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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1945
Page
10
The Amarillo Secretarial School at 800 Jefferson Street, run by Mrs. Bess Orr Foringer, offers full and specialized business courses. It is approved under Public Law 346 and the GI Bill to educate veterans and disabled veterans in stenography bookkeeping dictation and machine operation.
The Amarillo Engraving Company guarantees clear engravings from original prints. They handle city orders for pickup or delivery and offer out of town service. They cut signatures engravings and cartoons with experienced staff and fast one to five day turnaround.
Mrs. M. Killion operates a Ama rillo salon at 1224 West Eleventh Avenue offering permanent hair removal using the Kree system. A Burnham's School graduate, she provides free consultations, promises painless, short treatments, and reasonable course charges.
Crain Electric Company at 3503 Polk Street reports arrivals of hard to get electrical wiring materials. With post war devices rising, new buildings should plan wiring early. Sam H. Crain offers planning assistance and cost estimates.
Prescription Laboratory No. 2 in Rule Building, Third and Polk, is under Lynn F. Miller a Tennessee returnee tied to atomic bomb work. he aims to meet Amarillo and Pampa friends. Stores 1 and 2 offer prescription filling, sickroom supplies, free delivery, and contact numbers 24391 and 7279. Also features Bull Tire Company services at Sixth and Tyler with recapping and waxing guidance by Ray McCullough and Pat Whittington, including a 4411 contact.
Johnston's Beauty Shop at 408 West Tenth showcases a Christmas booth with gift sets and individual toiletries for men and women. Manager Viola Brandon invites appointments to style hair and select presents, with Eva Watson rejoining the staff to welcome customers.
An advertisement promotes the Van Norman Company vacuum device Sucker Out for removing chips during machining. It claims high velocity, multi stage suction keeps chips from crankcase oil holes, avoiding under the motor work. It lists availability at Motor Supply of Texas Amarillo with branches in Pampa and Clovis NM and offers No 777 S boring bar for cylinders 2.600 to 5.348 inches in diameter. It notes portability for one man and provides a contact number 2 1252.
The John Weeks Insulating Company promotes Redwood Bark cold storage insulation as economical and durable for homes. Insulation cuts fuel costs by about 25 percent and can keep homes cooler by 15 degrees in summer. The firm handles insulation, roofing and siding with experienced crews.
The Amarillo Band House at 116 East Fifth Avenue sells musical instruments including accordions violins clarinets trumpets horns saxophones flutes drums and lyres. Owner E. L. Smith notes stock is available and repairs are offered. The shop also buys sells or trades instruments jewelry luggage and sporting goods.
W. R. Byers owner of Western Vacuum and Sewing Machine Co at 606 West Sixth proposes converting a Singer treadle into a cabinet or portable electric sewing machine or installing an electric motor. He offers 24 hour service and sells treadle or electric machines with limited stock and repairs for all makes. Special consideration for out of town customers.
Charlie Ford of Amarillo and Hugh W. Ford of La Junta Colorado operate the Panhandle Livestock Commission Co a pure cattle commission business at Third and Grand across from the cotton mill. Cattle sales occur Thursdays and Saturdays at noon with a horse sale on the first Friday each month attracting farmers and ranchers from the Panhandle and New Mexico. The brothers began in Kansas City and La Junta before buying the Panhandle company on Oct 11.
Blackstone Cleaners at 208 West Tenth announces free minor repairs for both men’s and women’s clothing. H. C. McFarland says repairs include snaps, hooks, tears, buttons, and minor fixes. Shop will close for Christmas holidays, reopening after.
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