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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
2
The writer urges restraint after Christmas excess and urges caution against selling property or business. Defense and rearmament plants are being spotted centrally, not on coasts, signaling a potential major development in the area and promising significant impact.
The piece notes geologist Tom Craig warning Amarillo may sit on a soft spot with potential for violent earthquakes or a spouting volcano. It recalls a Mexico field eruption now a distant, tall mountain. Also mentions Truman daughter Margaret receiving abusive letters and Lloyds odds on war, tied to stamp vault insurance.
The report notes Lloyds betting 50 to 1 against a world war and suggests odds are less than even for a world war within five years. The item uses broad market sentiment to imply rising geopolitical risk and potential large payouts.
A man plans to move to town later to train his son in self defense with boxing gloves as a Christmas gift, recalling country boy memories and advice from a wiser elder. A fashion note adds that Fanny sweaters keep women colorfully comfortable in cold weather.
Town discussion favors a six year limit on high school football coaches to ease local feuds and misunderstandings. A leading citizen argues longer tenures provoke bitterness, with minority opposition growing each season. Proposal suggests applying the rule regardless of coach ability and hints at broader civic benefits.
Ike Davidson, longtime house manager of the Amarillo Municipal Auditorium, retires under the Texas Municipal Retirement System after 27 years. He recalls handling tough demands, wind whistles in the dome, and a rebounding schedule from Gypsy Smith revivals to Boy Scout jamborees, while overseeing wings housing city offices, the YMCA, and the library. He plans to travel to California with his wife before seeking lighter work.
The Cocoa-Cola group reports a research powered product tasting like coffee and slated for marketing early in 1951 if wartime conditions permit. Polio figures alarm. 569 new US cases last week in November mark a record for that season. Beverly Hills pediatrician wears Hopalong Cassidy outfit while attending patients. Java price has risen to a dime in New York. a nickel sold. Bedmark houses install dog doorbells that ring when pets scratch pedals.
A casual remark warns that lightning could strike many areas in the United States, including the stock market, suggesting that easy money is not a safe assumption and markets remain risky.
Mrs. Ernest Huff crawled through flames to reach her baby hidden under a bed in a blazing five room house near Le Skeite. Both she and the infant escaped unharmed as flames consumed the dwelling.
A reader offers in home laundry and child care for a working mother with school age children. The ad promises attentive care and asks to be reached at phone number 3 1996.
Local ad seeks ironing assistance at home with flexible hourly or per-dozen arrangement. Contact by phone 2 7389 to arrange work details and schedule.
Local sewers offer specialty in little girls dresses and doll clothes. Also available ironing services. Call 2-7005 for details or to arrange sewing work.
Mrs R L Strickland reports losing a red zipper billfold on the East or West Tenth bus route near Glenwood. It contained three photos of her daughters and son, two of her sisters, a PTA card from Humphrey's Highland school, and cash. She requests its return to 1404 North Harrison or by General Delivery, and offers no hard deadline.
A reader seeks hourly, daily, or weekly child care and ironing work. Mentions ability to provide references and requests more ironing jobs. Provides contact by phone 2 8510.
Person seeks a small building suitable for a chicken house and storage. Offers to pay a reasonable price and asks to contact via phone number 30462.
A reader proposes exchanging four Gunn Bros stamp books for four S&H Green Stamp books or trading two books of each. They provide the phone number 3-8292 for contact.
Experienced home laundry helper offers care for men’s white shirts and children’s clothes. Contact via phone 30462 from 1122 North Cleveland.
Widow requests assistance to supervise children while mothers shop. States price is reasonable and provides contact ee 3-7157 or address 403 North er for arrangements.
For sale a used living room suite at 505 A Grand. Price ten dollars. Call 2-8075 after 3 o'clock.
A light colored gray woman's suit in size 14 or 15 is offered for sale or trade. The seller can be reached at 2-4538 to arrange purchase or exchange.
A dependable and honest colored woman asks for employment and offers to provide a reference. She requests inquiries by phone 5937 during morning hours from 10 30 to 12 30, at 901 North West Tenth.
Advertiser seeks a couple or two women to share a home. Options include renting furnished or unfurnished with bills paid and one room reserved. Contact afternoons at 3-8119 or 9442.
Three Gunn Bros. stamp books seek exchange for three S H Green stamp books. Offer lists contact and location as Washington.
A dark blue boys suit and a tan sport coat are for sale. The sport coat is brand new and unworn, while the suit is nearly new. Fits a boy aged 11 to 12 years.
A brief notice offering to trade blue stamps for three books of S H green stamps. Contact by phone at 2 1613.
