Manzella Set for River Road ISD Board Meeting
River Road Independent School District trustees meet tomorrow at 8 PM at River Road School five miles north of Amarillo to rule on John Manzella’s eligibility amid a state opinion allowing him to be seated. The board will also choose teachers for the next term while other members Dr. G L Cline, Mrs. J N Childers, H L Rietman, C N Brot, Charles O'Dell, and E L Regal attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Manzela
Rigm
River Road Independent School
Manzella
Blue Bennett Drive
Cactus
J. N. Childers
Cline
St Louis Founded as Fur Trading Post in 1764
The article notes St Louis was established as a fur trading post in 1764 by Pierre La Ronde.
Letter Writing Contest Spurs Junior League Music Series
Amarillo Public Schools participated in a letter-writing contest tied to the Amarillo Junior League sponsored radio series Up and Down the Scales. Teachers report growing student interest in classical composers Mozart Schubert Bach and Beethoven with about nine thousand students exposed in three months.
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Amarillo Public Schools
Mozart
Schubert
Bach
Beethoven
Chopin
Stephen Poster
Verdi
Rachmaninoff
Tschaikowsky
Schumann
Franck
Grieg
Mendelssohn
Elliker
Mabel Rowan
Sanborn School
Miss Rowan
Ada Marie Easley
Alice Landerg
Students praise music program linking piano study and composers
At Margaret Hills School, Wenc.1 led classes in a series that combines piano lessons with composer lessons and broadcasts. Students say the program helps them understand music, feel warmed by composers' lives, and inspires families to enjoy and study music, revealing potential talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hills School
Charles Campbell
Dolores Wheeler
Hillcrest
Insects Take Heavy Toll on Texas Cotton Prices
Insects cost Texas cotton farmers 44 million dollars from 1937 through 1947, per Eugene Butler of the Cotton Committee of Texas. 1947 saw best season in 25 years due to high prices and favorable field conditions, though insects still cut one seventh of Texas bales annually and likely one fourth in 1946, one of the worst years on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Eugene Buler
Cotton Committee of Texas
Butler
Flower Clinic Draws Hundreds In Amarillo Garden Event
About 250 to 290 people are expected at a two day flower arranging clinic in Amarillo. Mrs. J A Kendall says Mrs Edwin Kensdale of Chillicothe will conduct it, sponsored by the Amarillo Garden Club. Lectures start 9 45 a m with a two hour lunch then 1 45 p m to 3 45 p m Tickets are available from club members only no at door reservations from Dumas Hereford and Lubbock noted All proceeds go to improve a playground picnic area and bird habitat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Kendall
Amarillo Garden Club
Edwin Kensdale
Chillicothe
Amarillo Garden’ Club
John ‘Smithee
Tom Holman
B._V." Blackwell, Jr
Jason Robberson
P. D. Berthelot
Amarillo
Hereford
Lubbock
Kendall
Sanctuary at Thompson Park Amid Quake Aftermath
A sanctuary is being established at Thompson Park as relief proceeds after a quake near San Francisco. The tremor struck the Bay Area on April 19, marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1906 disaster, centered in Marin and Contra Costa Counties with no reported damage. Nine polio cases were reported last week, eight in the lower Rio Grande Valley, per the state health department.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Marin
Contra Costa
Austin
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
State
State Health Department
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Hunt
Brackburn Bros
Commercial Credit Corp
FISK
Gione
Humphreys Highland School
Mary Quisenberry
Ronni
E. Peck
Dorothy Williams
Miss Peck
Peerless Cleaners
Bonnie Wims
Geo. Nichols
N.S. Griggs & Sons
Fillmore
Eighth
Goodrich
Yenoor
Sai
Swing Bangs
Miss Easley
Ruby Rawlings
Musi
W. T. Robbins
Purina
Startena
Gouldy Bros
West 8Th Street
West 8Th
Miniatelo Op Area
News-Globe
Baker-Rogers CO
Thompson Park
Bedford Jones
S Globe
Houston
Braniff Vate
Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
A.t.and
The
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
United States
Telephone
America
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