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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1941
Page
10
Papeete Tahiti reports that wartime demoralization supposedly drives a prohibition idea though actual liquor shipments are scarce. Americans are said to distill a strong pineapple drink named banana.
A flurry of Easter coincidences ties Amarillo to El Paso and Roswell as Mrs Zorade Conner and her Fort Bliss son Gordon each head in opposite directions, meet by chance in Roswell for a 40 minute reunion, and share a restaurant encounter on the same day. Nearby relatives and visitors travel between Gainesville Dallas Wichita Falls and Lubbock while families welcome newborns at Northwest Texas Hospital.
The page lists passings and condolences for James Rokey and Paul A. Gwyn, notes baptisms and new births including John William Scroggan and William James Carr, and records many relocations and job changes from Amarillo to Lincoln Nebraska. It also records birthday wishes and social notes amid travel anecdotes and garden experiments with blue bonnets and poppies.
Names and addresses appear with medical notes. John Luch at 142 Wayside Drive and Mrs Jewel Spoonts at 814 Prospect Street are listed with medical or surgical entries alongside George Castleberry 1406 South Buchanan Street and Charles Ledbetter 611 A Madison Street. Other names include Mrs Ora Hodges 607 Bellview Street and SW Potter 801 Madison Street, plus John L Young of Cleveland and Miss Geneva Cope a student nurse.
A vintage health ad urges fixing faulty habits to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that eases bowel movements and stimulates liver bile to aid digestion of fatty foods. Advert says 15¢, 30¢, 60¢ and calls them the first choice of thousands of users, with over 20 years of use.
Robert Winchester son of Dr and Mrs J M Winchester of Clayton New Mexico and a student at Oklahoma A M College stopped in Amarillo to visit friends before returning home. He is a graduate of Amarillo High School and Amarillo College. Miss Anne Lewis returned to the University of Texas after spending the holidays here. Mr and Mrs Ott Eckert of 1608 Jackson Street returned home Monday from an automobile trip through parts of Oklahoma.
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