A smooth haired red and white male fox terrier, about 5 years old and 10 to 14 pounds, wandered from 419 Crockett on Thursday night December 14. He has a very short tail and is very thin after returning from a veterinary hospital. Reward offered. Phone 35216.
Short ad offering a pre owned combo baby item set including an infant carrier and car seat. Contact provided to arrange viewing or purchase. Ideal for a quick sale.
Two books of blue stamps offered for trade for S and H green stamps. Also selling or trading a two piece living room suite in fair condition with a divan bed and good springs. Call 3-6183 after 5 PM or 4-1769 for details or visit 802 Lamar. Mrs. C. H. Anglin.
Person advertises a nearly new Thayer Deluxe folding baby buggy with pad and worn tires plus padded sides and top in two tone gray chrome handle. They offer trade for ten Gunn Bros. Thrift stamps and three and a half packs of S and H Green Stamps. Location 2901 Westhaven Drive Westhaven Park near 34th and Georgia.
Small elm trees available free of charge for digging. Contact Mrs. A. E. Wright at 1308 East Eleventh to arrange pickup.
A resident reports leaving a small package on a McMasters and North East Eighth bus on Friday December 15. A Cub Scout pocket knife was inside intended as a child’s Christmas gift. Call 2-9515 to arrange pickup and reward.
A large 20 inch tricycle with a new paint job and good condition is for sale for $10. If interested call 30447 or visit 2611 South Houston after 6 PM to arrange purchase and help a child get a bike for Christmas.
Pair of new shoe skates in size seven for a girl offered at a reasonable price. Contact by phone at 6605 or 32-0461 to arrange purchase.
A person offers their good baby stroller in exchange for two Gunn Bros stamps books and provides the phone number 3-2544 for contact.
An ironing service advertises home ironing at 60 cents per hour and provides the contact number 3-1470 for customers to call. The notice is brief and focuses on service details and pinked price.
Texas and five other states will discuss a mutual aid defense plan in Santa Fe on January 5. Attending are attorneys general and civilian defense directors from New Mexico Arizona Oklahoma Colorado and Utah. The accords are part of the National Civilian Defense program.
Thursday night December 7 a pair of tan leather cowboy gloves with inked name on inside were left at a wrestling match. They are small size and were a gift from the grandmother in Kansas. A reward is offered. Call 2-8035. Ronnie Shock 613 A West 211st.
In a JACOBY ON BRIDGE column a hand shows how Hard Luck Joe uses a bang-bang style, playing top cards to establish tricks. West opens jack of spades, South wins with queen, and Joe counts eight tricks in top cards, illustrating the risky technique.
North and South positions with suit sequence and opening lead noted. Auction shows Pass two hearts three no trumps Pass. South West North players and card distribution detailed with specific holdings such as AQ3 AJ104 AK62 and KQ93 875 39 Q1084.
In a bridge hand Joe misjudges the play. He wins the ace and king of clubs, gives a club trick, and West correctly keeps the remaining clubs. A diamond run and heart return seal Joe’s fate. he could have made the contract by sacrificing the first club, allowing dummy to cash a last club.
The Federal Reserve reports a sharp rise in member bank lending for the week ending December 20, with total business loans up 340 million dollars to a record 17.801 billion. Only the September 13 increase of 398 million surpassed this gain.
A Stanton boy named Roger Dean, 3, was saved from a deformed larynx after a Midland throat specialist, now in Amarillo, treated him in the name of Santa Claus. Months of exercises and plastic surgery freed him from a silver necked tube. The community supported the case with a front page letter to Santa. The hospital provided free services and the doctor credited luck and divine aid.
Amarillo Civil Air Patrol squadron cancels the regular meeting. Squadron Adjutant Lt. Francis McCowan announced the next gathering will be Jan 4. Capt. Henry Hertner, photographic officer, will begin taking individual photos for the 1951 identification cards.
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine will stage a short form ceremonial Saturday afternoon in Galle Hall from 3 to 5 o'clock. Twelve or more candidates will take the work. Annual election of the temple's divan is set for Jan. 10 with current officers W. Perry Powell Paul C. Crouch Riley Strickland Mark Y. Galloway George Thompson Orien guide W. Martin Clifton and W. L. Bill Brown listed among present members.
Courthouse deeds show Virginia Hurd executrix transferring a 60 foot lot in Plemons Whitaker et al to R B. transfers by Heard Blasdel Evans and Hatcher Wig. Crestin Valley View and Country Club District deeds listed. Domestic relations court notes include multiple divorces Sands Whitehead Tennison and others. Marriage licenses issued to Beckwith Johnson Scobey Scobey Ochsner and Teague couples. Several dissolution and remarriage items noted with names Calv in Doyle Clark Davenport and Fields.
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