Home Choice Ends in Eviction and Refuge Fight
A woman faced a forced choice about staying in a home until completion, followed by eviction. She then moved to Phillips houses, which she describes as her only real refuge against her enemies.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1951
Page
18
A woman faced a forced choice about staying in a home until completion, followed by eviction. She then moved to Phillips houses, which she describes as her only real refuge against her enemies.
A cantankerous gray earless cat persists with Amarillo builders Frank Phillips and his sons Evans and Carroll as they construct three houses on Milam and Peach Tree. The feline shelters under foundations, survives winter, and later has four kittens, while workers note her mistrust and rough demeanor.
A nostalgic solicitation invites readers to send twenty cents plus a pattern number to Globe News Needlecraft Dept for a quilt pattern and directions. Include name address zone and mail a second twenty cents for Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Claims include crochet, embroidery, knitting and home crafts with a free pattern in the book.
A 1951 era advert offers a Wrapover apron or poncho pattern with four transfer motifs. Readers are urged to send twenty five cents to Amarillo Globe-News in New York for pattern details and to include name address zone and pattern number. Also promotes Alice Brooks Needlework cate jee priced at twenty cents.
Bill Gilstrap, president of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, calls for immediate expansion of day nursery facilities. He notes working mothers have doubled in recent months, current facilities are strained, and state or federal aid depends on an equipped nursery. A building or site, funds to erect and equip it are urgently needed.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, inspecting US forces in Darmstadt, asked a corporal at attention why he was there. The reply, To keep the Russians out of Europe, drew a nod from Eisenhower who told an accompanying colonel that the troops seemed well oriented.
The article notes Miss Kuykendall, an honor graduate from Albuquerque High School who edited the school paper, and her sister Betty Kuykendall, three-time Pepsi-Cola contest winner, as daughters of Mr. The sisters are set for University of New Mexico support as they pursue further studies, reflecting high character and scholastic standing.
Newly found manganese ore deposits in Southwest Africa excite mining interest among local authorities and investors. Officials report promising ore grades and potential for export growth, signaling a possible shift in regional mining prospects and economic development.
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