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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1937
Page
4
Anatomists state a four year old has a fully formed eye, though vision development continues into later childhood. The eye stops growing after age four, but nerve pathways to the brain and the process of binocular vision mature until about age seven to nine. The article notes school entry at six may be too early for full visual coordination.
Frank Wilkinson inaugurates a Gulf Service Station at Six Teeth Avenue and Harrison Street in Amarillo. Opened October 16, the station features Gulf products Goodrich tires and a registered lubrication service with high pressure guns pumps and portable drains. J B Curly Lane and Raymond Lane Rose join as lubrication experts offering the Gulf Automotive Lubrication Guide assurance.
The text traces how early eye development forms a conditioned reflex guiding sight over a hundred million years of evolution. It argues that schooling disrupts this reflex, causing nearsightedness and eye strain, and that modern optometry focuses on reconditioning the whole visual reflex rather than simply correcting eye defects. It ends with a note that twenty one states have names of Indian origin.
Cowie Electric Company introduces a Dutch oven built to trap heat with rock wool insulation and a 1.5 inch air gap. Manager A K Wilcoxon says tests show heat retention 120 percent longer than standard insulated ovens and 23 percent longer than other heat retained models.
Cal Farleys in Amarillo San Jacinto and Borger offer hundreds of home car and family items on sale this week. The sale uses the original one dollar down budget plan allowing customers to set their own terms.
Supt J L Gilmore of Wheeler public schools was elected director general of the Wheeler County Interscholastic League during an organization meeting in Wheeler. Dates were set for the annual school meet on April 1 and 2 with events in basketball February 11 12 and March 25 and playground ball March 26.
Memphis December 19 Special The Memphis High School Band held its annual banquet at the First Christian Church. Toastmaster Coach Wilson Dees introduced the program featuring Mrs. D Hooper Clarendon accordion solo Rev E C Cargill French harp solo Miss Mary Foreman piano solo and J C Webster Jr reading a prophesy for the band. Prizes went to Mary Ruth Duren Amilda Thomas Burl Springer and H B Gilmore. Fifty members attended.
J. C. Hilbun announces Littlefield First National Bank deposits exceed 1,000,000 for the first time. Capital stock rises to 100,000 as the bank, organized in 1925, now employs 15 people and has increased capitalization three times in four years.
Childress County schools will receive $5,000 from a $3 per capita state allotment. County Superintendent W. Crosslin said the money will be distributed per capita to repay loans that were used to maintain teachers' salaries.
Dr. J F Bromert explains chiropractic as restoring harmony among body systems via vertebral adjustments. He argues health means coordinated systems enabled by nerve flow and that adjustments unlock latent life force, restoring and building health despite skepticism.
Dee Derwin Armstrong a local freight and passenger agent for the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains office telegrapher express agent and Western Union representative since the Denver lines opened here nine years ago announces his retirement under the Railroad Retirement Act F S Clark of Lelia Lake is temporary agent here until a regular appointment is made. In spite of traffic lights 1000 of London’s 20000 police remain on traffic control.
In Duncan Arizona a tire blowout caused a car to overturn injuring Maude Nelson and killing Ann Woods, both from San Antonio Texas. The vehicle carried four San Antonio residents to California for Christmas. Woods attempted to jump but was trapped beneath the car. Nelson suffered severe internal injuries and cuts. Hilton and Rountree were uninjured.
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