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Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1949

Page

8

Best Job Insurance by Learning Trade at Union 665

Instructors Kenneth Cox and C. B. Howell lead classes under Local Union 665 to prepare members for trades. The plumbers committee names Joe B. Johnson as chairman with Sam Walker and Jess Mulherin for Amarillo Chapter, Oscar Holcomb secretary, and John F. Delfs, Glen English with Stanley Troth as alternate representing Local 196. The Southwestern Greyhound committee lists Glen Adams as chairman with J. A. Prestridge, J. P. Vanderslice from Lines Maintenance Division, W. R. Belfour, C. M. Frazier as secretary, and A. E. Tarver of Machinists Local 1691. William A. Rice serves as instructor. The bricklayers committee includes Earl Goforth as chairman with Maynard Hamilton and Frank Jesse for Amarillo Chapter, J. R. Nicholson and Franklin P. Bottoms with secretary Roy Turner and Jack Clay as alternate for Bricklayers Union 19. The painters committee features Jack Thomas as chairman with R. E. Wester and Paul Middleton for Paint Contractors Association of Amarillo, and M. T. Wilkes as secretary with E. Rollins and Quenton Snodgrass for Painters Local Union 544.

Kenneth Cox C. B. Howell Plumbers Joe B. Johnson Sam Walker Jess Mulherin Amarillo Master Plumbers Association Oscar Holcomb John F. Delfs Glen English Stanley Troth Plumbers and Fitters Southwestern Greyhound Glen Adams J. A. Prestridge J. P. Vanderslice Bricklayers Earl Goforth Maynard Hamilton Frank Jesse Associated General Contractors J. R. Nicholson Franklin P. Bottoms Roy Turner Jack Clay Bricklayers Union 19 Jack Thomas R. E. Wester Paul Middleton Paint Contractors Association of Ama Maurice Tobin Southwick Lubbock Field Labor Phil Almquist Frank J. Thoma Carpenters

Apprenticeships Enroll 233 Workers in Amarillo Program

Gordon Tompkins Jr reports 233 young men in Amarillo join the U S Bureau of Apprenticeship program. The group includes 91 carpenters, 36 bricklayers, 12 electricians, 21 plumbers, 13 in printing, 14 painters, and 46 in auto trades and other crafts. The program emphasizes learn while you earn with 75 percent of related instruction funded by the federal government.

Gordon Tompkins, Jr Amarillo US Department of Labor Vincent J. Southwick Lubbock Texas Southwick Federal Committee United States Management and Labor

Duck and Goose Season Reopened in County

Duck and goose hunting season started at noon today and will run through January 7. Shooting hours are half an hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset. Daily bag limits are four ducks and two Canada geese with possession limits of eight ducks and any geese. Texas hunting license required for hunters 17+ outside county of residence. federal duck stamp required for all hunters over 16.

Texas

Christmas Party Taken by Thief at Wylie School

Pittsburgh reports a theft at Elizabeth Township's Wylie School where a Christmas party stash was stolen. Police search for the culprit after $50 in candy for 350 children, 30 seventh grade grab bag presents, and a slide projector with slides vanished, leaving students upset and teachers seeking a replacement Santa Claus.

Pittsburgh Elizabeth Township Wylie School

Noted attorney William Thompson dies at 87 in Dallas

Funeral services were pending today for William Thompson a noted Texas civil lawyer and authority on insurance laws aged 87 who died yesterday in Dallas.

Dallas William Thompson Texas

Markets To Close For Christmas And New Year Holidays

Financial and commodity exchanges nationwide will close Saturday December 24 and Monday December 26. Several commodity markets will close at noon Friday December 23 for the extended holiday. For the New Year holidays stock markets will be open Saturday December 31 and close Monday January 2.

New York United States

Spain Faces Housing Shortage With Low Wages For Rent

Madrid observers note a housing anomaly with thousands of flats to rent while wages remain too low for workers to afford housing. The shortage affects many workers seeking affordable homes in the capital and surrounding areas.

Spain Madrid

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