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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1940
Page
5
Roundup of area residents and visitors with brief itineraries. Includes Clegg family trip to Salome Springs Arkansas and Mrs Clegg’s blossom memories, visits to Fort Worth Clovis and Lubbock, YMCA and Rail Road officials’ travels, plus local residents’ health updates and social plans.
The article lists numerous individuals and their destinations including to Houston Dallas Fort Worth Austin San Antonio and Wichita Falls with names such as T M Crawford J J Progress Eva Lewis Jack Mistrot Rose Wibam and Edith Anderson among others. It presents a compilation of relocations or transfers to various Texas locales.
Miss Janie B. Rogers formerly of Amarillo has accepted a position in Skellytown Public School as dietitian and manager of the school cafeteria. She is a West Texas State College graduate and formerly operated the Co-Ed Fashion Shop in Canyon. Additional transfers include Mrs. G E Bigbee to Columbus and several others heading to Albuquerque Los Angeles Chicago and Oakland.
Sunday crowd gathers at Buffalo Lakes near Lubbock for swimming and boating with many picnickers. Amarillo streets feature restored two seated bicycles as vacationers from Galveston comment on a distant sea wall cannon and a nearby merry go round.
Train crews and officials shift assignments from Bromley to San Francisco and other routes. Bradley, Gohman, Pearson, Baldwin, Hon, Dwyer move to new posts while McDonald bids in at South Plains. Medearis out sick. Santa Fe adds freight turns. several crew recalled or furloughed. Burlington and Rock Island adjustments. extended Mexico trip for Espitia. Fort Worth Denver adds freight turn with Irvie and Rogers aboard.
The Santa Fe Railway offers 65 educational awards to 4-H Club members in the Middle West to attend the National 4-H Congress in Chicago with the International Live Stock Exposition. Awards by state include Texas 19 Oklahoma 16 Kansas 12 Missouri 5 Colorado 4 Illinois 3 New Mexico 3 Arizona 2 Iowa 1. Winners are selected by state agricultural colleges based on farm club records.
Santa Fe Yard Fireman Andrew Giles is sent to Canada to relieve Don Dever on temporary leave. J. B. Gibbon, retired Fort Worth and Denver agent, visited the office. Rock Island Brakemen A A Gruhlkey and H E Jones are lay ing off temporarily for personal business. Mrs Roy Bechtold returns from Harlingen after visiting Mrs D J Young and her sister in Austin.
An ad for Kellogg's All-Bran urges regular use to prevent constipation by supplying dietary bulk. It promotes daily consumption with milk or baked into muffins, plus ample water and medical consultation if chronic. Kellogg's Battle Creek branding is included.
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