First Presbyterian Group Organizes New Fellowship
The Ten Men of the First Presbyterian Church inaugurate a home fellowship plan to get better acquainted. Roy Whittenburg hosts a Thursday night gathering with guests Bob Parr Ray Parr John Parr and J B Polly Parrot. Several members and visitors are listed with travel from multiple towns and a guest list spans families and neighbors. Maj and Mrs Hugh E Allen return from Berlin to visit relatives before leaving for Carlisle Barracks.
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First Presbyterian Church
Roy Whittenburg
Harrison
Cally
Bob Parr
Jackson
Ray Parr
Sunset
John Parr
Monroe
J. B
Polly” Parrot
Fillmore
Parr
Bill
Green Acres
Whittenburg
Paris
Parrott
Germany
Hugh E. Allen
Kirby
Berlin
Allen
Wallace Winfield
Kentucky
Major Allen
Johnny Branner
West Ninth
Allens
Carlisle Barracks
Alice Culberhouse
Taylor
Della Johnson
Buffalo Springs
John A. Stalcup
Hughes
Mamie Schaper
Waco
Amarillo’s rising town hopes and rail plans stir 1887
Excerpts from the Tascosa Pioneer recount Amarillo’s growing fame as a trading hub with tents replacing houses and plans to relocate for a county seat. It notes Aug. 30 elections, potential railroad links, and key figures amid Panhandle development, alongside later notices of residents and local moves.
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Tascosa
Amarillo Village
Amarillo
Great Panhandle
Potter County
Amarillo Creek
Boy and girl born at St Anthony's Hospital Bonham
Mr and Mrs George Turner of 1303 North Hughes welcome a boy born Tuesday at St Anthony's Hospital. Mr and Mrs L W Speed of 2601 Fillmore announce a girl born Wednesday at St Anthony's Hospital. Mr and Mrs R S Sinks of 601 North Tyler celebrate a boy born Thursday at St Anthony's Hospital. CAMP COUNCILLOR Charles Holt Jr son of Mr and Mrs C M Holt 1100 Rosemont is a councillor at YMCA Camp Chief Ouray Grandby Colorado. CHARLES HAS spent years at the camp as a camper but this is his first as a councillor. HERE FROM DIMMITT T A Singer Dimmitt was in town last week owner of the Dimmitt Telephone Company reported business good. NORTHWEST TEXAS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL lists many local names.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Charles Holt, Jr
C. M. Holt
Rosemont
YMCA
Ouray
Grandby
Colo
Grand Lake
Charles
Dimmitt T. A
Singer
Dimmitt
Dimmitt Telephone Company
Northwest Texas Hospital
Linda Kay Frasier
Carroll McGinnis
Helen Sue Barrera
Billy Flannagan
Lavada Jo Smith
Cecil Smith
Wanda Whitfield
Walter Sikes
Eula Elliott
Bera Tucker
Jackie Cannon
Ida Jackson
James Whitaker
Peggy Barrett
Connie Clark
Spencer Roop
J. C. Lewis
Louise Cobb
Nancy Carroll
Pioneer Automobile Builder Near Death
Lansing, Mich Aug 21 Pioneer automobile pioneer Ransom E Olds was reported critically ill and weakening at his home. The 86 year old industrialist, founder of the Reo Motor Car Co and Oldsmobile, now a GM division, suffered complications of old age and has been bedfast since July. He previously branched into hotels and real estate after leaving the auto business.
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Lansing
Mich
Ransom FE
Olds
T. S. Bauer
Reo Motor Car Co
Oldsmobile Company
General Motors Corp
Henry Ford
Getting Rid of Penalty Cards in Canasta
Oswald Jacoby explains handling penalty cards when a meld falls short of 120. If a player has joker, deuce, two eights and a king on the table, and the partner melds four aces and a joker, the next turn allows adding the joker and deuce to the partner’s meld to complete a canasta, while the remaining penalty cards must be managed carefully to avoid disadvantage.
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NEA
Strategy in Penalty Card Melds for a Rummy Variant
The rules describe options to manage penalty cards such as the joker and deuce with eights and aces. Players may meld or discard penalty cards, including adding the joker to ace melds or discarding high cards, and must eventually discard a penalty if not melded. Decision points arise on whether to meld the deuce and eights together or discard, with rounds continuing until all penalty cards are resolved.
