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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
6
Hobgood notes rooming houses stay under rent limits with protection against unlawful evictions. Landlords and roomers may set leases allowing up to a 15 percent increase. Maximum rents stay at June 30, 1947 levels unless a written lease allows higher.
Amarillo Garden Club approved a multi year plan to develop a playground picnic area at Iris Bowl site between Thompson Pool and North Highway. Mark Miles will supervise with initial work including 12 concrete picnic tables 4 fireplaces drinking fountains frost proof hydrants and a flood light. The east side becomes a bird sanctuary with berry bushes and fruit trees for the birds.
Summary of court deeds and transfers listing S R Archer and others to John F Hill in Industrial City, Dailey to Herron, Loewenstern to Segoe, Mullen to Loewenstern, Taylor to Carl Owen, Baumann to Fivey, and Hodge to Porter Hodge with corresponding firms and tracts. Includes district court case Watkins v Watkins and marriage licenses for Woodring, Bailin, Muiline Robbins, Collins, and Hammond. Rye field crop note cites 1648 New England origin.
Operation of the region's first state sanitorium for tuberculosis is planned to begin by year end. Initial capacity will be 250 patients with a goal to eventually serve 2,000 patients.
The record notes that coffee was first introduced to Europe in the year 1573. This marks early adoption by European scholars and traders, signaling the beverage's spread from Middle Eastern origins to Western markets.
Galveston public relations man Clark W. Thompson, a Ninth District candidate, was denounced by Texas Communists after he claimed an unidentified Galveston candidate was acceptable to them. Ruth Koenig and James J. Green of the Communist Party urged voters to reject Thompson and his red baiting in the August 23 special election to fill the Mansfield seat.
A youth dance will be held tomorrow night at the San Jacinto Kiwanis Club Youth Center 609 Carolina from 8 to 1130. The event welcomes juniors through junior college age with new juke box records noted. The notice also provides a brief historical line on the WCTU founding.
Theresa Wink, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wink of the St Francis community, wins first place in the Potter County 4-H Girls Dress Revue. Wink, a member of the County Wide 4-H Club, was selected by Mrs. as the top entrant.
Judge H. A. Bragg spoke on the dresses as Mrs. Bragg described each entry. Zona Neusch of the St. Francis 4-H Girls Clubs received honorable mention among exhibitors including Etta Louis Benge Dorothy Butterfield Betty Detten Mildred Fesser Cynthia Glasgow Dora Koenig Laura Koenig Wanda Mazurek Leona Rea Ethel Frances Israel Nancy Rea Eatavia Meeks Glenda Scott Mary Jo Berg Madelyn Detten Opal Raef Wanda.
News-Globe want ads highlight the Detten Norma Jean Berg Rosemary Neusch Ar line Detten and Ruth Ann Berg listings. The fragmentary notice references individuals with last names Berg and Detten in Walden Virginia.
Frank Hobgood, area rent control director, hosts the third broadcast explaining the new housing and rent law. The 10:15 a.m. Saturday program on KGNC will be a question and answer format with Judy Love of the Better Business Bureau handling questions about securing the 15 percent maximum in rents and acceptable leases.
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