Byrd's Aide Details Antarctic Expedition to Amarillo Students
Lt. Charles F E Lofgren, Byrd's aide, spoke at Amarillo High School about the first Antarctic Expedition. He showed motion pictures from the voyage, described equipment and personnel, and recounted the Bay of Whales end, Rockefeller Mountains discovery, and the South Pole flight over which the U S flag was planted.
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Byrd
Amarillo
Charlies FE
Lofgren
Tom Pratt
Labrador Kusky
Little America
Loferen
Bay of Whales
Bolling
New Zealand
Rockefeller Mountains
South Pole
Floyd Bennett
United States
North Pole
Atlantic
Sixteen Solids to Be Required for Sheepskin
Amarillo High School will raise its graduation credits to sixteen academic units starting with the spring 1936 class, following a June 27 1934 ruling by the state committee. Principal R B Norman says the change becomes mandatory as districts adjust, with possible effects including delayed graduation or summer school attendance.
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State Department of Education
Amarillo High School
R. B. Norman
Texas
Norman
Christmas Amaran Am Dooms Day Football Programs
A special Christmas edition football program is being printed this week announced by M. A. Browning of Amarillo High School. The 12 to 16 page program features Christmas decorations and designs and will be dedicated to the Masonic Home and Amarillo players graduating this year.
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M. A. Browning
Amarillo High School
Masonic
Amarillo
New Art Courses Added at Senior High School
Beginning this year solid graduation credits are granted for art courses Art I and Commercial Design. A new Related Arts half-year course focuses on clothing and home art, planned for home economics majors. Twenty-two girls are enrolled. Commercial Design trains pupils in lettering poster design billboard display and advertising art. Students make Christmas cards and various crafts. Eighty students use the art lab daily.
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Maude L. Fletcher
Federal Vocational Education Bureau
Washington, D. C
Fletcher
Amarillo Public Schools See Rising Enrollment This Year
Enrollment in Amarillo Public Schools grows from 8,579 at week one to about 9,072 currently. Superintendent W A McIntosh notes many nonregular attendees, with 8,754 regularly in attendance. Over five years, first week figures varied with prosperity, peaking at 10,359 in May 1931.
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Amarillo Public Schools
W. A. McIntosh
Honor roll correction names two straight A students
Anna Mohler and Dobra Stevens made the straight A honor roll for the second six weeks. Their names should have appeared on the honor list in last Thursday's issue.
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Anna Mohler
Dobra Stevens
Delta Kappa Gamma Holds Annual Dinner in Canyon
The Pi chapter at West Texas State Teachers College in Canyon hosted its annual dinner and Christmas tree last Monday evening. Performances included carols by Mrs Ruby Rawlings and a pantomime by Mrs Daisy Persons, with Miss Oretha Cornelius presenting The Other Wise Man.
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Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Cousins Hall of
West Texas
Colllege
Canyon
Ruby Rawlings
Wolflin School
Daisy Persons
Amarillo
Oretha Cornelius
Ada V. Clark
W. T
Carmen Ulm
Buchanan School
Ophelia Wesley
Amarillo Junior College
Helen Hickman
T. C
Elizabeth Nixson
Central Junior High School
West Texas State Teachers College
The
Canyon Public Schools
Amarillo Public Schools
Potter County Rural Schools
Eskimo Dog Tom Pratt Fond of Baby Toes at Canyon Dinner
The Eskimo dog Tom Pratt visiting Amarillo High School with Lieutenant Lofgren raided a Canyon home dinner. He removed five week old Carroll Jane from her cradle and sampled her toe before retreating under a bed. The child objected and cried while the dog expressed a peculiar appetite for baby feet.
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Tom Pratt
Amarillo High School
Tom
Lofgren
Byrd
South Pole
Davis Hill
Canyon
Carroll Jane
Hill
Slumbering Pupils Preparing for Christmas
The Amarillo High School study halls will end at 3 45 tomorrow and resume January 2 1985. The piece notes students nap to stay up late for Santa and suggests shopping displays downtown offer dolls balls marbles and teddy bears with a nod to Model T Fords and roller skates as gift ideas.
