Amarillo News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings At A Glance
Local events fill the round town pages with sports arena ploys and community updates. Sheriff deputies attend a wrestling and weightlifting session while residents announce home moves births hospital updates and anniversaries. Notables include Miss Frances Irvin joining the Tommy Dorsey band and the premiere of 12 O clock High informing Amarillo readers.
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KGNC
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Stafford
Leon P. Montgomery
Tyler
John “Red” Morgan
Amarillo
Red
Eighth Air Force
S. A. L. Morgan
Chicago
Denver
The
Texas Company
New York
Northwest Texas Medical
Elmer H. Northern
North Pierce
Stephen Lewis Brannan
West Seventh
E. V. Stone
North Buchanan
Jesse James Hampton
North West
E. M. Thomas
North East Sixth
Glenna Gay Cooper
van Buren
John Barnard
Broadmoor
Nina Trower
Hayden
E. J. Graham
North Johnson
George Duncan
Hereford
William Lynn Gilbert
Estelline
Edward Mobley
East Sixth
Elmo Brown
Mississippi
Morris Rayburn
Carolina
Ronnie Martin
Pierce
Lyal Latimer
West Thirty-fifth
Surgical
J. Melvin Jones
Parker
Murphy Duncan
Farwell
Ben T. Howard
Sunray
Onis Herron
North West Third
Kentucky
Tommy Dorsey
Frances Irvin
San Sousa Club
Havana
USA
Texas
Ross Rogers
H. S. Ford
Irvin
Khbiva
Mytie Shrine
Reading Before Alphabet Taught in Amarillo Schools 1912
A 1912 Amarillo educator Miss Annie McDonald explains the shift from the alphabet method to whole word reading emphasizing comprehension. Children learn 83 words in six weeks and read primers without recognizing letters. The piece links to a Globe headline about a Royal Red Boat and library restrictions.
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Amarillo
Annie McDonald
Miss McDonald
Globe
Potter County
Globe News
Omar Khayaam
Furthe
Our Younger Generation
Shirley Crawford leads Horace Mann homeroom as president after serving as secretary. She chaired the Girls Athletic Association and Girl Scouts, with basketball her favorite sport and decorating her future ambition. Duane Stoddard, Sam Houston Junior High eighth grader, is busy as homeroom president and football manager, also leading speech class, with wide sport involvement and a love for midget auto racing.
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Shirley Crawford
Horace Mann
Girls’ Athletic Association
Girl Scouts
Duane “Dubby” Stoddard
Sam Houston
Local notices from Amarillo and Dallas events
Visitors from Dallas return home after visiting relatives in Dallas. Mary Owen celebrates ninth birthday with a party at her home. W J Hiatt attends regional Scout staff meeting in Dallas, returns to Amarillo. Forestier Becquet earns Cub Pack 21 graduate certificate and joins Troop 21. 250 square dancers attend Caller's Jamboree at Amarillo Federation of Women's Clubs. future dances announced.
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W. W. Holmes
Cline Road
Northwest Texas Hospital
C. M. Meeks
Madison
Bennie Lee
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital
Sherman Cox
Happy
Borger
W. B. Fleck
Mike
Amarillo
A. A. Galloway
Vernon
D. L. Malin
Hartley
Malin
Gould
The
Sundowners
Amarillo Daily News
Wichita Falls
Carl Owen
Dallas
W. J. Hiatt
Harrison
Llano Estacado
Adobe Walls
Forestier Becquet
W. J. Bromert
Ronald Cross
Pelican Just Big Lazy Bird at Tracy Aviary
Salt Lake City caretaker W P Calvin Wilson notes pelicans at the Tracy aviary seem lazy while ducks keep water unfrozen. During winter the duck pond churns water preventing ice formation, but the pelican pond freezes deeply. Pelicans stay in shelters or along the bank awaiting fish from staff.
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Salt Lake City
W.p.calvin Wilson
Tracy Aviary
Aviary
Pelican Pond
Wilson
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Gil Knutson
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Michael
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John C. Frazier
Milton McCarty
Bert Stafford
A. Limts
al Hickmolt
Virginia Cunningham
G. B. Morris
Bonnie Mae Hinson
Fred E. DeCoster
Tommy Ray Hughes
Q. J. Daniel
Molly Foster
George A. Bowen
C. L. Riddlespurger
John C. Sullivan
David C. Cave
T. L. Cave
West Sixth
Marbo
Guam
Osaka General Hospital
Osaka
Japan
Cactus
Marlin Hooper
Jesse
Hooper
Topeka
Louise Evans
Kan
Northfield
Joe Provence
Monroe
L. F. Pace
Joe Duran
Amos Mize
C. W. Kelley
North Mirror
Nita Grace
W. E. Brown
Matador
C. B. Ashford
Barbara
Don Donathan
New Zealand
Fort Worth
Donathan
ST. Anthony's
Lillie M. Chase
Grover
Alma Ilvey
Vega
Charles Wilson
Carla Marie Carson
North East Fifteenth
E. R. Melvin
North
Freddie
Kayo
Plushbottom
Ryder
Spider
ALL
Heaven
Zero
R. T. Crawford
Bonita
Wrigley
Ata Nua Peredo Tl As
John
Furbach
Hamilton and Longines Watch Agency
Capudine
Dresden
Pierce Street Floral and Gift Shop
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Hee-hum
N. Buchanan
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