Tourism in Amarillo Could Attract and Retain Visitors
Rex B. Baxter argues Amarillo should aggressively cultivate tourism as a major economic driver. He cites national figures, Wyoming to Texas comparisons, and outlines training for hospitality staff, information booths at gateways, and bold highway signs to promote Amarillo as an air cooled refuge near Palo Duro Canyon.
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Eric Cox
Highway 66
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas
Chicago
I.fe
Paio Duro Canyon
Natures
Dear Tack Misses Work As Cook And Housekeeper
A reader seeks employment as a cook or housekeeper offering hotel or child care services. The message includes contact details for Willie Butler and Helen Anderson, plus a note about a found fraternity pin and a job request from a person in Cheyenne Oklahoma.
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Dear Tack
T. P. Fraternity
White & Kirk's
Lincoln Street
Helen Anderson
Tack
Globe notices flood of contest entries and job ads
The Globe reports an unprecedented response to a 1000 word contest drawing entries from Panhandle and five states. It notes staff review, $10 pay for daily columns, and tomorrow’s deadline to select the top writer who will produce five columns next week. Ads seek housekeepers and domestic help across Amarillo, Tul/sas, Canyon, and surrounding areas.
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Tack
The
Globe-News
Panhandle
Globe
Holland Scotts Leave for Denver
Mr and Mrs Holland Scott departed Sunday for Denver Colo where Mr Scott will be associated with the Argonaut Hotel management He previously served as assistant manager at the Amarillo Hotel and had lived in Denver for five years prior to moving here. A Wilmington Delaware news item notes a paint expert estimates five million gallons of paint used annually for road safety.
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Holland Scott
Denver
Colo
Scott
Argonaut Hotel
Scotts
Amarillo Hotel
Wilmington, del
ULP
Transplanting Plums: Frost Edges Grounded Growth in Canyon Experiment
A 1939 experiment transplanted large plums from Palo Duro Canyon to a Valley tract near a new home. Seedlings grew into small trees four feet apart along irrigation lines, shaded by a chicken lot and a septic system, but frost still limited fruit size and yield. Some bushes bore fruit while others yielded none, mirroring canyon results.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Pletsamt Valley
Elderly companionship and home help sought in Texas ads
Multiple notices seek live in companions and domestic help. A reader at 516 Houston Street T offers care for children, housework for hourly or half day pay. Jerry Amos, 500 East Third Avenue, seeks cafe and yard work. A widow, 59, Route 1 Box 144 Pampa requests a capable caregiver for an aged couple with two children, high references, room and board, and $700 weekly.
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Tack
Jerry Amos
East Third Avenue
Pampa
Texas
H. L. Pemberton, JR
Harrison Street
Water Works Short Course Opens Tonight in Amarillo
Operators of water works and sewage disposal plants from the Texas Panhandle attend the first session of a short course led by David Smallhorst of the state department of vocational education. The council chamber at city hall hosts the 7:30 p m start as six lessons prepare for schedule decisions by Jack Wyatt, chief chemist in charge of sanitation.
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The
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
David Smallhorst
State Department of Vocational Education
Jack Wyatt
City Health Department
Directors of Y To Meet Tonight
The Y M C A Board of Directors will meet this evening at 8 o’clock in the Y building with Chairman Porter Underwood presiding. Plans for the fall program and a membership policy update will be discussed and new proposals for local program improvement will be presented.
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Y. M. C. A. Board of Directors
Porter Underwood
Ministers and Speakers Seek Quick Relief for Digestion
Advertised remedy promises fast relief from indigestion fullness and heartburn during sermons and lectures. ADLA Tablets contain Bismuth and Carbone ates and are available from Cretney Drug via druggists.
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Cretney Drug
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Tam
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Hayden Street
Canyon Texas
Kerr House
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Tyler St
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N. Taylor St
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Holland Scotts
Hey Gentry
Rose Bowl
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Sie Sa
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