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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
11
The Osgood Monument Company at 2701 Buchanan St offers personalized monuments and markers with symbolic carvings such as a rose or ivy. Counselors assist in designing a memorial reflecting family sentiment, backed by 45 years of Panhandle service. display features over 400 pieces.
The J. Ernest Stroud Company at 213 Buchanan Street outlines 18 years serving the tri state area with welding and industrial supplies and oxygen and acetylene, now manufacturing oxygen and acetylene in Amarillo for immediate delivery. They advertise lines of acetylene welders, cutting equipment, AC and DC welders, tools, and firefighting gear with quick delivery via phone or mail.
J L Greene & Sons of Amarillo invites customers to mail old hats for cleaning, blocking, and shaping before Christmas. The shop boasts extensive experience with over a quarter million hats, offers mail order service, and guarantees workmanship, with pickup and delivery via phone 3-4397.
The Cuban government owns four cargo passenger vessels that transport sugar to the United States, reflecting a state controlled fleet used for trade.
Maynard Drake, an Audiophone representative at 922 Travis, shares personal experience with Western Electric and Audivox hearing aids. He notes hearing aids are valuable tools but not perfect substitutes for normal hearing and stresses the need for proper adjustment. The article highlights the Super 67 and Super 66 models and suggests a hearing aid could be a meaningful Christmas gift.
Fragmented OCR shows a string of yearly rates: 1 yr 6.75 2.75 2.50 5.00 6.00 2.00 1 yr 3.00 l yr 3.50. No clear context, dates, or entities present.
The ad promotes all aluminum boats as a unique Christmas gift from Sid's Garage at 826 Georgia. Boats weigh 80 to 150 pounds, are described as sink proof with a new safety tank, and easy to haul on a car roof. Sid's Garage offers auto repair, wrecker and winch services, reachable at 8135.
An advertisement touts Culligan Soft Water Service for homes in Amarillo and Borger. It claims soft water speeds cleaning, reduces soap use, preserves fabrics, eases skin care, and saves time and energy, urging installation before Christmas. Contact numbers and addresses are listed.
Gatlin Glass Company at 417 East Tenth Street Amarillo offers Venetian and framed mirrors in many sizes and shapes for gifts or home decor. The shop highlights a large stock, frame and Venetian options, plus car glass installation and door mechanism repair services.
A store of better living in Amarillo offers wonder foods for health and longer living. Fat- Rite Health Food Store at 600 Louisiana, owned by Mrs. Annie Litle, sells herb tea natural sugar dried fruit meat substitutes goat and soya milk sugar free foods raw nut butter and Dr. Heards bread. A Christmas special includes 2 lb skim milk 2 lb wheat germ 1 pint black strap molasses 8 oz brewers yeast yogurt culture all for 4.54 postpaid.
In austerity era Israel, a U S reporter staying in a Tel Aviv hotel shared hot dogs from a home parcel with local waiters. They tasted the American snack with plates, knives, forks, and mustard, finding it a welcome treat in a lean period.
Vaughan's Gift Shop 3319 West Sixth offers many Christmas items for family and home. Personalized stationery, monogrammed goods, Westmoreland crystal and pottery, dolls, puzzles, linens, and handkerchiefs fill a broad display with one day service for personalized cards.
Laura Kay runs Electric Train Terminal and Toy Land at 410 West Seventh with a broad Lionel catalogue display. The shop features Toni and Raving Beauty dolls, Maxwell remote cars, dolls high chairs, novelty animals, and a wide range of trains, tracks, trucks, and Christmas decorations in view.
Willa Mae McCandless jeweler offers a broad display in the basement of Levine's Store on Polk Street Amarillo featuring Gruen Bulova Wittnauer watches cigarette cases birthstone rings baby jewelry Pat pencils and more including white and yellow gold necklaces watch and key chains identification bracelets and a wide selection of affordable Christmas cards for gifts this season.
Australia’s flying doctor John Flynn retires at 71. Forty years earlier he founded the famed service by air to isolated outback ranches and mines.
An old promotional piece touts Roggie's Slate as a neutral rinse that leaves no pink blue orchid or yellow cast in gray hair. It claims lasting shine from shampoo to shampoo and promotes salon purchase through Franks Barber & Beauty Supply Amarillo.
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