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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1947
Page
3
The Globe Shopper notes tangerines as a festive source of vitamin C, with tips for a holiday dessert and a figural platter. It provides a recipe for tangerine fluff and highlights market conditions for citrus, lettuce, cabbage, and nuts in the season.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Dodson and daughter Peggy arrived from Denver for a holiday visit. Mr Dodson stays with his mother Mrs F W Dodson at 1909 Van Buren. Mrs Dodson with her parents Dr and Mrs I Rasco at 1408 Harrison. Peggy Dodson is a junior at University of Michigan Ann Arbor.
Squire H. T. Sanders in Baldwin Georgia witnessed the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. While picking cotton, he conducted a quick ceremony for a couple who arrived with a marriage license and departed within two minutes. Sanders declared his homegrown service as binding as the royal wedding.
San Francisco health officer Dr. J. C. Geiger says fumigating with sulphur is useless for disease control. He notes fumes may repel insects briefly but do not kill germs and can even help roaches thrive.
Jack Jackson of 3410 Monroe returns from North Texas State College to spend Christmas with his parents. He sang at a North Amarillo Kiwanis Club meeting yesterday, accompanied by his father who serves as dean of music at Amarillo College. Guatemala plans 99 miles of highway paving in the Pacific area.
Newton Loken coach of the University of Michigan visited during the Maverick Club event en route to the Rose Bowl game against Southern California. He watched Maverick tumblers on a trampoline and Edsel Buchanan earned a Michigan athletic scholarship to depart for Ann Arbor after midterms.
Bonuses and Christmas gifts were distributed to employees at Link Tschudy Co. during a morning Christmas tree party held at the company offices on 1500 West Sixth. India faces a severe coal shortage.
Potter County Courthouse staff began routine business but halted early for an extended Christmas break. Offices will close to all nonessential services until Monday with emergency services remaining available. Holiday gatherings formed in several offices as employees shared fruit cake and candy.
Continental Bus System will distribute Christmas gift checks today to 55 local employees with amounts varying by length of service. The company plans more than 50,000 in gifts this year to 1,175 Southwest employees.
Fred Greathouse is jailed in Potter County on theft by bailee charges for allegedly converting to his own use a car borrowed from I. M. Cline of St. Francis Avenue. The vehicle was borrowed November 10 and not returned. Greathouse, 2804 Houston, was arrested at Clarendon and brought back yesterday.
Sheriff Bill Adams said county prisoners will have a Christmas dinner but no special turkey inducement. He noted Thanksgiving ate six turkeys from the budget, and inmates will not feel pity for people outside.
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