Around Town Guests and Travel Plans
Mr and Mrs Neill Singleton and guests Mrs Atkins of Lufkin and Mrs Jack Jones of Midhand will depart for South Fork Colorado for a week. Other locals return from Lamesa and Dallas visits and host Dr and Mrs Linscomb in Amarillo with Mrs Lipsccomb’s parents, Albert Bivins and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thither
Neill Singleton
van Buren
R. B. Atkins
Lufkin
Jack Jones
Singletons
South Fork
Colo
A. B. Morgan
Rosemont
G. C. Burt
Prospect
Lamesa
R. B. Walden
Joe Linscomb
Dallas
Amarillo
Lipscomb
Albert Bivins
Fillmore
Community Notes and Birth Announcements From Amarillo
New residents arrive from Tucson Tulsa and Fort Worth while several births occur at Northwest Texas Hospital with Aug. dates. Local families list addresses on West Sixth Eleventh Polk Rusk and Lincoln as visitors travelers and show entries. The column also notes hospital patients and medical updates for residents and military families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ligon
West Eleventh
Northwest Texas Hospital
A. C. Peterson
FE. H. Benning
North Rusk
R. Co. Schmidt
Washington
O. C. Holdaway
Cleveland
Jim M. Boyd
North Polk
C. L. Baskin
West Sixth
W. S. LeMaster
Pantex Village
Pfc
Guy E. Seal
Lincoln
Germans Use War Guilt To Justify Feeding Allies
A wartime diary tone condemns Germans for offering food to occupying troops, calling it a Christian duty but framing it as exploitation. The piece notes German behavior amid occupation and compares to Russians forcing women to shovel in Soviet zones.
Commission To Consider Bids for Outdoor Stage
The Amarilla city commission will review bids tonight for a contract to furnish an outdoor stage and shelters for a new park at Line and Western. Several proposals are already on file at city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarilla
Line and Western
Soil Conservation Reports Due for Farmers and Ranchers
Farmers and ranchers must file soil conservation reports by Aug. 15 covering practices from Jan. 1 to July 31. John Detten, Potter County AAA chair, said reports must be in the AAA office before conservationists can issue benefit payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Detten
Potter County
AAA
Resignations Flood Amarillo Public Schools
Charles M. Rogers reports 31 teachers have resigned across Amarillo Public Schools. Notable losses include ROTC commandant Capt J Jack Rogers and staff at multiple junior high and elementary schools. Several positions from physical education to commercial teaching remain hard to fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Rogers
Amarillo
J. Jack Rogers
William Brune
Diversified Occupations
Frances Wheeler
al Reville
Fred Reeder
Gertrude Jonehail
H. M. Laughlin
Elizabeth Nixson
Georgia Short
J. B. Slade
Laula Grace Erdman
Elliott Williams
Sam Houston
Horace Mann
Frances Annis
Virginia Ensign
Charles Fads
City Health Department
Virginia Jenkins
Wolflin
Pauline Clark
Greta Mae Cayton
Wilson
Evelyn Hood
Jerdie Casey
Winalee Gibbs
Sanborn
Mary McKeand Green
Hulda Horst
Forest Hill
Sue Phillips
San Jacinto
Wilma Noren
Summit
Helen Campbell
Margaret Wills
Cleo Harding
Lee Bivins
Catherine Gerner
Johnson
Freda Dugger
Glenwood
Tom Herring
Alice Landergin
Edna Hudson
Helen Driskill
Horace Mann Elementary School
War Dads Plan Officer Election in Amarillo
War Dads in Amarillo prepared for an officers election. Horace Griggs named Bond Burgess W E Konkle and Dave Brittain as nominating committee. The election set for August 20. The Herring Hotel meeting was well attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Horace Griggs
Bond Burgess
W. E. Konkle
Dave Brittain
Herring Hotel
Griggs
Seven Years in the Navy Veteran Leon Sillavan Discharged
Leon Sillavan motor machinist's mate second class, 43, is home with a discharge after seven years in the Navy. He spent the last three and a half years with the Seabees at Newfoundland Saipan and Tinian, after four years in the regular Navy in the 1920s. Saipan was not new to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Leon Sillavan
