Amarillo High senior Kenneth Wheeler wins best actor
Kenneth Wheeler, in his first play, was named best actor at the area Interscholastic League meet. The Amarillo High School senior played Lancelot Briggs in The Trysting Place, directed by Mrs. Whitworth, helping AHS place first in Conference 1AA. He plans to study business administration at Amarillo College next year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Wheeler, 3007 Harrison.
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Kenneth Wheeler
Kenneth
Amarillo High School
Lancelot Briggs
Booth Tarkington
AHS
N. N. Whitworth
Amarillo College
H. N. Wheeler
Harrison
No Pets Rule Bans Migratory Birds as Pets
Migratory birds native to the United States may arrive on their own, but bringing one across the border as a pet is illegal.
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United States
Kiwanis Sponsor Free Concert by Texas State College for Women
Amarillo Kiwanis Club presents a free 8:15 p.m. Saturday concert at the Senior High School auditorium by the Texas State College for Women symphony from Denton. Concert mistress Miss Mary Oden of Fort Worth and soloist Miss Anne Danforth of Burkburnett join Fr. Laurin Frost, conductor and violin teacher, who joined the TSCW faculty in 1943.
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Kiwanis Club
Texas
Amarillo Kiwanis Club
Laurin Frost
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Riley Strickland
Kiwanian
Mary Oden
Fort Worth
TSCW
Symphony
Anne Danforth
Burkburnett
New York
Frost
Hjalmar Bernhardt
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina
Arthur Uhe
Bethany College
Mathieu Crickboom
Brussels
Ludwig Becker
Chicago
Amarillo Crash Leaves Wife of Driver Dead
Archie Cox of Carmel Indiana was severely hurt in a Highway 66 collision near English Field east of Amarillo. His wife, Mrs. Cox, died from injuries, while the two other occupants Milton Kingland and Edward Mortrud of Minnesota were lightly to moderately injured and resting in hospital. Boxwell Brothers said Mrs. Cox's body is at their funeral home.
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Archie Cox
Carmel
Ind
Amarillo
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Mr. Cox
Highway 66
English Field
Milton Ernest Kingland
Albert Lea
Minn
Edward Donald Mortrud
Minneapolis
Kingland
Mortrud
Canada’s 1666 Census Recorded 3 215 Residents
The first census of Canada in 1666 counted 3 215 residents. Officials documented settlers and indigenous communities, laying groundwork for future demographic data collection.
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Canada
Ex Naval Pilots Seek Training Plane in Amarillo
Former Navy pilots, led by Walter Mount, urge allocation of a training plane to Amarillo. They contact Lt. Comdr. John J. Vandale in the federal building and list interested ex pilots. Dallas air station now handles their flight time. Vandale can be reached at 2-9703.
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Amarillo
John J. Vandale
Dallas
Walter Mount
Vandale
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