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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
16
Evaluation of personal property in annexed areas shows totals around 2 percent million dollars for nine new districts. Monte Townsend notes the old city values at about 2 square miles included in the assessment.
Three Japanese civil service workers plan a 45 day leave visit to Amarillo this week joining Miss Camilla Wheatley daughter of Jack Wheatley at 1600 Lipscomb. Wheatley has served in California and Hawaii and now works as private secretary to the chief of staff Western Pacific Wing Air Transport Command under General MacArthur. She will reunite with Miss Virginia Gillett and Miss Margaret Mowbray who travel from Esterville and Cambridge respectively to Amarillo. The trio will tour Texas before returning to Tokyo Field to resume duties.
William J. Holland, 71, former Amarillo resident and YMCA supporter, died yesterday in Abilene. A daughter, Mrs. Nattie Miller, survives. He lived in Amarillo from 1942 until moving to Abilene, where a meeting of the Van Board and William J. Holland club will be held at 7:30 tonight at the YMCA to mark a fundraising drive.
This afternoon services will be held by the Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements. Surviving relatives include two sons B. B. Holland of Amarillo and L. B. Holland of Delhi Oklahoma. Three daughters are Emma Smith of Huntington Beach California Alice Mae Beaver of Barstow California and Thelma Rifle of Fort Smith Arkansas. There are also two sisters and a brother.
In the 47th District Court Frank Fullington twenty years old faces a charge of burning his automobile to defraud an insurance company. The jury was excused until afternoon as Judge Henry Bishop considers a motion for dismissal by defense attorney Grady Hazlewood. If denied, the case likely goes to the jury soon.
Anester Lee Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Wilson, died at 5 10 this morning at 2109 North West First. Funeral services are pending at N S Griggs & Sons. Surviving relatives include grandparents Mr. and Mrs W R Wilson of Littlefield and Mr and Mrs David Ingle of Chester England.
A fragmented listing of morning and afternoon radio programs includes devotionals, farm news, markets, variety shows, talk segments, and music hours. Names such as Tom Breneman, Galen Drake, Desi Welcome Traveler, Kate Smith, Martin Block, and Paul Whiteman appear among the program roster with references to sport, crime and adventure features.
A topping and base project is set on Lincoln Street between Eleventh and Twelfth Avenues with filming to show the lid. Primer and topping work on Pierce Street will begin next week. Klock Construction Co. handles these on a cost plus basis to gauge repair expenses before scaling to competitive bids.
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