Veterans Contact Man Adds Army Vet as Officer at 502 Oliver Eakle
Alvin O Boney new veterans administration contact officer based at 502 Oliver Eakle Building is a World War II veteran and former Fifth Field Artillery forward observer who served two years in the China Burma India theater and earned the Purple Heart Bronze Star and a Distinguished Unit Citation. He previously worked in Sinclair Wyoming Oil land department and is UT chemistry graduate. The piece also notes WTSC hires three instructors from Amarillo Public Schools, including Dorinda Bond as journalism instructor and Sue Donald as foods teacher, with details on their backgrounds and roles at Canyon WTSC and related publications.
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Veterans Administration
Alvin O. Boney
Oliver Eakle
Boney
Lipscomb
Fifth Field Artilery
China-Burma-India
America
China
Sinclair Wyoming Oil Company
University of Texas
Dorinda Bond
Amarillo
Olin Hinkle
WTSC
Sue Donald
Grace Warden
Pleasant Valley
Canyon
Miss Bond
Prairie
Sam Houston
Mary Hardin Baylor College
Belton
Southern Methodist University
North Texas State College
University of Chicago
Texas Tech
University of Southern California
Huntington Library
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Dallas
Delta Kappa Gamma
Texas State Teachers Association
Donald
Retail Credit Association of Can
Army Bought First Plane 37 Years Ago
Thirty seven years ago the United States Army Air Forces approved purchase of its first aircraft. The initial plane, bought for the Division of Aeronautics then part of the Signal Corps, came from Wilbur and Orville Wright. It carried a 350 pound payload, had no fuselage, a top speed of 40 mph, cruised 30 to 35 mph, and flew about three hours on fuel.
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United States Army Air Forces
Division of Aeronautics
Signal Corps
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Discovery of Petroleum Drilling in 1859
In 1859 researchers demonstrated that oil could be produced from the earth by drilling, marking a turning point in industrial energy exploration and the rise of the petroleum industry.
Traffic Accidents Report From Amarlio Traffic Division
A monthly Amarlio traffic division report shows 97 total accidents last month with 90 involving vehicle to vehicle collisions. One fatality occurred and 91 cases involved property damage. 29 reckless driving complaints were filed, including one for running a red light.
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Amarillo
Carley Price
Field Director Spent Two Years in Pacific
Miss Mae Nygard, new Red Cross field director at Amarillo Veterans Hospital, recalls two years traveling across the Pacific theater. She replaces Doris Dustin who retired to teach in Ardmore, Oklahoma after six months here. Nygard details hospital recreation work from Brisbane to Manila and Tokyo, noting the 42nd General Hospital and postwar Japan’s reconstruction.
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Pacific Area
Miss Mae Nygard
Amarillo Veterans Hospital
Red Cross
Doris Dustin
Ardmore
Oklo
Miss Dustin
Miss Nygard
Pacific
Mindanao
Brisbane
Australia
New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Japan
Manila
Eighth Army
Tokyo
GOP Meeting Set Tomorrow in Potter County Courthouse
Charlie A. Quails, chairman, calls a Potter County Republican Executive Committee meeting at 1 PM in the county commissioners’ room to select delegates and alternates for the state convention. The state convention is scheduled for August 18 in Mineral Wells.
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Potter County
Republican Executive Committee
Charlie A. Quails
Mineral Wells
Red Cross Director’s Early Education Work Across States
The Red Cross director began in education and recreation for the deaf and blind before the war. She worked in state programs in Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York, and studied at Columbia University.
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Red Cross
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Columbia University
Funeral services for Isaac Finley held in Buchanan Street area
Funeral services for Isaac Finley were held this afternoon at 4 from Griggs Chapel with Rev. A. E. Wilson officiating. The Amarillo resident who died yesterday at age 79 leaves a large family including wife Annie and seven sons and three daughters. Burial was at Llano Cemetery.
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Isaac Finley
Griggs Chapel
A. E. Wilson
Buchanan Street Baptist Church
Mr. Finley
Amarillo
Cleveland
The
Baptist Church
Walter Haag
Gordon Gifford
Fred Wright Nunn
Leonard Nunn
Perry Wood
Claude Rankin
Finley
Annie Finley
Columbus Finley
Hereford
Fate Finley
Groom
Herman Finley
Carol Finley
Portland
Ore
Hershel Finley
Tucumcari
N. M
Florence Wilkerson
Burbank
Cal
Lucinda Crowder
San Diego
Jeffrew Winters
Canyon
Llano Cemetery
Visitors Return After Las Vegas Visit
After visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Everett in Las Vegas and Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hicks Jr at 720 North Williams, the travelers have returned home.
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Tom Everett
Las Vegas
T. C. Hicks, Jr
North Williams
Ordered from Duty in U S to Europe
WAC Captain Carolyn F. Greenway daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Greenway has been transferred from Scott Field Illinois to the European Theater to serve as an administration officer She enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in July 1942 and attended officer candidate school at Fort Des Moines after various assignments with the WAC training command she was transferred to the Air Forces
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WAC
Carolyn F. Greenway
Roscoe Greenway
Scott Field
Ill
Greenway
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Des Moines
WAC Training Command
Air Forces
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Army
Valley Food Market
Dalhart, Tex
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Saratoga Cafe
Polk Sg
Cal Farley
Wonstop Duzzitt
Fillmore
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Charles A, Quails
Yonettrd Brothers
Dumas Perry
Star Electric Co
Polk St
Orient
Virgil Reeb
Carolyn Greenway
U.S
Europe
Technical Training Command
University of Mexico
Amarillo Venetian Blind CO
Taylor St
Willys
Southworth Motor Co
S. Fillmore
Amarillo, Texas
Home Town News
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Fisk
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NBC News Review
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KFDA
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Wayne King
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O. D. Cope
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Panhandle Trailways Union Bus Center
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Early Birds
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Mary Lee Taylor
Smoky Joe Barnes
Buddy Weed
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Earl Wilde
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Winstop Duzzitt
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Tom O'Shanter
Snookie
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