Mother of Amarillo School Teacher Dies
Mrs. Louisa Lovett Humber 84 died at her daughter’s home in Abilene. She was mother to Amarillo teacher Myrtle Polachek of Elizabeth Nixon Junior High. Interment Aug 4 at Albany beside her husband who died in Oct 1941. Born July 29 1964 in Harrison Arkansas. The Humber family moved to Albany in 1910 and her husband ran a ranch there. Surviving relatives include three daughters and five sons in multiple Texas and Oklahoma towns.
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Louisa Lovett Humber
Myrtle Polachek
Elizabeth Nixson
Leanna Grubb
Abilene
Albany
Humber
Harrison, Ark
New Industrial Project for Amarillo
A 1948 Amarillo dispatch proclaims a new anti virus hay fever remedy with plans to build a manufacturing plant in Amarillo Texas. It foresees gradual relief for patients and a potential mecca for hay fever sufferers as doctors in the Southwest would distribute the treatment.
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UP News
Amarillo
American Allergy Foundation
Texas
Southwest
Death and funeral notices from multiple individuals
Myrtle Lee Davis 48 died Thursday wife of Ode mother of Herman Leon Lloyd Bobby Lee sister of Roy Nichols Mrs W L Beasley Mrs Kent Davis Mrs Dan Weddle Mrs Vestal Mincey daughter of J G Nichols Services 2 PM Monday Memorial Chapel Interment Liano Cemetery Jimmie E McCurdy World War II casualty son of Earl McCurdy and Mrs Berniece Stover brother of J R Services 3 PM Wednesday Memorial Chapel Interment Lieno Ricardo M Romero 60 of 1712 East 6th died Sunday Services 10:00 AM Tuesday Guadalupe Catholic Church Interment Liano Arthur Patton 49 of 190 North Hayden died Sunday husband of Elisa father of Gayne John Mark Robert J Orlin Carolyn Jean brother of Walter Robert Zodie Boatman Lizzie Massingale Virgie Boatman Amy Brady son of Mr and Mrs J W Patton Services pending David M Young 83 of 512 Jackson died Saturday husband of Jessica father of Mrs Mable O Keefe Mrs W S Lawrence Mrs Belvin Darling ton Chester Arthur Services 4 PM Monday Memorial Chapel Interment Memorial Park
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Ode
Herman Leon
Lloyd
Bobby Lee
Roy Nichols
W. L. Beasley
Kent Davis
Dan Weddle
Vestal Mincey
J. G. Nichols
Memorial Chapel
Liano
McCurdy
Jimmie E. McCurdy
Earl McCurdy
Berniece Stover
J. R
Lieno
Romero Ricardo M. Romero
East 6Th
Guadalupe Catholic Church
Atton Arthur Patton
North Hayden
Elisa
Gayne
John
Mark
Robert J
Orlin
Carolyn
Jean
Walter
Robert
Zodie Boatman
Lizzie Massingale
Virgie Boatman
Amy Brady
J. W. Patton
David M. Young
Jackson
Jessica
Mable O'Keefe
W. S. Lawrence
Belvin Darlington
Chester Arthur
Obituary Highlights From Amarillo Area Notices
Obituaries list Dewey R Laney 25 died August 12 with burial at Liano Cemetery. Jimmy Phillips six months died Saturday with services 11 AM Monday Boxwell Brothers Chapel. J G Jones 72 of 300 Buchanan died Friday with services 2 PM Monday at Boxwell Brothers Chapel. Burials at Memorial Park Cemetery. Burley Blaine Kent 63 of Sunset Terrace, services 3 PM Tuesday at First Christian Church Perryton with Ochiltree County Cemetery interment. Roy Snodgrass officiates. survived by wife two sons daughter and three sisters.
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D. R. Laney
Liano
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Wiley W. Phillips
Pantex Village
Cora
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Jerry
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Boxwell Brothers
Jones J. G. Jones
Buchanan
Priday
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J. C
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
Burial Memorial Park
Kent Burley
Blaine Kent
Sunset Terrace
First Christian Church
Perryton
Ochiltree County
Roy Snodgrass
First Christian Church of
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Aichlmayer Pvt Leo F 26 St Francis World War II Casualty
Private Leo F Aichlmayer of St Francis, 26, World War II casualty son of John B, brother of Paul, Johnny, Joe and several sisters. Rosary 8 PM Sunday at Griges Chapel with Mass at 8:30 AM Monday at St Francis Church. Interment in St Francis Cemetery.
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St. Francis
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John Leven
Francis _Neusch
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L. Reining
Carl Homer
Walter Kuper
Margaret
Cecelia
Clementine
Griges Chapel
St. Francis Catholic Church
St Francis Cemetery
Mrs. Hala Hammond Paid Final Tribute
Final rites for 83 year old Mrs. Hala Jean Hammond were held in Griggs & Sons Chapel with Eugenia Lane Unitarian officiating. She died Saturday at her daughter’s home and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers included R. R. Nichols Hall Axtell J. M. Webb Robert Axtell Arthur Mc Anarney and Dr. Lee Hartfelder. She had lived in Muskogee Oklahoma before moving here five months ago.
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N. S. Griggs & Sons
Eugenia Lane
Hammond
T. C. McAdams
West Eleventh
Memorial Park Cemetery
R. R. Nichols
Hall Axtell
J. M. Webb
Robert Axtell
Arthur
Texas A&M Exes To Plan Special Meeting
Amarillo Aggies will hold their regular weekly meeting Monday night at 7 in the Blackstone Hotel Coffee Shop. They prepare for a special meeting Tuesday night next week with C. B. Marsh Jr., club president, and Bill Carmichael, athletic director of Texas A&M College, in attendance.
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Amarillo Aggies
C. B. Marsh, Jr
Bill Carmichael
Texas A&m College
Amarillo
Blackstone Hotel
Model Planes Contest Set For Aug. 29
Howard Ferguson announced Amarillo Exchange Club hosts the first annual Tri-State Model Airplane Contest on August 29 starting at 9 am at Thirty-fourth and Bowie. Open to tri-state area residents with junior senior and open divisions including free flight A-control speed and stunt. No entry fee or spectator charge prize awards for top three in each division.
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Amarillo
Ford Coach Stolen From Madisonville Recovered in Amarillo
Amarillo police found a 1948 Ford coach stolen from Tom F. Ferguson of Pilot Point. A woman on East Thirteenth reported seeing two men leave the car Saturday afternoon. The vehicle had been taken August 9 in Madisonville, Texas.
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Tom F. Ferguson
Pilot Point
East Thirteenth
Joe Jarnagin
Madisonville
Tex
Truman to speak at Labor Day rally in Detroit
The White House announced President Truman will address a Labor Day rally in Detroit. The speech is planned as a major address in his 1948 campaign and reflects long urging by Democratic national chairman J. Howard McGrath to begin in Detroit with a labor appeal.
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White House
Truman
Detroit
J. Howard McGrath
Long
Betchworth Parish Council Seeks More Newsprint
Because its meetings are not reported the Betchworth England parish council is trying to obtain more newsprint to publicize proceedings.
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England
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