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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1948
Page
2
The column notes a pending cold spell with talk of snow after a mild spell. It mentions Indians in Oklahoma, wood hoarding for winter, and predicts a hard winter ahead. Also referenced is a local missing cat case at 605 Madison Street and a movie review of Red River at the State with Montgomery Clift drawing strong reactions.
A county committee appointed by the commissioners to study a possible Potter County Juvenile Court will meet this week to begin the review. No decisions on location or structure yet as the group studies options and legislation. Funds exist in next year’s county budget to establish quarters for juveniles, with Am arillo Army Air Field hospital facilities as a potential site.
The city increases salaries for key staff including sanitation supervisor Jack Wyatt from 416 to 466 and city secretary Katheryne Burwell from 250 to 275. The budget funds Kids Inc director 3600 and Amarillo Junior League recreation 3000, plus 15000 for fire equipment and 12000 for trash trucks. General fund totals rise across multiple departments.
The Capitol will screen James Cagney and George Raft scenes Tuesday and Wednesday as announced by manager Al Red Windham. A double feature featuring Argyle Secrets and Frontier Agent will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Merrill Lynch stock page shows 30 Industrials at 18290 down 1.12, 20 Railroads, and numerous quotes for Air Reduction Alaska Juneatt Aier Power Mack Trucks and many others. Kansas City Livestock reports cattle, calves, steers, and heifers with steady to slow bids, and hogs active but uneven.
E L West 54 of Amarillo died Sunday in Albuquerque New Mexico. Funeral at 4 pm Tuesday at First Christian Church Amarillo with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating. Burial Llano Cemetery. Survived by wife Beulah Fay Hood of Canadian a mother Mrs Emily McClusky of Brady two sons David and Edgar and brother Everett all of Amarillo.
In Chicago markets hog prices drifted lower with 30 head under 200 pounds and sow values slipping 25 to 80 cents. Top bids around 30.30 to 31.00 per hundredweight, with 400 to 480 pound hogs trading near 28 to 30.
Joe Cook, 14, sustained a fur scalp wound and a chin cut when his motorized bicycle collided with a parked car at Sixth and Wir e. He and Dan Vaughn, age not stated, rode east on Sixth Avenue before Cook swerved to avoid another vehicle. Cook was hospitalized at Northwest Texas Hospital after an ambulance response around 12 30 PM.
The text notes the death of J. R. Thompson in 1932 and outlines surviving relatives. She lived in Washburn until recently, then moved to Amarillo to live with her son Taylor Thompson. Other survivors include sons R. J. Thompson of Washburn and Fud Thompson of Dayton Ohio, plus 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Amarillo residents who ordered tickets for the Amarillo Philharmonic 1948 49 season are asked to pick them up before 4 o clock Tuesday at the board in Southwestern Public offices Fifth and Residents who have not yet purchased their season tickets can make their reservations at the board desk during the Tuesday hours the ticket desk will be open from 10 am to 4 pm authorized by the Potter County commissioners court. On Tuesday Sept 7 the ticket committee will be taken to Panhandle cities for a campaign with the Southwest Public Service Company to wire the fairgrounds for the 1948 Tri State Pageant. The power system was inadequate last year and was supplemented with temporary power lines and the full capacity is now planned. The cost of re arranging and improving the system is estimated at 3000.
Amarillo Aggies schedule weekly dinner gathering Monday night at 7 in the Blackstone Hotel Coffee Shop.
Services for Mrs. Huldah Thompson 86 of 1318 East Ninth will be held at 4 PM Wednesday in N S gas and Sons Chapel. Rev W B Sibley of Summit Baptist Church will officiate with other arrangements pending. Mrs. Thompson died Sunday at Northwest Texas Hospital after living in the area since 1889 arriving from Wichita Falls with her husband.
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