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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
7
Nursing staff report 35 to 40 babies crowded into bassinets intended for 25 at Northwest Texas Hospital. Nursery demand amid expansion plans forces limited space for growth and lung exercise, with Nurse Thelma Bishop among attendants in protective gear.
The Northwest Texas Hospital faces crowding with 8000 plus births since 1924 and 6000 since 1938. The plan asks Amory and Potter County voters to approve $750000 in bonds Aug 23 for adding maternity and nursery space, including 62 baby beds and eight incubators.
Among visitors in Amarillo Thursday from Lubbock were Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald and Nelle Marie Ommack.
Kansas Senator Arthur Capper, at 82 and the Senate's oldest member, begins flying lessons to better grasp constituents' needs. He notes Kansas farmers adopt airplanes for crop dusting and other practical uses, and sees aviation as a learning path.
In Austin on August 15 veteran affairs official C O Barker denied reports of a split within the Texas VFW over the college building program amendment to be voted on August 23. Barker said Maj Horace H Shelton opposed leadership but not the VFW unity and that Shelton has not spoken for the VFW since 1946.
Austin burial honors Solomon Bedford Strickland 108 a noted Indian guerrilla leader of the Civil War era He died from age related illness after relying on home made herb medicines He was born June 5 1839 in Harrisburg County Texas later Montgomery County and lived in Houston before moving to Austin.
Season ticket sales for the Amarillo Little Theater season have doubled last year after three days of sales. Shows include Joan of Lorraine Fatal Weakness and The Barretts of Wimpole Street under Oma Link Rowley. Prices range from 1.50 to 25 with reserved seats for sustaining and patrons. Reservations via local contacts end August 28.
Twenty five workers from Casa Buena Builders began constructing twenty partially prefabricated five room efficiency houses in the 4100 block on Ong. Sidewalls floors and roof trusses are to be prefabbed on site with pier and beam foundations. This project, FHA approved last month, is the first of fifty houses announced by the company.
A historical note explains an Ancient Roman rule where a complainant could drop a lawsuit by receiving a payment of 25 cents from the insulter. The practice served as a quick settlement to avoid court action.
Sister Mary Bernadine who founded the Blessed Martin Mission in Amarillo in 1944 was elected Mother General of the Dominican Sisters at St. Mary of the Springs Columbus Ohio on August 9 succeeding Mother M. Stephanie who served 24 years. She will lead over 550 sisters across four archdioceses and six dioceses with missions in China and will oversee Albertus Magnus College and 11 schools across New Haven and surrounding areas.
Ernestine Dearen of Pampa will be a weekend guest in the Z O Collier home at 2422 Washington.
Dayton residents L E Mudd and his sons Lloyd and Dan visit Mr and Mrs Harry Snow at 900 Taylor Street.
Claudie Loftiss of Cordell Oklahoma will visit Tuesday for a week with Mary Collier at 2422 Washington. The two former Blue Mountain College friends met last year in Blue Mountain Mississippi. The Dimmitt FFA Chapter recently received a bronze emblem for good work in the past year.
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