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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1950

Page

3

Rites set for crash victim in Borger area Saturday

Funeral services for John Bruce Brown 42 killed in a north Borger traffic crash will be at 2 p m Saturday in First Baptist Church pastor Rev Paul Cullen to officiate Burial is in Highland Park Cemetery under Minton Funeral Home direction Thomas Stanford 19 killed in same crash services pending body at Minton Funeral Home two others in jeep with Brown in critical condition at North Plains Hospital Jim Russell Hall 28 and George Noel Prewitt 30 both in critical condition with multiple injuries Driver Edgar Koehn 42 Enid released on 2500 bond on negligent homicide charges accident occurred about three miles north of Borger near the River View Plant on Highway 117

Borger John Bruce Brown Here First Baptist Church Paul Cullen Highland Park Cemetery Minton Funeral Home Thomas Stanford Brown North Plains Hospital Jim Russell Hall George Noel Prewitt J. M. Huber Corporation Central Transport Company Enid Oklo Edgar Koehn Public Service Riverview Highway 117

Negro Elks Plan Memorial Service

The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Negroes and Daughters of the World announce a memorial service Sunday at 11 in Adams Street Baptist Church 301 North Adams. Rev A J Williams pastors the church with state brigadier general David W Hughes as master of ceremonies and Mrs Hughes as soloist. John D Sanders exalted ruler of Pride of Amarillo Lodge will conduct with other officers assisting. Public is invited.

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Daughters of the World Adams Street Baptist Church North Adams A. J. Williams David W. Hughes Carver School John D. Sanders Pride of Amarillo Lodge

Young People Plan Temperance Play at Church

A play titled Prisoner at the Bar will be staged tomorrow at 4 30 PM by the Young People Society of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in collaboration with the American Temperance Society of Washington DC. The production, based on a New England court trial, aims to promote temperance with I V Stonebrook and D E Latham in leading roles. Admission is free.

Young People’s Society Seventh Day Adventist Church American Temperance Society Washington, DC New England I. V. Stonebrook Texico Conference D. E. Latham

Taxpayers Get Break Salt Lake City Proposal

The state tax commission will recommend to the 1951 Utah legislature that taxpayers carry a lighter income tax load next year. The commission proposed increases in personal exemptions and urged deductibility of unusual medical expenses.

Salt Lake City State Tax Commission Utah

1951 Chevrolet to be shown at Plains Chevrolet Amarillo

Plains Chevrolet in Amarillo will debut the 1951 Chevrolet tomorrow with safety and styling upgrades across chassis and body. A full day showing runs 8 to 10 am tomorrow and 1 to 7 pm Sunday, featuring models like Fathom Green convertible and Bel Air in De Luxe and Special trims, new Jumbo Drum brakes, refined Powerglide, two engine choices, and two tone interiors.

Amarillo Plains Chevrolet Taylor Jesse A. Rogers Buck Carter Plains Chevrolet Saks Fifth Avenue Maryland Styleline Fleetline

Death claims aunt of Timmons brothers in Texas

Mrs. Eunice Bell of Alvord died yesterday afternoon at her daughter’s home. She would have turned 99 in April and was mother to four Amarillo men H. M. Timmons C. C. Timmons L. Timmons and Jerome Timmons. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Decatur with Amarillo relatives attending. She was among the last grandchildren of an American Revolutionary War soldier.

Eunice Bell Amarillo Tom Burton Alvord

Police Lecture on Communism in Amarillo

Col. Bob Massengale of the Texas Department of Public Safety is in Amarillo to teach at the police training school. He lectures to the Amarillo Police Department officers about Communism during off-duty classes at the police station as part of the regular training program.

Bob Massengale Texas Department of Public Safety Amarillo Amarilo

Services for Mrs Bonnie Drain Held at River Road Baptist

Funeral services for Mrs Bonnie McClung Drain 62 of 122 Rose Drive were held at River Road Baptist Church this afternoon with Rev J E Anderson and Rev A B Moseley officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers direction. Pallbearers named include Dr W E Crail Fred Swain Anthony Parker H C Borth W E Nelson and L B Horner. Mrs Drain died Wednesday night at home after living in Amarillo 25 years and was a Baptist. Survivors include her husband.

Bonnie McClung Drain Rose Drive River Road Baptist Church J. E. Anderson Victory Baptist Mission A. B. Moseley Memorial Park Cemetery Boxwell Brother W. E. Crail Fred Swain Anthony Parker H. C. Bo

D. S. Drain and extended descendants noted in obituary

D. S. Drain is identified as a daughter and sister with two grandchildren and five great grandchildren among the surviving relatives. The brief obituary fragment lists these family connections without further biographical detail.

D. S. Drain

Ice ruby found in ice cube at tavern

Norbert Thompson, an ice dealer in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, lost a ruby from his ring at work. August Nauman, tavern keeper, observed an extra sparkle in a high ball and realized the ruby was embedded in an ice cube.

Two Rivers Wis Norbert Thompson August Nauman Thompson

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