Pioneer Missionary Wife Honored for China Work
A condolence letter to Mrs. L F E Van Doran recalls Mrs. Cora Oxner Warren a Mississippi native and wife of Dr J M Oxner who went to Ping tu China as medical missionaries in 1904. She learned Chinese, acted as interpreter and nurse, helped build Oxner Memorial Hospital, and later guided new missionaries until her furlough.
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L. FE. van Doran
West Tenth
Cora Oxner Warren
Warren
China
Pilot Point
Ping-tu
Daniel
Oxner
Jesus
Mrs. Daniel
Dallas Woman
Native Built House and Artful Decor Highlight Mrs Oxner
The passage praises a native-built house adorned with Montgomery Ward furniture and Chinese pictures flowers and vases. Much of Mrs Oxner's work focused on teaching the noted Chinese scholar D K Yang. She later returned to this country the
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Montgomery Ward
Mrs Warren Dies in Amarillo After Long Ill Health
Ill health forced widow of J. T. Warren to relocate to Clarendon and later Amarillo. She married J. T. Warren who died in 1929. In recent years she lived with Mrs. Van Doran in Amarillo and passed away November 7.
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Clarendon
J. T. Warren
Warren
Amarillo Plans Revival of Market Week February 22 24
Amarillo plans to hold a three day Market Week February 22 to 24 with a noon meeting at the Harrington Hotel to finalize arrangements. Virgil Patterson president of the chamber named the Market Week committee Mason King chair Don Scholburg Leo Wilmeth Arthur Truitt and H H Gaddis. Rex B Baxter reports firms have pledged representation as Amarillo merchants prep a general market featuring hardware wear drugs cosmetics and dry goods.
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Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Virgil Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Mason King
Don Scholburg
Leo Wilmeth
Arthur Truitt
H. H. Gaddis
Fort Worth
Dallas
Rex B. Baxter
Chamber of Commercce
1946 Poll Tax Receipt Now Is Just a Souvenir
Frank Hoyt tax collector said that 1946 poll tax receipts are souvenirs with 1947 receipts now on sale at the tax office. About ten thousand receipts are expected to be sold between now and January 31.
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Frank Hoyt
Police Teletype Describes Car Crash Details
Indianapolis police teletypes recount an accident where a car ran off the road into a ditch then struck a tree and ended at the southeast end of a bridge. The wording shows errors likely from transcription, but indicates a single crash incident with property impact.
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Indianapolis
Strick
Treet
Plan Yule Parties at Hospitals
Doctors plan Christmas programs across three city hospitals to cheer patients. Red Cross and Veterans Administration decorate Veterans Hospital with trees and wreaths while Northwest Texas Hospital lines halls with carols and Santa visits. St Anthony’s hosts wards gifts and student nurses arrange packages. Programs emphasize rest and wise activity.
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Veterans Hospital
Red Cross
Veterans Administration
Potter County
Community Service
Ochiltree County
Red Cross Council
Northwest Texas
Amarillo
Santa Claus
St. Anthony's Hospital
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