Treasure Hunt Interest High At Palo Duro State Park
Interest grows as the second annual treasure hunt nears midsummer in Palo Duro State Park. Record books show coins registered by finders from more than 100 Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma communities. The hunt features major prizes including a 1949 Chevrolet sedan a silverware set a filly a Hereford farm stake a diamond ring and an oil painting.
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Canyon
Revynald Long
Bon Amarillo
Mr. Long
Eldon Beer
Harleyvidson Motorcycle Co
Plains Chevrolet Company
Hartman
Casey
Susie
Glen J. Casey
Hereford
Tex
J. B. Elliston
Albert Meyer
Mission Jewelry Company
Bill Lockhart
Palo Duro
Bheentee Votes Cast in Runoff
A total of 42 absentee ballots have been cast in the Aug. 26 runoff, the second Democratic primary since Aug. 6. County official Loren Jones said this morning that 25 ballots were mailed to people not expecting to be in the city at election time. two were returned. Absentee voting deadline is Aug. 22.
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Loren Jones
Morine
Workers Fired In Auckland Go Slow Spark Unions Conflict
Carpenters fired by Auckland builders amid a go slow by unions are declared not eligible for unemployment benefits. An advertisement promotes HADACOL with testimonials from Leslie S. Ladd Jr his mother and grandfather praising relief from vitamin B1 B2 niacin and iron deficiencies.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Leslie S. Ladd, Jr
Cleveland Avenue
Nashville, Tenn
Leslie
Mrs. Ladd
Scattered Showers Across Panhandle Forecast
Amarillo weather officials report scattered showers in the Panhandle with rainfall totaling .20 inch at Gage and .08 inch at Shamrock for the 24 hours to 6:30 this morning. Amarillo had a trace. High of 92 expected today with a low around 64 and more light showers likely in the coming days.
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H. C. Winburn
Amarillo
Services Conducted For McPeake Infant
Funeral services for William C. McPeake Jr. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William McPeake of 1804 Pierce were held at Memorial Park Cemetery at 3:36 p.m. Officiating was Rev. N. R. Dower of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Burial was under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. The infant died yesterday afternoon at St. Anthony's Hospital. Survivors include the paternal grandmother Mrs. Phillip McPeake of Lubbock and the maternal grandmother Mrs. W. Adams of Amarillo.
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William C. McPeake
William McPeake
Pierce
Memorial Park Cemetery
N. R. Dower
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
St. Anthony's Hospital
Phillip McPeake
Lubbock
W. ©. Adams
Amarillo
Christian Science Sunday Services and Lesson Texts
The Sunday service outline for all Christ, Scientist churches centers on Soul as the lesson sermon topic for August 1. The Golden Text speaks of the Lord as portion and hope, with Isaiah and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health cited to illustrate gaining life through discarding false sense of Soul.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Montgomery Ward Posts 104 Million July Sales Rise
Chicago August 11 Montgomery Ward and Company reported full retail and mail order sales totaling 104 million 975 thousand dollars for July, a 36.3 percent increase from 77 million 5 thousand in July 1949, reflecting strong growth in demand.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Population and business growth over fifty years
Over the past half century the country’s population rose by 97 percent while the number of businesses expanded about 140 percent, signaling broad economic and demographic growth.
Deed Transfers and Court Actions Filed
Courthouse records show multiple real estate transfers in blocks across Washington Center, Bivins Estates, Fast Amarillo, Anchor Subdivision, Humphreys High, Denver Heights, Ban Jacinto Minhta, Fairview Addition, San Jacinto Heights, and Country Club areas. Names include Gwyn, Levitt, L. Martin, Baker Koontz Kemp Bucaperers, Howard Pree, Tucker Johnson, Hetrick Rainwater, Paul Spencer, Hanes Glenn, Fife Scott, Dowell Hicks, Kauffman Poteet, Thomas Shropshire, White, Humphrey, and others. District Court filings list several divorces and a few custody or separation actions among Taylor, Goehman, Blossom, Johnson, and Thomas.
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E Blake Baker
Mattie L. Koontz
Gene Mae Bucaperers
Arthur Kemp
Humphreys
Mary L. Spencer
Denver Heights
Hanes
Myrtie BE
Glenn Ate
Ban Jacinto Minhta
Tom Fife
Belle Nora Scott
Fairview Addition
Hubert C. Dowell
Dewey A Hicks
San Jacinto Helehts
D. H. Kauffman
Luin Poteet
Gés
Charlee Thomas Shropshire
W. J. White
Cecil L. Humphrey
Jackoe
Humphreys Highlan District Court
Mrs. Rosa A. Thurmon Taken by Death
Mrs. Rosa A. Thurmon 59 died last night in Northwest Texas Hospital after a heart ailment since July 20 Funeral arrangements are with N 8 Griggs & Sons Amarillo husband Archie A Thurmon a carpenter Survivors include a brother and six sisters with addresses in Harmon Iola Kan Hydro Okla Waverly Ala Seagraves and Seagraves placeholder names indicate continued list
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N. 8
Griggs & Sons
Rosa A. Thurmon
Polk
Amarillo
Seagraves
Thurmon
Temple Baptist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Car! Place
Harmon
Elmer Brown
Iola
Kan
M. C. Bozarth
Hydro
Okla
Crill Bridges
Waverly
J. T. Tate
Ficeused Oklahoma Forger Nabbed Here
Police arrest Kenneth Glass in Amarillo after he arrived in a travel bureau car. He faces four felony forgery charges in Oklahoma City for writing and cashing 1800 dollars in fake checks at a former employer. He had been released on bond, then allegedly forged another 2000 dollars and tried to flee.
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Join Kenneth Glass
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Travel Bureau
Glass
Oklahoma
Seale Construction Plans 30 Homes in Amarillo
The Seale Construction Company received building permits for 30 new homes in East Amarillo. Each permit is for 4600 dollars, totaling 138000 dollars for four room frame dwellings to be built in blocks on Mirror or August streets. Plans by Howard Ensign include a two story addition to the Wood The World building at 608 West 1xth.
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Seale Construction Company
Amarillo
Howard Ensign
Woodeee the World
West
Border Line Twins Quinebaug Across State Line
In Quinebaug Massachusetts the village sits immediately next to an identically named Quinebaug in Connecticut, separated only by the state border. The quirky arrangement highlights two communities sharing a name across the border.
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Quinebaug
Mass
Massachusetts
Connecticut
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Bheentee
Hadacol
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Panhandle
McPeake Infant
Zale
Southwest
Midwest
Christian Science Sunday
Ward
Courthouse Records
Waneerre Deeds Gwyn
W. M. Adams
Washington Center
Florence Levitt
R. B. Gienn
Bivins Eatates
Jack Ll. Martin
Henry L. Ford
Perioonen’ Co
B. J. Howell
Nancy Taylor
Forrest ‘Taylor
Opal Goehman
W. J. Goehman
Ruth Blossom
David W. Blossom
Robert L. Johnson
Melva Fay Johnson
Ee. M. Thomas
Mary Theresa Thomas
J. B. Landers
D.D.S
J. B. Landers, Jr
Poe
Globe-News
Seale Company
Earl C. Cayton
Pirkin
Gunn
Ros
Cormikill Co
Booker, Tex
Ences
Diamond Importers
U.S
Nacses
Accov
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