Plan School in Dog Handling for May Show
The Panhandle Kennel Club hosts a free dog handling school at 6:30 PM in the park at Twelfth and Crockett as preparation for the American Kennel Club sanctioned dog show on May 9. The club invites all purebred owners, registered or not, to participate and learn show techniques. For details call Mrs. G. K. Morrison at 27915.
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Twelfth and Crockett
Panhandle Kennel Club
Panhandle Club
American Kennel Club
G. K. Morrison
Wheaton College Choir to Perform in Amarillo
Wheaton College A Cappella Choir from Wheaton Illinois will give a sacred music concert at 8 pm Wednesday at Amarillo Bible Church located at Fifteenth and Oag J Maurice Dobbins professor of music directs the choir and will be featured in several violin solos the program highlights his prior performances with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Civic Orchestra.
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Wheaton College
Wheaton
Amarillo
J. Maurice Dobbins
New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Civic Orchestra
Flower Clinic To Be Held In Amarillo
Mrs Edwin Kensdale of Chillicothe will conduct a two day flower arranging clinic in the YWCA at 501 Lincoln April 20 and 21. Lectures start at 9 45 each morning with 1 45 afternoon sessions on making arrangements. Tickets are sold in advance by Amarillo Garden Club members. proceeds fund Thompson Park playground picnic area and bird sanctuary.
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Edwin Kensdale
Chillicothe
Amarillo
John Smithee
Tom Holman
B. V. Blackwell, Jr
Jason Robberson
P. D. Berthelot
Amarillo Garden Club
Palo Duro Insurance Company Granted Texas Certificate
The Board of Insurance Commissioners of Texas issues a Certificate of Authority to Palo Duro Insurance Company of Amarillo. The certificate confirms compliance with Texas laws as a condition to transact business for the year ending May 1, 1948, issued in Austin by George B. Butler, Chairman.
Amarillo Junior Highs Praised by Survey Team
Ten educators led by Dr Hart R Douglass evaluated Amarillo junior high schools over three days. They praised curriculum and student activities while urging improvements in guidance services and library facilities and recommended long term counselor tracking and expanded library access.
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Amarillo
Hart R. Douglass
Department of Education
University of Colorado
Sam Houston Ranger
Nixson Whirlwind
Horace Mann Herald
Douglass
Fishing Hole Plan Approved Near Amarillo
Potter County commissioners approved plans from the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club for a children’s fishing hole on the county farm near Amarillo. John W. Morris will work with the club to develop the area into a park with improved creek, trees, shrubs, picnic tables, and fire places. The farm may be declared a game preserve. fishing will be restricted to youths under 17.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Potter County
John W. Morris
Precinct 4
Texas Game, Fish & Oyster Commission
J. W. “Jinks” Mode
The
McMurry Band Plans Two Amarillo Concerts
McMurry College Band of 35 from Abilene will perform in Amarillo this week on a spring tour. The first concert is at 7 30 p m tomorrow night at Buchanan Street Methodist Church, open to the public. The second show will be Wednesday morning at the Senior High School for students, under the direction of Professor B Bynum.
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McMurry College
Abilene
Amarillo
Buchanan Street Methodist Church
B. Bynum
Goodwill Trip Report Meeting Set for Tomorrow
A report meeting on goodwill trip ticket sales for the South Plains and Pecos Valley is scheduled for tomorrow at 11 o clock in the chamber of commerce offices. Bob Howle leads the committee with co chairs in charge.
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South Plains
Pecos Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Howle
Trade Trip Sees 30 Texas and New Mexico Towns Visited
Carl King and John Armstrong lead a three day May 4 trip visiting about 30 towns in Texas and New Mexico. An eight car Santa Fe train with a diner and lounge car is chartered. The West Texas State College band accompanies the trade trippers.
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Carl King
John Armstrong
Texas
New Mexico
West Texas State College
Soldier Jailed on Auto Theft Charge
Richard Fogleman a soldier stationed at Roswell Army Air Base is jailed in Potter County on auto theft charges. The 18 year old allegedly took a car owned by D W Barnard from his garage and the vehicle was recovered south of Amarillo on the Canyon highway. Bond is set at 1000 dollars. Potatoes are often grown in Europe mainly for starch.
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Richard Fogleman
Roswell Army Air Base
Potter County
Fogleman
D. W. Barnard
West Eighth
Legless Amarillo Man Held on Slaying Charge
Jessie Lee Williams, legless Amarillo man, is jailed in Potter County on murder charges for the Saturday night shooting of M. T. Edwards, also an Amarillo resident. Edwards was killed in a servant's quarters at 721 West Sixteenth. bond denial by Justice C. W. Carder.
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Jessie Lee Williams
Potter County
M. T. Edwards
Edwards
West Sixteenth
Williams
C. W. Carder
Man Arrests After Railroad Accident Fatal Shooting
Williams lost his legs years earlier in a railroad accident, he told officers. Edwards was shot twice, found injured at the neck and lower abdomen, and died before officers arrived.
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Williams
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