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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1950
Page
19
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A Southwestern Public Service meter reader trapped behind a jammed porch lock at 211 Fairmont was freed by Mrs. H C Brown after enduring hours in the rain. She delayed venturing out to avoid exposure while ensuring she would not expose her illness to danger, then released him and withdrew back inside. The incident occurred last Thursday the 13th amid ongoing town weather.
Snippet from Good Taste Today covers hat etiquette in cinemas with a husband wife clash, a marriage notice decision, outdoor wedding reception planning, and tableware choices. Oklahoma City traffic safety notes pay day dangers as blasts of paychecks arrive, with Ralph Thompson citing higher accident rates on the third of the month.
In a courtroom testimony the defendant says he sold a pistol to Dane during a prior dispute. The warden weighs possible punishment as the case proceeds toward verdict and potential capital punishment options.
A 1920 petition sought a Mystic Shrine dispensation in Amarillo signed by 550 Shriners sent to Boston. An IOOF Hall labor meeting discussed economic and water drainage issues. A 1920 editorial warned about rail unions and red flaggers. An April 1920 note referenced a $400 Wright piano. Ethel Barrymore discussed stage education in a 1930 interview. Air mail routes began night operations over Amarillo. A strange murder report ended with a sunbathing suspect. A park dedication honored Mrs. M. D. Oliver-Eakle with Mayor Thompson officiating. In 1940 the Blimp Amarillo faced a Gulf gale. Jaycee Binford Arney became state president. A cotton program denial cited lack of low-income farm families. First Baptist classes planned a pig barbecue as attendance incentive, with a pig placed on E. M. Blackburn Jr.’s porch.
Santa Fe system carloadings for the week ending Saturday were 22 557 versus 22 766 in 1949. Cars received from connections totaled 11 559 compared with 11 046 in 1949. Total cars moved were 34 116 versus 33 812 in 1949. Santa Fe handled 34 206 cars in the preceding week of this year.
Chemists at Southern Research Institute report a breakthrough converting retired railroad ties into kraft paper. The process uses existing timber fibers and chemical treatments to produce usable paper grade material, potentially expanding recycling options for timber waste.
Construction on an $18,500 addition to the Medical Center at Seventh and Adams progresses. The northward 50 by 60 foot expansion will house six new doctors including a psychiatrist dentist and ENT specialist and will feature terra cotta brick cladding with an Adams Street entrance and front parking. Ed Everts Construction Company handles the project with completion aimed May 16.
Amarillo High School juniors Laurie Ellen Hasley and Harold Swindell are featured. Hasley, a 15 year old sophomore, holds multiple student offices, participates in clubs, and aims to be an interior decorator. Swindell, 17, is junior class president, home room captain, and Golden Sandstorm football captain with broad sports involvement.
Courthouse records list warranty deeds transferring multiple lots in Country Club Terrace Valley View Glenwood Amarillo Heights and other subdivisions, with transfers among Baker Hoare Brown Stokes Jennings Robertson Bryant Pyeatt Burk Hawking Wedding Barcafer Harrison Fielden West White Beverley Whittington Jordan Craft Burns. District Court records show Weldon Grant vs Eunice Grant divorce Evangeline Creps vs Clark Creps divorce and marriages of Rayone Jr with Rose maryunn Robert Gene Muncy with Ruth Joan Underwood.
A personal ad describes a young man with brown hair and brown eyes, son of Mrs. Evelyn Swindell of 908 Louisiana. He lists hobbies in sports and farming and outlines ambitions to attend Oklahoma University, then Yale, and finally become a farmer.
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