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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1950
Page
17
Meads These two giants deliver Mead's Fresher-ized Bread daily to all points in the Panhandle, providing reliable nationwide fresh bread distribution through the region's key routes.
Mead's Bread delivers fresh bread across the Panhandle with two large trucks from Amarillo each carrying 10,000 loaves. Available varieties include regular, sandwich, cinnamon rolls, and doughnuts. The one and a half pound loaf is square and evenly sliced with a brown crust and snowy white interior. Vitamin enriched Mead's Fine Bread is claimed to be superior.
Raef Brothers of St Frances and Umbarger supply butane and propane gas to city and rural customers. They warn winter will come soon and urge immediate orders with delivery by their truck fleet. They offer installation of extra tanks and provide appliances, with service by trained experts.
Sid Veazey operates Sid's Garage at 826 Georgia Street in Amarillo offering sink-Proof aluminum alloy boats in 12 14 and 16 foot semi-V models ready for delivery. Factory trips take 22 hours. orders for optional extras should be placed 10 days before delivery. Sid's Garage also offers truck and car repairs, wrecker service and winch work. Globe-News Want Ads Get Results!
Willa Mae McCandless, a veteran watchmaker and jeweler in Levine's Basement, guarantees all work and does repairs herself. She runs a small jewelry store with watches, rings, and various merchandise at attractive prices by passing savings from lower overhead to customers. She invites visitors even if no repair is needed and advertises stationery and greeting cards.
As early as 1740 three Marine regiments were recruited in America and assembled in New York under General Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. The units performed valiant service in the West Indies for the Royal British Navy.
Mrs Earl Wyatt offers every antique in her large stock at reduced prices for this week only while her studio at 1500 Jefferson reopens after rearranging. Highlights include a French Haviland dinner service for twelve for 250 dollars and another for 225 dollars, plus furniture like an unfinished maple side table for 25 dollars and a walnut drop leaf table for 25 dollars. Lamps priced from 30 to 65 dollars. many mirrors, frames, paintings, silver pieces, and antique jewelry also available. Open daily 8 AM to 9 PM through Saturday.
Restore magazine savings by Marshall Deaton Your Magazine Man offering reduced rates on many titles including Ladies Home Journal Good Housekeeping Time Newsweek and more Gift cards free on request New 30 month Ladies Home Journal offer price 5 for 30 months Also 3 years Better Homes and Gardens for 5 Save on Coronet Reader's Digest and more for new subscribers only Call 2 3061 or mail to 1005 N Woodland Amarillo for orders and inquiries
U S Marine Dan Daly, famous Leatherneck, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor twice. He received the first honor for service in China in 1900 and a second award 15 years later for actions against Haitian bandits. Daly died in 1937.
Vaughan's Gift Shop at 3119 West Sixth unveils a 150-foot display panel with hundreds of new pictures in varied sizes and frames. Landscapes, florals, religious Sallman prints, kid items like Mother Goose, and humor series lure shoppers, plus Mothers Day gift ideas including luncheon sets, fans, linens, and Hallmark cards.
The E S Cowie Electric Company celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Kansas City gathering attended by Amarillo branch manager A W Wilcoxson. Since 1928 a Cowie store has served Texas starting in Amarillo, moving to 700 West Seventh in 1935, and expanding to a central distributing point with a large territory and steady growth.
Typewriter Service Company in Amarillo offers the Clary Speed-O-Lectric adding machine. It is portable, motorized, and features a thumb add-bar for easy key operation. Order via dial 2-1313 or write to R M Kidwell for delivery to your office.
The Stork Shop, 3009 West Sixth Avenue, owned by Bob and Betty Drake, offers exclusive children’s wear up to six years old. They carry Carpenter Self-Starter shoes, a toy department, and gifts for newborns and young kids with ample free parking nearby.
Noel White and his wife discovered that Aborig inal and half caste children at Carrelup reserve can draw vividly. They nurtured a talent for landscapes animals and abstract designs, turning shy youths into skilled artists as Perth reports.
Moving stairways will soon assist jet flight operations by transporting 30 Navy pilots per minute from the hangar deck to the flight deck, a 28 foot ascent.
The Western Business Supply at 208 West Tenth Street adds Art Steel All in One filing cabinets to stock. The No 1-A model features two letter file drawers two 4x6 card files and a lock storage cabinet in a 27 by 33 1/2 by 16 inch unit priced at 39.95. Other arrangements and optional drawer locks are available.
Early matches were called luci fers or flamers because they sputtered so badly, a fact cited by the National Geographic Society.
A whale would drown quickly if deprived of air, as its lungs require oxygen to sustain life. Marine mammals surface to breathe at intervals, using spouts to exhale and inhale air efficiently before diving again.
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