14 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
1
The letter column notes light snow predicting a White Christmas and cool days ahead. Blair Cherry visits town and expresses optimism about Texas football prospects next season. It also weaves in anecdotes about local people, jobs, and general reflections on manners, honesty, and community life with a mix of weather talk and humorous asides.
The note highlights light snow, a White Christmas possibility, and a missing Spitz named Smart offering a $2 reward. It also mentions a barn dance fundraiser at the Armory on the 23rd hosted by N S Griggs and Cal Farley to aid welfare agencies, plus advice on Christmas shopping and local tidbits from politics to fashion and science.
W. E. Seibold of the Mohawk Liquor Corporation leads aid with a $10 pledge to buy two mules for William Nichols who, with his 72 year old mother and friend Emerick, faces destitution after his two mules died within hours. Nichols refuses relief and hopes for goods to resume earning a living.
Five Hobbs residents were hurt when their car struck a culvert on the Canyon Happy road about 10 miles south of Canyon around 2 am. L. A. Press suffered a fractured leg and other injuries. Mrs. Press, Miss Pearl Garland, Robert Press, and John Cashion were treated for contusions and shock. FE. F. Walker escaped injury as the auto rolled four to five times. All were taken to Neblett Hospital in Canyon by Griggs-Thompson ambulance. All injuries described as non life threatening.
Dear Tack, I am a woman seeking hourly or daily housecleaning work and open to permanent half‑day jobs. Also willing to stay with children. Call Mrs Wallen at 6160 413 Monroe Street.
An applicant seeks month to month farm or ranch work with a cow and chickens, references available, and a neat reliable woman 30 to 40 to care for two children later this year. The note includes personal details and a government mortality projection, with unrelated data on tuberculosis and nitrogen.
A reader seeks work at home cooking care for children and diaper laundry service with delivery and pickup offered for $1 weekly. A purse left at Gulf Service Station Third Avenue and Buchanan Street is to be claimed by its owner. A black pigskin purse was lost between Sixth and Eighth Avenues on Polk Street Tuesday afternoon and a call to 2-1783 is requested. Catherine Keeter seeks housekeeping work and assistance.
Postmaster W D De Grassi urges simple legible one sided addresses for Christmas packages to avoid confusion and ensure insured parcels are delivered. He warns against addressing on both sides especially for insured mail and stresses insuring gifts up to 50 dollars and timely mailing before Christmas.
William M. Moore 86 a retired Santa Fe Railroad car department worker died suddenly at 9 this morning at 1604 Johnson Street Amarillo. Surviving son Andrew and four daughters live in Amarillo Cimarron and Tyler. Funeral plans pending with N s Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel.
Santa Claus arrived in Amarillo public schools not with gifts but by changing focus. Students lose interest in lessons as Christmas planning consumes time. shelves fill with Santa stickers and shopping worries. Woodworking and home economics classes rush to complete holiday projects while parties and shopping fill each afternoon. Santa arrives a week before vacation.
Carl L. King announced the acquisition of the automotive electrical business at 212 West Eighth Avenue from Harold Carter and Fred Smith. The enterprise will operate as King Automotive Service with Willard Battery lines and offers battery and electrical work plus washing lubrication polishing gasoline and tire services.
Local men from the San Jacinto Methodist Church parish cook a banquet for the church Men’s Club meeting. Businessman bricklayer plumber preacher cashier and carpenter work together to prepare the meal for this evening’s event.
Fifty nine retail and wholesale beer dealers in the first district must apply for renewed licenses this month to continue business after January first. Deputy district administrator Hawkins says fifteen more permits expire between January 1 and 10. Late renewals cannot be approved in time, so dealers should verify expiration dates now. The board office is in 414 of the Amarillo Building.
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