Around Town and News in Amarillo 1950
The August 25 1950 Amarillo Globe item covers local tidbits from Around Town. It lists residents visiting, changes of address, vacation notes, birthdays, travel talk, pink and blue arrivals at St Anthony's Hospital, military leave and hospital notes. It mentions families like the Singleton, Hodde, Finch, and Brown households, plus multiple residents visiting relatives in Dallas, Houston, and other Texas cities.
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Priday
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Neil Singleton
Maryland
New York City
Chicago
Homer Speed
Hayden
Eugene Stewart
Little Rock
Ark
Jack W. Brown
West Thirteenth
Dallas
Brown
Verna Lou Singleton
E. C. Singleton
Hughes
Walter Watts
Army Tech Village
J. C. Stallings
Shirley Stallings
Lynn
Monroe
Houston
Hollywood
Cal
Martin
Amarillo Conservatory of Music
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Jesus Carrasco
Cleveland
D. B. Kay
Travis
Sam Inman
South Hughes
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ernest Hester
Spearman
I. L. Mayfield
Ray Matney
P. L. Starkie
Bonham
Northwest Texas Hospital
Thither
B. Workman
Phyllis Ann Herrington
Tulia
Texas Tech
Borger
Weldon Jolly
Russell’s
Oil City
Dick Tweed
Paul Potter Insurance Agency
Fritz Thompson
Hutchinson County
Tweed
Summers Long Past Haunt Amarillo Notes Of 1888 1902
A compilation of brief historical items from Amarillo and nearby towns. Entries cover a hailstorm at the Amarillo Hotel in August 1888, social notes about John McKnight and Mrs. Tuck Cornelius, a jailer’s or physician’s travel, family outings to the Canyon, water supply signals, a dance at the Sanborn building, and civic updates including town governance, a new night watchman, and Will Northern’s return from the Spanish American War. The items highlight local life, transportation, health events, social activities, and municipal affairs across 1888 to 1902.
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Amarillo
John McKnight
Smith Walker Company
Hereford
Pierson
Tuck Cornelius
S. H. Madden
Clarendon
G. Landis
Plainview
Galveston
John Snider
Bowery
Will Northern
Spain
Panhandle
Try-Outs for Nixson A Cappella Choir Announced
Ninth grade pupils may audition tomorrow morning from 9 to 12 at Elizabeth Nixson Junior High School. Miss Madelyn Robinson directs the choir.
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Elizabeth Nixson
Madelyn Robinson
X ray pictures can be taken as steel plates ck
X ray images could be produced using steel plates several inches thick as part of an early imaging method. The note mentions steel plates used to generate or support radiographic photographs.
Why Does Homing Pigeon Desert the Little Woman
George Bailey chases racing pigeons as head of the United States only clearing bureau for runaway birds. Each season thousands are released from Wilmington Delaware and many fail to home, prompting Bailey to track bands and connect birds with owners across Maryland, South Carolina, and Long Island. He notes most pigeons return but a few vanish, with owners often using birds for breeding despite unreliable bloodlines.
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New York
U.P
George Bailey
Bailey
Wilmington
Del
South Carolina
Maryland
Long Island
George
Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra Hide in Hollywood Romances
Hollywood gossip tracks Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra as they zigzag from Spain to England to New York then return to Los Angeles for secret hideouts. Pigeons and radar interference analogies aside, studios and press agents struggle to locate the pair amid rumors of Laguna Beach cottages and late night rendezvous at a beach cafe.
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Virginia MacPherson
Hollywood
W.P
Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra
Spain
England
New York
Ava
Frankie
Mack Millar
MGM
Laguna Beach
Sinatra
Charley Foy
San Fernando Valley
Industry replaces sheep at Sydney Royal carnival fair
Industry has routed sheep from the annual Sydney Royal, an Australian combination rodeo carnival shop-window and market, which annually packs 72 acres with throngs reaching 260000 people.
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Sydney
Plan Diamond Hunt in British Guiana Attracts Canadian Firm
A new Canadian firm plans a large scale placer operation in British Guiana to mine diamonds while individual prospectors remain the main contributors to production. The project signals industrial investment but does not yet displace local growers of stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Guiana
Massachusetts Goatee Tax Law Questioned
A Massachusetts rule requires men to pay a fee to wear a goatee. The statute sets a tax-like condition on facial hair, sparking debate over its legal validity and potential constitutional issues.
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Massachusetts
Why you oppose green ink and pale green paper
A reader asks why green ink and pale green paper are taboo while violet ink or red ink on white remains acceptable. The column notes old-fashioned taste rules and that color pairings often spark social judgments, with violet and red combinations viewed as acceptable or vulgar respectively.
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Godfather
Godfather’s Wife Dear Mrs. Post
Mrs. Post
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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