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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1938
Page
8
Regotiation of Amarillo High School and junior high students begins tomorrow for the fall term. Senior high and three junior high schools classify in alphabetical blocks on specified mornings and afternoons. Elementary students classify Friday morning. New students and parents are reminded to bring report cards. vaccination status and a new tuberculosis-related law are noted as upcoming.
Mrs. Max Joffe of Johannesburg and her husband travel to Poughkeepsie New York as delegates to the second World Youth Congress on their honeymoon. Another delegate Yang Hui-Min previously gained fame carrying a Chinese flag to the doomed battalion in a warehouse. Anna Shchetinina, the first Soviet woman licensed as a sea captain, has received the Order of the Red Banner of Labor and now directs Vladivostok's fishing port. Mrs. John Hey Whitney in Upperville Virginia poses with her pet squirrel Pearl.
Courthouse records show deeds from J. W. Nelson to R. L. Thompson and others dated 8-29-38 with small sums. HOLC transfer to Mary L. Wirtz on 8-26-38 for 3500 alders a mix of property entries. Registrations include several 1938 vehicle transfers and insurance items and marriage licenses for Raymond Higgins with Dorothy Cann Downey and other couples.
The Philharmonic Orchestral Association opens membership for the 1938 39 season on Thursday Sept 8 and runs for a week. Murray Meeker arrives from New York Saturday to lead the campaign and serve as conductor manager. He is a Kansan known for modernist music and led the Passion Play as musical director three years ago. A dinner with the executive committee and Meeker is planned next week.
Washington reports a rising market in education as the new school year begins for about 33 million people. Assistant federal commissioner Miss Bess Goodykoontz notes public confidence in schools and expanding programs to meet community needs. Enrollments in early grades decline slightly due to birth rates and immigration, while about 2 million six year olds start school next month. Health news highlights declines in mortality from tuberculosis influenza pneumonia and other diseases in early 1938.
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