Christmas Rites Set for Amarillo Families Need More Volunteers
Amarillo area families still await help to ensure every needy child experiences a proper Christmas. Miss Carol Owens, Family Service Director, urges more volunteers to adopt a family by week’s end. Names come from the Holiday Bureau of the Community Chest. donors can contact Owens at 23203. Numerous organizations have already lined up to adopt families and pool contributions at the service center to avoid duplication and ensure broad reach.
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Amarillo
Carol Owens
Family Service
Miss Owens
Community Chest
Junior Pierian Club
Co-Workers
Polk Street Methodist Church
Avondale Baptist Church
Les Meres
Jolliettes
Christmas woes thread through Ohio editor's holiday note
Bert A. Teeters, Springfield News and Springfield Sun editor, sent a Christmas greeting to colleagues in Columbus listing a string of personal mishaps since the prior Saturday. He cites broken eyeglasses, a cracked plate, misfiled laundry with blue clothing, a broken washer, a hospital visit for tonsil surgery, a looming mother in law visit, a broken bottle, and still no Christmas gifts purchased.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bert A. Teeters
Springfield
Youth Dies Of Injuries In Highway Crash East Of Here
J B Risenhoover Jr twenty one year old traffic accident victim died late Wednesday night of head injuries from a Sunday evening crash two miles east of town on Highway 287. Four youths were in the car two others hospitalized with serious injuries including a skull fracture and concussion. Brain surgery was performed but he did not recover. Funeral services pending.
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Lonnie Garrison
Tell
Garrison
Kent Rasberry
Young Risenhoover
Community Groups and Families Involved in Adoption Efforts
Amarillo High School Council and church classes join in adoption projects. Individuals adopting include Mr and Mrs Nordyke Captain James Smith Mrs Allen Early Sr Sam Rafkind Mrs Calvin Clark Mrs Dennis Stubb and Mrs Carl Meyer.
Permits Pass $1 Million For December Building Total
The December total climbs to $1,015,050 with 36 two bedroom homes valued at $216,000 each issued to Reynolds Ashford Construction. Locations are 900 block of North Mississippi and North Louisiana Avenues. The yearly figure reaches $20,946,000.
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Reynolds & Ashford Construction Company
Stanton Field
North
Mississippi
Louisiana
GI Christmas Menu Includes Shrimp
In Korea on December 20 General James A. Van Fleet promised Eighth Army troops the best Christmas and New Year rations yet. The menu lists shrimp cocktail tomato juice celery olives roast turkey sage dressing mashed and sweet potatoes peas corn cranberry sauce rolls and butter fruit cake mince pie pumpkin pie and mixed nuts with no seconds restrictions.
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Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
New Blood Plan Proposed to Deduct Plasma Donations
Beverly Hills California December 20 A lawyer William B Spivak proposed that blood donations be deductible from federal income taxes to spotlight the critical plasma shortage. The report notes the coal content is about 60 percent carbon.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
William B. Spivak
Boys Ranch Christmas Party Scheduled Friday
The annual Boys Ranch Christmas party will be Friday at 6 45 PM in the Rotary mess hall. Directors, staff, and guests will attend along with gifts and Christmas clothing for the boys. A turkey dinner with all the trimmings opens the festivities followed by music and presents with Santa for the younger boys.
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Boys Ranch
Rotary Mess
Santa Claus
Trading Ends for Holiday Period at Amarillo Livestock
The Amarillo Livestock Auction closes for a Christmas week with the final regular session held Wednesday evening about 5 45. Stockers and feeders will be sold Friday at 1 PM. Bulls steady at 24 to 28, stocker cows 18 to 25, canner and cutter cows 14 to 19, fat cows 20 to 23, heiferettes 23 to 26. Receipts Wednesday 244 94413 for 1 571 head with prior day totals and week figures listed. Native lightweight stocker steers stockers and other classes shown in market report.
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Amarillo Livestock Auction Company
Baker's Hair Tonic and Lathernist Shampoo Endorsement
Electra Texas resident Mrs. J W Ford praises Baker's Hair Tonic for five years of use arguing it relieved dandruff and itchy scalp after sixty years of misery. She urges others to try Baker's products with a money back guarantee and mentions a limited time free gift offer of three shillings.
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Electra
Tex
J. W. Ford
W. Roosevelt
Baker
Baker’s
Baker's
Advv
Livestock market closes with steady finishes across weights
The market reports show closed prices from 34 to 38 dollars for a mix, with light heifers at 33 to 36 dollars and steers weighing 450 to 550 pounds selling from 33 to 36 dollars. Heifers in the same weight range moved 28 to 33 dollars.
Preparations to reopen Bishopscourt RAF airport in NI
Preparations are under way to reopen the Royal Air Force airfield at Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland, which has been closed for four years. Expect renewed use and potential flights as authorities move to restart operations at the site.
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Northern Ireland
Royal Air Force
Bishopscourt
Man Nearly Buys His Own Clothes on Street Corner
Oklahoma City December 20 A P report states Lincoln Lawson Langham 42 believed a suit offered for $12 was familiar. He saw his own name inside the coat, grabbed it and the salesman cried for help, but Langham fled. Later his room was found burglarized. A separate note mentions a motorcycle tour around the world by two young Englishmen ending in London.
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Langham
Oklahoma City
Lincoln Lawson Langham
Globe-News
London
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