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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1950

Page

19

Around Town and Local Highlights Across Amarillo

Mary Collie wins spelling contest at Forest Hill School earning a white rabbit with Colleen Rotenberry taking second and two baby chicks. Local social notes list visits and guests around town including the Slays, Ratcliffs, Ball, Murphy and Brown families, plus birthday wishes for several residents. Industry updates note Amarillo speakers at OU gas measurement course and librarian Lola Dority attending the Texas Library Association convention in Houston.

Mary Collie E. A. Collie North Grand Claire Gray Forest Hill School North East Colleen Rotenberry W. C. Rotenberry Colleen Irwin Slay Jackson Dorothy Brown Shawnee Okla T. M. Brown Miss Brown The Baptist Seminary Lewis Fields Frances Studer Dick Anderson Bobbie Joe McCain Mark McWhorter Patricia Lucille Adams Bill Tindall Summerville Sam Albert Mazurek Donald Miller Amarillo Irvin L. Peffley M. F. Shaffer University of Oklahoma Gas Measurement Norman Peffley Amarillo Gas Company Shaffer Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp Lola Dority Lincoln Amarillo Public Library Houston Texas Library Association TLA Texas

Amarillo Landmarks Vanish and Tiny Tales Echo 1920s

In April 1920 the water tank beside the jail was razed by order of the Commissioners Court after it swayed in wind. Amarillo memories recall drive ins and 1910s Grand Theater at Polk and Seventh, with a brick tower projecting slides. Old timers recount saloons, and neighbors note changing streets, local shops, and humorous letters to Tack from 1931 and 1940. The era also notes school lunch struggles in 1940.

Commissioners Court George Willingham Amarillo Seventh and Polk McIlroy Sixth and Polk Bill Adams Jeff Bartlett Barfield

Various Amarillo News Snips Highlight Local People

Amarillo items report four grandchildren named, a newborn daughter at Northwest Texas Hospital, and a medical student from Amarillo studying tropical diseases at Loma Linda. Other notes cover area residents visiting Texas towns, a funeral in Lufkin, a guest list at the Denmead home, and honors for accountant Jack W. Hayes in Amarillo.

Amarillo Globe Amarillo Texas Jimmy Ramsey Danny Stanley Fulton Linda Conner College of Medical Evangelists Loma Linda Cal School of Tropical and Preventive Medicine Southern California School of Tropical Medicine United States Currier Carl Adams West Seventh June Melton Texhoma Okla H. G. Miller Dallas Melton Texhoma H. B. Trussell Travis Lufkin Mattie Hunter Dwight H. Denmead, Jr Helium Division US Bureau of Mines Shiprock

Daughters and Families Visit in Greene Home

Mrs. Robert Greene's Easter gathering in the 210 Florida residence drew her three married daughters, Mrs. Bill Ramsey, Mrs. Ervin Fulton of Greenville, and Mrs. Patsy Conner of Dallas, along with their husbands, for an unusually grand family visit.

Clarendon Charles R. Cutler Grover E. J. Smith Borger Greene Robert Greene Florida Bill Ramsey Ervin Fulton Greenville Patsy Conner Dallas

Young Student Leader Aims for Photo Career

Martha Kay Alexander, a 12 year old seventh grader at Elizabeth Nixon, serves as home room president. Daughter of Mr J C Alexander of 2100 Van Buren and Mrs J C Alexander, she lists football as her favorite sport, drawing as a hobby, and dreams of becoming a baby photographer.

Ellie Huffstuller North Arthur Martha Kay Alexander Elizabeth Nixson J. C. Alexander van Buren

Our Younger Generation by Ora Wright

Ronald Huffstuller age 13, nicknamed Sonny Hub or Ronnie, is vice president of his eighth grade class at Horace Mann Junior High. He runs track and prefers football. He hobbies reading and aims to be a doctor or civil engineer. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He is the son of Mrs.

Ora Wright Ronald Huffstuller Sonny Hub Ronnie Horace Mann Junior High School

Pigeons as Pigeons in Harvard Skinner Experiments

Cambridge, Mass. report notes Harvard psychologist B F Skinner trained homing pigeons in his psychology experiments to perform tasks such as playing piano, table tennis, and operating slot machines, showcasing their abilities beyond dull-witted stereotypes.

Cambridge Mass U.P Harvard B F. Skinner Skinner

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