Ben Greet’s Twelfth Night Delights Amarillo Audiences
The Ben Greet Players staged Twelfth Night at Amarillo High School Auditorium. Notable performances by Sir Philip Ben Greet as the steward and Frederick Sargent as Orsino earned praise, with strong turns from Vera French as Olivia, Gwen Llewellyn as Viola, and Christopher Casson as Sebastian. The cast also included Rex Walters, Peter Dearing, Enid Clark, and others in supporting roles.
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Piccadilly
Amarillo
Ben Greet
Amarillo High School
Phillip Ben Greet
Bard of Avon
Olivia
Orsino
Illyria
Viola
Sebastian
Duke
Frederick Sargent
Vera French
Gwen Llewellyn
Christopher Casson
Steward
Russell Thorndike
Toby Reich
Rex Walters
Alfred Farrell
Peter Dearing
Fabian
Enid Clark
Lawrence Johns
Basil Dear
Mark Dignam
Edith Mayor
W. E Holloway
Spectator cattle show highlights Hearst ranch stock and slalped Herefords
The page details a cattle show featuring two year old Herefords and fifteen carloads of three year olds from William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon ranch. Aberdeens from Yakima also appear. The scene recalls stock speculation in September 1929 with an American flag draped figure in a stall.
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William Randolph Hearst
Pacific
San Simeon
Here
San Francisco
Senator Hearst
Yakima
Washington
Matador Land and Cattle Company
Texas
Dan D. Casement
Champion Yearling Steer El Oso Attracts Bid Amid Farm Exhibit
The article notes El Oso the champion yearling steer from Manhattan Kansas. It describes his feeding and impending auction at week’s end after slaughter for prize baby beef. It also highlights displays by young American farm boys future farmers of America and various hogs from Texas and Oklahoma farms.
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el Oso
Paul Murphy
Manhattan
Kansas
Farmers of America
Lillard Farm
Arlington
Texas
Hampshire
Elmer Bixler
Tulare
California
Woodward
Oklo
Adam
Caracul sheep and prize bull featured at farm show
The report praises Caracul sheep from Asia Minor with their tight curls and soft fur, notes the lambs’ risky birth, and highlights ramboullets on rams as aristocratic. It also mentions the grand champion Hereford bull Beau Baldwin bred by Wray L. Gergstrom.
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Far Asia Minor
Macbeth
Beau Bladwin
Wray L. Gergstrom
Men With Jobs For Life Stage Prison Show in Huntsville
In Huntsville Texas tonight prisoners with jobs including some for life will present a charity show in the prison chapel. The inmates chose the program and will supply performers orchestra and a self written rehearsed and staged performance behind the walls. Proceeds go to aid unemployed people outside seeking work.
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Huntsville
Tex
Auctioned Buffalo Bison and Ederkin’s Alfalfa Press Featured
A description of H. A. Baldwin’s buffalo portrait sold at auction for three thousand dollars notes potential value in boom times. It also profiles Clyde Ederkin, a Canadian cavalry veteran turned stock show innovator, touting a hydraulic press for Alfalfa, corn, or oats to create meat and feed, with plans to ship East via rail or Panama Canal.
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H. A. Baldwin
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Clyde Ederkin
France
Canadian Cavalry
Ederkin
Arizona
Imperial Valley
Mojave Desert
Panama Canal
War on Arson Declared in Amarillo Drive
District Attorney Edward W Thomerson announced a city wide war on arson declaring a fight to the finish. He ordered a thorough probe of fires of questionable origin with the grand jury in session to examine all cases. Fire reports by City Fire Marshal J W Dickerson and Fire Chief G B Cooper show 43 calls in November with three classified as questionable.
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Edward W Thomerson
Amarillo
Thomerson
J. W. Dickerson
G. B. Cooper
Negro Gives Bond On Assault Charge In Mt Pleasant
Steve Harper, held on assault with intent to murder charges after admitting shooting Betty Lee Jackson. Betty Lee Jackson released on $1500 bond, reduced from $3500 after her condition improved. The shooting involved a 46 caliber pistol claimed to be accidental. In Mt Pleasant, Hard Luck McClanahan adds storage tanks for a new well producing 5000 barrels daily.
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Steve Harper
East First Avenue
Betty Lee Jackson
J. W. Minter
MT. Pleasant
Mich
McClanahan
Demonstration Clubs to Meet Saturday Afternoon
Potter County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs will meet at 2 30 in the Public Library basement Miss Mary Sitton director announced Laura Hamner county superintendent will address the body Officers will be elected for the coming year
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Potter County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Mary Sitton
Laura Hamner
Principal George M. Christian Dies in Laredo
George M. Christian, 64, principal of Brunt High School in Laredo, died after several days of illness. Funeral services were planned for this afternoon.
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Laredo
Tex
George M. Christian
Brunt High School
Chris
Missouri Graduate Leads School Career
Tian earned a Missouri University degree, taught at Stephens College, and then became principal of Bruni High School, marking a progression from higher education to school leadership.
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Tian
University of Missouri
Stephens College
Bruni High School
Dean Inge Calls Cosmetics Ban in Radio Address
In a London radio address Dean Inge argued cosmetics would be barred as aesthetically offensive. He described a dystopian utopia and outlined world actions reflecting his stance on appearance and morality.
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Dean
Dean Inge Sai
London
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