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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1924
Page
8
Austin August 12 A chapter on the American flag has been added to approved school books in Texas public schools. State Superintendent Marrs says the change may set a statewide course and could influence curriculum nationwide.
Canyon Texas August 2 An Apache man over ninety living near San Carlos Arizona recently gave Mrs A L Overton the Panhandle Plains Historical Society a war club. The wooden haft about thirteen inches long is wrapped in buckskin with hair remaining to prevent slipping in the grip.
The Fireman's Department of Amarillo plans a Relief Fund to cover extra expenses and medical care in sickness or accidents. The department notes its unique protection status and urges citizens to cooperate as members will explain the plan in coming days.
Mrs. Ruth Hobart announced she has employed EFA Simpson of Clarendon as attorney in connection with her husband's death on July 14. Associate counsel J. W. Cutwell will remain. Hobart will also pause her El Paso visit as legal matters proceed. The piece also notes the first West Texas Farmers Educational Congress set for August 21 in Amarillo, sponsored by Texas Wheat Growers and Texas Sorghum Growers, aiming to benefit West Texas farmers.
Ernest McDuffie, son of Ruth Hobart, was placed in the custody of his father RE R McDuffie of Lawton Oklahoma by a district court order. The decision followed a suit filed weeks earlier by McDuffie. no answer was filed by Mrs Hobart. The boy had been cared for in Amarillo after the July 14 murder of Edward Hobart amid fears of kidnapping.
The West Texas State Teachers College calendar for 1924-25 was announced from Canyon, Texas. The training school starts September 17 with fall term beginning September 24. Christmas recess runs December 20 to January 4, longer to suit distant students. Spring term opens March 20 and ends June 4. Summer session begins June 8.
A mixed local notes item lists Mildred Davis visiting in the area, Angling and barbecue mentions on Harding's Ranch, and social calls by Mrs. E. D. Ritchie and Mrs. Dolph Prather in Amarillo. It notes J M Mullin of Colorado Fuel and Iron traveling in Plainview and Lubbock on business and district court at Vega with Reese Tatum presiding. Kenneth M. Lynch and family visit from Dallas. Judge Gough and George Menke travel to Tulsa for Wheat Growers business. A political quip prompts a question about Heaven and aprons. Anna Morgan returns from Plainview to Georgetown to teach there this fall. Mrs. John Atkinson of Muskogee visits Amarillo. she was with S. E. Simpson and noted Panhandle Plains Chamber work. W H Stubblefield of White Deer was in Amarillo yesterday.
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