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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1933
Page
9
Amarillo High School closes its La Airosa subscription drive with 133 orders. Subscriptions cost 1.50 this year, up 50 cents from last year, and no more will be accepted after 4 PM tomorrow. The yearbook will feature larger senior pictures and more student activities.
Two high school students Jordan Weills and Paul Coy debated adopting the British system of radio control by the United States during a Kiwanis lunch on Monday.
Amarillo High School released a tabulation of the 1033-84 senior class choices. Of 80 colleges named, Amarillo College drew 70 students and Texas University 35, Texas Tech 28, with 200 undecided. Among churches, Methodists 122 and Baptists 116 led. Vocations showed 185 undecided. boys favored medicine engineering and law among 75, while girls named stenography teaching and medical work among 24.
Johnnie Stidger, famed goal kicker known as Curiosity, starred in the Thanksgiving game where Amarillo beat Lubbock. He kicked the decisive goal and drew a crowd outside the club house as fans pressed for a closer view. The coaches joked about charging 10 cents admission.
A vintage ad promotes 8 8 8 as a proven tonic to build blood and improve skin clarity. It claims increased red blood cell hemoglobin content raises oxygen delivery for tissue health and immune strength. The 20 oz size is marketed as economical for a two week treatment by the 5.5.5. Co.
Volunteers at Amarillo High kick off a food drive with a goal of collecting 1 000 cans for the Children's Home. Mrs Vara Davis Shinn sponsors the effort through the history department. After the drive, a Christmas program The Gift of the Magi will be presented to raise additional charity funds. Yuletide cards by Senior High Art students feature individual designs using linoleum prints on colored paper with folders and hand made stamps.
The article details a ten mile ride with Charlie Eblen guiding two pintos past wild animal cages and nearby grizzly pits. It notes native deer, camouflaged zebras, and elk thriving on rolling Hearst ranch hillsides with orchards and grapevines overlooking the Pacific.
The 10 to 10:30 period hosts varied activities across rooms. The Dramatic Journalism Spanish and Orchestra clubs meet while shop students discuss magazines and motor tools. Other rooms study Lambs Tales, Bible readings, music, plays, ethics, and citizenship topics. Chapel services occur on some days.
A vivid slice of West Coast ranching and breeding on Pico and Babicora estates. Horses are crossbred to improve saddle stock while Herefords and bison populate vast pastures. A Hearst ranch winner is noted at an L A show and a curious Japanese term for bison is introduced.
Uniforms for the Amarillo High School Band are in sight as proceeds from a three act Black Mask comedy titled Too Many Bosses, presented tomorrow night in the high school auditorium, will enlarge the uniform fund. The Band Parents Association sponsors the show with admission set at 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for students.
Mr Hearst shipped American bison to Tokyo Shimbun editor Matsutaro Shoriki as a friendly gift. The bison, called saigu, are displayed at Ueno Zoo during Buffalo Week with a sign proclaiming the gift and American-Japanese friendship. The column notes Japan’s readiness and hints Washington should learn from it.
Miss Jewel Hannigan, a theater cashier, faced a holdup in San Francisco as a man demanded money. Her mother arrived and loudly protested, prompting cries for the manager. The hold up man fled.
A list of real estate transfers and deeds including A Peters to Pearle Jones at River Road Gardens and Reed to Quincy Ford, with amounts. Julia McConnell to Azelle Boone. Royal D. Lewis to Land Bank and to Ped. Morris Browning to Home Owners Loan. R H Kelly to Olive Childers. Southland & L to Blanche Kercher. Also a car registration entry for E F Hedrick in Ama Apia with a Chevrolet.
The Latin Club held a morning program on Latin in astronomy. Members presented stories of Perseus Orion and Orpheus by Fuqua Storm Seaman with Beatrice Paschall explaining why planets have Latin names. Rosalie Higgins oversaw the event.
Salesmen from various Amarillo firms will visit Amarillo High School to demonstrate appliances including refrigerators washing machines radios and vacuum cleaners during this week and the following.
Amarillo High School Girls Glee Club begins weekly candy and popcorn sales to fund attendance at the Blaze Federated Music Clubs convention in Galveston next April. Sales during lunch raise money, followed by assembly entertainments to cover the remaining costs.
The film Take a Chance at the Paramount offers fast entertaining musical numbers and lively performances by June Knight Buddy Rogers and Lillian Roth with a strong chorus and comic turns by Cliff Edwards and Dunn. Cradle Song starring Dorothea Wieck follows a convent tale of motherhood and romance with Kent Taylor and Evelyn Venable as the lovers.
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