Army Recruits 17 Year Olds With Three Enlistment Options
Lt. Vivian Stark at Amarillo Army Air Field outlines three enlistment programs for youths not over 17 years eight months. Recruits may join Air Corps Enlisted Reserve or Enlisted Reserve Corps and pursue college near two semesters while awaiting induction. Details available at Amarillo Forces examining board or post office building. The Potatoes were first discovered by white men in Colombia in 1538.
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Vivian Stark
Amarillo Army Air Field
Air Corps
Enlisted Reserve Corps
Army Forces Examining Board
Amarillo Field
Colombia
South America
Death of Mrs Rhoda Fritts at 808 North Houston Street
Mrs Rhoda A Fritts died at her home at 10 57 pm born in Kentucky in 1868 and a Church of Christ member Survived by three sons Walter of Wellington Alvin and Vernon of Amarillo three sisters L E Meadows Dardenelie Ark Mrs Butler Thomas Fort Gibson Okla and Mrs G W Whitmore Talequah Okla 12 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services tentatively set for 11 o clock tomorrow morning Burial in Wellington under N S Griggs and Sons direction.
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Rhoda A. Fritts
North
Houston Street
Kentucky
Wellington
N.S. Griggs and Sons
Barbecue Planned to Honor Pantex and Army Air Field
Reservations for a stag appreciation barbecue at the Art Hawks lake near Canyon open at the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets cost 4 dollars, with reservations closing at 5 pm next Monday. The event, planned for Wednesday evening Sept. 6, begins at 5 and the barbecue is served two hours later.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
Amarillo Army Air Field
Chamber of Commerce
Art Hawks Lake
Canyon
John K. Boyce
Sailor on D-Day Leave Missed Big Push
Amarillo sailor Dick Cazzell who landed on D-Day from a British rescue ship due to his barge sinking, was on leave from Normandy when the big push began. He wrote his wife Gloria Cazzell at 510 Florida Street that a break back to England was offered and that he had returned to France ready to work to make up for the absence.
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Dick Cazzell
Amarillo
D-Day
Normandy
Gloria Cazzell
Florida Street
England
France
Phillips Panhandle Free Fair Set With Parade and Rodeos
A Borger street parade begins Friday at 10 am and runs to Saturday night for the Phillips Panhandle Free Fair. Officials forecast thousands of attendees as Borger and Phillips merchants join to promote the two day event featuring carnival concessions exhibits of canning and needle work a rodeo each night and a Saturday dance with bands from Amarillo and Pampa Army air fields and service recruiting units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Phillips
Amarillo
Pampa Army Air Fields
Miss Mary Ruth Evans Sails to Mexico City for Visit
Mary Ruth Evans daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Evans will fly Monday evening to Mexico City to visit her college roommate Miss Yvonne Hippe. She will be a junior at Mary Hardin Baylor College this fall and holds offices in several organizations including president of the Panhandle Club and secretary of the Royal Academia Literary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Evans
W. W. Evans
Mexico City
Yvonne Hippe
Local Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo Promises Record Thrills
Promoters Bill and Ralph Jones say the Labor Day weekend rodeo at Tri State Fair Grounds will draw top riders aiming for national titles. A parade on Polk Street starts Saturday at 11, with matinee at 2 and evening shows 8:30, on Saturday and Monday. Tickets from Cretney Drug Amarillo Hotel or Range Rider sales. adults 1.20, military and children 0.60, box seats 0.50 extra. Delbert Dalby announces band prefaces each performance.
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Tri- State Fair Ground
Bill
Ralph Jones
Jones Brothers
Madison Square Garden
Jones
Polk Street
Cretney Drug
Amarillo Hotel
Delbert Dalby
Budget Commission Hears Tentative Plan Tonight
The commission will review the tentative budget with no proposed change to the tax rate of 1.19 dollars per 100 assessed valuation. City manager A. P. Hancock suggests buying 100000 more in war bonds for after the war improvements. Two rezoning hearings are set for 1401 North Adams 1400 North Washington and 808 10 North Pierce. Rezoning petitions cover 106 10 North East Eleventh Avenue and 1102 North Washington. Sanitary sewer installations are sought for North Fourteenth Avenue between Ong and Hughes Streets.
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A. P. Hancock
Commission
North Adams
North Washington Street
North Pierce Street
East Eleventh Avenue
North Fourteenth Avenue
Ong and
Hughes Streets
Large Family Helps United States Win
The Young family of Doylestown Pennsylvania has fourteen members serving in the armed forces. Five brothers have died in action: Charles and Allen at Anzio, Henry in the Marines in the Marshalls, and Henry M.M. in the South Pacific. Fourteen serving, nine overseas, five in the United States.
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United States
Presque Isle
Doylestown
WAC
Thelma A. Young
Air Transport Command
Pvts
Charles and
Allen Young
Anzio
Cpl
Henry Young
South Pacific
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Army
PUREX
Rhoda Fritts
Pantex
Army Air Field
Cazzell
C.N
Bidg
China- Reid
China-Reid
Crowe-Guide Cement Co
N. Tyler
Dixie Delight
Herbsaint
Capitol Liquor Store
Polic
Gunn-Hinerman
Harrison
Ifurr
Keeney
Breal
Elbertas
Phillips Panhandle Free Fair
Mexico
Sgt
Coates
Don Coates
United States Marine Corps
el Paso
Sergeant Coats
Panhandle
Miss Miller
Lucille Waite
Blanche Miller
Stillwater
Okla
Vee
New York
Betty Bennett
M Bennett
Walter Walker
California
Hamburger
Ervey
Don
Betty
Wassepa Tha
Schilling's
Duff
Eucewe Warris
Hinsley
House OF Color
Glen L. Casey
E. 6Th
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