21 Dec 1931
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
1
Amarillo groups from churches Scouts and clubs unite to aid distressed households. Investigators seek further adoptions as volunteers canvass poorer districts for families needing help with food clothing and toys. Donations pour in from Sunday schools and individuals across the city and are coordinated through the News Globe office.
A column urges Christmas charity through thoughtful gifts for adopted families. Prefer groceries and staples over cash, offer help with gas, light, rent, or credit at stores, and visit to build trust. Mrs Bumstead suggests apartment building cooperation with landlords managing funds.
The Globe reports scores of Amarillo families still unadopted for Christmas relief. More than 100 have been helped, with money clothing and toys pouring in, but numerous homes on Houston Street Arthur Street and beyond lack food warmth and shelter. No.78 through No.88 detail elderly mothers, crippled fathers and hungry children needing nourishment clothing shoes and blankets. Call The Globe to adopt by number or for the Good Fellow editor to arrange aid.
On North Lincoln Street an elderly couple acts as Good Fellows all year, caring for two families by paying gas and rent and providing food. Mrs Farnsworth says they may not give neighbors as much this Christmas due to crop troubles among relatives, but assure both families will have Christmas. The message urges readers to extend Christmas care into the new year for deserving families.
A narrator describes several hard luck families hoping for clothing food and Christmas aid. A 11 year old paper boy cares for five siblings while selling papers and enduring wet shoes. Other families include an aged man with a 16 year old, school age children, and a widow with twins needing basics.
A 74 year old Panhandle man and his 68 year old wife live in a cramped two room house in Northwest Texas. They survive on 10 dollars a month with 6 dollars for rent. The wife voices concern for an unclothed baby and hopes for help. The piece extols the Texas spirit and seeks a boarding house or ranch to provide work and comfort in their final years.
A Globe report highlights hungry families in Amarillo facing Christmas with little food and no income. Old couples and two married children share a single sparse home as neighbors and charities struggle to meet needs. The Good Fellow plan matches givers with needy families to deliver baskets of food and support. Call 6262 to adopt a family and aid the effort.
A string of needy families laments poverty and hunger as unemployment bites. Families Nos 95 through 101 describe cramped two room shanties, crippled children, infants, and many mouths to feed. Readers urged to provide food clothing and holiday aid.
An elderly man living with his daughter and son in law is described as a real good fellow. He has only 24 89 left from a $100 land deal and no other funds. He previously helped burned out neighbors with food and clothing and now vows to aid them at Christmas.
A series of pleas describes families facing hardship this Christmas. Parents, including a mother with five children and a father recently ill, seek food clothing rent and warmth. Several households request toys, groceries, and a Christmas dinner to ease their burdens while awaiting aid.
The fragment notes a mother lacking funds for Christmas and emphasizes a specific need for size four shoes, highlighting hardship and need within the household.
A lingering appeal portrays a one legged father and ailing carpenter family in need of clothing groceries and basic comforts. The pleas detail hungry children ages 2 to 17 a 68 year old former tailor and a tent dweller in the city core seeking work and relief rather than charity.
A widow, Mrs. R. B., lacking funds and rent, offers to host a modest Christmas Day dinner for six to eight hungry children or a family. She asks a responsible person to gather suitable families and bring them to her home by 11 o clock Christmas Day, promising a real but simple meal. A family was chosen and two families are already assured.
A writer urges Amarillo residents to fund physicians who provide free care to the poor. He advocates paying the doctor who helps a new baby, supplying layettes, arranging hospital care, and supporting medical charity as a Christmas gift.
A man explains he is unemployed with no work, needs an overcoat and other clothing, and finds it difficult to obtain sufficient food as winter worsens his hardship. He appeals for aid or relief to survive.
A distressed plea describes multiple families in a cottage camp facing extreme cold and hunger. Four children aged 12, 8, 6, and 2 need clothing including pants sweaters and shoes. Two babies require food. a sick 5 year old girl and a 3 year old boy add to the need. Parents seek help before Christmas.
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