Seabees
Newfoundland
Saipan
Tinian
Local Methodist youths attend leadership conference in Arkansas
Representatives from three Amarillo area churches join a Methodist Young People's Leadership Conference at Mount Sequoyah Arkansas lasting to August 15. Miss Juanita Fern Morgan of Tenth Avenue Methodist and Miss Willene Christopher of San Jacinto contribute, along with Miss Christoper's Amarillo sub-district, Betty Jane Husted and Vera Horning for Polk Street Church. Also noted, Johnny Thompson departs for Oklahoma City to enter the Army. Sillavan, a 1928 Navy machinist's mate now reenlisted as motor machinist, intends to return to Ford work after visiting his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Sequoyah
Ark
Juanita Fern Morgan
Arthur
Tenth Avenue Methodist Church
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Willene Christopher
Arkansas
Christopher
W. D. Christopher
Tennessee
Amarillo
Betty Jane Husted
North
Lincoln
Vera Horning
van Buren
Polk Street
Honolulu
Marshalls
Australia
New Zealand
South American
Sillavan
Navy
Ford
Etta Willard
North East Third
Wheaties Breakfast of Champions Ad Highlights Bran Flakes
A vintage style ad touts Wheaties as solid nourishment with big whole wheat flakes and bran. It emphasizes breakfast with milk and fruit and claims Wheaties energize champions through strong flavor and nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazie
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Jess Latham
Jess Latham, Jr
J. E. Houston
Marjorie
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Tulsa
Oklo
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Consolidated Gas and Equipment Company
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G. L. Knight
Bush Ranch
el Paso
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Hope Carpenter
Hayden
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C. W. Stephens
Coffeyville
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T. S. Dysart
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West Twelfth
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George Scott
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O. F. Henville
Jackson
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Jefferson
Orewe McClellan
T. B. Higgs
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Clifford McMurtry
M. T. Wilks
East Twentythird
Eldon Hill
Austin
Charles Buell
Helen Buell
Harrison
Sergeant Buell
Germany
Frank Harry
Frank Young
East Thirteenth
Frank
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital News
William R. Patterson, Jr
Hartley
Frank J. Gordon
Carolina
Mary Pat Faton
Army Tech Village
Vestal B. Jividen
Ong
R. A. Bayless
Grover
Gerald Gann
Fannin
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North Pierce
Chester Parmelee
Turpin
Okla
Edgar Melton
Memphis
J. E. Hale
Dumas
Mauree FE. Dollar
Monroe
S&s. C
C. C. Weakley
Mississippi
C. D. Kelley
Boyce Gregory
A Polk
Lula Lee Bennett
Tyner
Bertha Gray
Bernard Schwochert
Anthony Alexander
North West Eighth
FE. L. Cox
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E. E. Felham
Lotta Louella Mullins
North Grant
Robert Earl Russell
Dale Cope
W. W. Walker
Ferne Walling
Tayior
Cora Coffman
Stratford
Velma Boyler
West Nineteenth
Carl Bagwell
Canyon
Donald Roy Berry
Mary Montgomery
Southern Brokerage Co
Fisk Bidg
Eugene Harris
HEATH
Paragon
Taylor
Blondie
Elmer
Jane Arden
Cope
King Features Syndicate. Inc. World Reh
Reni Leei Nise
Miss Ryan
Sato-San
MR. Moritl
Nippon
Tina Ryan
NMMW
Alne
Teen
Srotrirla
Randy
Warr
NEA Service
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Fern Morgan
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Thompson
ARMY
Johnny Thompson
C. L. Thompson
Pierce
Globe-News
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