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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1946
Page
5
Dr. E. W. Cain, chairman, calls a Sports Committee meeting of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce for tomorrow at 12 45 o clock in the chamber office.
Members of the Amarillo Police Department will attend the Sixth Annual 40 and 8 Police Appreciation Dinner. The event runs from 11 in the morning until 7 in the evening in Room 202 of the Herring Hotel with Frank Wood noting policemen may come and go as they like.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Kirkman will be held at 11 tomorrow morning at Polk Street Methodist Church with Dr. Neal D. Cannon officiating. She died yesterday at Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital after a long illness, survived by son J. A. Kirkman, daughter Georgia Kirkman, sister Sallie Tolbert, grandson Jay Kirkman, and three great grandchildren.
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee and a delegation from Albuquerque New Mexico will meet Saturday at 12 30 PM in the Herring Hotel to discuss forming a state unit of the Highway 66 Association. The plan aims to create state units that may consolidate into a national organization.
Khiva Temple Shriners from the Panhandle gather for a 3:30 PM ceremonial with a second section at 4 PM led by Elmer Lewis. The event includes entertainment featuring Shrine trips to Mexico City, social hour, and a ceremonial ball. Potentate Hugo Loewenstern and Chief Rabban Tom May discuss the New Year Eve ceremony. Khiva aims to grow to 2,500 members across 41 counties with 15 to 20 novices likely initiated.
Taxicab drivers began applying today for licenses under a new city ordinance. The licensing bureau opened at 2 p m and will stay open until 4 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Operators are obtaining performance bonds before permits, said Lefty Fowler director of transportation.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Bill Lampe left for Fort Worth with Clarence Burga A D Newman and a 15 year old youth confined in Potter County jail The youth faces juvenile delinquency charges over transporting a stolen car The youth was captured after a four hour chase near Nazareth Two weeks later he will be tried in federal court Newman is indicted for forgery and will be tried in Fort Worth Burga is a parole violator from the federal penitentiary
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