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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1950
Page
9
At 10 30 AM in the school auditorium Clyde Rowe conducts the sophomore and junior classes as AHS students who placed first in the contest will present the one act play Thursday for juniors and seniors. The dramatic youths, who usually gaze, will have time off for picnics and movies.
Two men were taking the truck driver promotion examination this morning in the city personnel office. Seven other applicants from the trash department will take the exam later this week as nine officers are off duty due to illness. There are no vacancies. the test will create an eligibility list. Eight applicants will sit for the fire department lieutenant examination tomorrow.
The city park department reports its new 7 foot gang mower is out of service today after a collision with a tree. The crash involved one of the three mower gangs, halting work at the park.
Milwaukee jeweler Oscar Lemke provides recorded sermons to elderly and ill members of the Kingsley Methodist Church. Using his tape recorder he records Rev Earl Alien's sermons after services to reach a "congregation within a congregation" of about 20 people and growing.
Miss Katherine Burwell city secretary was out of her office today due to the illness of her brother Bill Burwell who underwent an appendectomy yesterday at Northwest Texas Hospital.
A simple glaze combines prepared mustard with currant jelly stirred smooth then brushed over ham before baking. The glaze adds tang and sweetness, creating a glossy finish and flavorful crust as the ham roasts.
Mark Chilton son of Mr and Mrs W W Chilton 407 A Forest was promoted to Cadet Colonel by Col C L Hahn commander of ROTC at University of Colorado Boulder Chilton a junior civil engineering major earned the rank for his strong military class and drill field showing The ROTC unit trains for engineer commissions and hosts Military Ball each spring while cadets spend six weeks in summer camp at Fort Lewis Washington The advanced class prepares for the annual Army inspection on April 20.
Pecos Texas April 17 A. O. Carroll operator of the Veterans Club here has been charged with assault with intent to murder in the shooting of Alvin Biggerstaff 22 oil field worker. Biggerstaff was shot once in the chest yesterday and is in a serious condition in a local hospital. Carroll is at liberty on a 5000 dollar bond after an examining trial.
The average person constantly emits heat amounting to a hundred watt equivalent, enough to evaporate about one third of a pint of water per hour.
Potter County conducts a random ballot draw for the May 6 special election listing 11 congressional candidates by drawn order. Absentee voting begins tomorrow noon as all counties prepare similar arrangements with campaigns under way across the district.
J Gordon Baquie announces John E Danner of 808 Jackson as Brown-Forman Distillers sales representative in Texas. Danner, born in Kansas and educated in California where he played college track and football, brings wide beverage sales experience to the Tone Star state.
Funeral arrangements are pending at Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home for Mrs. Josie Garrett 63 of 2206 North East Eighth Amarillo born February 6 1887 in Mena Arkansas died yesterday at her home after a heart attack. She lived in Amarillo 46 years and was a Baptist. Survived by husband H R Garrett Sr seven daughters and seven sons, three brothers, two sisters.
In Isogawa, Tokyo district, banks of a village reservoir collapsed flooding 30 houses and wrecking a bridge and two homes. Rats had burrowed into the banks prompting a call as 500 engineers study the hazard and prevent further damage.
The article describes heating phonograph records to reshape them into practical items like flower pots, outlining a simple method and potential uses for repurposing vintage discs.
Amarillo High School this week hosts a busy advisory period schedule beginning with the Slovonic Quartet performance. The event is a folk songs and dances pay program sponsored by the Advertisement department, aiming to entertain students during the school day.
Amarillo High School dominated the shorthand contest, taking all five top spots in the Inter scholastic League event. Winners were Lee Ann Brown first, Peggy Mead second, Wanda Springs tuba third, Beverly Arnold fourth, and Virginia Farris fifth, all first year shorthand students.
The text urges thin or underweight readers to boost appetite and digestion to convert food into body weight. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to stimulate eating and improve nutrient use, claiming it helps turn food into added pounds.
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