Amarillo Students Win West Texas Degrees in 30th Commencement
Ten Amarillo residents or teachers earned Master of Arts degrees at West Texas State College. Bessie Blair studied figurative language in Shakespeare. Louise Orr designed a picture dictionary for first grade. Several graduates plan teaching careers in Amarillo or nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon
West Texas State College
Amarillo
Bessie Blair
West Texas State
Miss Blair
Miami
Arizona
William Brune
North Texas State Teachers College
Bertha Lowe Ferguson
Emmett A. McAdoo
Baylor University
Texas
Lydia Edwards Martin
Miss Orr
West Texas
Hubert Thomson
Tenth Avenue Methodist
Amarillo Ad Valorem Tax Levy Ordinance 1940
Ordinance No 1571 sets the 1940 ad valorem tax on all taxable property in Amarillo Texas. It levies 69 cents per $100 for city government and 54 cents per $100 for interest on bonded debt and sinking fund needs. The measure takes effect after passage and publication on August 27 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
State of
City of
A. D
Ross D. Rogers
Grace Webster
Community Notices and Birth Announcements Update
Local social news lists visiting relatives from Oklahoma and Arkansas, weekend plans to visit Carlsbad Caverns, and updates on new babies born at St Anthony's Hospital with names and birth dates. Also reports hospital admissions and dismissals from St Anthony's and area clinics, plus brief travel and guest arrivals across multiple homes.
Amarillo Social Notes Highlights Local Travel and Visits
Dr and Mrs J Howard Williams return from a three week Colorado trip visiting the Switzerland of America section in the Rockies. The party included Dr N D Timmerman and Mrs Timmerman in Amarillo before heading to Clarksdale Mississippi. Several residents move about to California Washington and New York for visits and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Williams
Colorado
Rockies
Switzerland of America
Williams
Alps
N. D. Timmerman
Amarillo
Clarksdale
Miss
Timmerman
TWA
Patty Mattes
Los Angeles
H. Gallard
Washington
Moore Levine
New York
8. Norris and Son
Colorado Springs
J. Petty
Oakland
J. Hart
Ween Rucker
F. L. Young
L. Mullen
D Elder
J. Cosley
F. Briggs
Moving Notices List Rounds Up Local Transfers
A compiled update shows multiple resident moves from addresses including 311 A East Seventeenth Avenue and 320 A East Twenty second Avenue. The list includes Dr and Mrs L J Vick traveling to Loveland Colorado to stay with Dr Morris Vick in Big Thompson Canyon, with relation noted between the Vicks. Additional transfers involve Naylor, Leon Nicholas, Lucy Percival, J L Pope and others moving between streets such as Harrison and Taylor, Fillmore and Monroe within the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Vick
Lipscomb Street
Loveland
Colo
Morris Vick
Big Thompson Canyon
E. T. Naylor
Sunset Terrace
Fairmont Street
Leon Nicholas
Tenth Avenue
Fillmore Street
Lucy Percival
Lincoln Street
Seminole Street
J. L. Pope
Johnson Street
Arthur Street
N. J. Pope
Roy Pope
Monroe Street
Thirteenth Avenue
W. B. Poling
Madison Street
Fred R
Thesis topics and degrees of Texas students
Mrs Elizabeth Weller earned a Bachelor of Arts from West Texas. Her thesis compared state courses of study in social studies for intermediate grades. Mr Tomson earned a bachelor degree at West Texas and wrote The Status of Bible and Religious Education in the Colleges and Universities of Texas Within the Southern Association.
Birmingham jeweler writes biweekly letters to England through war
George Surtees Jr a Birmingham jeweler has mailed his mother a letter every two weeks for 34 years since emigrating from England. His mother bedridden in Newcastle upon Tyne safeguards herself with a heavy oak table beside her bed as bombs fall nearby. Surtees notes only one letter lost and one censored in all those years while Britain endures bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
George Surtees
England
Surtees
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Local Notices and Household Updates Round Town
Round Town yesterday to visit his brother M. Barnhill in Tucson Ariz. Recovery Mrs. Jon G. Wayland 1401 Van Buren Street is recovering from a fall Saturday in which she suffered a broken leg. Here there and everywhere Just back from a two week trip to Rochester Minn are Mr. and Mrs F Henville 1913 Jackson
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Wichita
Kan
Henville
Otho Henville
Pampa
Virgil Henvile
Waynoka
Oklo
Wellington
E. H Srnall
Walter Mount
Hughes Street
H. R. Brooks
Prospect Street
Joan
Billy
Red River
N. M
H. Lee Shropshire
Sanhorn Street
Mr. Shropshire
Helen King
Fort Smith
Ark
Carlsbad Caverns
R. D. Robinett
Throckmorton
Robinetts
West Fourteenth Avenue
Denver
Colorado
P. Hutchings
Madison Street
J. M. MecManen
South Texas
Eth Roddy
Jane and
Lynn
West Twentieth Avenue
Dorsey Webb
Jerry
San Antonio
Lee Biggs
Lubbock
Biggs
Lucy Earl Roddy
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
D. D. Wallace
West Street
Sixth Avenue
Arkansas
Illinois
Eares Bey
L. J. Vick
Ann Dorris Phillips
Tyler Street
California
Ball Chester Park
McCormick
Viola Ballard
Wispany
Chicago
W. E. McCrory
G. D
Kendall
Line Avenue
Roswell
Ruidoso
Bob Benbe
Nett
Elva Bennett
B. F. Harper
van Bu
Ren
Ren Street, Has Returned From A Aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Jones
C. BE. Micham
Clovis
Harper
C. T. Maxwell
Terry and
Mary
Dallas
Fort Worth
Odessa
Pecos
Roy Bean
Carlstad Caverns
T. G. Standing
Little Rock
J. B. Barr
Yvonne Rush
Louisiana
M. Barnhill
Tucson
Ariz
Jon G. Wayland
van Buren Street
Heri
Rochester
Minn
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Anthony B. Buccola
Nadine Ann
St. Anthony
Marian Ardis
F. B. Martin
Parker Street
St. Anthony's
L. A Jordan
Dumas
St. Anthony's Hospital
William Eugene
Carol Lee
Kress
James Henry Carol Ann
T. ¢. Craig
St. Anthonys
O. L Coleman
Emma Liston
Wesley Red
Harrison Street
Leon Marks
Allan Smith
White Deer
H. L. Johnson
Jackson
J. M. Poling
Cletham
S. T. Ford
Buchanan Street
B. M Montgomery
Vega
Jimmie Lee Mosher
Haarlem
Tri-State Fair
Gerome
Mrs. M. Dunn
Albuquerque
4Th & Pierce
FOX
Line Ave
Round Town
Aviatris
Polk
Sears
racCaoe
Borken
Cowhide Gladstones
Army
Children's Blochers
America
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