Chamber Luncheon Speakers Briefed at Herring Hotel
Riley Strickland presided at the quarterly Chamber of Commerce luncheon as speakers were urged to keep talks to five or six minutes. Bud Curtis, city commissioner, spoke on behalf of Mayor Gene Klein who was in Washington on Canadian River Dam business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Strickland
Chamber of Commerce
Herring Hotel
Bud” Curtis
Gene Klein
Washington, DC
Curtis Rose
Mr. Strickland
Gene
Klein
Lawrence
Hagg
Ed Hardin
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United
Ma Madsen’s fried chicken legacy in Amarillo remembered
A 1940 reminiscence covers Ma Madsen’s dining room on the Panhandle Highway. It details how a fire loss led to rebuilding, Duncan Hines recognition, and a lasting local legend that attracted oil field patrons and travelers alike, including famous visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Madsen
Globe
Legion
Pleasant Valley
Roy Cullums
Ted Taylor
Madsen
Palisades
Bartlesville
Okla
Panhandle Highway
Duncan Hines
Mr. Hines
Amarillo
United States
Wallace Beery
Joe DiMaggio
Sign of the Times Baby Born in Danvers
Mr and Mrs H H Crowder of 808 Louisiana announce the birth of a son Wednesday at St An.
Our Younger Generation Friday April 21 1950 Amarillo Globe
Amarillo readers learn about San Jacinto Day events, local youth leaders, and community notes. Franklin Frisbie, 13, a Sam Houston Junior High seventh grader, serves as vice president of his homeroom. Grant Gross, 17, Amarillo High senior, leads as class president and holds NHS, Thespian, and ROTC roles while aiming for a political or State Department career. Also includes hospital notes, delivery delays for Amarillo traffic signs, and sick list updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Thony’s Hospital
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Idabel
Ohio
Northwest Texas Hospital
Crews
Carl Langford
Redus
Harral Scott
Purvis
Sperry
Okls
W. L
T. Jagner
Monroe
Coffee
San Jacinto
American Business Club
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
Gene Jordan
ST. Anthony's Medical
C. H. Sawyer
North East Third
Truman Seigal
Mountain Drive
Pleasant Valley
David Robertson
Katherine Mack
Moses
W. A. Roach
North Harrison
I. D. Grider
North Pierce
F. B. Gibbs
North Buchanan
Frankie Liley
North Grant
Stella C. Mills
Washington
J. M. Miller
West Thirteenth
Bill Knight
Hayden
Hot Springs
Ark
Ora Wright
Franklin Frisbie
Sam Houston Junior High
Mra T.E Frisbie
West
of Grant Gross
National Honor Society
Hi-V
Senate
State Department
M. G. Gross
Ong
NOTES AND NAMES FROM AREA HOSPITAL LISTINGS
Notes from Northwest Texas Medical list residents and addresses followed by surgical names. A traffic jam on Van Buren and Eleventh snarled area streets, untangling would challenge any officer. Wes Izzard, Amarillo editors, and Brotherhood leaders met at the Amarillo Club during a birthday surprise. Amarillo residents Guthridge Gant and Robert Braden earned academic honors at Texas Wesleyan and UT respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Parker
Boise City
Oklo
Joan Provus
Sunset
W. L. Poindexter
Amarillo
Marsha Jane Allen
Beverly
Clarence Hanning
McMasters
J. H. Scott
Sunray
W. G. Eastman
van Buren
Allen Sparks
Dumas
Clarence Holt
Hughes
Phillip Wedding
Maryland
Louis Stamps
East Fifteenth
Ralph Barber
Travis Rives
Gaston Mathis
North Georgia
McKinley Richards
Craig Corbin
Jackson
Eula Plummer
Louisiana
James Stephen Woodard
Birmingham
Don Schaeffer
Thomas Coffey
Georgia
Eleventh
Harrison
Tenth
Twelfth
Wes Izzard
The
Globe News
William P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Isroad
Brotherhood
Amarillo Club
Izzard
Mr. Izzard
James Guthridge Gant
Texas Wesleyan College
Fort Worth
Gant
TWC
The Fleet's In Two Amarillo Seamen Return
Two Amarillo sailors Clifton P. Richardson and Victor E. Evered will dock in New Orleans after completing annual training duty afloat. They were among 500 Naval reservists who left New Orleans April 1 and stopped at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for training before departure.
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W. W. Braden
Lipscomb
Amarillo
New Orleans
Clifton P. Richardson
West
Victor EF. Evered
Florida
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Catholic Daughters Elect Officers Names Announced
LAREDO April 21 Mrs A J Leblanc of San Antonio was reelected state grand regent of the Catholic Daughters of America at the convention closing session. Mrs J J Driscoll of El Paso was named vice president and Mrs A J Rohan of Yoakum reelected secretary. Miss Frieda Joyce of Taylor elected treasurer and Mrs Roberta Derfran of Beaumont chosen monitor. NEW CITY MANAGER EDINBURG April 21 Henry P Griffin of McAllen Hidalgo County engineer will become new city manager May 1 succeeding Jack Ellingson.
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Laredo
A. J. Leblanc
San Antonio
Catholic Daughters of America
J. J. Driscoll
el Paso
A. J. Rohan
Yoakum
Frieda Joyce
Taylor
Roberta Derfran
Beaumont
Monitor
Edinburg
Henry P. Griffin
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Jack Ellingson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marvin Nichols
Mr. Nichols
J. M. Barker
Plainview
D. I. Barnett
Liscomb
Arizona
E. W. Voss
Pampa
Harry E. Hoare
G. P. Tompkins
Tyler
Roswell
Julia Dakens
Jack Hans
Hans
Thompson Park
Hook & Line
Harry Daily
Williams-Boyce Agency
Conchas Lake
Tucumcari
Ed Harris
Frank Duncan
F. R. Galbreath
Nancy Farwell
Deloris Hill
Ginger Owens
Lillian Crabtree
Byron Singleton
Wanda Marie Scrivens
Betty Helen Wright
Ivan Mathewson
Carmen McGee
Patsey Perry
Raymond Hollingsworth
Joanne Green
Kim Harry Velma Gower
Edith Margaret Coberly
J. B. Hurst
Billy Bell
Billy Winter
Lida Roach
Mary Eleanor Morrow
Frank Storm
Mildred Bland
Ray J. Green
Ruth Starker
H_ YT
Raviece
John M. Redus
West Third
Tohoka
John C. Scott
Tohoka Hospital
Scott
Mr. Scott
H. H. Horne
Pierce
Horne
Heath Furniture
Heath
Stumpy
Shecks
MZ Grackle
Uncle Willie
Mamie
Mrs.j.b Muchbucks
Miami Beach
Moon
Hattie
Annie
Zero
Kang
He's
Hous Nikroson
Philly
Milc
Robert 8. Braden
Phi Eta Sigma
University of Texas
Braden
Boxwell
Tle
Amarillo Printing Company
B. F. Goodrich
4Th and Fillmore
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