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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1951
Page
2
A columnist riffs on a mystery titled Deadly Nights with a library mark misspelled Deadley Nights. The piece pivots to jokes about Kansas City floods, Galveston and Johnstown disasters, inflation, and politics. Anecdotes include Texan rags about heat and duty, and a farmer’s tale of hogs and calves ending after dogs kill an intruding hog.
The Amarillo city commission approved vacating a five foot easement on North East Fifteenth Avenue, merging park and recreation departments, and re platting part of Wolflin Park Addition No 4. It awarded alley and street paving totaling 51,793.70 to Bell Braden Barker & Gilvin and 16,900 to Klock Construction. Monthly Amarillo Air Terminal statement showed June net profit 6,203.81 and airport cafe 959.34. Bus routes saw two changes extending McMasters and shortening West Tenth and Glenwood routes.
An Arkansas farmer recalls a feud sparked by a dog eating neighbors eggs and a chicken. He drilled into cattle care with Brahma bulls, notes the scissor tail as Oklahoma’s state bird, and compares Texas mockingbirds. Wirt Hetherington of Exchange National Bank sent $10,000 in mixed denomination five-dollar bills to Washington. The bank kept the bills, awarding officers, directors, and some customers. collectors in cities now bid up to $300 each for the freak notes.
Household help and item requests listed. Mothers helper needed at 117 South Bowyer with room and board. Folding baby bed, baby care, ironing and housekeeping services offered. Trade offers include washing machine, platform rocker, and appliances. Real estate and vehicle trade notes, stamps, and fabric items among many small ads. References and contact numbers provided.
A sacred and western music concert starts at seven tonight in Palo Duro State Park. It opens a nightly series through Sept. 16, arranged by Malcolm Clack and featuring records and transcriptions under John McCarty's park concession.
FURRINER of National City, Cal complains about hostile neighbors in Amarillo after 37 years in Missouri and Texas. She contrasts friendly California and Missouri neighbors with sour Amarillo reactions, urges moving to new additions for acceptance, and praises one wonderful neighbor in Amarillo.
A Panhandle Navy sailor stationed at China Lake writes about California climate and desert conditions. He scorns long trips to water and warns tourists to consider Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma before visiting California. He notes extreme temperatures and criticizes pricey travel.
In Brooklyn a shabby old man named Charles Hoffman died of a heart attack on a curb beside his new car. Papers in his pockets linked the car to him and revealed about $500,000 in Grade A stocks plus a ledger of spending since 1911. Banks showed large deposits. he lived frugally in a $7-a-week room and claimed an old age pension. A clipping noted an uncle with a $3 million estate died in 1909.
After a 5000 mile tour the Lutheran Choir of Sheboygan Mich arrives in Amarillo for a sacred music concert at First Presbyterian Church beginning 8 15 directed by Martin J Bangert with Dr Edward Rechlin as organist The program includes Bach motet O Praise the Lord All Ye Nations and an offering will be taken with no admission charge sponsored by Amarillo men s Club Trinity Lutheran Church and open to the public
In Houston, 45 year old longshoreman Mack Tucker died after being fatally stabbed in an argument with 57 year old Anderson Pelton. Genev a Griggs, 50, reported Tucker staggered to her front yard and begged help, the knife blade still protruding from his neck.
Mrs. C. A. Cadwallader, 3404 Tyler, expects her son and daughter in law and three grandchildren from Houston tonight for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Cadwallader from Amarillo will bring their son Gary aged 2 and their twin daughters Jan and Fran aged 11 months to visit their grandmothers. She is the former Gladys Gray.
Yesterday the Amarillo city commission approved six routine ordinances on first reading. They include vacating an alley in Famous Heights Addition and levying paying assessments against properties on Louisiana Street. The measures cover similar assessments and proceed to second reading.
In Boston, three-year-old Joan Crowell gave paregoric to her six month old sister Marilyn by applying it to the baby's gums. The mother discovered the bottles after half the contents had been used. Marilyn was hospitalized but remained sleepy and unharmed. The article notes Italy covers 119,800 square miles.
A Amarillo resident vents about city trash service charging an extra dollar monthly for twice weekly pickup. He claims some workers loaf in drug stores during hot weather, leaving alleys less clean and argues payment should reflect efficiency. he notes not all are at fault.
San Antonio Police Commissioner George Roper says the force is permeated by graft and sabotage and vows a major department shakeup within two or three days. He cites a bribe offer from a delegation tied to illegal activities and calls prostitution a dire problem in the city.
The Amarillo Federation of Women's Clubs invites newcomers and all local women to a Get Acquainted Party on August 16 at 2 30 PM at the Federation Club House 2001 Wolflin Circle The event aims to form clubs matching interests from Child Study to Book Review Antique Civic and more to help women build friendships and integrate into the community.
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