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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1929
Page
5
A report blends humor and union notes with a bizarre parody about roads and poultry. It details Typographical Union No. 525 meetings in Carpenters Hall, officers present, reports, a charity note for Tom Mooney, and a local member recovering from injury.
A regular meeting of Switchmen's Union of North America was held in North Amarillo on Saturday evening. All officers attended and twelve members answered roll call. The grand president's report noted rapid membership growth and new lodges forming nationwide. Officers for the coming year were J. C. Versyps president, John Renegar vice president, Jesse Rowe secretary and treasurer, and Lee Miller delegate to the Kansas City national convention in January. Refreshments followed, served by Mrs. John Renegar and Mrs. Jesse Rowe, with a piano encore by John Renegar.
A letter to the columnist notes that information is being gathered for a newspaper article on the Stone Mountain Memorial. The memorial is currently in the process of being transferred to a new status or location.
Letter from Rogers Winton, secretary, notes the city’s plan to resume a suspended carving project within a month if the plan proceeds. He asks the recipient to wait a month for definitive information on status and prospects, praising interest shown. Also includes a note from Amarillo readers praising a Globe News column about Thanksgiving.
Ed Tipton, a member of the Carpenters Union in Pampa, underwent a surgical operation at Northwest Texas hospital and is reported to be making a splendid recovery.
Thanksgiving led the Carpenters Union to cancel last Thursday evening’s session as members were over-fed. A humorous line about My Hireless Cooker echoes the speaker’s claim of losing more than expected due to having more things to lose.
Editorial urges readers to support the postoffice party during the holiday season. It counsels sensible shopping and careful wrapping, sealing, and mailing to aid community postal efforts. News tone reflects a civic call to action framed around Christmas preparations.
A collection of local musings and anecdotes laments unsafe conditions and missing holiday gifts. Citizens reference accidents, liquor flows, and construction work by Herbert Lytle and Tom Chessir as families welcome a newborn while W. A. Chambers oversees Amarillo projects.
Santa Fe general office building receives union clearance and returns to Dallas with family. Claude Thomas of Amarillo Carpenters Union takes clearance and departs for Dallas to take a job. Bill Williams newly arrived from Childress deposits card with Carpenters Union and will work for C. B. Lambie on a power plant project. The Butchers Union has installed radio service and reports to Labor Station in Chicago. A verse about perseverance follows.
An evening girdle features a pink fabric with a square lace panel in a modernist style. It closes along the left side with a small gold zipper fastening.
Apply Blue Star Ointment to relieve skin irritations itching and dermatitis. Use for tetter ringworm itching from poison oak and as an antiseptic dressing for old sores. Ask your druggist for BLUE STAR OINTMENT.
A squadron of five air mail planes prepared to depart Cleveland to search for Pilot Thomas P. Nelson reported lost near Clarion Pennsylvania after leaving Bellefonte at 11 55 p m. He was due in Cleveland at 2 15 a m when contact was lost in a continues snowstorm over western Pennsylvania. Wesley L. Smith, noted N A flyer and division superintendent, will direct the Cleveland based operation.
Funeral services were held in Dallas for A H McKnight a railroad attorney who died Saturday from a stroke of paralysis. McKnight admitted to the U S Supreme Court bar in 1912 and served as president of the Texas Bar Association in 1926.
United Press reports in Missoula Montana that the national bison reserve northwest of the city is being slaughtered to relieve overcrowding. W S Custer bought 100 head to be butchered and shipped to eastern markets.
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