Amarillo High School trains students in distributive education program
The distributive education program at Amarillo High School offers two daily periods of class work plus afternoon store work downtown. Teacher Celia Fainstein interviews interested pupils in Room 217, preparing them in job ethics, sales, store English, arithmetic, and tailored instruction. Many graduates stay with local firms such as Blackburn Brothers, Dixie Dress Shop, White & Kirk's, and Amarillo Hardware Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Celia Fainstein
Amarillo
Virginia Huke
Blackburn Brothers
Lafaretta Patton
Dixie Dress Shop
Florence Sparks
White & Kirk's
Betty Dellis
American News Company
Shirle, Williams
J. Ernest Stroud and Company
Joyce Wilsom
Mode O Day
Mildred Hayne
Amarillo Hardware Company
Cleo Lamb
Texas University
Amarillo Hardware
Amarillo National Bank
Amarilo
Beverley’s
C. M. Williams
C. R. Anthony
Draper Ross Produce Company
Fifth Avenue Dress Shop
Gordon's Style Shop
H. A. Marrs
Fur
Distributive Education Leaders and Local Stores Listed
The article details district educators and store sponsors in Amarillo. Ramona McClanahan and Beverly Perks hold department roles, Dorothey Thompson and Celia Feinstein add office duties, while Mary La Verne Wyre and Charlesteen Carmack head departments. Fifteen retailers participate in the program including J C Penney Levine's Mangel's and Zales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plete
Mangels
Ramona McClanahan
White and Kirk’s
Beverly Perks
Dorothy Thompson
Beverley’s
Mary la Verne Wyre
Nations
J. C. Penney
Charlesteen Carmack
Levine's
New Senator Knowland Is Brother Of Amarillo Officer
California appoints Maj William F Knowland to U S Senate succeeding Hiram Johnson as Gov Earl Warren news confirms the new senator is brother to Maj Joseph R Knowland Jr who has just finished duty as an intelligence officer at Amarillo Army Air Field. Both Majors are sons of Joseph R Knowland president and publisher of The Oakland Tribune.
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California
William F. Knowland
Joseph R. Knowland, Jr
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo
Paris
Earl Warren
Hiram Johnson
U. S
Joseph R. Knowland
The
Oakland Tribune
Business and Professional Women Meet in Ellwood Park
Approximately 60 members and guests of the Business and Professional Women's Club gathered in Ellwood Park for a picnic supper and meeting. Delta Theta Chi sorority provided the meal under the hospitality committee led by Mrs. Carrie Cunningham. New member Mrs. Hilda Brown was welcomed, and four others were voted in: Mrs. Pauline Fletcher Kent, Mrs. Elva Brown Bennett, Mrs. Louise Jarvis, and Mrs. Gay Black. A moment of silence honored Mrs. Mattie Angel, who died last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ellwood Park
Delta Theta Chi Sorority
Carrie Cunningham
Hilda Brown
Pauline Fletcher Kent
Elva Brown Bennett
Louise Jarvis
Gay Black
Mattie Angel
B&pw
Seaman Claude Bittick Returns From Leave in San Diego
Claude E. Bittick age eighteen son of Mr and Mrs W E Bittick of 2602 South Houston has returned to San Diego after a one week leave. He is a seaman second class in the Navy and has recently completed boot camp training at the San Diego base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Bittick
W. E. Bittick
South
Houston
San Diego
Navy
Summer session diplomas awarded at Amarillo High School
Amarillo High School holds a Friday diploma ceremony for 85 graduates the largest summer class in school history. The group includes 56 regular graduates, 3 from other schools, 26 service members or recent veterans, with diplomas presented by Principal R. B. Norman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Prin. R. B. Norman
Hershel Allen
Mary Elizabeth Archer
Stanley B. Baldridge
Maye Vernell Barnes
Margaret Browning
Walter Glenn Bullock
Charleen Burns
Ellen Ann Cavenar
Jean Cole
Jonathan
Henry Cross
Lillian Davenport
Joel B. Davis
Bart Edwards
Jerry Gordon Elliott
Ruth Ewing
Barton Parker Fairey
Ola B. Fritts
Betty Lou Garner
Mann Family Attends Valley Mills Reunion
Mr and Mrs Eddie Mann and son Gilbert of 3505 Van Buren returned from Valley Mills where they attended a family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Mann
Gilbert
van Buren
Valley Mills
First Ford Off Assembly Line At Dallas Plant
Ford Motor Company's first 1946 model to be completed in Dallas will roll from the assembly lines Monday. Assistant Manager L. T. Verner said the Dallas plant will soon make many automobiles and aid reemployment after military demobilization begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Dallas
Ford Motor Company
L. T. Verner
Verner
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Dick Turner
Celia Feinstein
AHS
Miss Feinstein
Columbia University
Dick Tower
NEA Service, Inc
T. M. Reg. U
Reapers of
S.8.8
Health and Jeep Stalwart
Steapy - Strong
Fairbanks-Morse
Amarillo Field
Elizabeth Price
Helen Goldie Quayle
Evelyn Redding
Clyde Rehmeyer
Jesse Colman Rickman
Lois Elizabeth Roberts
Carolyn Rollins
Grady Rutledge
Chris Sammann
Doris Jean Sanford
Betty Jean Sumter
Billie Jean Tadlock
Betty Jean Tate
Pearl Laverne Taylor
Charis June Treet
Frances Lynn Townes
Lucille Whitehead
Robert Whitson
Shirley Williams
Patsy Younger
Dorothy Ray Zuber
Billy Burdine
Lefors
Donald Crawford
Roswell
Hiram Sloan
Dalhart
Sam K. Broyles, Jr
Oscar Paul Burden
Robert Bowlin
Weldon Clarkson
Bobby Lee Townes
Bob Hamilton
Bill Hamilton
Dale Robbins
Forest Wayne Strimple
Philip B. Stanley
E. J. Watson
Billy Dean Wedgworth
Harold Blake Ivens
Roy Martin Jordan
Herman Wade Krizan
Max Marvis
Billy Jack McKeand
Michael James Morris
Robert Manning
Gene Turner
Gene A. Clardy
Billy Jo Russell
Kenneth Lanham
Donald Mitchell
Eugene Polk
Robert Rutherford
Camay Soap
Taylor
N. Fillmore
Globe News
Beery
Prescription Shop
Polk St
Philadelphia
Detroit
San Francisco
Washington
Grant
Cretney
Globe-News
Glen Simmons
Littlefield, Texas
America
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Morton Downey
Lincoln Street
Coca-Cola
Coke
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