YMCA Launches First Financial Drive Monday
The YMCA in Amarillo and the Great Plains district will start its first financial campaign on Monday to support expanding service. In two years the Y M C A programs have reached nearly two thousand youths, with Hi Y and Tri Hi Y programs growing to 11 chapters and 350 girls, plus pilots training for the Air Corps and military personnel relying on the center for recreation, education, and social activity.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Amarillo
Great Plains
Panhandle
Itelf
Tri-Hi-Y
United States Air Corps
Air Corps
Uncle Sam
Pearl Harbor
United States
Married Men Taking Officers Training Y M C A in 1940s
Potter County men join the army plan for officers training at reception centers using their own expense for mental and physical exams. Those meeting standards go to officers training school, others return to selective service. Globe News Want Ads Get Results.
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Potter County
Army
Globe News
Aid for China Gets Impetus in Potter County Drive
United China Relief volunteers and Amarillo High School Glee Club members push to meet a Saturday deadline. Funds aid 50 million Chinese refugees with food clothing and medical help through fourteen associated agencies while broadcasts on KGNC and KFDA raise support. Edvard Grieg born May 2, 1843.
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United China
Potter County
Hubert Cole
China
Cole
KFDA
Amarillo High School Glee Club
United China Relief
Japan
America
Canada
Court House
Draft Board Members Have Parking Worry
Draft board officials face parking difficulties amid scattered restrictions as streets near the facility fill with vehicles. Local officials note limited spaces and rising congestion impacting operations.
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Draft Board
Draft
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Sharks
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New York
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KGNC
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Alexander Belayev
Washington
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Wwe
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Levine's
Tom & Jerry
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