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Santa Claus
Amarillo High School
Saint Nick
Amarillo Senior High Notes Bright Hints Of Holidays
Christmas holidays begin tomorrow and end January 1. New students Hazelle Austin Mary Sue Reynolds and Margaret Gatton ry join Senior High. First semester ends January 25 1935. Parliaments class humor and after dinner speeches spark noise in Room 300.
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Hazelle Austin
Fort Sumner
N. M
Mary Sue Reynolds
Sherman
Margaret Gatton Ry
Houston
Amarillo Public Schools
Honor Society Council Plans Review For Students
Amarillo High School faces National Honor Society membership decisions as the local council meets tomorrow afternoon. R. B. Norman, sponsor and principal, chairs the council with members Louise Russell Oscar Wise Cora Avery Gervis Taylor Tela Crossett L. McNeill C. M. Rogers C. A. Wallace Vara Davis Shinn and Oretha Cornelius.
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Amarillo High School
R. B. Norman
Louise Russell
Oscar Wise
Cora Avery
Gervis Taylor
Tela Crossett
L. McNeill
C. M. Rogers
C. A. Wallace
Vara Davis Shinn
Oretha Cornelius
Readings Given For Club Christmas Program
The Las Viajeros Spanish Club held a regular meeting yesterday morning featuring two readings in Spanish by Joe Celaya and a scripture reading in Spanish by Ellinor Atwood.
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Las Viajeros
Joe Celaya
Ellinor Atwood
New Drama Course Adds Rehearsal Schedule
Mrs. Lela Crossett announced a new feature for the senior high drama course next semester. Classes will meet in the high school auditorium and rehearse plays three days a week on stage.
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Lela Crossett
Amarillo High School Christmas Program Gift Drive Recap
The Amarillo High School history and music departments presented a Christmas program under Mrs. Crossett Mrs. Shinn and Miss Rowan. The event featured a Bethlehem story carols a playlet and a gift presentation to the Chil dren's Home by John Peterson senior class president who received 1 000 cans of food on behalf of Home residents and their rooms contributed the food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo High School
Lela Crossett
Vera Davis Shinn
Mabel Rowan
Mary Ann Stanberry
Glee Club
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Jesus
Carlie Barnes
Bob Lives On
Robin Pace
Ann Nell McDaniel
Walter Moody
Claude Gray
Calvin McIver
Wyndal Tye
Mary Tom Morgan
John Peterson
Mother Irvin
Plans Outlined for Amarillo Senior High Debates
Miss Oretha Cornelius announces public speaking and debate activities at Amarillo Senior High. A January 2 meeting introduces information material and instruction for tryouts. Debates run January 3 to 11 to select a six student squad with a January 21 to 25 squad tournament.
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Amarillo
Oretha Cornelius
Lions Club
Panhandle
Philomathian and
Forum
Amarillo High to Broadcast Masonic Pep Rally
Amarillo High School will broadcast the Masonic football pep rally at 3 PM tomorrow over KGRS. Attending are Pampa football captain drum major and pep leader, Amarillo College president B. E. Masters, and students. Pep leaders since 1928 include Ursula Angell and 15 others. Pampa Pep Squad and band will join Amarillo on the field for the game Saturday.
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Bandie-Masonic
Amarillo High School
KGRS
R. B. Norman
Pampa
B. E. Masters
Amarillo College
Ursula Angell
Jackie Bragg
Rose Steiner
Marie Ford
Fay Horne
Chella Wood
Mary Vea Anderson
Anna Ruth May
Margaret Buckingham
Ruth Sullinger
Mary Lick
Azelle Boone
Martha Davis
Florence Hill
Anna Ruth McClure
Questa of
Amarillo
School Janitors Honored by Banquet at Cafeteria
Amarillo Public School System held a banquet in the high school cafeteria honoring janitors. Attending were W A McIntosh superintendent and George Waddill business manager along with principals C M Rogers R B Norman A B Hays. Speakers urged cleanliness and pride in duties.
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Amarillo
W. A. MclIntosh
George Waddill
W. A. McIntosh
C. M. Rogers
R. B. Norman
A B. Hays
Margaret Wills School
I. M. Giles
Bivins Principal Returns From TSTA Meeting
Miss Ola Boyles, principal of Bivings School, returned Sunday night from an all day meeting of the executive board of the Texas State Teachers Association held in Port Worth last Saturday. She represents the eighteenth district on the board.
