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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1947
Page
9
Mrs Shirley Pochert filed suit for divorce alleging her husband Galbraith Hubby 100 PERCENTER Milwaukee criticized how she managed the household finances. The petition centers on alleged financial oversight and dispute within their marriage.
A Pilot Club sponsored speech improvement clinic for children aged 4 12 to 6 years will screen applicants at McKinley School on August 27. Sessions start September 3, two weekly one hour meetings, for eight dollars a month with possible aid for families in need.
A junior bathing beauty contest for boys 12 and younger will be held this evening in nine city parks as part of the summer recreation program. Contest begins at 7 pm in Ellwood East El Alamo Fred Douglas North Heights Will Rogers and San Jacinto parks with Oliver Eakle and Sanborn parks hosting earlier events. Prizes will go to winners. judging by neighborhood resident committees.
Private pilots from seven Panhandle cities visited Pampa for a breakfast at the Municipal Airport. Roy Webb of Webb Aviation Service led the event with 65 attendees including Amarillo flyers such as Dude Gentry and Tim Coleman.
Examinations for accounting and auditing assistant posts have been announced by the Civil Service Commission. Salaries range from 2644 to 3021 dollars yearly with jobs in various Texas federal agencies. Application blanks and qualifications information are available from H M Timmons, local Civil Service secretary, room 21, post office building.
Contract for the Tri State All Girl Rodeo is being drawn, fair manager L. B Herring said this morning. The rodeo will be on the first three days of the fair and the fourth night. Opening date of the fair is Sept. 22. Rodeo producers are Nancy Bindford and Thena Mae Farr, both of Amarillo. STOP HERE ON TRIP Mr. and Mrs. C. L. White and children. James Earl and Billye Rene of Fort Worth, formerly of Amarillo, visited Mrs. R. L. Borge, 1602 West Nineteenth, while en route to Yellowstone National Park. They were accompanied to Yellow Stone by Mrs. C. W. Farr, 30086 Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sparks, 1500 Bowie, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holbert, also of 1500 Bowie.
Miss Faye Holland of 1610 Jackson has returned to Amarillo after visiting her parents in Clarendon recently.
Four Santa Fe switching crew members released on 1000 dollar bond face charges of stealing about 60 bushels of wheat from Santa Fe yards. The suspects are G. W. Barnes Dewey Gill Joe Dudley Jones and Gus Tyler. Charges filed by Santa Fe special officers.
The article notes Kannapolis in North Carolina as the largest unincorporated city in the United States, highlighting its population size and status among similar communities.
An organizational meeting of state units of the Highway 66 Association will be held in Oklahoma City October 24 and 25. Ralph Jones of Albuquerque chairs the national group with Bob Clark of Shamrock as state president. Amarillo attendees include Dallas Smith and Al Reville. Rex Baxter of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will attend. The group promotes Highway 66 as a transcontinental route and seeks better road conditions. States in the national group are Texas California Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. A vinegar note follows.
Ulmer Monroe Jackson aged 36 living east of Amarillo was fined $25 and costs after pleading guilty to driving with a suspended license. He was arrested by highway patrolmen as his license, suspended June 9 1946 for a prior drunken driving conviction, was in effect.
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