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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1946
Page
4
Denver report says 14 year old Douglas Phillips Jr failed to pick a lock during a display. His father, a city detective, was away on vacation and the boy accidentally snapped the handcuffs on his wrist. A police search found keys also missing from the father’s custody and detectives investigated.
The late Harvard Egyptology professor George A. Reisner bequeaths 1300 mystery thriller novels to the university library. The collection, part of his will, adds a sizable reading trove to Harvard’s holdings.
Water flow at the city pump station from 8am yesterday to 8am today reached 20,300,000 gallons, surpassing last Tuesday’s 19,500,000. Superintendent N V Moss said storage was in fair shape with about 6,000,000 gallons in tanks to start the day. irrigation holidays are today and tomorrow, with the next day Sunday and a new well bringing producing wells to 30.
Funeral services for Hub W. Foster will be held this afternoon at 5 30 o clock at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel. Rev J Frank Peery and Dr C C Grimes will officiate. Foster, 65, longtime cattle and ranch inspector for Amarillo National Bank, died yesterday after a long illness. He resided in Amarillo since 1907. the family home is 2607 Hayden. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery.
Mrs. Catherine Gates wife of Wylie Gates of El Paso died yesterday afternoon at her parents home 125 Rose Drive Amarillo. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 4 p m at Griggs Chapel. She was 46 a Brock University? No. She came to Amarillo in 1914 and lived in El Paso several years. She was a member of Buchanan Street Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Survived by husband two sons Robert and Wylie Jr a sister Mrs C H Bennett Brooklyn N Y and a brother Ford Walter Amarillo.
Happy Hour Sewing Club members met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Ernest Thrasher’s home 507 North Grant for sewing and tea. Guests included Mesdames Rufus McDowell W L Grainer E Inman H M Jensen and the hostess. Next week Mrs Rufus McDowell 604 Maryland will entertain at 2 PM Thursday. Ships Magazine notes vessels around 1812 had black hulls and dull red below deck interiors to hide blood in battle.
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