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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1933
Page
5
The writer urges a community funded plan to support pastorless churches by offering concrete in kind aid from rural or urban communities. Proposes prearranged budgets of meat vegetables milk butter car repairs gasoline clothes barber work and monthly support so a capable preacher can serve while families are cared for. The idea faces objection that pastors cannot manage the complex logistics.
A proposal suggests forming a committee to handle all small time consuming tasks within the plan. An additional idea recommends establishing a church.
A reader urges churches to create barter trading hubs where goods are exchanged without money. She argues current church programs fail the unemployed and notes the barter movement rescues many from despair, urging pastors to lead such exchanges.
A carpenter seeking steady employment offers to take any honest building, farm, or ranch labor. His wife is a graduate nurse who can work part time due to caring for a four year old.
A brief note requests more humor in the paper and more optimism to brighten dry dusty days. It speaks to readers desiring lighter content and a cheerful tone from the newspaper column.
Front page miscellany includes humor about moths from R H Stiteler, praise for Amarillo soup kitchens aiding the poor, and a tribute from Matthew Bones Hooks honoring early Panhandle pioneers.
A 1933 World Almanac statement notes Texas gas wells in the Dallas Fort Worth district as the chief helium supply for the Los Angeles airship. CHAS TRENT of Clarendon Texas comments on the claim.
Dear Tack offers a small radio in excellent working order used about three months. Sale price is cheap and interested buyers can call 808 North Taylor Street for details.
Job seekers sought for hands on ranch work with responsibilities in livestock care fencing and maintenance. Opportunities available for experienced hands and eager learners to join a rural team and grow skills. Apply locally for full or part time positions with flexible hours.
A Logan New Mexico widower seeks a mid dle aged woman to assist with general house work for two or three weeks about one hundred miles from Amarillo. He offers wages and a modern well equipped home and invites interested applicants to drop a card and meet February 8 or 9. Mrs Word.
A milk goat is offered for sale in Panhandle Texas with fresh milk availability. Also a request from Mrs J R Sterling of Conway Texas seeks a Bourbon red tam for sale and asks readers to contact her through the column.
A reader asks for two long childhood songs, Mother and Home with opening lines about a boy and his mother’s joy, and Every Ship Will Find Harbor. They request help locating the correct versions and note enjoying the column.
A reader from Box 5 Bushland Texas writes describing herself as a 65 year old Christian woman with a farm, seeking a refined gentleman or a home job for small wages. She longs for companionship and asks for letters to her care of Tack.
An invalid resident Mrs W of 806 South West Fourth Street Perryton Texas asks for a loaner wheelchair. She notes being an invalid for about a year and a half and little funds to buy one, seeking any available extra chair.
A widow seeks a Christian husband between 60 and 68, describing herself as a widow by death and desiring a good man with strong morals who wants a faithful wife. The ad emphasizes desire for companionship and shared faith.
A pair of brief help wanted pleas appears: a married woman seeks an Odd Fellow suitor with letters directed to Mrs. C. L. M. at Box 2164 San Jacinto Station, and a practical nurse, ANNA of 312 East Ninth Avenue, offers to accept any nursing opportunity and provides references.
The owner reports a male black and tan Airedale with a short tail missing for almost two months. He is nearly a year old, very friendly, and easy to identify. The note mentions someone has him and indicates a possible seizure but provides limited detail.
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