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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1951
Page
3
Arrangements for funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Adams formerly of Amarillo who died Monday night in Swifton Arkansas had not been completed this morning. The body was received last night.
Charles Potter Jr. and Winifred Pearson were released after posting $1,000 bonds each on Sunday night safe cracking burglary charges involving United Super Market in Childress. Potter, with prior theft and burglary ring links, faced Montgomery Ward loot cases. Pearson, a Phoenix dealer, had no prior record.
Hubert Cole the Potter County tax assessor collector will travel to San Antonio tomorrow to attend the annual Outdoor Sportsmen's Club meeting. He will represent the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club at the Saturday and Sunday gathering.
Father of starting pitcher Faling is critically ill in Tonawanda New York and will not travel with the Amarillo Gold Sox to Abilene for the West Texas New Mexico League opener. Teammate Paul Halter leaves for funeral in Bend Oregon and will rejoin next week. Dellis transferred to Roswell as part of a player deal.
Texas agriculture commissioner John C. White will headline the fourth annual Gas Weed Control Conference today at the Tri-State Fair Grounds Livestock Pavilion. Art P. Bralley of Potter County, Texas Weed Control Association chair, notes new weed control research will be shared. C. E. Fisher of Spur Experiment Station and county agents will discuss methods and programs while exhibits feature spraying equipment and weed-killing products. The Amarillo Grain Exchange hosted White at a dinner last night with about 25 in attendance discussing weights and measures and the state warehouse bill now under Texas Legislature consideration.
Safford Ray Cole and Harold Wilmark were sentenced to one year in county jail after arraignment on contributing to the delinquency of two girls aged 11 and 13, linked to an air force officer’s car theft case. Details indicate prior three year terms in related charges.
Install irrigation equipment on the South Lawn Park at Forty fourth and Parker. The park is being plowed in preparation for planting. Park superintendent Mark Miles says trees are being hauled to the site for planting.
Maj. George W. Francisco becomes base accountable officer at Amarillo after three years at Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls. Francisco a Norwalk Ohio native served in China with the China Air Service Command during World War II. Commissioned in 1942 after OCS in Miami Beach Florida.
State ownership holds five percent of land in Belgrade while private owners retain about 75 percent of land in Yugoslavia. Farm cooperatives account for roughly 20 percent and the remaining five percent is held as state farms directly by the government.
The chrysanthemum is identified as the November flower and the topaz as the November gemstone in traditional associations. This pairing reflects common cultural symbolism for the month.
Fifty six Amarillo High School students named to the National Honor Society the top scholastic group. Principal R B Norman announced the new members chosen for character leadership scholarship and service. Initiation planned for May 1 with officers led by is president Jimmie Wine and sponsors Miss Louise Russell and Miss Marie Donnell.
Thomas W. Garner aged 57 and Jim Albert Daniel 58, both of Turkey, died when their truck overturned on a rural road six miles northeast of Turkey. The bodies were found about 7:30 by two youths en route to Turkey. Garner, son of Dr. J. E. Garner, was survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, seven sisters and four brothers. Both bodies lay at Eudy-Seale Funeral Home in Turkey.
Texas Liquor Control Board agents suspended two licenses yesterday. The Star Drive In in Pampa faced a 21 day suspension for employing a minor and for having only one on premises restroom. Lefors dealer Jim Trout received a 15 day suspension and a $100 fine for selling liquor to a minor.
Joyous Comfort advertises Thornton Minor formula as a long developed pile medicine. It claims rapid palliative relief within 20 minutes and offers ointment or cone form in plain packaging, usable in various positions.
Amarillo police chief Sid Harper received resignations from Jack E. McEuin and Omar L. Starling this morning. McEuin, at 308 North Fillmore, will leave May 6 to enter private business while Starling, of 415 North Polk, departs May 2 to move to California. McEuin served since 1948 and Starling since March of last year.
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