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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1947
Page
14
The Amarillo Garden Club and The Globe News will announce prize winners tomorrow morning. Mrs Elwood Clark says many entries were scattered across the city with several outstanding Christmas displays and more than $250 in prizes will be awarded.
J. B. Oxford branch manager says about 35 Kraft Food Company employees attended the Christmas party in the warehouse at 3001 Fillmore. Gifts were exchanged, refreshments served, and bonus checks given out.
More than 50,000 scholarships are awarded annually by Americol and partner universities. The program supports students through a broad network of schools and sponsors, reflecting a strong commitment to higher education access nationwide.
Lefty Fowler a football official and Amarillo transportation director spoke to the 20 30 club at the Herring Hotel about football rules emphasizing player protection. He noted rules are complex and highlighted new and unusual points citing his 14 games officiated this season. Roy Cannon and Bill Raymond from Lubbock attended and reported on club activity. The group voted to skip next week’s meeting due to holidays. the following gathering is set for January 6 at 7 30 PM in the Herring Hotel.
Boy Scout Troop 25 held a court of honor and Christmas party. H A DeLashmutt Jr led the ceremony. Second class awards went to Ray Sinclair Tom James Charles Stafford Edmond Young Charles Sain and Dewayne Halford. Tenderfoot awards went to Sammy Sands Charles Stafford Carlos Rodriguez Steve Rocha Dan Garrison Marvin Sinclair Tarry Rocha Billy Sands Leroy Weiss Larry Roush Richard King Paul Williams Donald Sain George Riggins John Hardy Ray Jr and Robert Covey. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Travis Davis.
Discontented Germans and Central Europeans flock to join the French Foreign Legion, which accepts about 200 of 1,000 weekly applicants. Germans, Sudetens, Hungarians, Rumanians, and Czechs seek escape from their homelands and life under communist regimes. The Legion, now around 5,000 strong, recruiting mainly from Marseilles, imposes strict security checks and allows false names.
John Griniley, once a chauffeur, inherits $100000 from his second wife's will after already receiving $100000 from his first wife. The probate proceeding before Vice Chancellor Vincent S Haneman concerns the estate of Margaret Clyde Kniley who died December 9 at age 77. Kniley, widow of Pittsburgh steel magnate William G Clyde, had married Kniley five years prior.
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