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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1927
Page
5
The Pleasant Valley Civic Club plans a Saturday sale at Piggly-Wiggly 406 South Taylor. Fresh dressed fryers and fresh eggs will be offered at reasonable prices to raise funds for a piano for the new Pleasant Valley school.
The Needle club gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Davis Tudor's home for an afternoon of needlework with thirty members and guests including Mrs. Barnes of Wichita Falls and Miss Mary Meador. A two course luncheon followed the social time. Other brief society notes mention residents visiting Colorado and southern Texas and guests at local homes.
R F Cook traffic manager of the Texas Wheat Growers association visits Fort Worth. Various residents travel, host guests, or plan trips among Dallas Abilene Hollis Gorden Tulsa Chicago Wichita Falls and Memphis, with many family and social ties.
Teachers College staff spent the past week in Amarillo with Miss Lillian Weatherford. Miss Jean Moore and Miss Mattie Swayne of Canyon visited friends in the city Monday. Mr and Mrs Leonard Wahue visit relatives of Mrs R S Brashears and Mrs Ralph Trimble in Sayre Co Y. Dorothy Gray Company reps from New York are in the city on business. Mrs O H Hargett returns from Denver after three weeks with friends. Mrs W C Pryor and her mother enjoy a trip to Denver. Mrs Carroll and daughter of Claude spend the day in Amarillo with friends.
The roof of the new half million dollar Methodist Church at Fourteenth and Polk is being placed with interior completion to follow in weeks. The Sunday school wing is priority and the Eighth and Polk building may be vacated. O V Vernon of Vernon Williams Builders Supply leads the finance drive and reports rapid progress.
Denver bandits adopt a new tactic by day as a well dressed youth robs a drug store at opening, demanding to keep faces and mouths quiet while stealing $38 and narcotics. In Tokyo, Prince Yakamatsu completes aviation course at naval station with high marks from Admiral Ando.
Homer D. Wade of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce reports North Plains crops in unusually good condition after visits to Spearman Perryton and other towns. He notes heavy rains bode well for next season's wheat and says development in the region is better than expected.
In Denver on August 24 Dean Walter Engle said he has never heard of atheist clubs at the University of Denver and professor A S Lough affirmed there are no infidel organizations there. He said no university subject promotes atheism and that college belief conflicts have reduced faith compared with 30 years ago.
In St Bernard parish Sheriff Lamerous L. A. Meroux rebuked Governor Simpson for demanding gambling cessation. Meroux denied any gambling activity and said the governor wrote the letter to injure him politically and expose him to public scorn.
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