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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1951
Page
2
A reader from Pampa notes her seven year old daughter collects cicada shells after watching the insects emerge. She explains locals call them locusts, but they are cicadas, and describes finding dozens of shells on the family’s willow tree as part of curious learning.
Mr and Mrs C D Pratt of 3708 Harrison recall planting a fig bush in spring 1950 and facing skepticism about growing a fig tree in Amarillo. They note the bush is thriving and now bears a fig with pride.
The annual powder puff derby of women fliers begins in Santa Ana with 80 competitors in 50 planes bound for Detroit. They will stop overnight in Tucson Dallas Tulsa St. Louis and Fort Wayne. The event is judged by elapsed time and handicapped by advertised cruising speeds, hosted by the Santa Ana Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Ninety-Nines.
In Bolzano Italy a crowding excursion bus plunged into Lake Resia after losing a rear wheel. Thirty five people drowned while only a woman survivor was rescued after crawling through a window. The bus sank in forty six feet of water.
A series of pet loss and found notices from 1512 Polk to 3415 Line includes a collie named Rusty with Dalhart tag, an American Pit Bull named Butch, and a child seeking a replacement collie Prince killed by accident. Also listings for rooms, babysitting, housekeeping, and odd jobs. Royal Navy tests helicopter flights from merchant ships.
In the past week several freight cars arrived in Amarillo including a carload of pipe for Morrow Thomas Hardware. Shipped from Wheeling West Virginia on June 26, it arrived 45 days later, about 35 days longer than the normal 9 to 10 day transit. Howard Goodrich, warehouse foreman, must clear debris and dry mud from the pipe before use.
Mrs Bertha Dickinson 65 of Inkster becomes the first woman retired under Kaiser-Frazer CIO United Auto Workers pension plan She served 22½ years as a seamstress and matron before drawing a $33.90 monthly pension plus Social Security lifting her total to about $80 Dickinson plans to move with her husband to Hesperia near Grand Rapids to become a full-time housewife and enjoy fishing.
Three boys perished when a rowboat capsized at Lake Albany eight miles south of Albany Texas. The victims were Gilbert Kennedy 13 Eddie Wayne Kennedy 7 and Charles Woods 13 children of local residents. They had been riding with W D Ingle and his son, believed to be from Oklahoma City.
The poem laments alcohol’s impact on a father and his children. Dated as a plea from MISS J. P. D. of Pantex, it asks readers to stop and reflect on drinking’s damage and begs for mercy on the babies loved by their missing Dad.
J BL of Tucumeari New Mexico shares a humorous note about a Longfellow parody created by Oliver Wendell Holmes after a circus visit. The poem reimagines life as a barnyard battle where roosters crown courage and leave henscratch memories on time’s sands.
The Jewel Food Distributors co founder P. G. Tucker marked his 81st birthday at a Sunday birthday picnic in Thompson Park. Tucker’s daughters Mrs Jewel Williams and Mrs Minnie Mae Beasle led the event. Assisting were Gilmore Williams and Rankin Eisenberg, with many relatives and friends in attendance.
Tie J Brown and a list of guests featured out-of-town visitors at a social function. Mrs Violet Vo miche Mrs Claudia Hood Mrs Rosa Tate Mrs George Crawford Crent Ray Perry and Lester Dev ereaux attended. Guests came from Albuquerque New Mexico Downey California Yuba City Piedmont and Pampa with Mrs Donna Vanlandingham and daughter Vichi among others.
Detroit August 14 production workers at the Hudson Motor Car Co began returning to their jobs today after a 60 day rate dispute. About 2,000 workers ratified a settlement agreement reached by state and federal labor mediation teams ending the dispute last night.
Clyde Yoers owns Yoes Home Furnishings at 102 East Tenth and has never held a golf club yet knows every hole trap hazard and the 19th hole at Amarillo Country Club His knowledge comes from conservation on the 20th hole which he calls his place of business S T Munhall the carpet man is among the avid golfers who gather there several times a week Orville Damron Buck s Sporting Goods Carl Matney ROTC instructors at Amarillo High Howard Lynch assistant principal and other golfers discuss their games at the 20th hole They talk in the store until I run them off then they go talk golf over a cup of coffee He says golf is work and the only way to make it harder would be to run after the ball.
Cpl Darrell Wayne Jackson sails from New York for a two year tour of duty in Marburg Germany. He recently finished training at Lackland AFB and is Amarillo High School class of 1950 ROTC captain. He worked for Southwestern Bell before enlistment. His wife Mary Margaret Hulen stays with her parents J R Hulen.
In Unalaska Alaska a petition for disincorporation gained support from 65 residents and was approved by the city council before filing in federal court. Walter Dyakanoff, who circulated the petition, argues the population is not large enough for first class city status and that wartime boom conditions no longer apply.
Moscow newspapers and radio alleged that American forces dropped poison gas bombs in Korea on August 1 and August 7. They said a protest was sent to the United Nations and that chemical poisoning caused deaths.
Japan announces 1888 new pharmacists who recently completed examinations. The tally marks a sizeable credentialing milestone for the country’s healthcare workforce this year.
Reprinted reader note explains the classic three men rent puzzle. It clarifies that the calculation confuses the kept $2 with the room’s final price, showing the men ultimately paid $27 and the porter kept $2 while $3 was refunded, totaling $30.
In Portland Maine two youths Douglas Norton aged 10 and John OMalle y aged 9 tied a rope around their waists and walked on opposite sides of a main street. An automobile struck the rope and dragged them toward the wheel until a passerby screamed and the driver halted. Both boys escaped serious injury.
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