy aviation radioman second class from Amarillo, survived a three-and-a-half hour water evacuation after the Bismark Sea was sunk near Iwo Jima. He earned a Purple Heart for wounds from strafing by fighter planes and AA fire during the early days of the campaign. Harris flew 22 combat missions including Leyte and Luzon. He trained in San Diego Memphis Hollywood and other locations before joining the Navy February 14 1943 and plans to report to Memphis May 6 for further combat air crew training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Odelle S. Harris
Navy
Odelle Harris
Travis
Harris
Amarillo
Jim Bob
Bismark
U. S
Amarillean
Leyte
Luzon
San Diego
Memphis
Tenn
Hollywood
Fla
Ft. Lauderdale
Bismark Sea
If Gun Won't Shoot Use the Stock on Em In Philippines
Notes from a swing around Philippine bases report heroism as a matter of discipline and improvisation. Soldiers describe using rifle stocks when weapons failed and relying on steady steps and courage under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Firefight on Luzon Ended by Grizzled Pfc Frantz
In a three second melee on Luzon a Japanese attacker hurled a grenade at an American officer. Pfc Ralph Frantz from Frackville Pennsylvania of the 24th division grabbed the rifle and swung it as the Japanese fell with a broken neck. Gerald Johnson of Eugene Oregon boasted of 23 air victories amid post battle chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Frantz
Frackville
Frantz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panhandle
Bittie Callahan
Lubbock
Captain Callahan
S. O. Callahan
Monroe
George L. Dotson
el Paso
G. L. Dotson, Jr
Bob Riordan
Bob McMurtry
Hughes
Riordans
Denver
F. E. Baker
Betty Baker
Lucerne Apartments
Oklahoma City
Billy
Virginia Huke Mrs. W. F. Fairchild
B. I. Sherrill
Mary K. Harry
E. R. Read
Judith Ann
Los Angeles
Read
The
Franklin Serum Company
North
Cleveland
Betty Younger
Kansas City
Betty
Bob Younger
C. L. Cochran
Waco
John W. Makeig
Western
Curtis Maynard
John Maynard
Maynard
New London
Conn
G. Baum
East Sixth
Max Aronson
Harrison
Demopolis
Ala
George Lindsay
West Eighteenth
James E. Stiles
Florida
Santa Ana
Cal
Mate Stiles
Jenkins Music Co
NEWS
C. N. Price
West Nineteenth
Tom Jones
Grover
Maggie Kuykendall
North Houston
O. W. Wharton
Tucumeari
Southern Brokerage Co
Mary Montgomery
Fisk Bldg
Gardner Rea
Yan Aor
Floyd V. Studer
American United Life Insurance Company
Amarillo Bldg
Amarillo, Texas
HEATH
Ren
Waldo
Jane Ardy
Far LL
Tral Massut
Sarrevlrouse Mosco
PAW TM
Boone
Pal Sre
Greece
Alwans
International Air Express
Globe-News
Iwo
Odelle
By Fred Hampson
Fighter Command
Fifth Airforce
Gerald Johnson
Eugene
Oregon
Johnson
McCormick
Capitol Food
Ralph Pellow
Capitol Hotel
Pierce St
Ae Ore
Ist Ambulance IN
U.S.A
Pal
PAL Blade CO
N.Y
B. R. Solnick
Mgr
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