Crossing Crash Fatal to Four in Columbus Ohio
A train collision with an auto near Columbus killed a family of four. The deceased are Melvin Curtis Mangold 25, his wife Rose Rebecca 23, son Rickey Linn 2, and daughter Brenda 1. An eastbound Norfolk and Western passenger train struck their car just south of the city.
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Columbus
Ohio
Melvin Curtis
Mangold
Circleville
Rose Rebecca
Rickey Linn
Brenda
Norfolk and Western
Man 83 Claims Third Set Teeth In Watertown
An 83 year old man from Perch River, William Schweitzer, says he is growing his third set of teeth. His daughter Mary Phillips reports he is uncomfortable but pleased about the development, noting he had few of his second set left when the third set appeared.
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Watertown
William Schweitzer
Perch River
Schweitzer
Mary B. Phillips
First hollow pens noted in marsh grass stalks
Britannica records describe the earliest writing implements as hollow reeds or marsh grass stalks, forming the basis for primitive pens used in ancient times.
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Ed Pipkin
Pipkins
Burch Downman
Burch, Jr
Houston
E & Mr
al Norton
Columbia
University of Missouri
Ella Marr Stewart
Lockney
Ed Stewart
Florida
Ruston Greer
Port Arthur
Mule Creek
Arizona
Smith
Argosy
Roy M. Snyder
Snyder
Lavone Stone
Alamo Coutts
Edna Brown
West Seventh
Denver
The
Panhandle Insurance Company
Frank Triplett
Tyler
A. L. Livingston
Edna Welch
Hayden
Horace Mann School
Howard E. Jones
North Taylor
Alice Conover
J. P. Jones
Anita
Jay Michael
North Lincoln
Con
Polk
City Health Department
Panhandle
Floyd E. Nicholson
Fairmont
Alex W. Meier
Shattuck
Okla
Plainview
Bud Curtis
A. D. Steed
Nita
Charles Steed
Northwest
North Texas State College
Nances
Beverly Jo
James Robert
J. E. Langley
J. M. Mulvihill
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company
Perryton
Mulvihill
Jeanette Montgomery
C. M. Montgomery
Frost, Tex
Fort Worth
Frost
Mary Tom Templeton
Sandra Larsen
C. T. Carter
Norma Jean
Glen L. Casey
Cliff
Washington
J. E. Casey
Abilene
Tuscola
Carter
Bobby
ST. Anthony's Hospital
Jim White
Sayre
Alton Powell
East Sixth
Ross R. Rogers
van Buren
Bill Ray
Murry
W. H. Dendy
Cleveland
E. J. Bybee
Neuches
Doyle Owenbey
Ethel B. Goodman
North Fast Eighth
J. E. Enochs
Blue Bonnet Drive
Margaret Green
North Mirror
Joe Childers
Tulsa
George B. Killiam
North Buchanan
H. L. Bybee
North Fourteenth
Nora Minchey
East Eighth
LeeRoy Harris
North Fillmore
B. H. Smith
C. W. Comstack
Sherry Diane Farra
West Haven Circle
Surgical
Marilyn
Jimmy Knittell
West Eleventh
Gary Reilly
North Seminole
Elizabeth Cunningham
Elizabeth Cunningham, 3805 B
North East Tenth
D. 5S. Mitchell
Albert Lord
Milam
O. D. West
North Alabama
Homer Dillion
Borger
C. L. Morse
Washburn
William Wightman
Ed Dalton
Silver Grill
Rte
Bre
N.E
AZM
Hunnerd
Jerry
Tads
They
Zero
Joe
A Fin
Humphrey Monument Fund
Humphrey
Rory
Hopper
P. H. Leewald
Spring Palace
Bowie
Charles John Edward Lowndes
Panhandle City
Clarendon
Wichita Falls
Folsom
Rock Island
Hades
Herman Gehring
Larry
Lipscomb
West Thirteenth
Earnest Rollins
Maryland
Dallas
Blanche Calhoun
Lubbock
Mary Elizabeth Rollins
Hilsboro
Tex
Rene Kemp
Potsie Garrett
Carolina
Ruby Roberts
Miss Garrett
Kline’s
Marshall ‘Treadway
Belinda
Madison
Honey Grove
Treadway
J. Wayne Middleton
Ong
Beeen
Pioneer Automobile
Globe-News
B. F. Goodrich
Oswald Jacoby
Makers OF
G. Danz & Co
San Francisco
West
Fisk
Amarilo
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