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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1938
Page
7
The Amarillo Area Council Boy Scouts hold their monthly Court of Honor this evening in the district courtroom at the courthouse. Badges of advancement will be presented to Amarillo and area scouts following the post summer camp at Cota Glen.
Mrs. R. L. Allen and daughter Charlotte Allen return from graduation exercises at Texas Technological College in Lubbock. Dorothy Helen Walker earns a degree at the same exercises. Families and friends note travels from Amarillo to Kansas City, El Paso, Wichita and Marion, Alabama as several parties resume home life after trips and visits.
Lucille Durrett editor of the Senior High School Annual La Airosa 1937-38 is named the younger generation's honoree. She joined the La Airosa staff last fall and was soon appointed editor after working as a Sandstorm reporter. A football fan, she has kept scrapbooks on Sandie games and memorabilia and was a Pep Squad member. She turns 18 on September 1 and will enter Amarillo Junior College this fall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Durrett of 1496 West Nineteenth Avenue.
A series of birth announcements lists new children born to families in the area. Details include names of parents and residences such as Mr and Mrs Pry or C. Smith of 301 North Independence Street and Mr and Mrs R. E. Hoover of 608 12 North Pierce Street, with births at Northwest Texas Hospital and St. Anthony's Hospital on Sunday or Monday. Other entries mention Eric Thompson Jr., Povnor, Johnston in Canyon, and A. C. Shaw, all registered with addresses and hospital branding.
A compendium of house guests and travels around Amarillo lists Dr and Mrs R F Snodgrass in town with family visiting from Wichita and Colorado. Others include Mary Louise Mulkey, Miss Movelle Bechtel, Mrs J W Sharp Jr, and many studying or touring in nearby cities. Page also notes plans for exhibitions, theatre visits, and travels to Dallas, Shreveport, Portland, and Seattle with multiple family ties and addresses across Polk Travis Taylor and Hayden streets.
Poem by Thomas Moore notes themes of love and folly. A Texas University session reference appears. Notices list several individuals traveling to Austin for a Legion event and others vacationing or visiting relatives. Travel destinations include St Louis Chicago Wichita Los Angeles Albuquerque Columbus and Kansas City with various names and addresses.
Sid J. Braunig of Shreveport born September 19 runs a women’s wear and shoes shop in Amarillo. He moved to escape Louisiana heat to offer better service, aims to serve the community, and lists gardening as a hobby. He cites the airport as a potential improvement for Amarillo.
Nettles, ex president of the First National Bank of Temple, is charged by federal authorities with embezzling 1500 dollars via manipulation of a cashier's check. Bank officials say the funds were repaid and examiners approved the bank's condition.
The column records multiple moves to cities including Albuquerque Los Angeles Dallas Chicago and others. It also lists missed birthdays and medical updates from St Anthony's noting patients undergoing operations and discharges with addresses.
Deb-Ettes stage a street bowery dance on Twenty fourth Avenue between Hayden and Ong Streets with ropes, lighting, a five piece orchestra and a barker. Tickets on sale at local drug stores for couples and stags. Sid Finkle returns home with her mother for a visit. Community events and notices follow including Huddle Club activities and the patent office motor vehicle design stats.
In a tense Cannes scene Ottilie Willis is urged to move her uncle from Antibes to the Carlton and to suppress independent inquiry. Dunning assigns watchers to two men while Hugo cautions Ottilie to avoid reckless actions that could jeopardize everyone. Tomorrow promises revelations about a mysterious housekeeper.
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