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Bivins
Miss Ola Boyles
Biving School
Texas State Teachers Association
Port Worth
Miss Boyles
Student Musicians To Attend Festival
The Girls Glee Club of Amarillo High School prepares for the Great Southwest Music Festival in Roswell New Mexico April 10 12. Funds come from bridge tournaments doughnut candy and bake sales. Guest conductors include Joseph E Maddy and T P Giddings. The festival ends with a Carlsbad Caverns visit.
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Amarillo
Roswell
New Mexico
Joseph E. Maddy
National Muse Camp
T. P. Giddings
Minneapolis
Engineering Club Visits Southwestern Bell Plant in Amarillo
Members of Amarillo High School's Junior Engineering Society toured the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company plant guided by J B Blanstee and R J Crittenden. They observed power sources, emergency units, selectors and connectors, and the process from dialing to connection.
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Junior Engineering Society
Amarillo High School
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. B. Blanstee
R. J. Crittenden
The
Telephone Company
Mr. Blansett
Mr. Crittenden
Willis
Engineering Society
Amarillo High students excused for part time work this week
Principal R B Norman says several Amarillo High School students are being excused for work this week. Few are excused for full days, but more are working part time during the period.
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R. B. Norman
Amarillo High School
Pupils to Receive Free Lunches at Amarillo High School
Amarillo High School will serve free lunches to students whose parents are on relief rolls or employed on relief projects. The program began yesterday and will continue for an indefinite period, according to principal R. B. Norman.
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Amarillo High School
Atudenta
R. B. Norman
Dispute Settled at River Road School
Potter County schools chief Miss Laura V Hamner announced that River Road principal W V Thomasson withdrew his appeal after a settlement with the school trustees. The settlement amount was not disclosed and Hamner offered to endorse Thomasson to aid him in finding a new position.
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Laura V. Tramner
Potter County
W. V. Thomasson
River Road
Thomasson
Hamner
Cadets at Amarillo High Train on Clean Rifles
Cadets of the R T C unit at Amarillo High School clean their rifles weekly to ensure proper care. They learn the names and uses of all parts of the A S rifles caliber 30 model 1903 in current unit equipment.
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Amarillo High School
A. S
Junior Panhandle Society Discusses Adobe Walls Talk
The regular meeting featured a talk on Adobe Walls by Oran Coble and a reading by Ann Lee on Wednesday.
Christmas Dinner Served At Amarillo High School Café
In Amarillo Senior High School cafeteria students enjoyed a Christmas meal with turkey, cranberry sauce, mince pie, and traditional fixins creating holiday cheer.
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Amarillo Senior High School
Principalship Row Sparks Temporary Restraining Order
An endorsement was based on visits to the school during Thomasson’s principalship. A restraining order blocked Thomasson from serving as principal after the trustee dismissed her, but she continued to work until the court order was filed.
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Thomasson
Miss Hamner
W. E. Gee
$15 000 Damage Suit Named Over Child's Death
W Samuel Barley sues Julian Bivins and two employees J R Rigas Clyde Sanders for 15000 dollars claiming the 8 year old Burl Barley was killed October 23 when struck by a car driven by Riggs under the foreman Berry Cox instructions. The petition says the car owner was Bivins.
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Julian Bivins
Amarillo Ranch
J. R. Rigas
Clyde Sanders
W. Samuel Barley
Burl
Riggs
Bailey
Berry Cox
Bivins
Burial at Clovis for W. P. Bain 77
The body of W. P. Bain 77 a retired farmer who died at his daughter’s home Mrs N J Allen 3410 West Third Avenue was sent to Clovis New Mexico for funeral services to be held this afternoon N & Griggs & Sona funeral directors served him He came from Clovis six years ago Survived by wife four sons Sam Bain N Palfurins Tex N J Bain Clovis Melvin Bain Teague Tex Peyton Bain Dallas and a daughter Mrs M Shershing Fort Stockton
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W. P. Bain
N. J. Allen
Third Avenue
Clovis
N. M
N. & Griggs & Sona
Mr. Bain
Gilliam to Enter Third Embezzlement Trial
Brownwood reports state prosecutors moved toward a third trial for FE B Gilliam Sr former trustee of Daniel Baker College after the second trial on embezzlement charges ended in a hung jury.
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